Well, the next day, the only version they had left was Verizon, so maybe I got the last one?
As for the bootloader, we'll see. It's not Samsung, it's not Google, but if every manufacturer is going to go that route, I'll be through buying AT&T phones. (I won't buy Verizon - the plans are too expensive, and I can't stand how CDMA "goes digital". I've been handling radio noise for decades, but that underwater sound got to me from the very first Verizon digital phone. I don't get seasick [not even in a nor'easter that has everyone rushing to the rail] but I get 'CDMA-sick;.)