Verizon Blitz looks really beautifu—aw, I can’t do it!
- July 31st, 2008
- 13 Comments

Like a shot in the eye from squirt gun filled with horseradish juice, here comes the Verizon Blitz. Gah! I’m guessing that early photos don’t do the device justice but, then again, it’s going to be offered as a pre-paid INpulse phone so maybe looks aren’t as important as features.
And features, it does (sorta) have: VCAST, microSD expansion up to 4GB, stereo Bluetooth, VZ Navigator, and a 1.3-megapixel camera. The phone was originally floated as the UTStarcom TXT8010 back in April, so you may remember it if you’re into various FCC filings and other exciting endeavors like that.
Price? Not sure yet. Availability? Wal-Mart on August 8th and Best Buy on September 28th. I’m guessing it’ll be priced at around $100 or so. That’s just me, though.









MobileRoar (Who am I?)
3 months ago
Considering its probably uber cheap, I thought it looked pretty darn good if you’re the penny pinching type.
Micah (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Im saving up now to buy this phone. This is one of the best phones ever
Sara (Who am I?)
2 months ago
I went to the verizon Store today to check out the Dare. I’ve been considering that as an upgrade. I came across this phone. Let me tell you it is AWESOME! The color, screen clarit, easy texting, decent camera, features. It’s an overall great phone. I am now considering this one because it is half the price of the Dare and still a cool phone. It’s easy to use and everything. I’m waiting to hear some reviews, though.
kathleen (Who am I?)
2 months ago
I bought this phone and love it.every thing is so easy to do.I did buy it for the price and have no regrets. it is amazing.love love love it. oh by the way im not a teen. im 52 and i am a first time texter and am texting my kids like crazy.
Denise (Who am I?)
3 weeks ago
I’m 45 and also a first time texter. I love the QWERTY keyboard. It is easy to text with it. I paid $20 plus tax at Costco with a $100 instant rebate. I don’t like to pay too much for my phones so this is great for the price!
crystal (Who am I?)
2 months ago
I GOT THE PHONE FROM WALMART IN THE PER-PAID SECTON. IM WITH PAGE-PLUS CELLULAR WHICH IS ON THE VERIZON PRE-PAID NETWORK. I LOVE THE PHONE AND IT IS PACKED WITH FEATURES. IT’S ONLY $99 DOLLARS AND THE BEST VALUE YET.
*IT’S CHEAPER TO GET IT FROM WALMART AND USE IT AS A VERIZON CONTRACT PHONE*
crystal (Who am I?)
2 months ago
I GOT THE PHONE FROM WALMART IN THE PER-PAID SECTON. IM WITH PAGE-PLUS CELLULAR WHICH IS ON THE VERIZON PRE-PAID NETWORK. I LOVE THE PHONE AND IT IS PACKED WITH FEATURES. IT’S ONLY $99 DOLLARS AND THE BEST VALUE YET.
*IT’S CHEAPER TO GET IT FROM WALMART AND USE IT AS A VERIZON CONTRACT PHONE*
Tyler (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Just picked this up today. Upgrade on my Verizon plan. Cost me $50. Worth every penny and then more. Awesome to look at, doesn’t feel cheap, doesn’t feel small on your head while talking as expected. I give it a 9.5 out of 10.
Blair (Who am I?)
3 weeks ago
I’ve had the phone about a month now. Loving it, except for one thing - I’m always accidentally unlocking the phone. It seems like a design defect requiring only that the “OK” button in the center be pressed twice.
Any thoughts?
Michael (Who am I?)
2 weeks ago
i fell in love with this phone!Im 14 i got it in prepaid the best thing is they only charge you for the days you use it. The thing thats missing is connecting the phone to your computer and cant downlOAD ANYTHING ELSE THEN MUSIC TO VCAST. IF ANY1 KNOWS HOW TO PLZZZZZZZZZZZ POST IT UP IM DESPARATE TO GET FREE RINGTONEZ
Crystal (Who am I?)
5 days ago
Michael, go to myxer tones and send the music to your computer as a pic then email to your phone as an attachment by sending it to for example 5402233965@vtext.com. It will come to your phone via pix message and you can open and save. its free and awesome.
Denise (Who am I?)
2 weeks ago
Blair, I don’t know what happened but my phone unlocked and I was on the internet for 3 hours! Thankfully it didn’t go to any web pages so I wasn’t charged for it!
Michael, I don’t think you can get free ringtones by downloading from your computer but if you figure it out, PLEASE let us know! I think that is one of the things that we don’t get with the phone. I know there are a few things that we don’t get!
Alex (Who am I?)
2 days ago
there is a slight workaround to getting your own songs as ringtones.
If you can get some mp3 editing software, you can edit the song of your choice down to under 1.5 megabytes. Either cut out the part of the song you want to use OR resave the song in a lower format to reduce it’s size) then email it to your phone. To get the email address of your phone send a picture from it to your own home email address, then use that address to send the ringtone to your phone. If it is too big verizon will automatically reject it.
I know its not that simple a thing to do but it is the only way I can figure out how to do it.
I hate crippled phones but I have to use Verizon (family plan), so this is the best I could come up with.
Hope it helps.