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The Bolt wil be available 2/14!

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gobluejd said:
Agreed. I find more and more I am shaking my head that people are thinking they are picking this up tomorrow. Ain't happening.
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Like I said I highly doubt I am getting it tomorrow. I'm assuming it will be out on the 24th or something like that.
 
gobluejd said:
That was a broad statement, across many forums, and was not directly pointed at you. Just an FYI :)
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lol Didn't take it that way. Just agreeing with you. It will be by the end of February, but not the 14th. I talked to a Verizon rep yesterday when my Mom was switching to Verizon. She had no date as well.
 
the phone is not in todays BB flyer so i doubt its a go for tomorrow. plus they would have these in stock too waiting to put for tomorrow yet no BB employee has reported having them on hand yet
 
gobluejd said:
I am confused on how people really think Best Buy is going to get this phone BEFORE VZW?

I mean VZW spent the money at CES, promoted it along side HTC. Do you all really think BB will have it BEFORE VZW, seriously? BB has exclusive for brick and mortar, thats it.

I could be wrong but it just seems BB lately has been playing devils advocate and all these "release info" seems awful peculiar to me.

Just my thoughts....
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I said the same thing over in a thread on XDA where a guy "GUARANTEED!!!" a BB Feb. 14th launch date, saying that it didn't matter if VZW was selling it then or not BB was selling it on the 14th no matter what. I got flamed so hard I felt like a marshmallow.

I agree with you, I don't see how VZW is going to let BB sell their flagship 4G devise before VZW can. It just doesn't make sense, and even if the BBs are all independent and can't be technically told what to do by VZW, do you really think if VZW said, "Do not sell this phone, if you do we will not allow you to ever sell one of our branded phones again and we will not allow you to have any VZW signs anywhere either." that BB would still do it?
 
I just called Verizon and they said not today (At least not from VZW). The CSR I spoke with said the 18th according to her records. She did not have pricing yet. Happily, I can renew my contract on the 21st so I can check out how everyone likes theirs (I'm concerned about the battery life... my Incredible barely makes it a half of a day without a huge oversized extended battery.)
 
I had to laugh today. I called my Best Buy where I preordered expecting to hear sorry miss the release date has been moved back. Instead I hear oh absolutely the phone is being release today. We are just waiting for our delivery truck to drop them off today. It should be no later than 4PM. I'll call you back later today to let you know they are in and you can pick up your phone. Pretty bad when they are clueless that late in the game.
 
As I've stated before, I'm not in the world's biggest rush since realistically my Inc is perfectly fine and will get me to the launch in good shape, but what gets me is the confusion, speculation and so on. I may not be aware of how these things really go and if politics play a part, but I wouldn't think it would be so hard to come up with a date and just throw it out there for everyone to know. Now, I suppose the case may be that in today's day and age of information being at your fingertips, maybe that is exactly what is going on and because we got info so early, WE started all of this confusion. Maybe we weren't really supposed to know until now or soon. I don't know. I just want official info. :)
 
Prosdo said:
I had to laugh today. I called my Best Buy where I preordered expecting to hear sorry miss the release date has been moved back. Instead I hear oh absolutely the phone is being release today. We are just waiting for our delivery truck to drop them off today. It should be no later than 4PM. I'll call you back later today to let you know they are in and you can pick up your phone. Pretty bad when they are clueless that late in the game.
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Do you think that maybe they were tired of all the calls they were getting asking, "Where's my Thunderbolt?", "You said it was today!", "I was number one on the preorder list and I should have it today!"

So they decided they would punk ya?? Maybe??
 
Lucidot said:
Do you think that maybe they were tired of all the calls they were getting asking, "Where's my Thunderbolt?", "You said it was today!", "I was number one on the preorder list and I should have it today!"

So they decided they would punk ya?? Maybe??
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No I just think this whole launch is just poorly handle because of the iPhone launch.
 
ChiTownJim said:
EVO cases will not fit, the kickstand is bigger , the usb port is in a diffrent locations along with the cameras .

I have my Thunderbolt case in hand and my roomate has an EVO and we just checked it out , it actually does fit the EVO just the cut outs were all in the wrong places

I'm going to get a Seidio Innocase (love the one for my Incredible) but got a cheap silicon case off ebay so I have something when I first get it
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I just bought my cheapo temporary case from eBay, so I'm ready. :D There aren't many to choose from yet, and you have to pay close attention because some of them don't have all of the cutouts. I got burned on that with my Moto Droid. There was no cutout for the mic. :confused:
 
lamoglinsgal said:
I just bought my cheapo temporary case from eBay, so I'm ready. :D There aren't many to choose from yet, and you have to pay close attention because some of them don't have all of the cutouts. I got burned on that with my Moto Droid. There was no cutout for the mic. :confused:
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Yeah I looked at some of the pics and it looks like all the cutouts are there hopefully they are. I think I'm gonna order a Seidio Innocase anyways (my favorite case for my incredible by far and can take insane abuse while still being slim)
If the cheapo one I bought doesn't work , I guess I'm out $6 lol
 
ChiTownJim said:
Yeah I looked at some of the pics and it looks like all the cutouts are there hopefully they are. I think I'm gonna order a Seidio Innocase anyways (my favorite case for my incredible by far and can take insane abuse while still being slim)
If the cheapo one I bought doesn't work , I guess I'm out $6 lol
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:D $6 was my generic budget, too! Actually, I think the TPU case on my Incredible now was even cheaper.
 
This whole release plan from Verizon is a f*+-$%#g mess. They had no problem picking a date for the iPhone release, so why can't they pick a date and make an announcement and put all the speculation to rest? Big red might as well be marketing tampons..get the red out!
 
ThrillKill said:
This whole release plan from Verizon is a f*+-$%#g mess. They had no problem picking a date for the iPhone release, so why can't they pick a date and make an announcement and put all the speculation to rest? Big red might as well be marketing tampons..get the red out!
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While you certainly go off the deep end with your colorful metaphors ... :D ... I'm afraid I must agree. Verizon typically doesn't release hard dates for new phones very far in advance. Why did they do it with the iPhone? They probably wanted to give time for people to save up money for cancellation fees from AT&T.

You and I might be upset at Verizon somehow getting a nice, concrete date out for iPhones - which helps dispel rumors, minimize confusion, and helps people plan ahead - but not providing this same courtesy for other phones you and I are interested in. But to leave it at that is actually missing the big picture.

Think of what kind of a shaft that gives to other manufacturers. Verizon gives the godly Jobs and his blessed company the courtesy of OVER A MONTH of advanced warning. I guarantee that there where lost sales from other brands because of it. If I was Motorola or Samsung, I would be pissed as hell that Verizon gave this wonderful gift to one manufacturer, and to no one else. In addition - that's right, it gets better - they offered a trade in program. If you bought another smartphone after some time in November, you could trade it in and get your $200 back to use to get your new iPhone. WHAT?!? Did they ever offer a courtesy like that on the Fascinate or the Droid X? Not that I know of.

They pulled out every shady and unethical tactic (the tactics in and of themselves aren't necessarily shady. The fact that only ONE special, magical brand got that red carpet treatment IS.) and have fallen far short of expectations. Yes, they are still selling well, but I am very glad that they aren't selling anywhere near what Verizon expected.

Serves you right. :mad:

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