Void warranty by rooting, eh? Even if I'm able to revert back?

I wouldn't worry about it. I had a jailbroken phone and was able to return it multiple times. You can restore the stock firmware and that removes the root.

 

But why do you *want* to return the phone? I have had 5 android phones now and the thought of returning them to Verizon or AT&T never entered my mind. Of course, I've always declined insurance and as for the warranty on each phone, I quickly rooted all five of the phones and forgot about the word Warranty.

-Mike

 

I have had to return 2 HTC Inspire's for different issues both of which I had rooted. I just put a stock image back on and they would never be able to tell that the phone had been rooted in the first place.