The phone case was just an example, you can find something equivalent for the 520. Also IMO people researching phones for 10K just start a thread in the mobile buying advice section. Its only after they finalise their purchase that they would check that phone's related threads.
.. one thread with 500 posts?
Which option is easier? :-
1. Search for '520' and skim through the titles of 50 threads and then choose which one to open and read
or
2. Read all 500 posts and sifting through it to make sense of the jumbled discussion
I get your point as well - for people who have bought xyz phone long back and religiously follow xyz phone discussion thread from the start, the thread acts a sort of 'news feed' for it. The point is, if a member joins the party late, he will need to go through tons of pages/posts - which lets be honest, he won't do, and might just end up repeating a question which would have been answered just one page back. Its even worse for troubleshooting issues, since most people google for errors and if they come across a single thread its easier than wading through a lot of posts to find the answer.
Phew, looks like you can't even volunteer for free on a forum without the RTI act being pulled on you

But if you seriously want to be a part of the process, send a PM to Renegade and ask to be a mod, its that simple