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He's probably excited because he now has confirmation from the source and a vzw rep that it will be released by mid-December. I mean, it's not a firm date, but at least it's a corroborated end point in sight.
The 3rd and the 10th and the 17th and the 21st were all "corroborated" as well. It's such a BS storm.
No, he didn't confirm it, just said that it he hadn't heard anything different. Since we don't know what department he works in, that could mean anything.Why do we trust Steven's source. Wasn't it 2 days ago that they "confirmed" the 17th?. . . .
I love you, OTD, but no. Just no. Who's in a more no-win situation? The giant uber-company that cares NOTHING for customers except for what's in their wallets and is willing to release garbage phones (Bionic) knowing that the real Moto flagship device (RAZR) was just around the corner, and could care less if Bionic owners felt cheated or not?. . . .
With the way most of you are talking, I actually feel bad for Verizon. They are in a no win situation with everyone.
Or the customers who not only have to pay an arm and a leg above what other carriers charge, but also have to deal with less-than-ideal phones, have to pay the LTE premium even if they're not in an LTE area (Verizon could learn a lesson from AT&T's pricing strategy on that, but they won't because they're too busy robbing us), and have to suffer through botched release after botched release?
If Verizon would even own up just a little and communicate something along the lines of "we're working on it, here's the release date, but we'll try to get it out sooner" or "there are some technical issues we're working through, but hang in there" or anything to that effect, it would be something. But they (based on the Love Tunnel's info) wouldn't even confirm they were going to carry it until they got a million nasty emails on a Friday evening. When you tweet them questions about it, they say "Oh, sign up on the page!" as if that was the holy grail of answers and would put us at ease (I signed up for the Rezound and still haven't gotten an email on that one).
They're morons who know nothing about public relations and care nothing for their customers. I think we're being nicer than necessary, actually.
Okay, rant over. (Actually, not directed at you, OTD, more at the Verizon universe. Hope you got that. )
Granted, I'm not in the same situation as you (with a dying phone), but here is why I will not give in and pick up either the Rezound or Razr:
What if Verizon, in its infinite wisdom, delays the phone even further...beyond the 1/9/12 deadline for returning? Then what? I'm stuck with a phone I don't want for 2 years. As irritated as I am with this whole cluster-you-know-what, I'm still gonna tough it out. If I were in your shoes, I'd be calling my sister to send me one of her hand-me-downs so I would have it on hand to last me until whenever this phone finally comes out.
I'm sorry, I just can't deal with a Blackberry. It's just not happening.
I can do 1 of 2 things. One, I can return it on the 8th and just deal with my OG Droid and see what comes up at CES two days later (I think by then I'll be so bitter about SGN I won't buy it unless it's under $200.) Or two, I'll just sell it for $350 on CL or Ebay and pay the difference on a non-subsidized version, if there's nothing better (and unlocked) coming down the pipeline.
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