i would have to disagree with you on that. The rumors are what puts the prime with a 720p screen, 1.5 ghz processor, samoled+ display and a gig+ of ram. The rumors are what puts the phone at a october or november release. Proximity to release is what makes people way more inclined to wait. If the rumored release date was in february you would see a lot less people cropping up pledging to get the prime.
Since the only thing we know about the prime right now are rumors and based of that information people are already saying they will bypass the bionic and sgsii to wait for it, i would say that qualifies them as waiting because of rumors.