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Originally Posted by Veloslave

And we all know the answer to this too...

They don't announce dates because if there are delays then they get bad PR. They tell their employees to not release dates too... but how many of them stick to that... and even worse... how do they stop them when they are trying to help someone out like a member here that is persistent about getting info? "C'mon man... just give what you have heard... I won't hold you to it" I wonder how many times that has been said? Couple that to the day and age of the net PLUS FCC leaks and you have yourself a real BUZZ that gets created without any official company involvement.

They have gone as far as mentioning officially that it will be out sometime late this year... and according to my calender they are still on schedule.

You can't get 2 out of 10 employees to give you the same info because there is no OFFICIAL info to give so they are all guessing according to what they know (OR DON'T KNOW

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You can let the leaks & rumors and unofficial info get to you... you can get frustrated that the other company has it first but IMHO I believe that there is a reason that we don't have it or know when we will. If it would help Verizon... they would be the first to let us know... that's called capitalism with it's marketing sector firing on all cylinders.

Answer this... (but not emotionally or with bias)

Why would they keep this phone or release info from us if it were ready to go?

Honestly, I think Verizon has loyalties. Samsung, Motorola, etc have more products available and on "the network" than HTC. I think the more pull a partner has with Verizon the sooner their products get tested and approved. Not all of Verizons phones have quality or reliability. I have taken phones back and swapped them out because they were crap. HTC has a small market and has very little pull with products with Verizon. The 6800 has been known about for at least a year now (I started looking and found it without a problem last December). I also find it hard to believe that the 6800 is that much of a mess. HTC has many products out and I have seen far fewer complaints about them than many other products. I think this has more to do with the CDMA companies changing everything on a device that probably worked fairly well from the factory (I understand every products has revisions, but would they have been as necessary with the manufactures software with WM5/6).

This is my opinion. There are many people that share it though.