Verizon announces HTC Thunderbolt with March 17th release date

[phillyphill39]

verizon had it up around 1-2 last night, but they out of contract price was $444, but of course i couldnt get it billed to my account. but of course 20 minutes ago its $599 and i can get that billed to my account . Oh well ill have my tb tomorrow, now time to sell this damn iphone.

 

[wctaylor79]

Enroute to verizon.. I live on island so got hour drive to corp store.

 

[ace198]

I am up getting ready to go to best buy at 10am so i go get coffee and make my way there yayaydancedroid:icon_ banana:

 

[mitchb2]

Any reviews yet? LOL!

 

[Vulcan1600]

I just ordered my Thunderbolt over the phone with VZW with overnight delivery. I will have mine in hand tomorrow.

 

[BigMcGuire]

5:35am here in California, going to need to wait a few hours before 9:00am (when local VW store opens). Ugh. All you lucky East Coast people get it first

 

[BigMcGuire]

So if it is $239 on the Verizon Wireless website, does that mean it's going to be $239 in store?

 

[ke0kie]

I'm an existing Verizon Wireless customer, and used my upgrade on the TB.

I upgraded via the Verizon Wireless website, the phone rang up $209.99 with free 2-day shipping (FedEx express).

Here is a paste from the confirmation/invoice they emailed me:

Equipment Upgrade:
1 HTC ThunderBolt $209.99

Included accessories for HTC ThunderBolt:
Standard Lithium Ion Battery, Wall/USB charger,
32GB microSD card, Product Safety Warranty Statement,
Getting Started Guide, Important Consumer Information Brochure



Free mobile (4g) hotspot till 5/15 is sweet. I live in NYC (4g coverage available), so this should be great. I figure by 5/15, we should be able to root the phone, and I'll install WiFi tether (same as I'm using on my rooted OG Droid).


I'm a productivity user (ie not a game user) so this phone should be great for me, plenty fast, lots of space; I'm really excited about the new device.

Getting used to its size will be interesting, though!


--Scott

 

[leprophotography]

$179 flat @ Amazon

 

[bazar6]

...Free mobile (4g) hotspot till 5/15 is sweet. I live in NYC (4g coverage available), so this should be great. I figure by 5/15, we should be able to root the phone, and I'll install WiFi tether (same as I'm using on my rooted OG Droid).

I'm a productivity user (ie not a game user) so this phone should be great for me, plenty fast, lots of space; I'm really excited about the new device.

Getting used to its size will be interesting, though!

--Scott

Great news dude, the Thunderbolt was rooted a month ago, way before the phone even had an exact launch date! : Thunderbolt gets root and NAND access | Android Central

 

[BigMcGuire]

Those of you getting this phone, does the sim card already come with the phone or do they put it in?

 

[geoff5093]

People must have it by now!

 

[leprophotography]

Correct me if I'm wrong, Verizon based on a CDMA network, there's no sim card vs. GSM network like ATT & T-mobile, those required simcard.

Those of you getting this phone, does the sim card already come with the phone or do they put it in?

 

[Mustang02]

Correct me if I'm wrong, Verizon based on a CDMA network, there's no sim card vs. GSM network like ATT & T-mobile, those required simcard.

Those of you getting this phone, does the sim card already come with the phone or do they put it in?

There is a sim card for 4G.

 

[leprophotography]

U r right, TB is a 4G LTE phone, there's slot for sim card.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Verizon based on a CDMA network, there's no sim card vs. GSM network like ATT & T-mobile, those required simcard.

Those of you getting this phone, does the sim card already come with the phone or do they put it in?

There is a sim card for 4G.