Originally Posted by tsatryan

I don't fully understand their marketing strategy either, and the thought I shared is just that - a thought. And I surely don't agree with that as being correct strategy.

But, I think whatever VZW's strategy is, in order to even remotely understand it, we have to not think from our point of view (which is, the phone is ready so let us have it) to their point of view. And, simply put, just follow the money. The ONLY reason that they EVER release any phone is just that - to make money. So, according to that logic, they will release the phone when they feel they can make the most money. When they won't lose money by returns and tech support. When it won't be forgotten and miss sales because of the public's attention on another product. When they <cringe> assure that people can't abuse the phone with things causing their network to bog down or worse yet people avoid paying them extra charges, etc.

I really have no clue as to what their thought process is. And, their track record is that they product test their phones to the nth degree before ever releasing them. And, disagree as much as we want to, last time I checked, VZW hasn't filed for bankruptcy, and are showing a handsome profit. So, frankly, I would think that their concern about our concern of a release time means nothing to them.