Despite all the dates, I've had a good feeling about the phone coming out this Friday or Monday. Not sure why, just feels like the right time in relation to what Verizon's been doing with the Razr and Rezound.
I can't see Samsung sitting by idle while Verizon pushes their flagship device out of Black Friday's reach, just seems very unlikely.
There are very important reasons companies release products for these specific times, they've spent millions figuring out when people purchase their products the most and no matter how much of a bully Verizon is, I see them getting a nudge from Samsung if they try to push back it's release, unless there's a bug they're working out, which we haven't heard a word about from testers.
I think it's very simple, they didn't want to saturate their store with new phones, so they've done everything they can to spread these 3 devices out before the big holiday sales.