Called up a buddy who works at Verizon this morning after seeing this post and all he said is the following:
- His store has yet to see any accessories, dummy phones or products
- It's unlikely a town like Dayton would be the first to receive shipment as Verizon typically focuses on Enterprise first when releasing high-end smartphones. Metropolitan areas would be first.
- There's no mention of the product in their internal systems in ANY capacity as of yet other than the Verizon instructing them to tell customers it's coming 'this summer'
- Verizon stores would typically be notified on Monday of a device's release that's for the same week that Thursday and - at the latest - all stores should have supplies by Tuesday (Wednesday for stores furthest away from shipping warehouse).
He's not saying this guy is lying, but he's saying his story isn't adding up, but added that he figures that if there's no updates internally by tomorrow that this story is likely very much fabricated because every store receives things the same week. No one would have it a week or even more than a day or two (depending on location) from any other store. So, if it's releasing this week, most stores would know and have what they need by tomorrow. Plus, he added, what's the likelihood some random forum poster posts this before it hits a tech site. It would have had to been in the warehouse with a product code and someone likely would have leaked that by now.