Verizon’s HTC ThunderBolt will support simultaneous voice and data over LTE

By on Jan 19, 2011 at 9:40 AM
mobile January 19, 2011

Verizon Wireless and HTC announced the HTC ThunderBolt amid a flurry of 4G LTE devices rattled off at Verizon’s press event. With all those devices jammed into one press release, there were bound to be some tasty morsels Big Red couldn’t fit on the page. Luckily for us, enthusiast blog Android Central has gotten its mitts on what is said to be an internal Verizon Wireless training document, and it includes an interesting note — the ThunderBolt will indeed support simultaneous voice and data where LTE service is available. That might seem like a foregone conclusion but unfortunately it’s not, as Verizon indicated during CES that not all LTE smartphones would support simultaneous voice and data. But let’s not dwell on the negative… the bottom line is that if the HTC ThunderBolt was on your short list of possible future phone purchases, odds are pretty good that your list just got even shorter. Hit the break for the purported leaked document highlighting a few firsts for the ThunderBolt.

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  • Your

    Windows Phone 7 it and I’m in.

    • Anonymous

      Not a chance!

  • Logic439

    And why are 4G android phones daring to show their faces without 2.3???? I love Htc God knows I wish I could give my fascinate back for my Inc I sold but im tired of payin for less than a companies best especially when phones get out dated in a month two tops.

    • Anonymous

      Gingerbread has not been released to carriers yet. The Nexus One doesn’t even have it yet. Simmer down! : )

    • Anonymous

      Simply do what ALL Goofans (aka Apple Haters) do all over the world. Simply BUY A NEW PHONE every couple of weeks/months. So what if you have to pay the penalties, but you have a NEW ANDROID phone! That’s WAY more important than having to pay for it. No?

      We complain about the iSheep, but they just don’t know that we know how to do it. We know it looks cool to always have the LATEST and GREATEST!

  • vbchguy87

    I look at this phone and think BATTERY HOG! I bring this up as the phone will be using two cellular radios at the same time, one for 3G (Voice on CDMA) one for 4G(data on LTE) this is so you can talk and surf web at the same time. From what I have heard they have not figured out voice over LTE. Please note the very bottom of the screenshot showing the ** If customer moves away from 4G LTE area, the data portion will be suspended and the call will continue. Will you sacrifice battery life for the ability to surf and talk? Personally ill stick to my Droid 2 w/ EVDO until we get Voice over LTE.

    • Anonymous

      Just because the phone allows for you to talk/surf simultaneously doesn’t mean you have to lol oh, and this phone has the new gen snapdragon that is more power efficient. Certainly no more of a battery hog than your Droid. You can talk/surf on your Droid while on wifi, but obviously that would use more battery. Sorry, but your post made absolutely no sense.

  • Matt

    Any word on whether this phone will have ‘world phone’ capabilities? Global roaming?

  • Uglysteeve

    I will be better if a single network would handle both voice and data at the same time. With both the LTE and CDMA radio on, it will have the same battery issue as the EVO ( CDMA and WIMAX radios) . I think things will get better when LTE is capable of doing voice even if it is VOIP.

  • Anonymous

    take that at&t

  • http://twitter.com/Syk0Matik420 Beefy McBigDick

    wow! what an accomplishment! 3G phones have been doing that for years…… zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • Mdp

    OK….so, when is the official release date?

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