[Karl]

it hurts the sammy name to lockboot even if Verizon request it

it turns into 4% questioning if Sammy will/or remain developer friendly becuz 1% from sprint 1% att 1% tmo see the locking down of boot as a negative even if it doesn't directly effect them..

and i dont know how valid this is but if Sammy is turly making this statement their worried..

"Samsung is running a campaign to fight rumors that they locked the bootloaders. They are telling customers that they send the devices to Verizon and Verizon locks the bootloaders. This is simply not true. That would be a redundant and inefficient step which would not make sense for business. These boards are specially made PER CARRIER. There is a different board for Sprint, Verizon and AT&T. Until one of these so-called "pre-Verizon" bootloaders shows up in Odin3 format, don't take it seriously, don't believe it, and dont repeat it. Rumors like that are designed to make people sit around and wait."