Regarding the thunderbolts release date

[gerio]

Really?

I'm stoked! I can't believe it! The hell you say!

Wait.

What?

Geri O

[dirkbonn]

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chefjeff wrote:

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now isn't that interesting?

[silver6055]

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dirkbonn wrote:

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chefjeff wrote:

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now isn't that interesting?

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Hey, come on!   The empty post contains exactly the same amount of useful, accurate information on the Thunderbolt release as any other post on this topic on the internet!  (And is much quicker to read and digest).   Now, why it belongs in the iPhone forum is another question, but be appreciative.

BTW: for those lucky enough NOT to be following this discussion!  On just one site (droidforums.net) you can find

" When Will the ThunderBolt Be Available for Purchase" with 1,478 posts,  HTC Thunderbolt Release Date, with 4,609 posts and  NEW: When Will the ThunderBolt be Available for Purchase? with 1,602 posts.  

All of them give dates that the poster was told be a reliable source (someone in a Verizon store, a pal at HTC, that guy at Best Buy, something they saw on a forum that they cannot remember etc), followed by others giving different dates.   And those are just the major threads on this topic on one forum.....It was certainly going to come out Jan 31, Feb 4, Feb 10, Feb 24, Feb 28, Mar 4, Mar 10 and now Mar 17.

[AZSALUKI]

it's right on time. feb 29 was SET IN STONE. this is from VERY reliable resources.

[mildlyannoyed]

hahaha...Feb 29! I love it!

[gerio]

Yeah, AZ. Good one....

Geri O

[silver6055]

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AZSALUKI wrote:

it's right on time. feb 29 was SET IN STONE. this is from VERY reliable resources.

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OK, horrible stuff.   I printed out Azsaluki's post, and went to my local Verizon Wireless store.   I said, very politely, that I wanted to purchase the HTC Thunderbolt.   The rep looked a little surprised, and said "I'm sorry sir, it isn't available yet, and we don't know exactly when we will get it."   I smiled, OK, leered, pulled out the the print-out and said "Aha, what about this then?   Give me my Thunderbolt!!!!"

After a minute or so, the rep said: "Sir, there is no Feb 29th this year."

So, not content with mandatory data plans, undeletable bloatware on phones, not giving iPhone discounts to people one month into another contract, Verizon has STOLEN a whole day this year to have an excuse for a delayed launch of the Thunderbolt!  I'm going to AT&T as they have a Feb 29th every year, and that's Customer Service!

[gerio]

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silver6055 wrote:

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dirkbonn wrote:

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chefjeff wrote:

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now isn't that interesting?

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Hey, come on!   The empty post contains exactly the same amount of useful, accurate information on the Thunderbolt release as any other post on this topic on the internet!  (And is much quicker to read and digest).   Now, why it belongs in the iPhone forum is another question, but be appreciative.

Ahh, so what, I had my fun with it.... (Darn, still no red smilies yet...)(and GREAT point about why it was here....)

BTW: for those lucky enough NOT to be following this discussion!  On just one site (droidforums.net) you can find

" When Will the ThunderBolt Be Available for Purchase" with 1,478 posts,  HTC Thunderbolt Release Date, with 4,609 posts and  NEW: When Will the ThunderBolt be Available for Purchase? with 1,602 posts.  

I gotta admit, I follow that site, as well as Droid-Life and, I hate to admit, Boy Genius, and that keeps popping up, along with the anger and wailing and knashing of teeth over its non-appearance. 

All of them give dates that the poster was told be a reliable source (someone in a Verizon store, a pal at HTC, that guy at Best Buy, something they saw on a forum that they cannot remember etc), followed by others giving different dates.   And those are just the major threads on this topic on one forum.....It was certainly going to come out Jan 31, Feb 4, Feb 10, Feb 24, Feb 28, Mar 4, Mar 10 and now Mar 17.

And it's astounding that they are all getting unbelieveably torqued at Verizon for RUMORS that Verizon didn't even start. I am at a loss of words over that one (as well as waiting for the Droid X2 or the Bionic!).

Geri O

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[AZSALUKI]

And it's astounding that they are all getting unbelieveably torqued at Verizon for RUMORS that Verizon didn't even start. I am at a loss of words over that one (as well as waiting for the Droid X2 or the Bionic!).

Geri O

while i do agree with what you are saying....don't you think that by running a vzn commercial and an htc commercial for it on tv every night, along with nearly full page ads in the sunday best buy ad, they are at the very least, contributing to the rumors? i know they've never made an announcement and that at the CES they actually said this summer....but why all the marketing now? heck, best buy will even take your money as a deposit.....for a phone coming out in 4 months? seems absurd. 

and why haven't the mods moved this thread yet? lol

[PJNC284]

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AZSALUKI wrote:

And it's astounding that they are all getting unbelieveably torqued at Verizon for RUMORS that Verizon didn't even start. I am at a loss of words over that one (as well as waiting for the Droid X2 or the Bionic!).

Geri O

while i do agree with what you are saying....don't you think that by running a vzn commercial and an htc commercial for it on tv every night, along with nearly full page ads in the sunday best buy ad, they are at the very least, contributing to the rumors? i know they've never made an announcement and that at the CES they actually said this summer....but why all the marketing now? heck, best buy will even take your money as a deposit.....for a phone coming out in 4 months? seems absurd. 

and why haven't the mods moved this thread yet? lol

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They actually said "as early as March" at CES.  And I'm not believing the June date as he never specificially mentioned it as anything other than saying "they're still on track for the first half of 2011".  Even if they released it now, that'd be true.

[gerio]

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AZSALUKI wrote:

And it's astounding that they are all getting unbelieveably torqued at Verizon for RUMORS that Verizon didn't even start. I am at a loss of words over that one (as well as waiting for the Droid X2 or the Bionic!).

Geri O

while i do agree with what you are saying....don't you think that by running a vzn commercial and an htc commercial for it on tv every night, along with nearly full page ads in the sunday best buy ad, they are at the very least, contributing to the rumors? i know they've never made an announcement and that at the CES they actually said this summer....but why all the marketing now? heck, best buy will even take your money as a deposit.....for a phone coming out in 4 months? seems absurd. 

and why haven't the mods moved this thread yet? lol

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Ahh, I haven't see those commercials yet. Sure, it's contributing to the rumors.  I keep seeing the *rumors* about battery troubles. Maybe there is something to them. I can't see why the T-Bolt isn't out unless that were the case. 

I'll turn a little TV tonight and see if those commercials runs. Gosh knows, I've seen plenty ads about the Verizon iPhone and the Moto Xoom. Seems like there have been some Samsung Galaxy Tab ads, too. 

Geri O

[AZSALUKI]

Yeah.....they started running the vzn ads (the thunderstorm one) since the superbowl. Then about a week or 2 ago, HTC started running their own ads for it. I see them (more of the HTC one now) nightly during prime time cable. They come off as if you can run down to the store and get one. And now I hear they have put out mailers to some customers that actually say "now available." Who knows if that's true......but if it is, they obviously expected it to be out by now, and aren't helping the rumor situation.....lol.

[silver6055]

Thread has been moved.

So, how about that iPhone 4, what do you all think?

[IwannaSeeMore]

I have gone into several local VZW store over the past month. ALL have told me the same thing. It will be out VERY soon. In the interim I am stuck with a 4 year old POC because my env3, as well as my wife's and daughter's env3 keep shutting off. My annoyance is that I was going to get the Incredible, wasadvised over a month ago to wait by sales person as the TB is coming in days. I guess that is true, after all there are 365 days in a year. Even if VZ did not officially announce a date, they should step up and do so to stopp all this **bleep**. They have had commercials saying coming soon, then the one that followed that saying "available only at Verizon." Yes it's only a phone, but phones, like it or not, have become integral in our daily life. When the very employees of a company keep saying any day and the company has commercials flaunting the greatness of these phone, how can any1 fault the end user, you know the guy paying the bill, for getting annoyed when there seems to be no end in sight? I would not be surprised ig LG beats HTC to the LTE market at VZW.

[gerio]

ROFL!!!

Nearly spewed coffee everywhere!

Geri O

[mildlyannoyed]

hahahahahaha. *falls off chair*

[Ann154]

Lol. This entire thread is funny the second time around! It was one of the few threads I was following in iPhone forum. So I read it as it was generated. Now I find it in the DROID after what has turned out to be a long day. It definitely brightened my day.

And Gerio check out your posts in this thread with the mobile view of the forum from your phone. The smiley face symbols aren't there, but the description of the smiley is RED. Just like you wanted.

[gerio]

Yeah, I caught that, Ann.

It makes the red-letter response-fest more meaningful.

Well, to me, anyway..)

Geri O