Verizon iPhone launch on February 3rd?

Greetings, and welcome to rumor central! Here's a juicy tidbit of info, if you're an iPhone lover but an AT&T hater. Rumor has it the Verizon iPhone will be released between February 3rd and 6th. Again, that's a rumor with a capital R and a capital UMOR, too. But it does follow the known patterns of both Apple and Verizon release schedules.

Interesting. Will it happen? Or is this like predicting the end of the world?

Verizon iPhone launch on February 3rd?: "

Speculation is going around that the Verizon iPhone announcement is almost here. Whispers are that Apple has blocked employee vacation requests between February 3^rd and February 6^th, which is Thursday through Sunday. The vacation freeze has been confirmed to be in effect in several regions in the US. It’s worth noting that Apple picked the dates of the 24^th to 27^th for the launch of its iPhone 4, also Thursday through Sunday, not to mention that Verizon tends to launch new devices on Thursdays too. Of course, there isn’t any confirmation that the Verizon iPhone is the device that will be announced, but the rumors definitely do seem to point in that direction.

Verizon iPhone launch on February 3rd?, By Ubergizmo, 07 Jan 2011. Top Stories : NVIDIA Tegra 2 Overview, Toshiba Android Tablet, Hands-On, Olympus XZ1 With OLED Screen,

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