LG VX-3200

What is is with Verizon offering otherwise excellent tri mode phones with no external display? I currently have the Samsung sch a650. I am pleased with the phone for so many reasons, among them, it is tri mode. Is verizon trying to steer its customers away from tri mode? I know they will be all digital by 2006, but come on. Let's have a really good tri mode phone with an external display. Is that too much to ask for?