Thunderbolt Pre Announcement Waiting Room & Availability Thread.

[NikoB]

Are you serious..

this might be enough to driver me to an iphone, at least for the time being. I have an EVO that is almost at 30 days and the Tbolt 14th release date was perfect for me...ugh, we'll see maybe hes wrong...

Now how you gonna go from an EVO to the iPhone 4. You clearly have not done any comparison homework. I feel sorry for you to even be considering that :'(

 

[ShaggyKids]

Let assume the phone is delayed? Would you rather they release a broken phone, ala iPhone 4, or one that works out of the box? The griping on here reminds me of the people who complain when sitting on a plane waiting for maintenance to come and fix a problem. Dont know about everyone else but I like my plane 100% and I'll wait for a phone that's 100%.

Wedge

To my understanding the phone works fine - it's other things that keep getting in the way like the iPhone for example. If you don't like the enthusiasm, hope and want for a new phone release the easiest way to not deal with it is to not read the posts.

 

[htowngator]

Well I was most likely the biggest THunderbolt fan on the planet. I was hoping that it was coming out last year when leaked photos started popping up. I have had been the proud owner of may HTC phones. The first one forgive me for not remembering the name maybe ustar? From there I had the touch, touch pro, dual pro and a couple more. The only reason I jumped ship is because they where using windows mobile, Yuck. Then thank God the Eris popped up. Then the Incredible, both great phones. I loved the big screen of the Droid X so I jumped once again, only because Verizon did not offer the EVO. So when I started seeing pictures for the Thunderbolt I got that feeling like I was 13 again trying to get to third base Huge screen, Android, HTC WOW. They Verizon started playing games with release dates and so on. Now for me the hype is gone thanks to the MWC and phones like Optimus 3D, Galaxy S II and so on. Now why not wait. Sure LTE is great but if everyone runs out and gets a Thunderbolt Verizon will never learn not to dangle the cookie to pull it back. Am I delusional and think that Verizon cares what I have to say no, will one man not rushing out to buy a phone change the bottom line. No not really. Technology changes so fast that since they have help onto it for so long, it is becoming outdated everyday it sits in a warehouse, not in the hands of the consumer.

Technically Verizon hasn't said ANYTHING about a release date so playing games isn't what they've done. We -- the tech community -- have been talking up a storm about it and guessing the dates so we only have ourselves to blame for being disappointed.

 

[dajogejr]

They Verizon started playing games with release dates and so on.

Please show where Verizon has played games with release dates.

Best Buy? Yes.
Wirefly, Amazon, etc.,? Yes, absolutely yes.
Forums....hell to the yes 1000X over.

HTC and Verizon have never said anything more than coming soon.

**Htown beat me to it**

 

[funguy123us]

Please show where Verizon has played games with release dates.

Best Buy? Yes.
Wirefly, Amazon, etc.,? Yes, absolutely yes.
Forums....hell to the yes 1000X over.

HTC and Verizon have never said anything more than coming soon.

**Htown beat me to it**

That's the point. Best Buy, Wirefly and Amazon are all Verizon's partner. You are telling me that Verizon didn't told Best Buy, go ahead and pre-order it, we will give you the phone on 14th. Common, give me a break. Verizon sucks at communication...

 

[thedeceiver]

That's the point. Best Buy, Wirefly and Amazon are all Verizon's partner. You are telling me that Verizon didn't told Best Buy, go ahead and pre-order it, we will give you the phone on 14th. Common, give me a break. Verizon sucks at communication...

Exactly. Everyone says "Verizon didn't say anything about a release date". Well they told their partners a release date... and they confirmed it was solid enough for them to start their pre-orders. That's a pretty solid confirmation, don't you think?

And sure, VZW can play the "Well, that's Best Buy" but everyone knows that BB didn't just make up a date. They were provided a series of dates and those dates didn't pan out.

This has been a pox on all their houses...

 

[blizz419]

That's the point. Best Buy, Wirefly and Amazon are all Verizon's partner. You are telling me that Verizon didn't told Best Buy, go ahead and pre-order it, we will give you the phone on 14th. Common, give me a break. Verizon sucks at communication...

apparently so don't you "Verizon didn't told Best Buy" lmao sorry i couldn't help myself.

 

[green77]

My chat session a few minutes ago.

Please hold for a Verizon Wireless sales representative to assist you with your order. Thank you for your patience.

You are now chatting with VZW
VZW: Hello. Thank you for visiting our chat service. May I help you with your order today?

You: Good morning

VZW: Hello, how are you doing?

You: I'm fine thanks. I saw an ad this morning with the thunderbolt. I want to upgrade but I don't see it here.

You: My new every 2 is about to expire and would like to use it on that phone

VZW: I will be happy to assist you with ordering the Thunderbolt.

You: cool

VZW: At this moment, this phone is not available online but you will be able to visit your local Best Buy store and pre-order the Thunderbolt.

You: That would be great but Best Buy will not honor the new every 2

VZW: If you wish to get your new every 2 the best option is to wait until the phone is available online.

You: Do you know when it will be available online?

You: my new every 2 expires on 3/2

VZW: At this moment, we do not have access to know when this phone will be available online but it should be soon.

You: But no idea if it will be before 3/2? I really don't want to lose my $100.00 credit

You: That's a lot of money

VZW: It should be online sometime this month.

You: so it will be before 3/2? I hope that's what you're saying.

VZW: It should be before 3/2/ but I really do not know for sure.

You: Do you have a price on it?

VZW: We do not have access to know when phones will be available online or the prices of the phone. I really wish that we did have access to this type of information but they online gives access to the information that is online.

You: I understand

You: I just don't want to settle for a device that I really don't want

VZW: *only

VZW: I understand, you should be able to still upgrade your phone to the Thunderbolt when it becomes available online and get your new every 2 discount.

You: yes as long as it's before March 2nd.

You: my fingers are crossed

VZW: Yes, mines are too cause I like this phone and wish to order it as well.

You: Call me when it's avialable and we will both get it

VZW: I really wish that we had access to make calls and I will call you to let you know that the phone is online.

You: That's ok. I'll be watching for it.

VZW: You are very welcome.

VZW: It was my pleasure assisting you today! Is there anything else that I can assist you with now that I have assisted you with your question about the Thunderbolt?

You: Thank you so much for your help.

VZW: You are very welcome.

You: I'm ll set for now.

You: Maybe chat with you later

VZW: Super! I will be here.

VZW: Thank you for visiting Verizon Wireless, I look forward to speaking with you again. Have a great day!

You: You too!

 

[dajogejr]

Sorry, but I respectfully disagree.

VZW has never said when it'll be released. They certainly can't monitor all of their resellers. Do you think the South Grand Rapids Best Buy who posted it's coming on the 14th on their individual Facebook page had authorization from Corporate Best Buy or VZW to post that?

No...period.

The problem compounds when people take what BB employees and other forums report as bible. Clearly, it's not. They often don't know any more than you do....

HTC hasn't announced a release date. They make the phone.
VZW hasn't announced a release date. It's on their network.

Anything after that is pure speculation, rumors, dreams and wishes.

I take that back. They have said Q1. Q1 does not end on 2-14, 2-24 or any of the other popular dates mentioned. It ends on 3-31.

 

[htowngator]

lol @ hitting on the chat girl

"Maybe chat with you later" <wink wink>

 

[green77]

I think she was cute......LOL

 

[thedeceiver]

Sorry, but I respectfully disagree.

VZW has never said when it'll be released. They certainly can't monitor all of their resellers. Do you think the South Grand Rapids Best Buy who posted it's coming on the 14th on their individual Facebook page had authorization from Corporate Best Buy or VZW to post that?

No...period.

The problem compounds when people take what BB employees and other forums report as bible. Clearly, it's not. They often don't know any more than you do....

HTC hasn't announced a release date. They make the phone.
VZW hasn't announced a release date. It's on their network.

Uhh.... I wouldn't call Best Buy one of their "resellers". Best Buy is the largest electronics store in North America and probably sells almost as many phones as Verizon does. They're not some rogue business in a strip mall in Albuquerque, NM. They have an exclusivity agreement with VZW for the Retail distribution of this device.

If you are operating under some kind of delusion that BB and VZW don't communicate about these things, you're mistaken.

Obviously Grand Rapids wasn't authorized to post that but Best Buy was obviously comfortable with what they were being told to tell customers 2/14.

You can make all the excuses for Verizon you want, but Best Buy (Wirefly and Amazon) didn't pull that date out of their ass. They were TOLD that.

If Verizon was so concerned about their release dates, they shouldn't have told any of their resellers.

 

[ssplumb]

I do agree that the info has not come from "Verizon" they are letting others do the dirty for them. Verizon could put a stop to all of this. It woud be as simple as saying the Thunderbolt is coming on 00/00/0000. They teach you in marking 101 to hit while it is HOT. Not beat it with a stick and hope in the end people still care.

 

[JeromeTurner5]

VZW put the Tbolt adds back up on their youtube channel

 

[green77]

Now says coming soon instead of February

 

[RichardClark]

Didn't HTC say "we are shipping Thunderbolt this week"?

Yes, but that doesn't equate to it being available for purchase and pick up this week. There are a lot more links in the chain than just HTC shipping hardware.

 

[upz3]

Now says coming soon instead of February

That makes everything today we thought become nothing. This commercial is a perfect example of the fault of Android... FRAGMENTATION

MUY PRONTO!!! HAHA (from the Spanish one)

 

[Chrisy]

Uh oh, does that mean March now? Nooooo

 

[ZuneNinja]

Verizon could not be more lame than this very moment right now.

 

[66dude]

Now says coming soon instead of February

That means the release is coming soon, most likely sometime this month!