Verizon is smoking a big spliff with feet up on the desk waiting for sales on Eris and Droid to start sloping downward a bit. Just an educated guess. They've got two good well-selling Android phones; why relegate them to the bargain bin when there's more $ to be extracted relative to advertising and placement? Seems like they have never been very concerned about getting new or really high-end stuff on their shelf.
I've been ready to move on an Eris but...I'm just going to wait it out. They still wont' release the 2.1 upgrade for Eris which seems like a no-brainer to keep that device selling well. If we weren't locked into 2 yr contracts (and don't want to front $600) it would be simpler. With Desire/Supersonic/Dragon/Passion/N1 in the rumor zone...I'll wait for something real to hit the shelf. Probably nothing's going to get real until summer given the lack of enthusiasm or action from V.
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