none of us know anything about the agreements between manufacturers and carriers. it's likely that Samsung can sell their phone to ATT or whoever today if both are ready, but we have no clue about the agreement between Verizon and Samsung, and Samsung may well be held back by Verizon's release or somesuch. Rest assured, the agreement between these monster companies is painfully complicated and there is likely no straight answer. the GSM phone is released, but ATT releasing it en masse... that's another story possibly.