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Originally Posted by boe
I agree. While I doubt this IS what is happening - rather it is what I'd hope is happening. Would you rather just bend over and say - yep Verizon's got them in stock but they are just going to hold on to them for a few more months - that will make the hardware appreciate in value because nothing makes electronics more valueable than age! If you believe it I have plenty of 2X CD players and 1 GB hard drives along with a plethora of amber monochrome CRTs I'll be happy to sell you.
What I'm doing is trying to look at it as a glass half full - maybe Verizon's not dicking us over by holding on to their precious Trophy but trying to clear their inventory of an already antiquated piece of hardware of which they had a limited stock and are getting something far better for their loyal customers  |
Optimism in VZW, I remember those days
I posted on page 13 about patience, love, and harmony... and VZW pushed the release date back 3 times since then. Things could be much worse I suppose. If one of my complaints in life is about a company not letting me throw money at them so I can buy a damn phone, then things "ain't so bad."
Now that that's out the way lets take look at the iPhone launch. Months before iPhone 5 will be released and VZW puts out iPhone 4. CDMA radio installed, FCC approval, out the door like clockwork. There were no pre-order flyers to apple employees or anything of that nature (that I know of) so whats going on with WP7? Somebody said a few posts ago that it is likely that VZW wants to fill a pre-order quota, and lock MS employees into a 2 year contract, so that they can make back the money spent on WP7 devices. That number was not reached so they push the date back until it is and when questioned about it their response probably sounds something like this: "If your employees dont want this phone, why the f#ck should we sell it."
Whatever the reason for the delays, ill just wait. I want a new phone I dont need one.