Understood... It was still not very convincing for the time length though. We are not talking of Verizon getting a phone a few months earlier but a full year.

Understood... It was still not very convincing for the time length though. We are not talking of Verizon getting a phone a few months earlier but a full year. At that point most chips are not even out yet, nor is the Android OS, etc... 18 months before release seems WAY too long.