Just don't forget what the pre-order was put aside for......existing Verizon Customers. You figure in the amount of people that are currently upgrade eligible, and those that were willing to pay full retail price off contract, that's not going to be a high percentage of the customer base. Not to mention if they were expecting a high demand and put aside a very large quantity for pre-order, it did exactly what they wanted it to do, make sure every Verizon customer that wants one has every opportunity to get one which limits the amount of complaints for those existing customers that wanted one and couldn't get it.