Thunderbolt Pre Announcement Waiting Room & Availability Thread.

[Chrisy]

If you've signed up for the notification through VZW, you'll get an email from them.

I think these boards will know first.

 

[htowngator]

ROFLMAO! I wouldn't trust that. I signed up for info on the Droid X... still waiting.

Yea I guess that's true, but they sure didn't drop the ball with the iPhone emails.

 

[MarksFX4]

I think these boards will know first.

Then I guess if you want to know first, your just not going to have a life until it comes out. You have put this much into it don't drop out now when the finish line is in sight

 

[Kazer]

Yea I guess that's true, but they sure didn't drop the ball with the iPhone emails.

And the UPGRADE TO IPHONE 4 link under your current phone on the billing page, and the iphone 4 splash page every time you log in even if you click DO NOT SHOW AGAIN, and the commercials, and BAH.

Sick of it.

 

[Chrisy]

Lol! Fine! I'll keep my eyes glued here. But my tiny BlackBerry screen is hurting my eyes! Ha

 

[MarksFX4]

Its just like geocaching, just cause you dont see it at first doesnt mean you stop looking. Sometimes you go to the places looking for the same cache until you find it. Nobody likes quiters! lol

 

[Chrisy]

Haha! I've walked away from a D1/T1 geocaching (micro)! I don't like getting stressed out!!!!

 

[MarksFX4]

Haha! I've walked away from a D1/T1 geocaching (micro)! I don't like getting stressed out!!!!

I have a micro that I have searched for going on a year now. I have gone after atleast a dozen times. was actually thinking of going after it again today to get my mind off this phone. since there is no new info.

 

[Guntherm]

As much as I love my Dinc, and I do love Android, you do realize of course you are goign to see more iPhone stuff right? Come on.. Why?

Becuase verizon is goign to sell millions of iPhones

They will sell what a couple 100 thousand Bolts(IMO)

Now you takign pure marketing doallars and where does it make more sense to spend it? Of course the iPhone, for the millions they will sell they can recoup more marketing dollars. Not so for the Bolt.

Now the Android phones will sell more over all than the iPhone on verizon, however when advertising hard to do for just 1 type of phone. I will give verizon credit they did advertise for the Droid X, but they adviertised the "Branding" which allowed them to sell more "Droid" phones.

Anyways you have amonth lead time to know about the iPhone, not goign to happen for most phones, cost too much in advertising dollars.

Well that is my opinion....O

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

As much as I love my Dinc, and I do love Android, you do realize of course you are goign to see more iPhone stuff right? Come on.. Why?

Becuase verizon is goign to sell millions of iPhones

They will sell what a couple 100 thousand Bolts(IMO)

Now you takign pure marketing doallars and where does it make more sense to spend it? Of course the iPhone, for the millions they will sell they can recoup more marketing dollars. Not so for the Bolt.

Now the Android phones will sell more over all than the iPhone on verizon, however when advertising hard to do for just 1 type of phone. I will give verizon credit they did advertise for the Droid X, but they adviertised the "Branding" which allowed them to sell more "Droid" phones.

Anyways you have amonth lead time to know about the iPhone, not goign to happen for most phones, cost too much in advertising dollars.

Well that is my opinion....O

While this may be true for a brand new iPhone, I don't really get it for an 8 month old iPhone. I mean even iPhone users and cell phone users that want to be iPhone users are a lot more saavy than even a year ago. While I'm sure a lot of people are happy that it is now known that Apple will be making iPhones for Verizon as well, Apple and Verizon would have been much better off to just wait to bring the iPhone 5 to Verizon instead of the current iPhone because while they may have done very well with iPhone 4 pre-orders, all of the reports are that the Verizon iPhone 4 is not selling all that well in retail stores (Apple or Verizon).

 

[htowngator]

While this may be true for a brand new iPhone, I don't really get it for an 8 month old iPhone. I mean even iPhone users and cell phone users that want to be iPhone users are a lot more saavy than even a year ago. While I'm sure a lot of people are happy that it is now known that Apple will be making iPhones for Verizon as well, Apple and Verizon would have been much better off to just wait to bring the iPhone 5 to Verizon instead of the current iPhone because while they may have done very well with iPhone 4 pre-orders, all of the reports are that the Verizon iPhone 4 is not selling all that well in retail stores (Apple or Verizon).

It's time we really face up to the truth: the Apple brand holds a lot more weight than anything else. Companies like VZW adopted Android b/c they couldn't get the iPhone. It really resurrected Verizon's image in terms of smartphone cutting edge technology (lets face it -- they were last in terms of what people used if they wanted the newest phone tech). However, they always wanted Apple and it's plainly obvious why -- it sells. Android is a great platform and produces a wide range of options but you'll never have a single phone sell like the iPhone. It sucks, but it's reality. Verizon -- like AT&T -- loves to be able to lock people in to long contracts and they successfully did that with current VZW people getting the iPhone 4.

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

It's time we really face up to the truth: the Apple brand holds a lot more weight than anything else. Companies like VZW adopted Android b/c they couldn't get the iPhone. It really resurrected Verizon's image in terms of smartphone cutting edge technology (lets face it -- they were last in terms of what people used if they wanted the newest phone tech). However, they always wanted Apple and it's plainly obvious why -- it sells. Android is a great platform and produces a wide range of options but you'll never have a single phone sell like the iPhone. It sucks, but it's reality. Verizon -- like AT&T -- loves to be able to lock people in to long contracts and they successfully did that with current VZW people getting the iPhone 4.

Oh I'm not saying the Apple brand doesn't sell. It's obvious it does. I just feel bad for the people that may not be as saavy and they got the current Verizon iPhone (unless they bought it off contract or have the money to just buy a new phone whenever they want) because for all we know the iPhone 5 may be LTE capable or at the very least use the same EVDO antenna that the Thunderbolt has so people can use voice and data simultaneously.

I know that if people are happy with their iPhone 4 then it should be fine, but I hate to see people being locked into a phone when Verizon is in such a huge transition with LTE. If it was just about the next iPhone or the next smartphone in general, it wouldn't be a big deal to me.

 

[htowngator]

Oh I'm not saying the Apple brand doesn't sell. It's obvious it does. I just feel bad for the people that may not be as saavy and they got the current Verizon iPhone (unless they bought it off contract or have the money to just buy a new phone whenever they want) because for all we know the iPhone 5 may be LTE capable or at the very least use the same EVDO antenna that the Thunderbolt has so people can use voice and data simultaneously.

I know that if people are happy with their iPhone 4 then it should be fine, but I hate to see people being locked into a phone when Verizon is in such a huge transition with LTE. If it was just about the next iPhone or the next smartphone in general, it wouldn't be a big deal to me.

They've already said the iPhone 5 won't have LTE in it.

 

[Guntherm]

Agreed, iPhone will not be LTE, However we all are under the thought that Apple will release a new phone this year. All speculation at this point.

However the bottem line is we not inthe foreseeable future will see any marketign to the extent of what the iPhone gets. 1 Phone vs 100 Androids. Android sells more but it's spread across so many phones.

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

That eBay listing is for a DUMMY phone, not a real working model. The seller mentions that but is probably hoping someone will overlook it and make a bid.

Especially since there seems to be some real effort in making it unclear that it's not a working model. He e even uses "display unit" instead of dummy.

 

[xusxmarinesx]

So why hasn't verizon announced something yet.. if htc is shipping this week and its expected next week shouldn't we've heard something by now

 

[Target#AC]

That's the million dollar question at the moment

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

So why hasn't verizon announced something yet.. if htc is shipping this week and its expected next week shouldn't we've heard something by now

Your guess is as good as ours. There are a dozen different scenario's being speculated...seems to be the most prevalent is because of the iPhone launch, but again that's all based on speculation and hearsay.

 

[anon(157335)]

I'm having an interesting issue with the VZW site today. My NE2 credit kicked in last night, so before I went to bed I went through the "Upgrade My Phone" process as far as the screen which lets you choose a phone. Unfortunately, the TB wasn't listed there, but the process worked.

I just tried again and as soon as I click the Upgrade Now button on the My Account page I receive the following message:

The following activities are reserved for the Account Owner, the person financially responsible for the account.

• View / pay bill
• Check balance
• Upgrade phone
• Change calling plan
• Add a line of service

I click Continue at the bottom and am returned to the My Account screen. What's odd is that I can view my bill, check my balance, etc. (the error message above indicates that I can't do any of that).

I got a similar error message after clicking the Order iPhone 4 button.

Can anyone else confirm if they are seeing the same issue? I'm hoping that they are updating the phone upgrade system (adding the TB??) and that I wasn't hacked somehow.

EDIT: Nevermind, it seems to be working now. And still no TB.

 

[funguy123us]

I'm having an interesting issue with the VZW site today. My NE2 credit kicked in last night, so before I went to bed I went through the "Upgrade My Phone" process as far as the screen which lets you choose a phone. Unfortunately, the TB wasn't listed there, but the process worked.

I just tried again and as soon as I click the Upgrade Now button on the My Account page I receive the following message:

The following activities are reserved for the Account Owner, the person financially responsible for the account.

• View / pay bill
• Check balance
• Upgrade phone
• Change calling plan
• Add a line of service

I click Continue at the bottom and am returned to the My Account screen. What's odd is that I can view my bill, check my balance, etc. (the error message above indicates that I can't do any of that).

I got a similar error message after clicking the Order iPhone 4 button.

Can anyone else confirm if they are seeing the same issue? I'm hoping that they are updating the phone upgrade system (adding the TB??) and that I wasn't hacked somehow.

I tried this last night it worked, of course i didn't go through the whole upgrade, i just wanted to make sure my NE2 credit was still there. Will try later today and post it what i find.