December 25th date is just a precaution date. They don't want to give you a date then have to change it. Atleast they didn't do what newegg did and say it will be out on the 14th then change it to the 30th. Also I am almost certaint that nokia is holding the phone for as long as they can so they can make as much money as they can. People you have to be patient and realize you ordered from a online store that is not the source. I ordered mine on Nov 6th from amazon and if I don't get a notice from them by tomorrow I am going to cancel and order from Nokia. 569 is not a bad price and I have talked to two reps and they said I should revieve my device next week so I'm pretty excited.