***Official Galaxy Nexus Pre-Release speculation thread**

[The_Chief]

Even if it comes out as a "rumored" Samsung Galaxy Nexus, with those specs I'll pick it up. I'm sorry you were waiting on a pure Google Nexus device, HanSolo, but I never realistically expected a genuine Nexus device on Verizon. But the Galaxy series is a close runner-up IMHO

 

[vandyman]

Or the Samsung Prime

 

[HanSolo]

You may be right. If we get a quasi-Nexus with bloatware, that

 

[Cam]

I'm thinking VZW will release a "Prime" handset without the Nexus branding. Same hardware, but with lots and lots of bloat! Sad part is I'll probably buy it either way.

Edit: looks like a couple of you beat me to the punch!

 

[Sandroidfan]

Since Droid Prime news came from BGR, I guessed it won't be called Nexus Prime on Verizon and will be bloated after all. I don't care if they call it Droid Prime, Samsung Prime or Galaxy Nexus, etc, as long as it's the phone with spec that we've heard about.

 

[The_Chief]

Doggone it, HanSolo! I had given up on Twitter until all this... now you got me back on it again!

 

[cereal killer]

I'm from Poland. Funniest thing is that I have 10 PM now. When you're all sleeping nicely I have dinner. When I get up early, you have a late evening. I'm laughing sometimes about it.

I heard the Germans conquered Poland so quickly by marching in backwards. The Polish Army thought they were leaving. Any truth to that rumor?
















I kid I kid

Welcome to the forums!

 

[The_Chief]

That was MEAN...

My son was in Koscierzyna on a missions trip back in May. VERY nice country. He's ready to go back. And we're ready for him to go... ANYWHERE!

 

[red66charger]

Doggone it, HanSolo! I had given up on Twitter until all this... now you got me back on it again!

Saw this too...following. Tap, tap, tap..

 

[Grandmadroid]

9:00pm on a Friday night....unless you're in Poland where it's 6am Saturday morning. Just read thru the day's "offerings".....My goodness, you guys are entertaining! The only new thing I have to offer is this....you know the new commercial on tv for the Bionic??? The one with the sexy gal in leather fighting the robot?? Well, truth be told, they used ME as the model for that. Just thought you should know.
......and I have not yet given up hope for......P R I M E.
Good night, you warrior-scavengers-of-truth. Grandma's goin' dark.....

 

[Steven58]

Twitter

P3Droid:



Doesn't sound good.

Don't we know it will be the Droid Prime? That would fit with what we know, right?

 

[Thejungle]

I heard the Germans conquered Poland so quickly by marching in backwards. The Polish Army thought they were leaving. Any truth to that rumor?

I haven't heard about this, but I would not be surprised if it was true. I'm trying to live as different from the normal polish guy as it's possible, as I know some bad-news about pols around the world.

 

[Thejungle]

9:00pm on a Friday night....unless you're in Poland where it's 6am Saturday morning.

YYYeep, I just woke up

I come to you from the future! ;-) Whana get some news what's going to happen at 10 PM ? Hhhuhuh..

 

[Thejungle]

I must say this 'Galaxy Nexus' name sounds terrible...! What are they doing?!
I tell you - if all this last rumors are true, Nexus Prime is going to be a big s**t, not the iPhone 5 competitor.

 

[bldgengineer]

You may be right. If we get a quasi-Nexus with bloatware, that’s still good enough for me. Black_man_x has told everyone to follow some guy named Tom Fleming for Prime info, possibly including a release date, at Twitter.

I suppose I’ll be checking in periodically. Pretty discouraged though.

Verizon better not screw this up.

I click on this now and get "Page Not Found" hmmmm.....

On a side note: VZW sent me an email yesterday offering me $100 off a smart phone if I used my X as "trade-in" The offer expires on 9/30/2011 and if the Vigor was out before then this would have been a HELL of a temptation that I might have succumbed to but the expiration date on such an offer intrigues me....

 

[The_Chief]

From Tom Fleming on Twitter:

"With an internal date set and LTE a sure bet"...

 

[bldgengineer]

From Tom Fleming on Twitter:

"With an internal date set and LTE a sure bet"...

whats with all the riddle talk?

 

[The_Chief]

He's apparently got a bit of a, erm, "flair" to his postings... I cite this:

"So instead of filling your belly with candies, jellies and other hallows eve fare, perhaps your palate will cast a ballot for an ice cream sandwich instead"

What's that tell me? That this person - who is apparently IN THE KNOW - is saying to expect ICS around the end of October. WHOOT!

 

[HanSolo]

whats with all the riddle talk?

He's gotten all the info from black_man_x, also known as Panda. black_man_x picked him to leak all the info, but wanted it in the form of a "panda poem", hence the rather strange prose.

I agree with Chief's opinion about ICS coming out at the end of October. I hope that means Prime drops with it! My gut still says November, but I would love to be wrong.

 

[The_Chief]

Not necessarily, HanSolo. Could be the SDK's gonna roll out in October, followed by the Prime November 17th. Still: pretty exciting news! Now if we could just get an official NAME of the thing so we're not all bean-dippin' around in 3 or 4 different forums

 

[HanSolo]

Not necessarily, HanSolo. Could be the SDK's gonna roll out in October, followed by the Prime November 17th. . . .

Yep, that's crossed my mind as well. It will probably be like IOS 5.

Whether it's 11/17 or not, I think whatever release date this guy says will be legit. Black_man_x has worked for Verizon (still has contacts there) and presently works for Google. My sister's passed on chatter, but chatter is just hearsay. I hope she's wrong and has heard a date later than what it will be!!

 

[The_Chief]

More Twitter from the Bard himself:

"Those that get Tim Cook's new pet will be filled with green-eyed regret."

So DON'T settle for i*one 5! He's apparently seen this thing or is otherwise completely convinced that this superphone is going to blow everything - past and present - out of the water.

 

[HanSolo]

Seems our poet is getting a rather large head.

The next three lines are key...the riddle for release date are in them...but I won't share until @droid_life and/or @androidcentral follow!

(Droid Life is, in fact, following him.)

Release date soon!

 

[HanSolo]

Going to brunch with the in-laws. Chief, keep us posted! I'll try and sneak some peeks at this thread, but can't do it too frequently.

 

[The_Chief]

Depending on what you think of your in-laws: bon apetit OR try not to get indgestion