I am not a Verizon hater. But I definitely followed the Bionic for 6+ months and am currently awaiting the Gnex atm. I love Verizon's coverage and I am a grandfathered unlimited so I will not be switching. Besides being expensive (which I don't mind, pay for the quality I suppose although some people might argue it). I just want to answer some questions from a different perspective because I don't really understand big company's policy on having to be so damned secretive and seemingly unorganized.
OK, so here's a couple of questions for Han and the other Verizon haters.
1. If you hate Verizon and the "a-holes" so much, why not order a phone from overseas tomorrow and activate it on AT&T?
For me at least, it's coverage around here. It's the fact that for me personally, I do have grandfathered unlimited. I think my important point is that while Verizon may be the worst (at least for the moment), all large companies do things like this. I have always been a Verizon person, but from what I've seen/heard AT&T and T-Mobile etc., all do the exact same things we hate or dislike. If there ever was a revolutionary company that actually did everything I wanted (maybe "we", I don't want to speak for anyone else here), I would drop Verizon in a heartbeat. Even if it wasn't the giant conglomerate that Verizon is.
2. Would you still be as upset if Verizon had initially announced the phone would be available 12/31/11 instead of "later this year"?
Honestly, I would be nowhere near as upset. I might not have had this much hype for the Gnex seeing as I personally wouldn't want to wait that long. But I would absolutely not ever gotten mad or upset about it. I in fact would almost be astonishingly surprised and respect VZW that much more for their organization and great customer response.
The obvious caveat is that I just wouldn't have probably gone with Gnex. But that's for my situation specifically, my OG Droid is beyond on its last legs.
3. Would you be upset if Google/Samsung/Verizon had not announced the phone until December 24, and then said it would be available a week later?
I again, would love this as well. But it depends on if they had announced anything about it earlier, or other rumors, etc that had been leaked. We all know that Google/Samsung/Whomever all read and monitor forums etc. and read at least some of our feedback. We also know that at least once (maybe not specifically here for Gnex, but for sure other phones, products etc.) that the companies purposefully allow information to be "accidently" released or leaked just to generate hype (OMG I left my iphone 6 in a bar!).
The annoying part is the being strung a long. They want huge hype. They want a following. Then they are either unorganized or jerkish enough to continue it along for profit and not reward the loyal followers/customers. Or at least that's how it appears from a customer's standpoint.
