Verizon announces HTC Thunderbolt with March 17th release date

[peterjariel]

Omg this phone is awesome I love it , got 2of them for me and the wife

 

[BigMcGuire]

Wow taking lunch early from work today. I've still got 2 hours and 10 mins to go. lol.

 

[ke0kie]

$179 flat @ Amazon

New customer only right?


--Scott

 

[leprophotography]

for upgrades as well.

$179 flat @ Amazon

New customer only right?


--Scott

 

[ke0kie]

for upgrades as well.

$179 flat @ Amazon

New customer only right?


--Scott

Bummer! Oh well, at least its supposed to be here in 2 days and there isn't much sweat factor dealing directly w/ Verizon Wireless.

--Scott

 

[bjof45]

So does anyone know if you the upgrade price inside the store will be the same price as the one online ($200-$209)?

 

[wctaylor79]

So does anyone know if you the upgrade price inside the store will be the same price as the one online ($200-$209)?

I got mine at 199 at the Verizon Corporate store. I got $50 off for my job discount. Without it is 249.99 for two year.. 319.99 for one year..

 

[jazzman]

So does anyone know if you the upgrade price inside the store will be the same price as the one online ($200-$209)?

I just visited my local Verizon store and was told that they couldn't honor the $209 online price. I ordered online. I guess I can wait another few days; it's only been 39... and counting

 

[wctaylor79]

And the charge that came with the phone is now gone.. time to charge up for the first time and give this thing the real test.. for those that care I have been using non stop wifi hotspot, 4G, txt, email, borwser for the past 2.5 hours.. so not surprised it is ready to charge up now..

 

[pc747]

Vzw not honoring 1yr deals "we treating it likke the iphone" so if want a tb gonna have to go best buy.

 

[Detonation]

Does Amazon work with annual upgrades? My 2 year/NE2 isn't until November.

 

[BigMcGuire]

Mine is in August and it said I wasn't eligible for an upgrade. So I'd assume no.

 

[geoff5093]

Vzw not honoring 1yr deals "we treating it likke the iphone" so if want a tb gonna have to go best buy.

I was told you can do a 1 year at a Verizon store. Either way though I would recommend a 2 year, that way you are locked in for unlimited 4G longer.

 

[ke0kie]

...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

Sweet. I'll start digging for the procedure. I'd like to wait till there is a procedure for a retail phone (if existing ones are on pre-production units).

I just read on the Amazon site that mobile hotspot won't be available at launch (and thus the freeness is delayed), can anyone that has a physical phone confirm that?



--Scott

 

[Slapsmak]

This post is from my iPad2... Through my TB. Mobile hotspot works fine...and it is fast

...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

Sweet. I'll start digging for the procedure. I'd like to wait till there is a procedure for a retail phone (if existing ones are on pre-production units).

I just read on the Amazon site that mobile hotspot won't be available at launch (and thus the freeness is delayed), can anyone that has a physical phone confirm that?



--Scott