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

[charlie310]

Fooey!

Fooey, I say, to the state of manufacturing. That a few hundred thousand Nexi can efficiently roll down an assembly like staffed by a thousand workers, and not one of them has any inkling what they're building, how eagerly anticipated it is, and therefore don't bother to leak even so much as a "psst... We're Building Them!"

Fooey, I say, to the anonymity of containerization. That endless Nexi can be loaded into nondescript shipping containers, trucked to a port, floated across oceans, offloaded to more trucks, and distributed to distribution warehouses worldwide and not a single dock worker or driver has the inside scoop to leak "psst... They're Coming."

Fooey, I say, to the rapidity of overnight shipping. That a Verizon product manager can be sitting on top of hundreds of thousands of these desirable little boxes, keeping 80,000 employees in the dark, and with a single command can unleash these hundreds of thousands of desirable little boxes to a few thousand retail locations in a matter of a day or two, thereby preventing anybody from leaking, "pssst... They're Here!"

This launch doesn't prove Verizon or Google's marketing ineptitude

 

[speede541]

Well this has been the quietest 5 hours of this thread ever. I reverted to MTBR forums, posting reivews on Amazon, and catching up on Cops episodes just to kill some time. Even Google News was a Nexus letdown -- read an article on that horrible PopHerald just to see if I'd barf.

Edit: BTW, in case anybody is looking to gorge themselves on more release date speculation, the Amazon UK page has a 3-page thread running: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/forum/cd...G5IU&asin=B005XYU45E&cdThread=Tx2Z64SHVVPTU3Z

 

[bcltoys]

Well woke up on the right side of the dirt this fine sunny morning on the eastern shore.

 

[mattsh33]

Hopefully this week brings good news. I'd love to have my new phone to take pictures at Thanksgiving!

 

[AntimonyER]

Well good morning Gnexers! Yall need to step it up, I am away for almost an entire day and I only have to catch up on 250 posts? Doesn't anyone see OTDs posts? Haha.

Anyways, the Rezound launches tomorrow, so I think we should hear something in the next 48 hours. Thanks to ruestor for the good intel!

 

[lennyk1313]

Good morning everyone. Well it's the 13th, so we are getting closer (its inevitable)!

 

[bldgengineer]

Good morning everyone!

I know I'm not usually in here over the weekend but I got another 38 app updates yesterday. Again, I don't know if this means anything but hopefully its a sign of ICS getting released soon

 

[zx10droid]

Good morning everyone!

I know I'm not usually in here over the weekend but I got another 38 app updates yesterday. Again, I don't know if this means anything but hopefully its a sign of ICS getting released soon

It means that you have way too many apps, lol.

 

[The_Chief]

3 DAYS TO GO!​

We hope

But even if it doesn't launch in 3 days, we should at least have something firm for the 21st... either way, we're in the home stretch and we're LOVING it!

 

[atrain311]

Good morning all. I'm not expecting a huge info leak today, but do expect one within a day or two, so here's to being that much closer.

And on a side note... I was contemplating relationships the other day because my family got news that some relatives of mine were getting a divorce and it threw everyone for a loop. We couldn't believe it, because the wife, who had always seemed happy was saying she had enough and wanted out. Of course, later we found out another man was involved. She wasn't completely together with this other man, but he was obviously influencing her.

So here's my point to bring it back on track... I overheard a family member say that "as soon as another person showed interest in her, she realized she wasn't happy in her current relationship and wanted out."

Now, if you recall my earliest threads I ALWAYS claimed to love my Thunderbolt and was just looking for a new phone cause my wife liked mine and I like new phones. We'll, since then my TB has slowly began to start driving me crazy. It's laggy, buggy, slows down at times and so on. I thought to myself how crazy it is that in the final days of my TB it is starting to poop the bed.

But then I thought about what my family said about my cousin... "as soon as there's another person involved the relationship was over." I have to wonder if all of those bugs, all of those laggy moments have always been there but I didn't really notice them because I wasn't being influenced by another phone's lure?

Long story short, I think I'm cheating on my current phone and I want out.

 

[johnrclem]

Appologies if posted earlier but I hadn't seen this comparison yet between the Galaxy Nexus and iPhone4S, something to tide you over for a few minutes.

iPhone 4S VS Galaxy Nexus Best Smartphone Test - YouTube

 

[HanSolo]

Good morning, fellow Nexlings. I am feeling quite chipper today. I believe that although today will be leak-free, the Chicago Bears will simply thrash and humiliate the Lions at Soldier Field.

I believe that I will have a wonderful dinner with select friends and family this evening at Riva on Navy Pier.

And I believe that my younger dog's diarrhea will have come to a satisfying conclusion after just having fed her a bowl of bran cereal.

Yes, I smell pleasantness in the air today.

Good day to all!

 

[BabyBlues]

Good morning Nexicans! The sun is shining and we are within days of the phone we are all fantasizing about being available.

Edit: and how bad can a day be when you wake up to the smell of BACON??!!!!!

 

[MoPhoMan]

Good morning all! Remember, it is always calm before the storm.

 

[redchilicat]

Good Morning! Sure am hoping this is the week!!

 

[bradm77]

Good morning Nexicans! The sun is shining and we are within days of the phone we are all fantasizing about being available.

Edit: and how bad can a day be when you wake up to the smell of BACON??!!!!!

Well, technically, we have been "within days" the whole time.... it was just more days THEN than it is NOW........


"Anywhere is walking distance if you have the time" - Steven Wright


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CErapf79rqM

 

[HanSolo]

I feel a strange mixture of gladness at the hope I see here on the thread, finally, of an "imminent" release.

I also feel a slight smidgen of uneasiness, in case our latest hoped-for-date passes with not a peep from Verizon.

Remember folks, nothing's official til it's official.

On a scale of 1 to 10, my hopefulness is maybe a 7.5.

 

[Zivman]

need some advise....

i have been impatiently waiting for this phone for months now.... I am an ATT customer with a 2 phone plan with me using a nexus one and my boss lady with a iphone 4. I am 15 months into my contract obligation. breaking my contract would cost me 300 bones. I have no issues with ATT coverage. I am happy for the most part with my service

It isn't likely GN will be released for ATT in the near future (next 3-6 wks) and I just can't wait till jan, feb, or march.... I need and WANT this phone now. I have 700 bucks budgeted to buy the SOB unsubsidized regardless of what carrier. So it comes down to the following:

A) Import a GSM phone for $750+, keep current contract, and have no warranty on my phone

B.) Switch to Verizon, pick up to subsidized phones for ~300/each, pay my 300 for breaking contract, but also pick up another $30/month in service charges compared to ATT.... though I think the coverage in my area will improve, and I will have LTE with verizon vs 3g ATT. I can sell the iphone4 my wife has to make up some of the additional expenses.

Any thoughts?

 

[Puppa]

Food for thought : what if there were two versions : 16gb at 199 (off contract 500) and 32gb at 299 (off contract 630 or so)? Which would you choose?

 

[yawdapaah]

Food for thought : what if there were two versions : 16gb at 199 (off contract 500) and 32gb at 299 (off contract 630 or so)? Which would you choose?

32GB. I listen to a lot of music.

 

[bradm77]

I feel a strange mixture of gladness at the hope I see here on the thread, finally, of an "imminent" release.

I also feel a slight smidgen of uneasiness, in case our latest hoped-for-date passes with not a peep from Verizon.

Remember folks, nothing's official til it's official.

On a scale of 1 to 10, my hopefulness is maybe a 7.5.

My hopefulness is around a 5. My fear is that if we get to 5PM EST this Tuesday and still have *NOTHING* that the mods are going to be riding herd atop a crowd that looks something like this:

Young Frankenstein Riot - YouTube

 

[red66charger]

Not necessarily. Watch how ugly it can get when and if the phone shows up some issues, like all phones do. The Incredible section became downright mean spirited at times. The Droid X section was and is always civil. (I was there from the beginning. )

Will you mods need to put your riot gear on? lol

If GNex gets less than 5 hours of battery life, you might want to be looking out for me.

 

[red66charger]

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3 DAYS TO GO!​

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We hope

But even if it doesn't launch in 3 days, we should at least have something firm for the 21st... either way, we're in the home stretch and we're LOVING it!

Gotta love your optimism Chief!

 

[HanSolo]

need some advise....

i have been impatiently waiting for this phone for months now.... I am an ATT customer with a 2 phone plan with me using a nexus one and my boss lady with a iphone 4. I am 15 months into my contract obligation. breaking my contract would cost me 300 bones. I have no issues with ATT coverage. I am happy for the most part with my service

It isn't likely GN will be released for ATT in the near future (next 3-6 wks) and I just can't wait till jan, feb, or march.... I need and WANT this phone now. I have 700 bucks budgeted to buy the SOB unsubsidized regardless of what carrier. So it comes down to the following:

A) Import a GSM phone for $750+, keep current contract, and have no warranty on my phone

B.) Switch to Verizon, pick up to subsidized phones for ~300/each, pay my 300 for breaking contract, but also pick up another $30/month in service charges compared to ATT.... though I think the coverage in my area will improve, and I will have LTE with verizon vs 3g ATT. I can sell the iphone4 my wife has to make up some of the additional expenses.

Any thoughts?

If I were you I'd just get the international version and be done with it. You already have most of the money put aside, and if you have no warranty, just insure it. (Also, I believe that some credit cards have a warranty program for electronic purchases, so you might just throw it on there and pay it off immediately. I'm not sure, though, if credit cards would give a warranty on items shipped from overseas.)

Food for thought : what if there were two versions : 16gb at 199 (off contract 500) and 32gb at 299 (off contract 630 or so)? Which would you choose?

32 GB. I think it's better to have too much storage than too little.

 

[Telexen]

If we were within a week, we would know for sure. I have very little faith this phone will be released this coming week.