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

[darejer]

Nice find!

If you guys remember, Popherald was the first to break the Verizon official announcement of the SGN. No one else picked up on the story until the announcement was put up on VZW's website about a half hour later.

Well... in November, but after BF is a really small window... 28, 29, or 30. Guess well see.

 

[SamMax]

why would they say "apparently" like they can't find that anywhere on any tech blog on the net?

Not trying to be condescending.
Apparently: As far as one knows or can see.

 

[BlueBiker]

Maybe US 16gig + UK 16gig = 32gig total!?

That wouldn't work, cuz you'd get into the whole metric vs. imperial units thing.

 

[RazorSharp]

The HTC device is a very solid choice. The screen is amazing. I'll probably still stick with the SGN even if it comes out in December with only 16GB, but I can't blame you if you go with the HTC. It's really, really nice.

I've obviously never had an HTC phone, but they seem to have a really bum rap in general. What are the qualms with HTC phones, exactly? Is it only the battery life?

 

[jbdan]

Idk I'm probably in the minority, but this delay is going to make it that much better when I get it in hand. Might even be somewhat euphoric

 

[SamMax]

I've obviously never had an HTC phone, but they seem to have a really bum rap in general. What are the qualms with HTC phones, exactly? Is it only the battery life?

HTC is notorious for weak radio reception. 3G and Wi-Fi. Light leakage, dust under the screen, and the Evo had the screen separating...Other than those issues they are solid devices.

 

[Gandalf7]

...
4 = Maybe... but other than Sprint (in the future)... who else would be CDMA LTE ....

US Cellular, maybe. Verizon Wireless and Sprint are the largest US CDMA carriers but not the only ones.

 

[djcs219]

Han no worries...good stuff enjoy. Let me know how you like them. Now here's to hoping your sis is right!!!

 

[HanSolo]

I've obviously never had an HTC phone, but they seem to have a really bum rap in general. What are the qualms with HTC phones, exactly? Is it only the battery life?

HTC is notorious for weak radio reception. 3G and Wi-Fi. Light leakage, dust under the screen, and the Evo had the screen separating...Other than those issues they are solid devices.

I don't know. I'm sporting the Incredible 2 right now as a loaner from Verizon until the SGN comes out, and I'm really liking it.

All black accents makes it look like Darth Vader's phone, lol.

Screen is sharp, reception is really good.

Battery life isn't that great though. I actually think that my OG Droid had better life than this. But overall I can't complain too much.

 

[Randino]

This article is somewhat encouraging, they go on to say that they have an inside source that says it is still on schedule and will be available this month...

Galaxy Nexus (Prime) Verizon release date on December 8? | Mobile Technology News at PopHerald.com

Didn't it say Droid Life was the source, or did I misread that?

EDIT: I misread, it said Droid Life was the source of Dec 8th. Suuurrry guyyys.

 

[BlueBiker]

HTC is notorious for weak radio reception. 3G and Wi-Fi. Light leakage, dust under the screen, and the Evo had the screen separating...Other than those issues they are solid devices.

And reportedly delayed OS upgrades and cumbersome Sense UI.

 

[Reborn58]

Well it's not "apparent" that the SGN is for sale in the context of their article. It is clearly a tech blog writing to a tech audience. It is clear that the SGN went on sale in the UK on the 18th.

If I'm a lawyer and I say "apparently, my client isn't the killer" it's different than "my client isn't the killer". See the grammatical difference a word makes in specific context?

 

[darejer]

I've obviously never had an HTC phone, but they seem to have a really bum rap in general. What are the qualms with HTC phones, exactly? Is it only the battery life?

I have an HTC Hero right now. It's a solid device. It's just outdated (528mhz process, no GPU, way too little memory). So, after updating the OS, it is sluggish. But in it's day, it was a good phone.

 

[Reborn58]

HTC is notorious for weak radio reception. 3G and Wi-Fi. Light leakage, dust under the screen, and the Evo had the screen separating...Other than those issues they are solid devices.

On my DInc I have had many of these problems...

 

[crt134]

Didn't it say Droid Life was the source, or did I misread that?

EDIT: I misread, it said Droid Life was the source of Dec 8th. Suuurrry guyyys.

They are saying droidlife posted the dec 8th rumor first but their own inside source still says november

Edit: not often does the original poster ninja me lol

 

[ajdroidx]

I'm starting to wondering what's going to come first? The Galaxy Nexus or jellybean?

Disclaimer: this post was intended as a joke to lighten the mood a little bit

 

[SamMax]

And reportedly delayed OS upgrades and cumbersome Sense UI.

Oh yeah somewhat laggy keyboard, sense has a lot of nice features but it is a resources hog.

 

[HanSolo]

All right peeps, going to bed. The wife finally got home from working all day at the hospital and my Nyquil is kicking in.

G'nite.

 

[The Xero]

HTC Rezound on Verizon has 5/5 for reviews i think im getting it..

 

[jbdan]

Nighty nite!

 

[sweatyBeef]

I don't know. I'm sporting the Incredible 2 right now as a loaner from Verizon until the SGN comes out, and I'm really liking it.

All black accents makes it look like Darth Vader's phone, lol.

Screen is sharp, reception is really good.

Battery life isn't that great though. I actually think that my OG Droid had better life than this. But overall I can't complain too much.

i agree completely. i have an Incredible 2 as well and Hans couldnt be more on point with his points. my OG Droid def had better battery life. but the Incredible 2 has been a good phone. Nexus will be my first 4G phone. cant wait.

I know its probably been addressed but is there a 4G on/off switch on the Nexus?

 

[jbdan]

HTC Rezound on Verizon has 5/5 for reviews i think im getting it..

Getting it or renting it...?

 

[darejer]

HTC Rezound on Verizon has 5/5 for reviews i think im getting it..

If the 16gb thing ends up being true, I'm right behind you. The problem is that we likely can't know until the stinkin' Gnex is already out!!!

 

[SamMax]

HTC Rezound on Verizon has 5/5 for reviews i think im getting it..

It's a nice phone. I would be very happy with it if the Nexus wasn't an option. All phones have little issues that we have to live with. But keep in mind all of Verizon's newly listed phones have 5 stars initially.

 

[Reborn58]

If the 16gb thing ends up being true, I'm right behind you. The problem is that we likely can't know until the stinkin' Gnex is already out!!!

16gb without SD card will be a huge drawback - however I am just looking at it as another reason to start using cloud storage more...

32gb will be perfectly fine for me, however, if that is what Verizon goes with. I really hope they do.