Mooem
Android Enthusiast
I posted earlier and got no reply so I will throw it out there again... Verizon is supposedly getting the phones in their warehouse this week. I am an Industrial Engineering major and one thing that I have learned is that a big cost for companies is the cost of holding inventory. Don't you think Verizon will want to start moving those phones ASAP rather than have them sit in the warehouse?
One example in the past was the Samsung Fascinate showing up in Verizon's Warehouse database on August 26th, 2010 ...as reported by Phandroid actually.
Samsung Fascinate Launch Drawing Near?
That phone was released on September 9th, 2010. If that means anything, then we know Verizon is able to retrieve shipments to their warehouse at least two weeks before release...more or less.
That really doesn't say anything about the situation now or any changes to their process (the fascinate WAS a year ago). Nor is it definitive of how long they are willing to hold inventory vs. willingness to pay the cost of holding them there for a certain amount of time.