Verizon HTC Trophy misses rumoured release data

imageDespite numerous leaks pointing towards today the Verizon HTC Trophy has remained a tech unicorn, and has failed to materialize.

The handset is however still expected to arrive this week, leaving only a potential weekend launch.

There is a pretty good likelihood the handset is already sitting in boxes behind counters however, waiting only for intrepid readers to convince Verizon salesmen to sell them a device.

Have any of our readers managed to lay their hands on one yet? Let us know below.

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Site Admin and Windows Phone enthusiast, he has been using Windows Mobile devices since before they were called PocketPC’s. He is currently sporting a HTC 7 Trophy.

  • Anonymous

    My hunch?

    As the release got closer, Verizon started to catch wind of the demand and realized there wasn’t going to be enough supply to meet the demand. So they got chicken and reneged.

    Weaksauce …

  • http://profiles.google.com/hopmedic Richard Hopkins

    Sent Letter to VP and Chief Marketing Officer

    05-12-2011 01:34 PM

    Here is the link to the about page for VP and Chief Marketing Officer, Marni Walden.

    http://bit.ly/iAKpSp?

    I sent her the following letter (click the link at the bottom of her page)

    Ms. Walden,

    I am contacting you as a very disgusted customer. Since last fall, I have been waiting for Verizon to release a Windows Phone 7 device. I learned in the fall that this device would not be available on the CDMA networks, and as a software developer, I understand how Microsoft had not yet implemented support for it. However, Verizon has been stringing its customers along for about five months now with the implied promise of a Windows Phone 7 device, yet has not delivered.

    In December, VZW advertized to Microsoft employees the Trophy, and it promised an “Early 2011″ delivery. That offer had an expiration date of 12/31/2010, although that delivery has been pushed back to March, April, and May, and the delivery time range has been removed from the flier.

    On March 23 the CDMA Sprint HTC Arrive was released. CDMA support was finally here. But Verizon dragged its feet. An April launch was expected, because despite the tight lips at Verizon, pictures were leaked of a Verizon branded Trophy, as well as an April expiration date on the Microsoft employee offer. That came and went. Now two Thursdays in May have come and gone without the device that many of us are waiting for.

    You are not doing anything but making customers angry by dragging your feet, not releasing the device, and not giving us a release date. You are holding on to a phone that was available in Europe last October, albeit without CDMA support. Which means if you wait much longer you will be releasing a year-old phone. Do you think it is all right to treat your customers like this? Are you that ticked off at Microsoft over the failure of the Kin that you are willing to drag your customers who want the Windows Phone through the mud like this?

    It is high time for whomever at Verizon is throwing the temper tantrum about the Kin to get over it, and give us the phone we want. I don’t want one of the 47 different Android phones you now carry. I don’t want the iPhone. I and many well-informed consumers like me, want a Windows Phone 7 device. Please quit holding us hostage.

    Sincerely,

    Richard Hopkins?

  • Anonymous

    Anyone surprised? Verizon, lately, isn’t able to launched any of its handsets on time and this isn’t just limited to the Trophy. There are an array of smartphones that Verizon has delayed their launch.

  • http://www.winrumors.com Tom W

    Microsoft’s internal date is still May 19th.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1347872763 Joel L. Rollins

      OK. Fine. But why does the release date need to be a state secret? Shouldn’t Verizon let us consumers know what the real date is so that we can be prepared?

  • Josh

    As much as I want Verizon to release a WP7, I can hardly blame them for continually missing rumored dates that sites like this fabricate out of thin air. Verizon shouldn’t be held accountable for third-party hearsay.

    Maybe stop floating dates that aren’t certain and eager WP7 fans like me won’t get more and more pissed off as they come and go. Just a suggestion.

    • Anonymous

      Here is another suggestion. Tell they customers, who are paying your salaries, when a Windows Phone will be available. Not like this is a secret or surprise birthday party. And if they don’t plan on releasing a WP7, they are obliged to share that info as well, so customers can make educated choices.

    • Texenator

      They definitely should be held accountable. They get plenty of my money and should be able to roll out a product in a decent amount of time.

      They should also be able to pinpoint a specific launch week or month and be able to announce it ahead of time.

  • http://www.facebook.com/inteller Joseph

    What a bunch of failures

  • Anonymous

    I’m still suspicious of Verizon’s intentions regarding Windows Phone 7. Tony Malone, chief technology officer, in February:

    Tony Melone told CNET News that . . . he said “he wasn’t sure Microsoft’s platform is the right one.”

    . . . I still have doubts whether Microsoft will get the traction they are hoping for with Windows Phone 7.”

    http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-20031988-78.html

    It’s almost like they want Microsoft to fail for some advantage of their own.

    • Anonymous

      they are too busy pushing out a new ‘droid’ phone every week to notice.

  • Pcree

    Well put, Richard. I feel the same way. I feel strung along and not happy. While I realize that VZW never made a formal announcment specifying a launch date, it is their lack of communication now that has me most upset.

  • Pcree

    Well put, Richard. I feel the same way. I feel strung along and not happy. While I realize that VZW never made a formal announcment specifying a launch date, it is their lack of communication now that has me most upset.

  • Anonymous

    Maybe I should contact that guy selling the Verizon HTC Trophy on craigslist.

  • Jhutchins

    Sales keep slipping away

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