"All we can hope is for a variant or the exclusivity to be 30-90 days."
No. I was hoping for a choice in 30-90 days more than a year ago. Verizon can kiss my ass. They have no real service or price advantage in the year 2012. As of today, if circumstances force me to buy a new phone, it will NOT be a VerizonWireless phone. And if someone else offers a phone I truly "want", I will be taking advantage of "phone number portability".
I don't know that the Nokia 900 is the phone that will compell me to switch. My last 3 phones have been Samsung, and I've been extremely happy with them. And my current desire is for a Windows phone with a screen larger than 4". Verizon hasn't even pretended to offer me an acceptable option for nearly 1 1/2 years. Flexibility and compromise would be easier than changing my service provider, if they merely offered a choice that is acceptable. For more than a year they have decided not to do that. And frankly, attitude is starting to set in. If they really don't want to give me what I want (a major and 1st tier phone O.S. no matter what anyone claims), there will come a time when I have to choose a more responsive provider. There are other choices. And some are starting to look preferable.
You can debate a single model or series of cell phone incarnation if you wish. Verizon's rejection of you is SOOOOO much bigger than what is being discussed here, it makes your concerns appear petty minutia.
