So confused!
Well I went by the AT&T store to play with the phone. Only confirmed even more how much I want it lol. So I drove to my nearest Verizon retailer and got some pretty disheartening news from an employee! Lemme play out how our conversation went:
I asked the guy if he gets a lot of questions about the HTC One; he said no, and before I could ask he told me they weren't getting it there. This is the store in West Monroe, LA, I don't know the store number though. I said, "oh so not this store? Maybe in Monroe?" And he said that he meant they're not getting it at all. Verizon passed up the opportunity for the phone because "It's an ok phone. The only good thing about the phone is the front facing speakers." I told him that feature was one of the main selling points for me, and reminded him that it is one of the top rated smartphones of this year! He said if the speakers intrigue me I should just buy an external speaker to hook up to my phone. And then he told me that the last time he checked his product line up 4-5 weeks ago the phone wasn't listed. I said, "what about a chance of a Droid variant? Like what happened with the Butterfly turning into the DNA? Is that a possibility?" And he said no to that too. He told me if they do decide to get the phone it would be a last minute thing they'd spring onto the employees and that a major reason why they're not getting it is compatibility issues. I said I understood the differences between radio bands but the phone already passed through FCC.
I told him if they get it Thursday I'm marching up there and rubbing it in his face and letting him know he needs better training lol. He said "please do." So either he's lying, he's misinformed, he's lying because he's misinformed, or he's obviously biased against the phone. Either Verizon keeps their employees in the dark to cover up leaks and rumors, or the employees are not getting the proper amount of training time for these phones, or someone is lying/misinformed. I told him about the Verizon facebook page and twitter and how they confirm the phone is coming but he said he doesn't know about it coming Thursday.
