This gap thing is really a non issue to me... My current phone has a gap much bigger than this, I can easily get my thumb nail in it, and it does not give any problems (It is HTC build and parts quality that gives problems). No crap is coming any further than the gap itself. Don't think it will be an issue.
I was undecided up until I saw these pictures, looks like everything is there, including a new APP store, ATT doesn't have that.
So long ATT, with all the problems people are reporting about the BOLD, I can't afford to lose productivity during the day and my fun at night.
Verizon, here I come.
Hah, maybe I should be asking Verizon for some comission
One point I want to make about the photos. In some of the images there apears to be a fine mesh patern across the screen, this isn't actually visible to the naked eye, it's only viewable because of the camera I took the photos with.
Glen, regarding the CDMA question from others, if you go into manage connections is there an option for EVDO or something? To my knowledge the 9530 and 9500 devices are identical except for the 9530's inclusion of the CDMA radios. Great picks by the way!