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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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...
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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...
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Captain obvious to the rescue!
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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...
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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
anyone else planning on camping outside AT&T this Saturday for first grabs at the S4?
I called a few AT&T stores, and all of them said they don't have S4s, but expect to get them on the 26th, and don't know how many, or are even sure if they're all going to get them.... (╥__ ╥╬).. meh. so looks like the day before ill have to make a lot of phone calls to find an AT&T that can confirm they have them.
do you think there will be a lot of competition? do you think AT&T will be well stocked, or just get a few in? I'm wondering how early i should get there, and what to expect, what're you guys doing?
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Samsung want to sell as many as possible. Can't risk the store not having phones while the HTC One is available. There will be many S4's in all stores
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I don't believe camping is necessary, but more power to you if they sell out lol. :good:
You can keep track @ Gadgetar . Seems like AT&T and T-mobile will compete for the low price.
Seriously camping? Haha this isn't the Iphone 6. There should be plenty!!!!!
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Called a local store and they said no S4's yet. They weren't too sure they would get them shipped in today either.
seriously?
I want an S4 as bad as the next phone geek on here, but camping out is not necessary lol. They would not have announced the relaese to the world on Twitter if they did not plan to have plenty of the phones on hand. AT&T knows people will be able to go almost anywhere to get this phone, and trust me, they want to keep you as a customer. Stock will not be a problem. The reps like to be deceptive and vague, it creates a mystic and hype around the release of any cool new phone. They can do that because as you will find out when you walk in the store tomorrow, half of them will already be using thier S4's so they don't care.
As far as camping goes? Don't be ridiculous! Make an scheduled appointment for an upgrade at the exact time they open and show up 5 minutes before they turn the lock on that door. "Appointments" have priority over "walk-ins". So just wait a minute or two with confidence as they enter all those names of the idiots that camped out into the little tablet and you will be the first up! That tip is for free, enjoy....
I just made an appointment. Should get interesting if there actually is a line and people get to cut.
Don't get why people don't pre order online. I got my s4 this past Wednesday because I pre ordered it the first day preorders were available.
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Hi everyone,
Did anyone else Pre order on the upgrade program? Also random question but if anyone has been on the program before do you know if you receive any letters?
I did ask and they said it's paperless but just wanted to confirm!
Looking forward to Thursday now!
Thanks
I've pre-ordered on the Upgrade programme. I haven't received any letters or anything yet, though the finance agreement stuff definitely said that they would send me something and that my 14 day cancellation period would begin the day I received my paperwork. Never even thought to ask about it though to be honest.
I am also on the Upgrade programme all transactions have been by email no paperwork through the post. Hoping to hear something on Wednesday about dispatching details (UK)
On a Side note I tried to get a Gear VR headset for free from Samsung but they sent me a email saying it was only free for US customers:crying::crying:
Oh was you on it last year? I've just joined
Was worried that I'd get letters in the post about signing up and my family seeing the cost of the phone lol!
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Did Samsung even do an Upgrade Program last year? I don't recall seeing them doing it before this.
Yeah pretty sure I saw it for s7
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im on it as well, and yes the paperwork is all electronic
Wished they had one for the US since I rather give them my money than the carriers.
Yeah I was gonna buy outright but then decided not much point. Shame it doesn't come with free insurance though like the apple one
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Yeah I was gonna buy outright but then decided not much point. Shame it doesn't come with free insurance though like the apple one
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Yeah the upgrade program only works out about £70 more expensive over the course of the full 2 years than just buying outright. The difference is you get a new phone every 1 year.
I guess the downside is having to give the old phone back rather than having it to sell or keep as a backup.
Insurance wise I did get an option when ordering to take out 12 months of Samsung Lite insurance for £99, but it seemed to exclude almost everything like loss/theft that you actually buy these insurances for. I'll probably take out third party insurance for it or something.
I didn't hear about this before can I get that in Ireland?
dont see the option yet
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I didn't hear about this before can I get that in Ireland?
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unlike the uk site there doesnt seem to be anything on the irish site, or i cant see options to buy from it as well
Maybe we have to use the UK site from Ireland. I have my S8 Plus orchid grey ordered from Carphone warehouse Ireland.
I'm just feeling disappointed as HTC does not treat customers with respect and it's not offering what every other phone makers would offer - a type c to 3.5mm converter and an accurate release date, which are both costless but important to customers.
I've been a fan of HTC since I got my HD2 many years ago, but this year I'm kind of disappointed with their attitude to its fans.
I am in Canada and is like the US , I still waiting mine.
Actually, I didn't want to react to it at all. But from what you've said, I have to write it ironically. You already had $100 discount codes, we Europeans didn't even have anything like an HTC Club. You already received promotional gifts when we didn't even know there was such a thing from HTC. You didn't open your mouths back then and said all fans should get the same options/discounts, so don't complain now that things are going the other way around. Honestly: everything balances out in life, and now we have just drawn the lucky one.
In general I say here in all frankness, just leave this America first attitude at home, and think sensibly for once. It is fair that we finally enjoy the benefits that you have enjoyed for years. This year it's just Europe first. Maybe there will come a time when it will again be the other way around.
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Seriously this is pretty melodramatic because you had to wait a few extra days to get a phone.. HTC never made any promises about the release date to any country. Some regions of Europe got it early, lucky them. HTC doesn't owe you ****.
Knowing HTC phones and US carriers I can almost guarantee that HTC is taking every second it can before shipping to the US to ensure full compatibility with Verizon, T-Mo, and AT&T. There have been issues with the past couple of HTC phones so it makes sense they are trying to get it right.
I am eagerly awaiting my day one pre-order too, but it will get here when it gets here. HTC isn't treating you unfairly or discriminating against you.
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Actually, I didn't want to react to it at all. But from what you've said, I have to write it ironically. You already had $100 discount codes, we Europeans didn't even have anything like an HTC Club. You already received promotional gifts when we didn't even know there was such a thing from HTC. You didn't open your mouths back then and said all fans should get the same options/discounts, so don't complain now that things are going the other way around. Honestly: everything balances out in life, and now we have just drawn the lucky one.
In general I say here in all frankness, just leave this America first attitude at home, and think sensibly for once. It is fair that we finally enjoy the benefits that you have enjoyed for years. This year it's just Europe first. Maybe there will come a time when it will again be the other way around.
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Hi, I think you mistook what I said. The $100s coupons and gifts are what European customers get, not American or other regions' users. There's no HTC Club in the U.S but Europe.
I didn't mean US should get everything first. Actually I'm not American. I live and work in the US at the moment though. And I don't think I have the US first attitude.
The reason why I thought the phone would be released in the U.S first is that HTC held MeetU events in the U.S. first. I went to the one in SF and had an opportunity of getting hands on the phone, and at that time when I placed my order it said June 7th would be the release date.
I'm just feeling disappointed as HTC does not treat customers with respect and it's not offering what every other phone makers would offer - the converter and an accurate release date.
Amazon.com has had a solid release date this whole time. Originally, it was June 7 when HTC said the U12+ would ship in June. Now, Amazon says June 21 when HTC now says will ship in July. As for your other questions, HTC barely has a presence in the US anymore. When Samsung took over the market share, HTC stopped being carried in US stores (besides Sprint for the U11... and 10? I forget). I personally just don't think the US is a major priority for HTC anymore. Without being in stores, it's really difficult to move units... And maybe they stopped trying to get into US stores because it was costing more than the profit they were actually making before? The same thing happened with Blackberry. They've been struggling (as we all know) and haven't been in all US carriers either.
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Amazon.com has had a solid release date this whole time. Originally, it was June 7 when HTC said the U12+ would ship in June. Now, Amazon says June 21 when HTC now says will ship in July. As for your other questions, HTC barely has a presence in the US anymore. When Samsung took over the market share, HTC stopped being carried in US stores (besides Sprint for the U11... and 10? I forget). I personally just don't think the US is a major priority for HTC anymore. Without being in stores, it's really difficult to move units... And maybe they stopped trying to get into US stores because it was costing more than the profit they were actually making before? The same thing happened with Blackberry. They've been struggling (as we all know) and haven't been in all US carriers either.
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the only reason they arnt a main flagship carrier in the US is because of bad/lack of advertising while samsung constanly has consistent S series phone line while HTC has been all over the place with naming of phones and Samsung runs ads on television and youtube constanly, HTC just needs better marketing out in the US market, also my few cents here but can all the EU/Germany people cool down when someone from US posts they have a right in their own country to speak freely no matter how you may view their thoughts, so plz be respectful, all the original poster was saying how he feels that germany and all the EU markets are getting the phones first when the US market still hasnt gotten theirs still and even im kinda sad about that as well, it has nothing to do with entilement it has to do with a sense of fairness
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Amazon.com has had a solid release date this whole time. Originally, it was June 7 when HTC said the U12+ would ship in June. Now, Amazon says June 21 when HTC now says will ship in July. As for your other questions, HTC barely has a presence in the US anymore. When Samsung took over the market share, HTC stopped being carried in US stores (besides Sprint for the U11... and 10? I forget). I personally just don't think the US is a major priority for HTC anymore. Without being in stores, it's really difficult to move units... And maybe they stopped trying to get into US stores because it was costing more than the profit they were actually making before? The same thing happened with Blackberry. They've been struggling (as we all know) and haven't been in all US carriers either.
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Amazon still says June 21 for ship date - I just checked- at least in the US
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USA is one of the regions where HTC U12+ was earliest announced and the SF and NYC MeetU events were the first two chances where fans had the opportunity of getting hands on the new phone. I thought HTC would treat US customers seriously, but by now it has done everything to make us unhappy instead.
1. European fans have been receiving their phones since last week or earlier, but in the US there's not even an accurate date.
2. European HTC Club members enjoy a fairly good discount, while US TeamHTC members get nothing at all.
3. European HTC Club members get a types-c to 3.5mm converter for free, but US customers will have to buy one by their own...
I really can't understand HTC's marketing strategy. At least it should treat all customers equally, right?
I've been a fan of HTC since I got my HD2 many years ago, but this year I'm kind of disappointed with their attitude to its fans.
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Before I cancelled my preorder, I was to pay £629 with the HTC club discount. With a quick search online, $799.99 is £608. So that pays for the free dongle we get.
As for customer support, my bank card was cloned, and HTC have been just about useless helping me change it to my new card, so I won't get my preorder at all, so I cancelled it. At least I emailed them to cancel it and they haven't replied.
I agree customers should be treated equally where possible, but unfortunately HTC are almost sunk and doesn't seem they have the means to do so anymore.
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Hi, I think you mistook what I said. The $100s coupons and gifts are what European customers get, not American or other regions' users. There's no HTC Club in the U.S but Europe.
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There seems to be a missunderstanding between the two of you. The HTC Club discount for the U12+ is the first discount many countries have ever gotten in Europe. The US, on the other hand, got several discounts and gifts*, in the past. That's what @5m4r7ph0n36uru is referring to.
* these are only the first three examples I could find via google
this shouldn't be any surprise, HTC is pulling out of the US market...no longer carried by any of the carriers & not even supported on Sprint. HTC canned most of their US employees.
Enjoy a new HTC product in the US while you can, the end is near!
OMJ said:
this shouldn't be any surprise, HTC is pulling out of the US market...no longer carried by any of the carriers & not even supported on Sprint. HTC canned most of their US employees.
Enjoy a new HTC product in the US while you can, the end is near!
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I think the network situation is gonna get better with tmobile/sprint merger as everyone has moved to GSM from CDMA and sprint is the last remaining CDMA carrier so i only expect things to get better after its finalized as i used to be on sprint and am happy with tmobile, i didnt make the move right away tho i tried at&t/criket wireless and it sucked and turned out to be more expensive when u want data, where tmobile im part of a company plan and get "unlimited" data where i only got slowed down if i needed to tether from an isp internet outage and was downloading games from steam but when i was it was usable after that still and phone call coverage wise its more usable than when i was on sprints, also are you gonna be making a debloated rom OMJ for this phone really liked the bad boyz rom for when i had the M7 when i had sprint?
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I think the network situation is gonna get better with tmobile/sprint merger as everyone has moved to GSM from CDMA and sprint is the last remaining CDMA carrier so i only expect things to get better after its finalized as i used to be on sprint and am happy with tmobile, i didnt make the move right away tho i tried at&t/criket wireless and it sucked and turned out to be more expensive when u want data, where tmobile im part of a company plan and get "unlimited" data where i only got slowed down if i needed to tether from an isp internet outage and was downloading games from steam but when i was it was usable after that still and phone call coverage wise its more usable than when i was on sprints, also are you gonna be making a debloated rom OMJ for this phone really liked the bad boyz rom for when i had the M7 when i had sprint?
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Sorry, no. I have no plans at the moment to buy the u12
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Flippy498 said:
There seems to be a missunderstanding between the two of you. The HTC Club discount for the U12+ is the first discount many countries have ever gotten in Europe. The US, on the other hand, got severaldiscountsand gifts*, in the past. That's what @5m4r7ph0n36uru is referring to.
* these are only the first three examples I could find via google
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Thanks @Flippy498 for clearing that one up. It's exactly what I wanted to state. Didn't want to attack anyone personally, or things like that. Just help clearing up what has been the case for years and is seemingly changing currently.
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5m4r7ph0n36uru said:
Thanks @Flinny498 for clearing that one up. It's exactly what I wanted to state. Didn't want to attack anyone personally, or things like that. Just help clearing up what has been the case for years and is seemingly changing currently.
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I don't think you meant Flinny.... I don't have a u12+ and currently am not planning on getting one. Not that I don't like the look of it but 24 month contracts...... and I have no REAL need for a new phone yet, at least enough to warrant buying one outright
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I don't think you meant Flinny.... I don't have a u12+ and currently am not planning on getting one. Not that I don't like the look of it but 24 month contracts...... and I have no REAL need for a new phone yet, at least enough to warrant buying one outright
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Yeah sorry my T9 swapped Flippy with your name somehow.
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Well shipping is a joke. People ordered from Amazon is getting on hold or out of stock.
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x1tymez said:
Well shipping is a joke. People ordered from Amazon is getting on hold or out of stock.
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The problem is no one at Amazon knows where the June 21 date came from. It's never been in stock to begin with!
holz75 said:
The problem is no one at Amazon knows where the June 21 date came from. It's never been in stock to begin with!
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They did received first shipment, but not enough. At least what they told me. Lol.
If they don't ship next week. I'll cancel and move to something else.
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x1tymez said:
They did received first shipment, but not enough. At least what they told me. Lol.
If they don't ship next week. I'll cancel and move to something else.
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Well, every person I spoke to there said they never had it in stock. In any event, all we can do is wait.