Good points by all.
Upgrade or retail price obviously plays a part. Got mine using my wife's line, and I kept my unlimited data as well. Have an upgrade coming up this year, but unless they have a *glitch* like they did earlier this year, will probably try to avoid using it.
I also hold out hope for a 1020-esque camera coming to Verizon. The 929 should have something similar to our little Canon P&S, but that has optical zoom, better glass, and (I presume) a slightly larger sensor still. And for all that, it doesn't take much better shots than my 928. Now, something with the insanity of the 1020 sensor, would give me something different.
Otherwise I also see it as mostly incremental upgrades -- sure, 1080p is better than 720p, but are my eyes gonna notice? The quad core might help loading apps a hair faster, maybe some stray processing duties a bit faster, but not as noticeable as going from a single core to a dual core is.
Of course, this is all battling my inherent "I want the shiny" tendencies, so who knows??!?!
