HTC Thunderbolt Release Date

[Rotas]

The talk, rumors, the VZW "Coming soon" site and statements, etc, has all been misleading.

The main problem people are having is lack of information.
We are going to be mad if you say you will have it at this time, and it gets released a lot later.
Keeping tight lips on the matter though is doing nothing but amplifying it.
HTC, VZW, somebody, needs to release some information on whats going on right now.
They had the balls to build it up, they need to have the balls to tell us whats gong on.

 

[guitarchris123]

Its NOT an LTE network issue. Look around and read. There are handsets running on it right now with zero issues.

The info is out there for those that search for it : )
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Oh, come on ck, don't tease us! Is it pricing? How about a hint? At least that's good news that it isn't the network, but if you say its the phone itself I am disinclined to believe that. Johnboy said his demo is smooth and fast and gets decent battery life. Could it be last minute software stuff? Throw us a bone!

 

[shortsxit]

For those of you wanting the bolt. Don't rush out and buy an x or something like that.

You should wait it out for a few more weeks before making any decisions. I mean ya never know what could be headed out way shortly.

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We've been told the same thing every week since early February. How much longer do we keep saying, "I'll just wait it out two more weeks." Then two weeks later doing it all over again. I could have sworn that tomorrow was the "real, this time I mean it, no foolin', this will be it for sure" release date according to everyone.

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[hookbill]

Its NOT an LTE network issue. Look around and read. There are handsets running on it right now with zero issues.

The info is out there for those that search for it : )
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Oh, come on ck, don't tease us! Is it pricing? How about a hint? At least that's good news that it isn't the network, but if you say its the phone itself I am disinclined to believe that. Johnboy said his demo is smooth and fast and gets decent battery life. Could it be last minute software stuff? Throw us a bone!

Last I heard it was because of the iPad 2. But that's probably not true either. I don't believe anything anymore.

 

[cereal killer]

Its NOT an LTE network issue. Look around and read. There are handsets running on it right now with zero issues.

The info is out there for those that search for it : )
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Oh, come on ck, don't tease us! Is it pricing? How about a hint? At least that's good news that it isn't the network, but if you say its the phone itself I am disinclined to believe that. Johnboy said his demo is smooth and fast and gets decent battery life. Could it be last minute software stuff? Throw us a bone!

Johnboys info while good is incomplete. He needs to operate the handset over LTE before signing off on it.




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[wctaylor79]

Its NOT an LTE network issue. Look around and read. There are handsets running on it right now with zero issues.

The info is out there for those that search for it : )
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Oh, come on ck, don't tease us! Is it pricing? How about a hint? At least that's good news that it isn't the network, but if you say its the phone itself I am disinclined to believe that. Johnboy said his demo is smooth and fast and gets decent battery life. Could it be last minute software stuff? Throw us a bone!

I don't think CK is saying something new.. rather just rebuting to the fact that the delay is due to the LTE network. CK makes a great point. Johnboy and others are running the TB just fine.. so therefore it may not be the network.

My 2 cents on the possible netork issue is that the network works fine, they just need to fine tune certain areas that are supposed to be live at the launch and are not quite ready. So I feel LTE is great, just not covering all that it is supposed to at this moment..

 

[sidsixseven]

The longer VZW delays the TB, the more chance they have of losing new customers to ATT. They will stop playing "ostrich" soon (head in the sand) if they know what's good for them.

Along those lines, how many AT&T users decided to renew with AT&T rather than switch because a comparable phone was not available?

There is a lot of press that VZW is getting less iPhone conversions than anticipated. As I wrote above, in my Family Plan situation where multiple people in my family want different phones, the deciding factor here is the lack of a comparable Android phone -- NOT the new recent availability of the iPhone.

 

[kodiak799]

Just because handsets are running on it with no problems now doesn't mean there aren't issues in spots throughout the 50-100 or so cities that offer the service currently. AT&T is apparently having issues launching it's HSPA+ network and I think TMo has been running that fine for a while.

VZW is also supposedly struggling with it's new data pricing, but it's hard to imagine indecisive number crunchers would actually be responsible for holding up this launch.

 

[shortsxit]

I'm surprised at the amount of TB followers who have waited all this time and are now just giving up last minute to get an end of life phone or inferior phone on another network instead. Everyone is misconstruing the VZW corp guy's statements. He said LTE phones within first half of year, not end of Q2. He was very vague, I think people are overreacting. At CES they said Q1 for the TB. I am confident it will come out the 17th, or the 24th at the latest, but of course anything is still possible. There is no way this phone gets pushed to summer, not nearly as many people would buy it then due to all the competition. I don't think the Stealth will come out before the TB, plain and simple. If the TB is having battery issues still (which supposedly have been fixed), it is because of the network connection (not the phone itself), and this would affect the Stealth or any other LTE phone too. Johnboy in the Demo thread has been getting pretty good battery life using his TB on 3G and WiFi. Commercials, accessories, pre-orders, HTC CEO said they were shipping, BMX says its a go, etc. We will see it very shortly.

Also, I do think that Apple has a little something to do with it, although it is a combination of other things too that have made this the fiasco it is. They had to give iPhone its time to shine first, so that put the TB to the side. More recently they announced the iPad2, further pushing back the TB another week or two. Verizon can only concentrate on so many big releases at once. Also, it has been rumored than they took some of the network engineers off the LTE project to beef up the 3G network in anticipation for the iPhone, and neglected to complete final preparations on the LTE network in time. Hopefully they have been back hard at work figuring out how to correct whatever the issue is, and the network will be ready in time for a TB release next week.

Actually they said Q2, maybe late March for all the 4G devices at CES. Rumors started the whole Q1 date.

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[guitarchris123]

Last I heard it was because of the iPad 2. But that's probably not true either. I don't believe anything anymore.

It seems like they are on a 2 week cycle of releasing new devices lately: 2/10-iPhone, 2/24-Xoom, 3/11-iPad2... If so, that puts the TB at 3/24 instead of 3/17. I hope not though, and I will keep hoping until my dreams are dashed yet again next week. I wish VZW would stop jocking the fruit, Android got them where they are today and now all they see are the dollar signs. I gues I don't blame them, if I was in charge I'd probably do the same thing. Most of America is pretty stupid so they want a device that a baby can use. If there's too much that they can do with a device or won't understand without research they become fearful and dismiss it.

 

[metzor]

For those of you wanting the bolt. Don't rush out and buy an x or something like that.

You should wait it out for a few more weeks before making any decisions. I mean ya never know what could be headed out way shortly.

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We've been told the same thing every week since early February. How much longer do we keep saying, "I'll just wait it out two more weeks." Then two weeks later doing it all over again. I could have sworn that tomorrow was the "real, this time I mean it, no foolin', this will be it for sure" release date according to everyone.

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Yeah how could we forget.. VZW 'insiders' were assuring people of an announcement on 3/1.. then 3/3 for a 3/10 release. Neither announcement happened and no one knew why. That's what makes the least amount of sense to me.. that they came within hours of announcing it (supposedly) and then at the last minute decided not to. If there is some pervasive LTE network issue or battery issue or serious problem with the phone, how could it have gotten that close to be announced (supposedly)?

 

[guitarchris123]

Its NOT an LTE network issue. Look around and read. There are handsets running on it right now with zero issues.

The info is out there for those that search for it : )
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Oh, come on ck, don't tease us! Is it pricing? How about a hint? At least that's good news that it isn't the network, but if you say its the phone itself I am disinclined to believe that. Johnboy said his demo is smooth and fast and gets decent battery life. Could it be last minute software stuff? Throw us a bone!

Johnboys info while good is incomplete. He needs to operate the handset over LTE before signing off on it.

I agree that a real-world LTE test must be conducted before final judgment. Ok, forgive me, but now I'm confused. You just said it wasn't the LTE network...am I missing something? Is the TB itself still having problems connecting to the network or switching back & forth between 3G/4G? I thought that issue was fixed already.

 

[kodiak799]

Alternatively, these VZW "insiders" are a lot lower on the food chain than people realize and what they are spreading are internal rumors, probably not any better or worse than the blogs with supposedly high-level sources.

This is why execs truly in the knows try to keep this info close to the vest. Probably what is happening is the guy testing in LA gives it the thumbs up, and so people start saying it's ready to launch, oblivious to the fact it will be held up because testers in NY and Boston are having issues (I'm just making that example up).

 

[shortsxit]

Its NOT an LTE network issue. Look around and read. There are handsets running on it right now with zero issues.

The info is out there for those that search for it : )


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Didn't bmx post today to specifically say it is a network issue. It seems like every single "insider" contradicts the others.

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[pc747]

Oh, come on ck, don't tease us! Is it pricing? How about a hint? At least that's good news that it isn't the network, but if you say its the phone itself I am disinclined to believe that. Johnboy said his demo is smooth and fast and gets decent battery life. Could it be last minute software stuff? Throw us a bone!

Johnboys info while good is incomplete. He needs to operate the handset over LTE before signing off on it.

I agree that a real-world LTE test must be conducted before final judgment. Ok, forgive me, but now I'm confused. You just said it wasn't the LTE network...am I missing something? Is the TB itself still having problems connecting to the network or switching back & forth between 3G/4G? I thought that issue was fixed already.

To be honest guitarchris I dont think any one really knows why its being delayed outside of vzw and htc. We can go back and forth guessing but every one is just posting what some one else either said on a blog or twitter. The only logical thing that you can do is wait because we can not control when it is released.