Despite boasting the “most reliable network” (as their numerous TV commercials boast), Verizon has yet to produce a killer phone for their 4G service like Sprint has done with the Evo 4G.
In 2011 however that may all change as rumors are surfacing about a mysterious Android phone going by the name of “Thunderbolt” after an ad (to a broken link) appeared upon Android Central.
Click the ad, and you’re taken to a page that doesn’t actually work. Oops.
But look at the URL (emphasis ours). http://www.htc.com/4G?extcid=Thunderbolt-4G-Disp. So Thunderbolt (or maybe Thunderbolt 4G) definitely is in play, and we should see it announced on Verizon Jan. 6 at CES in Las Vegas.
Thus far there is no other details regarding the device, although I wouldn’t be surprised if HTC was attempting to release another “iPhone killer” (as their last 4G phone not surprisingly fell short).
With Verizon expected to inherit the iPhone this spring, HTC is probably attempting to ramp up interest in their device before the media predictably becomes obsessed with iOS, although hopefully they will provide more details at CES (like price, specs, Android version, etc.) instead of teasing everyone with broken 404 links.
Originally posted on December 27, 2010 @ 5:27 pm