Release Dates

Please put any information regarding release dates in one thread.  So that those of us interested in tracking it, and I doubt I'm the only one, can do so here. 
Thanks,
Cowboy

I've heard it may be late in the second quarter (June).  I've seen some post talking about carriers in Indonesia, India, and Russia announcing they'll carry the phone.  But not necessarily the release dates.

Are you sure of May 31st?
I was hearing around June/July. But May would be very very nice

I never got a reply from Expansys  but my father-in-law (who is also interested in this phone) was in the O2 store yesterday and spoke to someone in there. They had litterally just got an email in that day saying that the Vibrant would be released on 02 (in UK) on 1st June!! They even showed him the email on screen. Obviously I can't confirm this as I wasn't there but sounds promising. The only thing is this is quite near the release date of the new iPhone and, although i begrudge paying anything for a phone when I'm paying £35 a month on contract, I'm interested to see what they bring out. Don't think I would get the Apple though as I get the feeling that I would be quite restricted with Apple's "handcuffs" whereas Android doesn't seem to have this. My only concern with this phone is the size as I've seen the HTC HD2 in store and that is a BIG phone!! The measurements of the Vibrant aren't far off that although it seems to be slightly taller rather than wider than the HD2 which I actually prefer.

1st june sounds awsome.

About HTC: Bad, bad, BAD camera!!!

Oh cool they already started selling it. That's good news.

I think it came out in Europe already. I don't know for sure though.

No, it hasn't. Hence why we know so little about it, and the only videos of it are when people got to see it for the first time at CTIA 2010 in March.

The problem with guessing a release date here is that we don't know when the device will release on different carriers.

Just because Samsung decides to release the device on a certain day doesn't mean the carriers will.

We can probably assume that AT&T will have the device first as we've already seen a model for them come through the FCC. However, they don't seem to have much love for Android devices (just look at how they neutered the Backflip) so I'm not too sure they'll rush the Vibrant out onto the market, particularly if they're starting to focus on the iPhone 4 for release this summer. And I sincerely hope they don't do anything stupid to the Vibrant either.

T-Mobile will probably be next, if not right around the same time. T-Mobile has been doing an excellent job of picking up powerful smartphones in recent history in order to expand their user base. They don't have the most impressive network, but they've got a good lineup of phones.

Sprint is busy showering the EVO 4G with limelight and touting their (small) 4G network. I can't see them pushing the Vibrant when they're aggressively marketing the EVO 4G.

Verizon is supposed to be the last one to get the Vibrant. I suppose it makes sense, they'll probably release later this Fall after the hubbub over the HTC Incredible has died down. Windows Mobile 7 Series phones will be starting to come out around that time, and a new flagship Android device will be due as well.

The problem is, most everyone is pushing a high-end smartphone right now. T-Mobile is still pushing the HD2, which was released in November and is already starting to show it's age, particularly with Windows Mobile 6.5 squelching sales, and the EVO 4G overshadowing it. I could see them actually putting some advertising into the Vibrant.

So... we'll see. I'm just wondering if any of the other US carriers plan on switching gears to market the Vibrant, or if this is going to be a phone that just quietly appears on the shelf...