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Originally Posted by TurboFool
Wow, I just love the positive, friendly attitude in here. The delay constitutes, at most, approximately two weeks. TWO WEEKS. I think people were less hostile when Nintendo delayed Super Smash Bros. Brawl by months over and over again.
We have no clue what challenges are occurring behind the scenes and have no place bashing Sprint over this. For all we know the delay was in place to ensure the phone wasn't a laggy POS at launch. Anyone remember how we cried fowl constantly over the Mogul being pushed back to October to the point where they rushed it, released it in June, and it SUCKED? Want to bet we wouldn't have half the complaints we do if we had let them be and waited until they thought the phone would be ready?
We have no indication of why the phone was delayed, but it was, and it's a MINOR delay. With the exception of those trying to scam the system by buying interim phones like the Diamond to swap out at the last second (no judgment, it is a good strategy, but one with risks that that are pretty clear now), none of us should have a reason to be this worked up over only TWO WEEKS.
And we all know how poor communication is between levels of a corporation, not to mention retail channels (even their own), so it's hardly a shock that there's lack of clarity on this. Still, considering the overarching evidence, e-mail chains pasted by more trustworthy forum members, and the news articles from REPUTABLE organizations such as ZDnet, I'm pretty confident we'll see it at Best Buy around the 26th, TeleSales on the 2nd, and Sprint stores either also on the 2nd, or within a few weeks. Yay?
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And this is the problem, when a VIDEO GAME gets delayed, its general consensus that there was some kind of mega glitch that needed to be ironed out.
When a device like this is delayed, its a hardware issue (as its easier to upgrade a rom than recall a phone). That being said, what I, and a lot of other PPC users are worried about is the possibility of them fixing such an issue. Simply put, if it can be delayed now, and unofficially, whats going to stop them from delaying it in two weeks, and then two weeks from then?
Sprint is leaving us in the dark, and if theres some kind of issue, i feel like they let us know since we are anticipating the product. They don't owe it too us, but neither do we owe them our patience to deal with said unknown issue.