Verizon Wireless Windows Phone 7 status (official release May 26th)

[bonsaicommando]

dont jump...

[DavidinCT]

Verizon HTC Trophy is close, but it won't be the 24th | wpcentral | Windows Phone News, Forums, and Reviews

Originally Posted by wpcentral.com

Not too shocking here that hopeful Verizon customers won't be getting the HTC Trophy this week. The rumored date was the 24th or rather, that was the goal. So that's the bad news.

The good news is it is very close to release. We can share this bit of info regarding big red's first Windows Phone:

• Testing is going well
• The device is being evaluated for standards certification right now
• Still waiting to announce a launch date but "it will be very soon"

We can say with confidence that the above information is from Verizon internal and very recent. So while folk will have to wait just a little while longer, Verizon looks to be dotting the i's and crossing the t's for launch, meaning we're in the final lap.

I love how they say "We can say with confidence" because what they said was true, the phone would of been release over a month ago. So take this with a grain of salt. CTIA is still going on and Verizon has not talked yet, from what I have heard (Please correct me if I am wrong). It's all up in the air.

If this is true, How much testing do they need to do ? It's not a new model, it's a GSM phone converted over to CDMA (just like 1/2 the phones in Verizon). Gee wiz, verizon has had the Trophy from FCC aproval (Jan 7th I think), plenty of time... Look at the Arrive, it's out

More WTF from Verizon.....

[waycoolkennel]

Well.. at least the support pages are back now.. LOL...

Like I said... they have til the end of the week.. then I'm shopping elsewhere...

If its this difficult to release a phone that is basically a repackage of a GSM phone.. imagine what it will be like trying to get Mango ? Hmm... this brings more to light than just VZW's ineptness in releasing a phone...

You KNOW they will be pushing users to buy a new phone.. so.. hmm.. things that make you go hmm... makes me wanna go brandless if I could...

[DavidinCT]

Originally Posted by waycoolkennel

Well.. at least the support pages are back now.. LOL...

Like I said... they have til the end of the week.. then I'm shopping elsewhere...

If its this difficult to release a phone that is basically a repackage of a GSM phone.. imagine what it will be like trying to get Mango ? Hmm... this brings more to light than just VZW's ineptness in releasing a phone...

You KNOW they will be pushing users to buy a new phone.. so.. hmm.. things that make you go hmm... makes me wanna go brandless if I could...

I would not be shocked if we see it this week but, with the release or coming release of the AT&T HD7s (HD7 with a SLCD display), they now I have a phone I would leave Verizon for. I will be testing AT&T with my TP2 if I can (Get SIM unlocked dump a AT&T pre-paid card in) right after the 1st, if we don't have or have a release date by then.

More on Engadget today...

Verizon renews HTC Trophy offer for Microsoft employees -- Engadget

See my posts under my user name....heheh...Told you I am passionate about this...

[deadwrong03]

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man im getting pissed with this wait ive been waiting since January wtf. im already settling for this phone because normally i dont do phones without keyboards but i want wp7 and i NEED a new phone. not interested in iphone or android ive extensively used both.

im going to try to wait it out 1 more week before i contemplate going to sprint

[bonsaicommando]

Originally Posted by DavidinCT

Verizon HTC Trophy is close, but it won't be the 24th | wpcentral | Windows Phone News, Forums, and Reviews



I love how they say "We can say with confidence" because what they said was true, the phone would of been release over a month ago. So take this with a grain of salt. CTIA is still going on and Verizon has not talked yet, from what I have heard (Please correct me if I am wrong). It's all up in the air.

If this is true, How much testing do they need to do ? It's not a new model, it's a GSM phone converted over to CDMA (just like 1/2 the phones in Verizon). Gee wiz, verizon has had the Trophy from FCC aproval (Jan 7th I think), plenty of time... Look at the Arrive, it's out

More WTF from Verizon.....

I hear you on the testing thing...but you think testing and you are envisioning some guy walking around saying 'can you hear me now?'
but in reality testing to them means they are reverse-optomizing it like they always do..wp7 cant appear to upstage vzws premiere partners-verizon doesn,t get the sweetest phones first by not playing-ball suckers. WP's got built in xbox,zune, access to cloud services, etc ,etc,thats all powerful stuff ... remember when the touch pro came out;-they crippled it (removed ram and underclocked it by 25% -they forced to buy sprint tps , ). Seriously guys google -( verizon + crippled ). Im guessing there r gonna f with the sd card..what else can they do..I bet they try to force us to use one that is slower and small (8g max ) .douchebags.and it wont be removable ...I dont think they can f@$k with anything else(Its almost like MS knew).cant wait to see what stupid verizon live tile i have to look at.

maybee they are taking their time because they are finalising a huge viral wp7/vzw ad campaign that must be it

[elcapo24682]

Originally Posted by deadwrong03

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man im getting pissed with this wait ive been waiting since January wtf. im already settling for this phone because normally i dont do phones without keyboards but i want wp7 and i NEED a new phone. not interested in iphone or android ive extensively used both.

im going to try to wait it out 1 more week before i contemplate going to sprint

yea depending on the VZW ETF u can do that if its less than $300 combined with the price of the arrive for new customers on wirefly ud be paying the same amount that ud pay at a sprint store for an upgrade before the mail in rebate

[DavidinCT]

Originally Posted by bonsaicommando

I hear you on the testing thing...but you think testing and you are envisioning some guy walking around saying 'can you hear me now?'
but in reality testing to them means they are reverse-optomizing it like they always do..wp7 cant appear to upstage vzws premiere partners-verizon doesn,t get the sweetest phones first by not playing-ball suckers. WP's got built in xbox,zune, access to cloud services, etc ,etc,thats all powerful stuff ... remember when the touch pro came out;-they crippled it (removed ram and underclocked it by 25% -they forced to buy sprint tps and change the_esn, ). Seriously guys google -( verizon + crippled ). Im guessing there r gonna f with the sd card..what else can they do..I bet they try to force us to use one that is slower and small (8g max ) .douchebags.and it wont be removable ...I dont think they can f@$k with anything else(Its almost like MS knew).cant wait to see what stupid verizon live tile i have to look at.

maybee they are taking their time because they are finalising a huge viral wp7/vzw ad campaign that must be it

I've been a Verizon customer for many years now, I've had at least 4-5 phones where Verizon thought it was ok to disable or downgrade features because it fit them. Last one is my current Touch Pro 2 and the FM radio (still sore about that one).

If there is one thing disabled on the first WP7 phone, even the CPU by 5%, I don't care, bye bye Verizon for good. This is someting that pisses me off, we pay full retail for a phone (without a contract or comparable versions for GSM models), but, the company desides to disable somethig because they think they can make more money off it.

It's almost like you buying a New Car with built in GPS but, the dealer disables the GPS system because they want to sell you an external model.

I don't think we have to worry about the Trophy, if you look in the Trophy area on XDA, there is a poster who claims he is a tester with it. HE also claims, 16gb and the FM radio.

It's the 24th....Nothing yet...oh, well disapointed again...Thanks Verizon...

[deadwrong03]

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disappointed indeed...one more week and sprint maybe where im headed

[DavidinCT]

Originally Posted by deadwrong03

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disappointed indeed...one more week and sprint maybe where im headed

Sprint sucks in my area, I will be testing AT&T....I wanted a HD7 but, T-mobile is not that great in my area too, so with AT&T getting the HD7s (HD7 w/a SLCD display), I will be going for that one.

Annoucement or release by April 1st or I start really testing AT&T in my area.