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@black_man_x tweeted this morning that it seems there are 4G network issues because a bunch of network engineers were put on a project to beef up EVDO networks for 'fruit' (iPhone) and now the 4G network isnt ready. (not word for word, rather what he implied)
 
this says in stock date 2-21
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okay so i just went to BB to buy the inc. till the TB comes out and they had nothn to say. i went to verizon to change its number from one phone to the other and i asked the guy about the TB. he sais hows it look, i havn't even seen it yet.
me:oh so u guys havn't gotn to even play with one yet?
Verizon guy:no i havent even seen how it looks like. is it nice?
no one had a f*cking clue in that store wtf is going on.
 
matt0715 said:
they did
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They say a lot of things... by things I mean lies... by lies I mean no Skype n prolly no netflix. Both were my reasons for getting the phone... hmmm the iPhone 4 has both of them already. Maybe I will stop waiting around to catch a unicorn n gone n get me a horse. Lol
 
Atrav said:
If the Thunderbolt is made just for Verizon and they have the say so on the actual release date then where in the hell is Bestbuy pulling theses dates from and taking pre-orders while Verizon won't. Seriously....
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Well...One can only blame Verizon. They told Best buy to put the phones up for pre-order without a RELEASE DATE! Rarely will you ever see a pre-order without a release date and that goes for movies, games etc...

I feel VZW is being very arrogant when they say they never announced a date then actually release the phone late and not make an announcement to calm the masses at this point.

Verizon needs to own this eventually, they messed up!

Im not typing this as if I was mad though, its just something I was thinking about. I am gladly waiting for the TB
 
HTCThunderbolt said:
It was strange.. It was showing off the front facing camera but strapping the phone to a helicopter and voice chatting and it was just weird.. haha it was the YOU commercials.
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I just saw the same one in Man v food looks like he is inviting people to a party. No coming soon at the end!!!
 
I got to play with our the Inspire today, one of the HR woman here knows I am a big Android person and she told me she gave her iphone to her husband and get the Inspire because I always talk about android phones.

Man it was really nice and makes me want this phone really bad, I liked how it felt. It was definitely solid and had some weight to it, but not too heavy. Also extremely easy to type on, I know our phone is going to be a little different but it was nice to get a feel for it.

Like the feel of it a lot better than my Fascinate.
 
Geidroid said:
Well...One can only blame Verizon. They told Best buy to put the phones up for pre-order without a RELEASE DATE! Rarely will you ever see a pre-order without a release date and that goes for movies, games etc...

I feel VZW is being very arrogant when they say they never announced a date then actually release the phone late and not make an announcement to calm the masses at this point.

Verizon needs to own this eventually, they messed up!

Im not typing this as if I was mad though, its just something I was thinking about. I am gladly waiting for the TB
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Good point. It is silly making the consumer pre-order a merchandise without having a release date or at least a tentative one.
 
Atrav said:
Good point. It is silly making the consumer pre-order a merchandise without having a release date or at least a tentative one.
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Thats why I thought it was crazy people were (and still are) paying $50 to pre-order a phone that has no official price or release date.
 
LSU316 said:
That sounds a little different than "the first".
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matt0715 said:
ya :confused:
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LSU316 said:
Hasn't Verizon already thrown around the term "world's first 4G LTE phone"?.....I could be imagining that but I thought they did.
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Not long after the ThunderBolt was announced, about a few days or so, the press release was changed, Engadget even had a story on this

it went from "the first LTE smartphone, the HTC ThunderBolt exclusively for Verizon Wireless"

to "one of the first LTE smartphones exclusively for Verizon Wireless"

so either something went down during CES that caused them to change there stance as being the first LTE smartphone or Verizon made them change it.

sadly, the Samsung Indulge is the worlds first LTE smartphone on MetroPCS, or so thats what i read when i heard about it trying to come to market before ThunderBolt

fact here was, AT&T, MetroPCS and T-Mobile were all trying to get there 4G phones out first before Verizon, and they have succeeded

but being first doesn't necessarily mean its a good thing, especially if Verizon is finding problems with LTE and delaying the launch to make sure its perfect.

(you would think they would have done this before they launched it in December) If anything if I were the CEO of Verizon, i would have invested all the resources to get LTE off the ground first, then get the fruity phone with LTE on board and beat AT&T to the punch, making it a win win situation for all fans.
 
NCX Designs said:
Not long after the ThunderBolt was announced, about a few days or so, the press release was changed, Engadget even had a story on this

it went from "the first LTE smartphone, the HTC ThunderBolt exclusively for Verizon Wireless"

to "one of the first LTE smartphones exclusively for Verizon Wireless"

so either something went down during CES that caused them to change there stance as being the first LTE smartphone or Verizon made them change it.

sadly, the Samsung Indulge is the worlds first LTE smartphone on MetroPCS, or so thats what i read when i heard about it trying to come to market before ThunderBolt

fact here was, AT&T, MetroPCS and T-Mobile were all trying to get there 4G phones out first before Verizon, and they have succeeded

but being first doesn't necessarily mean its a good thing, especially if Verizon is finding problems with LTE and delaying the launch to make sure its perfect.

(you would think they would have done this before they launched it in December) If anything if I were the CEO of Verizon, i would have invested all the resources to get LTE off the ground first, then get the fruity phone with LTE on board and beat AT&T to the punch, making it a win win situation for all fans.
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That would have been great.
 
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