She says it will be released in the fall, no definite date set.
Well, for what it's worth, I called my friend that has worked at Verizon for about 2 years now. He said it is expected to be released mid-June/early-July. He gets his information from a friend that works in corporate at Verizon (His friend had the i760 a few months ago). Oh and he also said they are trying to get it out sooner rather than later (ie. keep it from being delayed again) because it was originally slated for a 1Q release.
So, take this information with a grain of salt, but my friend has been accurate before (when telling me information), and he has no reason to mislead me (unlike a salesman trying to sell you one of the current PDA's as opposed to waiting). He also said that he is going to pick one up (even though he's not much of a PDAPhone guy) because when he was playing with it, "it seemed like the perfect phone".
She says it will be released in the fall, no definite date set.
I am going to hide behind my army
because I know what will happen when folks read this
It's not pushed to a fall release, and I would say that I am 90% sure it's because the Business Rep wants to sell you other devices. Business Reps and CS reps at stores are the LAST to find out about releases. I walked in to Verizon with my i730 on my hip three days after I bought it, and I asked the guy when they were going to get their i730s in, and he said, "oh they won't be released until September as they got pushed back.". I showed him mine and he said "oh you must have gotten one early, but the public won't get it until Sept". I said that they will be out in two weeks for the public and he didn't believe me, but oh well.
Don't believe those people, they just aren't informed.
Now I called "Ethan" today about 12 times. We played phone tag all day, and I spent most of the day at the Indy Speedway so he would call when the cars were running. We never did get to meet up last week, but I talked with him for about 20 mins. He said that it's most likely going to be in June. They want it out as soon as they can. He said, and I am quoting, "5% chance of a May release, 75% chance of a June release, and 20% chance of a July release." I said, come on, you should know the exact date, and he said that maybe he does and maybe he doesn't, but that is what he told me I could say to the public... Man he likes to be cryptic...
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It's not pushed to a fall release, and I would say that I am 90% sure it's because the Business Rep wants to sell you other devices. Business Reps and CS reps at stores are the LAST to find out about releases. I walked in to Verizon with my i730 on my hip three days after I bought it, and I asked the guy when they were going to get their i730s in, and he said, "oh they won't be released until September as they got pushed back.". I showed him mine and he said "oh you must have gotten one early, but the public won't get it until Sept". I said that they will be out in two weeks for the public and he didn't believe me, but oh well.
Don't believe those people, they just aren't informed.
Now I called "Ethan" today about 12 times. We played phone tag all day, and I spent most of the day at the Indy Speedway so he would call when the cars were running. We never did get to meet up last week, but I talked with him for about 20 mins. He said that it's most likely going to be in June. They want it out as soon as they can. He said, and I am quoting, "5% chance of a May release, 75% chance of a June release, and 20% chance of a July release." I said, come on, you should know the exact date, and he said that maybe he does and maybe he doesn't, but that is what he told me I could say to the public... Man he likes to be cryptic...
Great news, Michael. I was almost in information withdrawal last week when you didn't get the chance to meet with 'Ethan'. As always, thanks for the info, and for that oh so tiny sliver of hope that we'll see this as early as May, though we know it's June. Thanks again.
I called into Telesales last night to activate an EVDO ExpressCard. I mentioned that I was waiting for the i760, and the rep responded the Samsung i760? So clearly some of the reps know about it. I didn't even bother asking her for a release date, but I did mention I noticed the i730 was sold out.
She told me the i830 was replacing the i730 for replacements, and that they were no longer going to have any stock of the i730. Clearly the release is upon us, I am confident it will be the last week in June/First week of July.
I'll probably jump ship from Sprint when this comes out. Service in my area has taken a downward spiral the last 6 months and its been pissing me off enough to check out other cell phone companies. 3G isn't available and I won't give up my EDVO speeds to Verizon it is.
Seems that the majority of the rumors about the phone are over, and this thread has become the support group for those waiting till it's finally released. Everyone just hanging on for that next report from "Ethan" fix.
So I thought I'd start a new rumor...
"The Samsung i760 has been tested to ensure that it does not cause cancer. In fact our studies have shown that the device actually cures cancer. The bad news for the US market is that VZW will be blocking the feature in preparation for their own service VKemo coming out in mid-late 2009. No price announcements have been made in regards to this service."
My fully informed rep hooked me up with VKemo Beta last week. I know nothing about this kind of equipment, so they want me testing it. I am on the unlimited plan...I get up to 5 treatments a month. Anything over that and they say I am slinging drugs...its a breach of their unlimited plan contract and they cancel my service and send me a small pine box. But, I can't access it while I am on the extended network...its dials #lol, and then I just get the user name screen with an empty password. I have downgraded the stack though so that I can tether to my IV without having to pay any extra cost. SHHH! They don't know I Te..er. Oh, and VKemo has a camera version.
I am jesting as well...I totally laughed when I read your creative comment exposing VZW in such a raw way.
June it is!
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Now I called "Ethan" today about 12 times. We played phone tag all day, and I spent most of the day at the Indy Speedway so he would call when the cars were running. We never did get to meet up last week, but I talked with him for about 20 mins. He said that it's most likely going to be in June. They want it out as soon as they can. He said, and I am quoting, "5% chance of a May release, 75% chance of a June release, and 20% chance of a July release." I said, come on, you should know the exact date, and he said that maybe he does and maybe he doesn't, but that is what he told me I could say to the public... Man he likes to be cryptic...
Thanks for the "fix"! what was "ethan's" info like for the 730? was he as "cryptic"? what does he do for VZW? Thanks!
Thanks for the "fix"! what was "ethan's" info like for the 730? was he as "cryptic"? what does he do for VZW? Thanks!
"Ethan" wasn't in a "know" position at that time. He's not directly involved with the i760 or anything to do with the release. He was about a year ago, but has changed positions twice in the past year. He finds out what he can and relays what information he can, but he has told me Verizon is MUCH tighter lipped about their information. He can only give me generalities. He spends a lot more time on the road now, so it's been tough getting a hold of him to find out anything.
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Isn't that one of the reasons we gave him the nickname Ethan?
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I just saw on the homepage here where CNET's reporting that Cingular has confirmed June 11th as the release date for the iPhone. I know there's been some discussion about the possibility of new releases to counter the iPhone release (even though I don't think they're comparable in the least), so
hopefully this'll end up having some relevance.
MR.. I had to laugh when you said Ethan "spends a lot more time on the road now, so it's been tough getting a hold of him ..."
This whole Site is based on Cell Phones and the Convergence etc. Its Ironic that with Today's technology(s), we still can't "Get a hold of people".
anyway, i just found a little humor there.
Well he always has a different device, and when he's on the road, he's in meetings from early in the day until later. He spends a lot of his time out of the country as well, which doesn't help matters.
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Isn't that one of the reasons we gave him the nickname Ethan?
I think it was... He just doesn't give me a straight answer.
By the way, I made him pick up his pit/garage pass with the name Ethan Hunt. The people who got him one for the day and he both had a good laugh over it.
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By the way, I made him pick up his pit/garage pass with the name Ethan Hunt. The people who got him one for the day and he both had a good laugh over it.
That's funny!
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i tHOUGHT eTHAN hAWKE wAS tHAT kID fROM tREASURE iSLAND ...
Ethan Hunt (not Hawke) from Mission Impossible.
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I just left the Samsung store and they didn't have it there. The employee said he heard it would be released in the fall, but admitted he really didn't know when it would be released,so I don"t place any credence on what he said. In other news, they have an amazing 80 inch 1080p prototype plasma on display and the guy said they would start selling 1080p plasmas to the public in a couple weeks. The plasma on display is unbelievable to me. I can't see any faults with the picture.
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