It leaked in September. And intelligence lead WPCentral, the most reliable WP news source on the internet, to expect it to be launched in November. Verizon Nokia Lumia 929 coming in early November in Black and White, $500 off-contract | Windows Phone Central
I mostly agree with you - but stop trying to dampen the blow. This isn't cool.
yeah, there's little doubt that this didn't launch as planned. I know it's not 'late' because it wasn't publicly announced, but I can tell you that it IS late from the planned launch window that Nokia/Verizon were aiming for...even MS is like 'where is it?'.
Having said that, many of us are confident that it will be 'before MWC'. So that's the latest.