I think the point that he's making is not that the phone hasn't come out yet, but that there's been a complete lack of any updates or information from Verizon since the initial launch. This point is made more sore by the fact that Verizon asked us all to sign up for updates about the phone, and it hasn't sent any news out. In fact, they're going so far as to threaten their employees and resellers from even confirming the phone's in-store inventory.
Verizon can still release the phone on Dec 31 and have kept the letter of their word, but as a customer waiting for information to decide on a two year contract, they have to know that this complete lack of information is frustrating.
My two cents, and thanks for listening...
As I said earlier, I am frustrated by this whole process too. But Verizon really doesn't owe us an explanation regarding their decision-making process. They made a press release and haven't gone against the information contained in that press release. There are many things Verizon knows - like what phones are coming out in 2012 that may blow the nexus away - but they're not any more obligated to tell us about other future plans as they are about the Nexus.
I think at this point it is pretty likely that Verizon ran into some sort of problem with the Nexus, whether it be hardware, software, wallet, or something else. Should they really have to press release that just to satisfy the tiny percentage of customers who follow this story closely? It is bad for their business to announce anything that can be viewed as negative, and unless they are going to break their previous press release, they don't have to say anything.
And practically speaking, even if Verizon did say something, like that they are still testing software, would that satisfy us? I don't think so.
