BestBuy still selling on the 17th!! - Thunderbolt General

The best buy store i pre ordered at said it will still be selling on the 17th!! An they will not be selling in the verizon store same day!!!!
BestBuy has an exclusive on launch date!
This from the Verizon Rep at BestBuy this morning just a few minutes ago. Agao the tore i went to hd them in stock!!!! I played with one.

BigBonkers said:
This from the Verizon Rep at BestBuy this morning just a few minutes ago. Agao the tore i went to hd them in stock!!!! I played with one.
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Thanks for the tip. Was the screen plastic?

No its Glass! I would never consider a plastic screen.
Sense seemed to fly. best looking phone ive ever played with. But in the end if the 4g is not $30 unlimited like i was told i will be skipping this and getting an iPhone. The only that makes me getting android worth it is unlimited 4g.
I still think iphone is the most complete phone. But i will be getting the thunderbolt just for the 4g.

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No its Glass! I would never consider a plastic screen.
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Good to know its glass. Good sign.

Called the local Best Buy and they are telling me they do not have a release date set. Checked more into verizon and was told that HTC has posted an information block on the phone till march 31st. Found on engadget an article about a picture block and because of posting rules I am not allowed to post the link. Horray for spam control rules.
I am hoping next week would be the time but verizon and Best Buy are reporting that they do not have a release date and that "soon" is all they know. Was told soon for verizon could be a week to 6 weeks.

All speculation, trust no one
Only when there is a public anouncement is when we will truly know
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Would be nice if they would give details outside of "we will be selling this phone but, we won't tell you the release date". They should have announced it's release along with the date.

ramodil said:
Would be nice if they would give details outside of "we will be selling this phone but, we won't tell you the release date". They should have announced it's release along with the date.
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I agree, maybe they are waiting to see if its worth selling the 14th/17th because of a dud in iphone sales
Or is the iphone is a hit (which it is not) then they would post pone the TB
all speculation though
one thing i think is funny that the Verizon Iphone is becoming a dud. most people who wanted a iphone already switched to ATT so whats the big deal about getting wht someone already had for awhile

I think if you're going to offer pre-order(Best Buy), then you'd better have a hard launch date. Offering pre-orders without one is a poor business practice.

Oh great more rumors about launch dates...

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Oh great more rumors about launch dates...
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I agree. No offense to the OP but we need to stop making these threads. Its just going to be harder to find information in the General thread when the device is released. Having 20 release date threads is kinda pointless.

Wait till its released, the development section is going to be flooded with requests for roms
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I agree with you on the multiple threads , but I doubt if anyone will be in the dark the day the phone is released.
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Wait till its released, the development section is going to be flooded with requests for roms
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This. For certain.

BigBonkers said:
I still think iphone is the most complete phone. But i will be getting the thunderbolt just for the 4g.
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No flames for this comment yet?!?!
The iPhone is far from complete friend. It may be pretty and polished... and what it does, it does well, but complete isn't a word I'd use. Imagine using your phone all the time with your app drawer open and no access to your notification bar pull-down... there you go, an iPhone OS...

Guys I just prefer the iphone, but am still getting the thunderbolt because of the 4G.
And also as i stated before the bestbuy store i preordered at had them in stock a whole closet full!!! And will sell to me on that date.

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Guys I just prefer the iphone, but am still getting the thunderbolt because of the 4G.
And also as i stated before the bestbuy store i preordered at had them in stock a whole closet full!!! And will sell to me on that date.
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Every single BB employee that has posted on the forums has said none of the stores have gotten any stock in at all yet. Also why in the world would BB release the phone on the 17th? That is a Thursday and no one has ever heard that date mentioned by any of the sources out there. It has always been either the 14th or the 24th, the date makes no sense.

Hmm every BB employee? Wow thats amazing!
Funny in these forums ive posted the STORE LOCATION, CITY AND STATE.
But i guess your right.

ska.t73 said:
Every single BB employee that has posted on the forums has said none of the stores have gotten any stock in at all yet. Also why in the world would BB release the phone on the 17th? That is a Thursday and no one has ever heard that date mentioned by any of the sources out there. It has always been either the 14th or the 24th, the date makes no sense.
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The 17th is only relevant due to Verizons habit of releasing on Thursdays. Highly unlikely that that's the date. IMO if it were the 14th, we clearly would've heard officially about it by now. If it were the 17th, same thing. 24th...well I think we need to heard about it sometime next week, sooner rather than later for that to be plausible. I just don't see it being released without some sort of ad campaign prior. Until I see ad's I am being pessimistic.

You know what im changing my tune , you right. Its not out till its out. Theres no point sweating it. If i get it when i assume im happy if not....oh well.

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ATT Fuze (Raphael) - November 3rd - $300

I didn't see this posted but a friend/source of mine says that AT&T will be releasing the Fuze in the states November 3rd for $300 after $100 rebate.
Flame on if I missed this as obvious news
Date for ATT Fuze
Hello, Release is listed as October 23 for the Fuze release. ATT is releasing the Omnia around that date as well, I do believe the O is on the 21st.
Jon/Beachboyde
Still a close date. This is based on sales sheet information from today.
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Still a close date. This is based on sales sheet information from today.
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and wheres the picture of the sheet?
how did you not notice the thread about 4 down that says "The Fuze"
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and wheres the picture of the sheet?
how did you not notice the thread about 4 down that says "The Fuze"
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How did you not take the time to read that thread and realize there was no date mentioned...just a link to an engaget post about it coming 'sometime' to ATT
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How did you not take the time to read that thread and realize there was no date mentioned...just a link to an engaget post about it coming 'sometime' to ATT
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Read the entire thread. There is a stock sheet saying 23rd. Regardless, it's getting close. As far as the thread in this section, you're only a month or so late =p
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How did you not take the time to read that thread and realize there was no date mentioned...just a link to an engaget post about it coming 'sometime' to ATT
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ive been keeping up with that fuze thread since it started and the fuze thread before that. i saw the sheet with the 23rd on it thank you
are you the same person who put on engadget the 3rd with no evidence?
Really guys, really? Are you going to get on this kid for posting useful info when all you have are unreliable dates from a sheet (check the releases of the other phones, they don't all match up)? I'd definitely believe his November 3rd date.
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Really guys, really? Are you going to get on this kid for posting useful info when all you have are unreliable dates from a sheet (check the releases of the other phones, they don't all match up)? I'd definitely believe his November 3rd date.
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Thanks for the support.
Sadly, no, I did not post on engadget and have only posted here. I don't have proof other than the text from my manager buddy who said he got a price/release date sheet and the Fuze was on it for Nov. 3rd.
I'm not a newb and didn't go around flailing about with this date. Just posting some info I got is all.
wow, people are gettin' grumpy lol fella releases some honest info, and get shat upon lol.
Hurry up ATT, the junkies in this forum are startin' to itch...
p.s. @OP, TY for the info! <3
Instead at looking at sheets or taking people's word for it I'd rather believe my local ATT cooperate store which tells me they will have the phone avaiable one week after their training on the 16th of this month. Putting the release date at the 23rd.
Earlier the better but I trust corporate stores as much as the government.
well if it doesn't come out until Nov.3 then that puts it close to the release time of the Touch HD. I still haven't made up my mind on whether to get the fuze just for 3G or get the Touch HD and use it on Edge like my Touch pro now and enjoy a much larger screen and better camera.
Nov 3rd seem like it could be true i dont see why people or bashing on him for giving us some info...i remember the diamond had a release date that everyone thought was true but it didnt release until a couple weeks later for sprint...all we should care about is that its actually will come out for ATT...oct 23 and nov 3 thats less than 2 weeks apart from one another...thanks for the info by the way
I'm only saying that giving info without proof is why everyone is upset. By the way the guy waiting for the Pro or the HD thats an easy one Touch Pro since the US will NEVER get a Touch HD in the US, it's already been officially said that there will be no touch HD coming to the US. Also I'm not sure if some have had bad expierences with cooperate stores in the past but my store last year gave me a date for the TyTn II release last year and they had it in stock a day early so yea I'm inclined to believe them, the NYC cooperate store near my house is usually very reliable and don't guess release dates like some other places.
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I'm only saying that giving info without proof is why everyone is upset. By the way the guy waiting for the Pro or the HD thats an easy one Touch Pro since the US will NEVER get a Touch HD in the US, it's already been officially said that there will be no touch HD coming to the US. Also I'm not sure if some have had bad expierences with cooperate stores in the past but my store last year gave me a date for the TyTn II release last year and they had it in stock a day early so yea I'm inclined to believe them, the NYC cooperate store near my house is usually very reliable and don't guess release dates like some other places.
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I'm not trying to start a fight and am glad that the 23rd may be a possibility too.
I wouldn't be myself if I didn't say this though...where is YOUR proof You can't get on my case with 'well my store told me this'.
I mean this in the lightest of moods, so don't get angry...besides, after reading, it looks like this device suffers from the same "it's a business device, not a media device BS" that I got with my Tilt...and I won't go on that train again.
Well, if it comes on the 23rd then at&t will beat sprint out of the gate as the sprint version has been pushed to Nov 2nd. Plus, I have not seen any official previews of the fuze anywhere on the net. Or did I miss something..? The sprint version has youtubes all over the web with official previews.
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Well, if it comes on the 23rd then at&t will beat sprint out of the gate as the sprint version has been pushed to Nov 2nd. Plus, I have not seen any official previews of the fuze anywhere on the net. Or did I miss something..? The sprint version has youtubes all over the web with official previews.
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go to "the fuze" thread htc has a link with the fuze on it
and there is also a att sheet that has it listed for 23rd
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go to "the fuze" thread htc has a link with the fuze on it
and there is also a att sheet that has it listed for 23rd
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Yes, and at the time that sheet was released Sprint's Touch Pro was set to release on the 16th. Sprint's got pushed back to November 2nd, and I believe the exclusivity still plays a role in the fact that they're the first carrier to get it, so AT&T may have had to push their date back to the 3rd. It makes perfect sense, and the training dates wouldn't be delayed if they already had them set up.
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Yes, and at the time that sheet was released Sprint's Touch Pro was set to release on the 16th. Sprint's got pushed back to November 2nd, and I believe the exclusivity still plays a role in the fact that they're the first carrier to get it, so AT&T may have had to push their date back to the 3rd. It makes perfect sense, and the training dates wouldn't be delayed if they already had them set up.
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exclusivity i believe doesnt push others back when one carrier delays theirs.
like how att keeps delaying their bold im pretty sure other carriers can bring them out withint the time frame specified when att originally should have had it out

Fuze release dates and locations

Speculations and Info for Fuze Release
Yeah, speculate.
Kraize92 said:
Update on cali stores! Called a bunch more and here is the new info
Placerville - Sells tomorrow
Emeryville - Selling now
Mountain View - Selling tomorrow
Cupertino - Still questionable. But is supposedly selling them today and will if you go in-store. (Don't call)
Manteca - Sells tomorrow (Has in stock but wont sell till tomorrow. First come first serve)
Modesto - Sells tomorrow (Has in stock but wont sell till tomorrow. First come first serve)
Stockton (All 4 stores) - Sell Wednesday
Tracy - Not here yet. Should be in stock by end of week.
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Feel free to post your speculations and release dates here. We can also use this thread to let each other know what stores has the device in your area. Please be kind to each other...and happy posting.
wow, that was fast. I think I'll now be jumping on the Friday, November 7th bandwagon, but i hope that my friend gets it in sooner.
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wow, that was fast. I think I'll now be jumping on the Friday, November 7th bandwagon, but i hope that my friend gets it in sooner.
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A guy on AT&T forums just posted this:
"Guys,
Just kick up your feet and don't worry about the phone for now. It will eventually be at your local stores for you to enjoy, and it will be so worth the wait.
Guys.. Just think Thanksgiving. VERY close to Thanksgiving. I'll leave it at that.
Take it or leave it."
ya know, I think I am gonna stick with the 11/11 date that my wife told me about last week.
..so that's my bet... 5 pesos on 11/11
My local store told me less then a week. ;\
I was just told they were expecting it very, very soon. In a matter of days.
I don't believe we will see it until the week of the 24th as well. No stores have gotten any preliminary info and that is a pretty telling sign right there.
I wonder if the Fuze will be a part of any black friday deals. I would doubt it if just released that week. I would like to see it more in the $250 range because I don't think it is worth $350 and waiting 10 weeks for the 50 rebate, but I will probably ending up spending it anyway and dumping the Tilt on Ebay.
well given how they are releasing phones the epix came out like two weeks or a week ago bold came out today so i give the fuze another week or two it's definately coming out in november though
youngbusiness19 on the AT&T forums reported that he was able to get one from a store in Ohio.
Can anyone else confirm that they've obtained one?
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This one doesn't have a date in the title, so it won't go obsolete regardless of how long AT&T waits to intro the phone.
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yeah, so it will still be vaild for easter
I just called a local store in Indy and was told "We don't know when it'll be in. It's been delayed I think. I'm the manager and I would know!"
If he's the manager and "would know," he should be able to tell me and not just "think."
A little different answer
Not really important but... I called a major store in Denver. Lady has known of it some time as her job is dealing with new releases. She said that they were supposed to have displays up already but the materials are not in so they are behind schedule. She expects it any day. Also a sales person is getting trained on it tomorrow and hopes to know more then. Only significant thing is that they knew of it and were supposed to have displays up by now.
this sucks. im pretty sure black friday week is right. they dont want to have to put it on discount probably
guy at my local store who has been letting me know just said thats when they will get it
I just called a local store in Queens for the billionth time today and they don't know when its coming but it will be coming sometime in the future.
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If I worked at an AT&T store I'd just answer the phone with "We don't have the Fuze, if you're from XDA please leave me alone, is there anything else I can help you with today?"
It seems everyone on here is calling every store within 20 miles of them.
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im calling within 50 cause theres so few around here
Employees in Huntington Beach, CA store said next week.
I still say it has to be sooner than 11/25 because that is when the ATT rebate ends. And why would they include the Fuze in it if the phone isn't even going to be released by then. So I say it can't be Black Friday (11/28).
I was told next week... though previously told today... as far as black Friday and not wanting to discount it, well... they're in control... they can release it tomorrow and that doesn't mean they have to discount it. So, I don't see any reason they'd have to wait until then.
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I still say it has to be sooner than 11/25 because that is when the ATT rebate ends. And why would they include the Fuze in it if the phone isn't even going to be released by then. So I say it can't be Black Friday (11/28).
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ahh good point. . .
I was actually thinking the same thing as black. how annoyed must the ATT people be at the release of any new phone. . . .
people stopping in, calling in ... would drive me nutz.

XDA I have news for you!

So I've been tweaking out about this damn phone and finally called Best Buy. I was told very firmly "Pre-orders are being accepted tomorrow (Sunday) for $50, first come first serve, and the phone is scheduled to be released on Valentines Day".
No bull****, I didn't have to play dumb, just simply asked if I could come in and buy the Thunderbolt tomorrow.
So Best Buy is clearly rolling hard on their own with this phone while VZW is hush hush. Clearly it's possible it could be pushed back, but at the very least pre orders will be starting tomorrow. Which is pretty dope.
See y'all at Best Buy.
once pre-orders start at best buy products typicaly launch soon.
also this is old news
I know I know I just feel powerful for calling and getting concrete info
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Nevermind.... I can't bill the upgrade phone to verizon. I am looking to get two of them one for me and my girlfriend.
So hopefully I can get it from verizon without it being sold out.
You can't preorder if its an upgrade????
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You can't preorder if its an upgrade????
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Who said that?
That's what I got out of coolsilvers post...I could've misinterpreted
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I think he said he couldn't bill the upgrade to VZW if he got it at BB.
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yea if you buy it at best buy you pay the price of the phone to best buy
nice news lmao
"First come, first serve" - Makes no sense on a pre-order. Your not getting anything tomorrow...they are PRE ordering yours. So, you definitely will get one if you pre-order.
I think they only can receive a certain amount of them so it seems to make sense.
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first come first serve as in pre-orders get priority in getting the phone, and they won't hold a pre-order sale for you
I pre ordered and no one had even tried when I got there. Literally the first on to pre order :-D
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So I've been tweaking out about this damn phone and finally called Best Buy. I was told very firmly "Pre-orders are being accepted tomorrow (Sunday) for $50, first come first serve, and the phone is scheduled to be released on Valentines Day".
No bull****, I didn't have to play dumb, just simply asked if I could come in and buy the Thunderbolt tomorrow.
So Best Buy is clearly rolling hard on their own with this phone while VZW is hush hush. Clearly it's possible it could be pushed back, but at the very least pre orders will be starting tomorrow. Which is pretty dope.
See y'all at Best Buy.
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Cool. I preordered mine today at BB and they told me that I could pick it up on Valentine's day as well.
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Eh, I'm waiting till Verizon has it, i asked BestBuy if they did 1 year contracts or full retail price if you can't upgrade and the answer to both was nope.
i did confirm though that they do have accessories already on sale, like the ones leaked on AndroidCentral by Platinum Series (aka Seidio)
also, don't go by any handset reviews until after HTC's MWC event, i have a feeling some features are hidden to preview blogs until its announced, namely the Htcsense.com features which are currently not working on preview handsets. Pocketnow seems to be having similiar problems with the Inspire 4G saying that it doesn't have access to download anything from the website hub. i think its because:
1. The website isn't fully launched yet nor does it have either of these phones as supported phones on the website, Yet.
2. HTC is likely to launch the new website on the 13th, the same date as the launch of Inspire and there event at MWC where its likely they'll announce new features for the website too (one can only dream anyway, if you recall the teasers in December early November they were touting regarding music and video support via the cloud, aka Htcsense.com which was later confirmed as an upcoming feature. and with Verizon touting media playback as a feature for LTE handsets, alongside of Netflix and other media features via LTE.
We can only hope that the launch event is soon and that the Thunderbolt gets a proper launch, they screwed up on the Droid Incredible launch and didn't support it at all, so i hope since this being there first 4G phone that we'll see huge support from Verizon and third parties.
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I pre ordered and no one had even tried when I got there. Literally the first on to pre order :-D
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Same here. Actually, I was the one that made them aware that the TB was going on pre-sale to day. They said they were so busy getting the iphone ready that they had no clue the TB was going on pre-sale. HA!
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Eh, I'm waiting till Verizon has it, i asked BestBuy if they did 1 year contracts or full retail price if you can't upgrade and the answer to both was nope
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Every phone at BB can be purchased outright without a contract. Don't let a misinformed salesperson tell you otherwise.
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Every phone at BB can be purchased outright without a contract. Don't let a misinformed salesperson tell you otherwise.
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thats good to know, although when i even asked them if Verizon will be getting it too or if it'll be an exclusive (just for kicks) they answered "to be honest, i don't know for sure at this point but so far yes its an exclusive" and they also added that "even with Verizon i know that some of there upcoming handsets they won't allow you to get a 1 year contract" lol can you see through that bunch of bull or is there not enough two-ply to wipe it away, i never was a fan of bestbuy's salespeople, they lie through there asses just to get a sale.
does anyone know if you can put down more than $50 towards the purchase if your going to be paying full retail?
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thats good to know, although when i even asked them if Verizon will be getting it too or if it'll be an exclusive (just for kicks) they answered "to be honest, i don't know for sure at this point but so far yes its an exclusive" and they also added that "even with Verizon i know that some of there upcoming handsets they won't allow you to get a 1 year contract" lol can you see through that bunch of bull or is there not enough two-ply to wipe it away, i never was a fan of bestbuy's salespeople, they lie through there asses just to get a sale.
does anyone know if you can put down more than $50 towards the purchase if your going to be paying full retail?
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Yes but you will be given two giftcards, because the first can only be pre-loaded with 50 dollars with the sku they scan.
Also most all phones can be sold outright. But during a phones initial launch best buy reserves the right to sell phones only to customers do upgrades/new activations. That's why I told people to confirm with the store they bought from as if they can buy it out right.

Theory on the delay

Rumors are that Apple is releasing LightPeak under the name ThunderBolt. Could it be that the phone got delayed to change the name? Apple has done this a few times, where they'll use a conflicting name then throw their weight around to take the trademark.
Haven't seen anybody else make this correlation, so I thought it was worth putting out there.
(Sorry I can't add links, but both AppleInsider [dot] com and MacRumors [dot] com have stories on this)
The thunderbolt is.already trademarked by HTC, check out how its already up on their site
There is no delay, there has to be a release date to be a delay
They also wouldn't make you pre order a month and a half in advance
And they told the world they shipped the phones last week so they are there
Verizon is probably being paid by crapple to shut up about everything but their icrap until their 14 days are up, oddly that's the day the Thunderbolt should be released
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If it comes out tomorrow or 28th, I blame apple and none of the other BS rumors. If it comes out in March there might actually be network problems.
It probably is apple because they played the commercials for the phone during the all star game with no date money does make the world go 'round and its not going to have Skype maybe because Skype just got their group calling out of beta so it would be useless for ppl to have a Skype which can't do group calls just a theory
A little inside info from work. 28 is where it got put cause 24th we didn't get shipments ontime so most likly 28th at this point. Rss reflects all bes buy stores in the area like Jersey, Ny, have no shipments and no stock inbound or any TB in stock. so no i can pretty much confirm. 24th is NOT the release date. 28th SHOULD now be. Fun fact, if your in Jersey like I am. Most of the coverage map is empty for jersey so 4G is useless till coverage comes in our area for Verizon.
Don't you guys follow The Panda (Black Man X) on Twitter? He's a VZW insider... works deep in the company.
He's said several times the phone isn't coming until March. The 28th isn't happening. Verizon never releases on any other day than Thursday, either.
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Don't you guys follow The Panda (Black Man X) on Twitter? He's a VZW insider... works deep in the company.
He's said several times the phone isn't coming until March. The 28th isn't happening. Verizon never releases on any other day than Thursday, either.
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Yeah but would they start the "coming soon" commercials on TV this soon? I read yesterday 3/21 for a drop date (but if that's a Monday and they don't do Mondays then ??). I realize the IPhone was hyped up FOREVER before its release, but that was THE IPHONE!! Stop the world, lol, here it comes.
I don't think I've actually ever waited for a phone, usually I just get what's out, so IDK when they start their ads for the next big thing usually.
I think apple is behind the delay on the TB. I was told by a Verizon tech that Apple demanded that V erizon stop the new every two plan if they wanted the iphone.
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I can only imagine all the stipulations given to VZW in order to get the iphone.
A holding period on releasing any new devices for a month would probably be one of them... March 10th maybe?
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Yeah but would they start the "coming soon" commercials on TV this soon? I read yesterday 3/21 for a drop date (but if that's a Monday and they don't do Mondays then ??). I realize the IPhone was hyped up FOREVER before its release, but that was THE IPHONE!! Stop the world, lol, here it comes.
I don't think I've actually ever waited for a phone, usually I just get what's out, so IDK when they start their ads for the next big thing usually.
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That's ok chimp u can keep using my Gb rom on ur eris for now lol
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The thunderbolt is.already trademarked by HTC, check out how its already up on their site
There is no delay, there has to be a release date to be a delay
They also wouldn't make you pre order a month and a half in advance
And they told the world they shipped the phones last week so they are there
Verizon is probably being paid by crapple to shut up about everything but their icrap until their 14 days are up, oddly that's the day the Thunderbolt should be released
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where did they say they shipped the phones? i would really like to see that.
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Don't you guys follow The Panda (Black Man X) on Twitter? He's a VZW insider... works deep in the company.
He's said several times the phone isn't coming until March. The 28th isn't happening. Verizon never releases on any other day than Thursday, either.
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black_max_x complains and moans when ppl dont give him credit for what he says, he doesnt atually say a release date. he does some GAY poem that hints on a month. people dont want to figure that **** out so they ignore what he says, then when ppl are *****ing about the date not being right THEN he says the month and complains nobody listens to him or gives him credit. i find him very annoying lately [/rant]
Apparently at the mwc they said the phones were shipping the week of the 14th
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There is a place on the Verizon website where you can enter yoiur email and they will inform yoiu of any news with the phone by email...
KruseLudsMobile said:
There is a place on the Verizon website where you can enter yoiur email and they will inform yoiu of any news with the phone by email...
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Captain obvious to the rescue!
KruseLudsMobile said:
There is a place on the Verizon website where you can enter yoiur email and they will inform yoiu of any news with the phone by email...
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But there isn't any info to e-mail.
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This is weird I started a thread about how I DONT BELEIVE the delay is about the battery life. But it was takin down....hmmmmm fishy
My reasons are There are commercials, you tube vids, newspaper clippings, web advertisements all over (CNN).... Posters in BestBuy and at the Verizon Stores....
You mean to tell me VERIZON the most stringent tester out of all carriers would showcase the HTC THUNDERBOLT advertise it on there site....without testing the battery??? OH PLEASE.
NO WAY! I would not beleive anything engadget says..... they are in APPLES POCKET!!! I think thats obvious!!!
The delay is to help iphone sales!!
At this point it doesn't matter anymore.
well not that it matters anymore but the thunderbolt has been givin the green ;light to be shipped,,, look for it to be out soon
and the delay yea maybe it had to do with the battery BUTTT i was told from a verizon rep ,,,
alot of the delay was becuz of the IPHONE

The one and only "Rumor" thread

So this forum is getting trashed with many new topics and threads daily because people like posting rumors about the release.
So here's a thread that people can discuss the rumors blah blah
This way xda stays nice and you only have one thread to look at...
I guess you want to believe that everything is sunshine and lollipops with the TB release. I'd say the chances are pretty high that one or more of the "rumors" that you want to dismiss end up being true; I'd just accept that now.
You must be a mod because I can recall you starting a thread about the 14th as a release date?
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Nope I did not
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I'll throw in that I went and asked about the TB at best buy today(where they had a little stand for the TB and a 149.99 sign with one of those alarm straps all set up for the phone) and they said "oh, its already released but we don't have any here, but we're getting a shipment on the 20th of this month, we'll have them then." 20th is a date I hadn't heard before, probably just off the top of her head.
My father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate says the TB will be released by AT&T on 3-3-2011 for one hundred billion dollars....
new commercial aired for the thunderbolt tonight tried to find it online, will post link when I find it
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My father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate says the TB will be released by AT&T on 3-3-2011 for one hundred billion dollars....
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Really? My exs cousins. Sisters ex girlfriends grandmothers bastard son told me it was guna be released on cricket on march 32 for free
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Really? My exs cousins. Sisters ex girlfriends grandmothers bastard son told me it was guna be released on cricket on march 32 for free
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Haha I like this thread better now
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new commercial aired for the thunderbolt tonight tried to find it online, will post link when I find it
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I agree I told my girly on the phone to shut up for a sec as i watched it in awh. lol
I haven't heard any other dates since last week at work except this thurs-fri i haven't been to work in a week but i will tomm. i'll overlook the system tomm. i say if there is stock in the system were a go for this week. if none then no. It weally depends. If it's any help the system told me the Tb price would only be till the 26th of feb so that would mean the 28th would of been launch. with my mobile guys telling me it was bumped to the following thurs or fri i don't remember what they said it makes sense. The 300.00 ad correction makes sense too. why? because almost all phones like the voyager launched at 300.00 as a flagship phone and with a NE2 credit came out to 200.00.
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l7777 said:
My father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate says the TB will be released by AT&T on 3-3-2011 for one hundred billion dollars....
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You mean Timmy? Don't trust him.....
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new commercial aired for the thunderbolt tonight tried to find it online, will post link when I find it
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This the one you're talking about?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1doFeuiorZ8
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This the one you're talking about?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1doFeuiorZ8
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how do you find the rest of the "chapters" it mentions in the end? Was that a TV commercial or something from the HTC website?
Just a update, system is still empty across the coas but we at least have cases. mobile manager rep said its moved to the 10th no further info.
I stopped into my local BB and at least the girl told me they know about as much as we do .... ie, nothing, they are still waiting too.
Here's the link to the actual YouTube feed instead of a video of a video on a cell phone.
Introducing the HTC Thunderbolt
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new commercial aired for the thunderbolt tonight tried to find it online, will post link when I find it
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I saw it too but its not the one linked above.
This one had the phone shown large, and it looked like pages were being flipped off the face to show the various things it can do. Sort of like its a book.
The above linked video says now... so I guess they wont air that until its actually out.
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I saw it too but its not the one linked above.
This one had the phone shown large, and it looked like pages were being flipped off the face to show the various things it can do. Sort of like its a book.
The above linked video says now... so I guess they wont air that until its actually out.
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It's embedded in this page, I've seen the commercial here in the US though.
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2011/03/03/htc-thunderbolt-release-delayed-but-not-commercial-video/
There is a TBolt ad just about every time you go MSNBC's mobile app.

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