I don't really understand why this is so difficult to understand. Verizon has been holding a carrot out in front of us the whole time with this, and they need to know they have really frustrated those of us who are waiting on this phone. Instead of being forthcoming with their customers, they prefer the element of surprise. As a consumer, who has paid a premium amount to them for the last ten years, I feel we deserve better.
Why ask for something you know you aren't going to get? Have you ever asked for a raise from your boss that you didn't really deserve? Ever asked a guy/girl out that was better looking than you? You ask for things you may not get, because you might. You never know until you ask. To be so much of a lemming just to accept that the current circumstances are the best you can hope for, is a sad existence.
We deserve better than for Verizon to say they are going to carry a game changing device such as this, tell us they "passed" on the world's best selling phone for it back in August, and keep dangling that carrot while the rest of the world knows exactly what's going on for them with this same phone. So I am sorry that I won't be the lemming that decides I have to follow everyone else off of the cliff, and just accept it. I deserve better and so do you. The only way anyone is ever going to get anything better is to let them know.