I'm almost in the same boat with you. Just posted a similar thread elsewhere. I can't for the life of me figure out why VZ thinks the key to keeping customers is raising prices and not offering top tier phones. I don't need 50 devices to choose from, just give me a few of the best. No quality Sonys, no top HTCs, locked bootloader on the SIII, and no worthwhile sliders. They are screwing themselves.