I was unpleasantly surprised too when I found out that Verizon still hasn't put out an extreme power saver patch. Yesterday I bought my HTC One m8 (which I'm very much enjoying, and is a huge improvement over the Samsung Stratosphere I was using). The Extreme Power Saving mode is one of the main features that had convinced me to get this phone. I had read the article from March about US carriers having not having Extreme Power Saving out at that time, but I had expected it to be out by now given that four months have passed. Its ridiculous that Verizon can't manage to get it out in a timely manner. Given how much time has passed I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for something they may never release. Maybe when Android L comes out people will no longer have to put up with carriers stripping features that the manufactures created for the devices.