The HTC Thunderbolt has not been released to the public but the developers have already managed to gain root access to the phone.

After numerous leaks, the HTC Thunderbolt has finally been unveiled by Verizon and HTC at the CES 2011. The HTC Thunderbolt features a mammoth 4.3-inch S-LCD screen with WVGA (800×480) resolution.

HTC plans to showcase another Android phone at CES 2011 – the HTC Inspire 4G. It will run Android with the HTC Sense UI and will be launched on AT&T’s network.

Please read this post with a huge pinch of salt. The folks over at Droid-Life have managed to get their hands on what is supposed to be the specs of the upcoming HTC Thunderbolt. It is already known that the Thunderbolt will be the first 4G LTE handset from Verizon and HTC and will be unveiled at the upcoming CES.