HTC Thunderbolt finally has an official release date

By George Wong on 03/15/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

For all you folks clamoring to get your hands on the HTC ThunderBolt – great news. You’ll be able to purchase Verizon’s first 4G LTE phone starting this Thursday. Verizon has officially announced the long-awaited/delayed phone that was introduced at the CES 2011 earlier this year. The Android 2.2 phone comes with a 4.3″ WVGA display, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 8 megapixel rear camera, 1.3 megapixel front facing camera, 8GB of onboard memory and a pre-installed 32GB microSD card, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, a built-in kickstand, mobile-hotspot capability (up to 8 devices) and of course, 4G LTE connectivity. The HTC ThunderBolt will be available online and in stores on March 17, for $249.90 with a 2-year contract on Verizon.

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