I've been eligible since LAST June for a new phone but I've been holding out for a new Windows Phone ever since. I was close last week to pulling the trigger on an 8XT, but I figured I'd wait. If I waited for over a year, what's another 3 weeks? I'm just so eager for something new lol
I'm not impressed with the inconsistent reporting of the phone on this site. One article mentions 16GBs with mentioning the PhoneArena 8GB pre-production unit, another article ONLY mentions the 8GB version as if that's cut and dry (which is bound to upset people, which it did), they misquoted the battery life and said no price has been given yet. Of ALL of the things I mentioned, the price has been CONFIRMED since the original press release in JUNE. That's just irresponsible reporting, and of course it's about Sprint's phones. You'd never see this kind of reporting on a Lumia-related article.
It's frustrating that Sprint and their customers are treated like red-headed stepchildren on this site. The articles always jab at Sprint, and end up in the comments being nothing but an anti-Sprint circlejerk. Incorrectly misquoting battery life and mentioning the 8GB storage as if it was final spec just creates hostility. Where's the talk about Sprint mandating proper, secure Qualcomm CDMA standards (instead of the broken/insecure China Mobile coding that's being used on current CDMA Lumias) and Microsoft not having supporting them until GDR2? Where's the talk of Nokia not wanting to support those standards, hence no Sprint Nokia devices being available? The silence is deafening on that subject, and if people knew this... it would quiet a lot of those who like to talk bull-ish.
Anywho... I'm excited for August 16th, I hope my closest corporate store will have some in-stock that day! I'll be calling to inquire the day the ATIV S Neo is officially announced!