I just made the final payment on my Icon, so I can move without any penalties or payments to VZW now. I've been watching the 950XL on Amazon, and they have the international single sim (I.e. the less troublesome version) for under $500 now. Just waiting for the right time to pull the trigger and switch to AT&T. I'll miss the stronger signal, but AT&T is well represented in the Tampa Bay area. I'll suffer a little with a weaker signal at work, but I'm tired of Verizon's BS. It's just not worth it. Not only that, but I can get the same type of plan, but with roll-over data, for $20 bucks less, or about the cost of making monthly payments on the phone. In other words, I can move to AT&T and get a new phone, with roll-over data, for about the same as I'm paying for service alone at Verizon (roughly $70 after the Icon was paid off - $90 before hand).
So VZW can kiss my bent over posterior as they lose a long time customer. Congrats, bozos!
Oh, and I got to play with the 950XL a few days back at the new MS store in International Plaza. Not sure why some feel it's not a high end feeling phone. It feels every as solid as my Icon (and this was a much handled floor demo unit), just without the metal. My Icon has a bunch of little dents from drops on the metal frame, so I'm not so sure the lack of metal is actually a bad thing.