None of this release date info matters....
The possible killer is the chip they use. The rumors have changed on what chip, but they will be using a Quad Core chip and so the bigger issue is whether it will be CDMA and 4G/LTE capable. THAT is the bigger initial issue. For example, at this time, a Tegra 3 quad core chip - the most famous and used quad core - cannot be used with VZW as it cannot yet do LTE.
Then, once they get past that and we find out if the Quad Core they use - as it seems they are going to use their own Exynos version (5 or 4412?) - can even be used on VZW, we have VZW then watering it down and butchering it up so that IF it does come, by the time it comes, it will be some weakened, bloated, bastardized version of what we fell in love with.
I suspect, this will not come to VZW. Sadly.