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

[jmar]

Second time I have had the post after a XX000 post.

 

[nexusprimepls]

Do I see that the UK IS getting the Nexus tomorrow? I thought it was delayed....?

 

[CaptainRon]

Traditionally the UK (and Europe) has been way ahead of the US in terms of mobile phone technology. It's only recently that the US has just about caught up, so perhaps they're still stuck in that mindset.

I know the US is behind the rest of the world in terms of mobile tech. I was simply referring to the number of Verizon US users versus UK users.

 

[Stigy]

31k?

D'oh, ninja'd.

 

[Trooper]

fail

No, win!!

Congrats in the guide position bro!

 

[HanSolo]

31k!

fail.

 

[Stigy]

Also this is a good explanation of S-OFF: What Is S-OFF & How To Gain It On HTC Android Phones With unrevoked forever

In a nutshell, S-OFF means that the NAND portion of the device is unlocked and can be written to. The default setting for HTC’s devices is S-ON, which means that neither can you access certain areas of the system nor can you guarantee a permanent root. Furthermore, signature check for firmware images is also ensured by the S-ON flag.

 

[owen sixteen]

Sheesh....lots of burst activity.

Will we hit 32k today?

 

[durangojim]

Interesting post. I see some of your points, but you can't ignore the fact that Google promised November, and UK is delivering. If there is a problem in the U.S. with November, it falls to the only variable that's not in the equation in Europe: Verizon.

Unfortunately, releasing Android in an open-source format is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, you enrich the dev experience many times over that of Apple lovers. On the other hand, you have no leverage. You can't tell Verizon "Look, if you don't release this by such and such date, we're pulling Android from you", because they effectively don't own Android, even though they create it.

What has samsung/google done to botch the launch?!? They are launching UK tomorrow. Same time frame they promised. BMX has said that the phones have been sent to Verizon, at this point there's one finger to point, and it's at Verizon.

If you read my whole post, you would have seen that the reason I fault Google and Samsung is because they haven't made the prior Nexus phones commercial successes in the past, they've allowed them to be things for primarily geeks and enthusiasts with low sales numbers. This has given them little to no leverage with the carriers, so unlike Apple they can't launch the phone when they want, they have to wait for the carriers to determine that.

 

[zebug]

good lord, it was 30981...I read an email and now its 31008!!!!!!! I will never work again during the XX000 time and I won't work for a day when we near 100,000!!!

(god I hope we don't reach 100,000 as that would mean LONG delays)

 

[nj02vette]

Congrats in the guide position bro!

Guide promotion and the 31k spot. Gee, I might just go buy some lotto tickets today.

 

[CaptainRon]

fail

No, win!!

Greened and 31000 in the same day! Congrats!!

 

[Trooper]

Guide promotion and the 31k spot. Gee, I might just go buy some lotto tickets today.

Awesome congrats again!

Buy one for me too we can split the winnings!

 

[Laxstar785]

For anyone wondering, so far, my experience with the Rezound (for anyone considering one until the GNex comes out) is that whoever stupidly designed its power button and volume controls had to have had love for medieval torture devices. They'd have been better off making those into capacitive buttons given how hard they are to find and press since they are way too flush with the chassis. This is what i get for saying that the RAZR's power button felt a bit cheap, I suppose. Here's hoping for a Goldilocks and the Three Bears ending wherein the GNex's buttons are "just right".

I have an incredible and I have that same issue lol

 

[edward90]

Anyone still think this phone is landing on the 17th lol..?

 

[Old Member]

Prediction: Galaxy Nexus Pre-Orders will Begin exactly 15 days AFTER 11/11/11 at 12:01 a.m. 11/25/11. It will ship on 11/29/11. The Nexus will be available in stores 12/1/11. Mark it down.

Still standing by this prediction!!!

 

[The_Chief]

Truly, truly deserving. Here's to you further helping us keep from going nucking futs.

A little too late for that, methinks

But thanks!

 

[IgnatiusXIX]

Still standing by this prediction!!!

I wont argue with ya. Seems reasonable; most of us just don't want to rule out something sooner.

 

[Member112085]

Anyone still think this phone is landing on the 17th lol..?

Still hoping against hope.

 

[CaptainRon]

Anyone still think this phone is landing on the 17th lol..?

Sorry, but you sound like my wife.

"Our team is down by 8 points and there is only three minutes left in the game. Let's go home. I'm cold!"

Granted, the chances are slim, but it's a lot more fun hoping it will.

 

[HanSolo]

If you read my whole post, you would have seen that the reason I fault Google and Samsung is because they haven't made the prior Nexus phones commercial successes in the past, they've allowed them to be things for primarily geeks and enthusiasts with low sales numbers. This has given them little to no leverage with the carriers, so unlike Apple they can't launch the phone when they want, they have to wait for the carriers to determine that.

I did read the whole thing, and I still think that you can't blame this on Google or Samsung. Okay, so the Nexus line hasn't been a success in the past.

BUT, everything that a Nexus "was" has completely been thrown out the window. This Nexus was not designed for a dev niche community. Just look at it.

* Biggest screen on any phone in the U.S.
* 1 of only 2 HD, 720p resolution screens
* Top of the line of available CPU/GPU
* 4G LTE speeds
* "Vanilla" Android is NOT "vanilla" anymore. It is elegant and beautiful
* It's effectively a superior SGSII (best selling phone in the world).

Could Verizon, even with all its stupidity, look at this device and say "Eh, it's just for devs. Let's put it at the bottom of the pile," ???

That's absurd.

I strongly suspect that this will be the best selling phone in the world until quad-cores come out. This will be the SGSII a few times over. BMX is tweeting that UK people are going crazy over it (he's over there as part of his Google job right now).

Verizon is capable of such boneheaded stupidity, as we have seen over and over. I think Verizon is the only one at fault here.

 

[laslen]

Guessing Sense-off

But yeah, not sure about root, but that they unlocked the bootloader.

It means Security-Off.

Essentially, it unlocks the NAND flash memory to allow write access by disabling the signature verification protocol stored in the phone's radio.

It is (for the most part) unique to HTC devices, and it must be bypassed in order to obtain root.


Edit: I just noticed Stigy was quicker to the draw than I. I don't want to steal his thunder.

 

[BabyBlues]

Completely off topic - When did the phandroid man change? He is now holding a green sign. Is that to indicate the onslaught of new guides??

 

[Russellmaniakw]

I thought Early said that the HTC device was already unlocked and rooted?

teamandIRC just tweeted: Also, I'm reading about people still trying to get "S-off", whatever that means.

The Rezound is rooted, but it only lasts until the phone is rebooted. They are still trying to unlock the bootloader and I think S-off is part of that process.

So for now, there's essentially no root b/c even freezing apps when you have root doesn't work b/c they revert back to unfrozen after a reboot.

 

[IgnatiusXIX]

Anyone know if Vegas has taken up odds on this dang thing landing in VZW consumers hands by black Friday?... my heart wants to say yes it will. But all my instincts say I could make good money money betting post BF.