Yup, Verizon sales reps don't necessarily know anything except how to sell the phones already in the store and very imminent releases. Mid-summer is awfully late. Plus, if they said LTE devices were coming very soon, you'd be less likely to buy one of the devices they currently sell.
As for back-orders: I hope HTC will use a screen that's more readily available to them. The reason for the Dinc back-orders was that the AMOLED screen was in short supply (why they eventually released an SLCD model). So if they've learned from the experience, the phone won't spend so much time on back-order. Of course, even if it does, you might be able to get it early (I got my Dinc just by walking in the store and asking for one, since Verizon accidentally shipped an extra one to that particular store. And this was after going to two other Verizon stores to be told it was sold out).
As for the Verizon iphone: That's little more than a bunch of rumors. It could be true, but there are rumors of an upcoming Verizon iphone constantly. And this probably isn't proof against, but a few months back I saw an article in which an Apple spokesperson said that Apple wasn't interested in making a CDMA iphone. I wouldn't bet on an LTE iphone for quite a while, since Jobs probably wants to wait until LTE chips are made that aren't big drains on the battery (just like the first iphone wasn't 3G capable). I wouldn't be surprised if the iphone 5 wasn't 4G capable on any carrier, since AT&T is even later to the 4G scene than Verizon is.
As for back-orders: I hope HTC will use a screen that's more readily available to them. The reason for the Dinc back-orders was that the AMOLED screen was in short supply (why they eventually released an SLCD model). So if they've learned from the experience, the phone won't spend so much time on back-order. Of course, even if it does, you might be able to get it early (I got my Dinc just by walking in the store and asking for one, since Verizon accidentally shipped an extra one to that particular store. And this was after going to two other Verizon stores to be told it was sold out).
As for the Verizon iphone: That's little more than a bunch of rumors. It could be true, but there are rumors of an upcoming Verizon iphone constantly. And this probably isn't proof against, but a few months back I saw an article in which an Apple spokesperson said that Apple wasn't interested in making a CDMA iphone. I wouldn't bet on an LTE iphone for quite a while, since Jobs probably wants to wait until LTE chips are made that aren't big drains on the battery (just like the first iphone wasn't 3G capable). I wouldn't be surprised if the iphone 5 wasn't 4G capable on any carrier, since AT&T is even later to the 4G scene than Verizon is.
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