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

[IndecisiveElle]

I can't speak for mobile phone purchases at Best Buy, but their reputation otherwise is dismal in some circles. Teaser prices w/complicated rebates, badgering at checkout for insurance coverage you don't need, high-priced "PC tuneup" services that really don't do anything beyond what the manufacturer has already done, and service personnel copying media files off of PCs brought in for service. I've had great service from specific sales people there, but usually avoid giving them my business.

I know all the reasons to not like them - my ex was a Geek Squad head and we had lots of friends who were at all levels of their food chain. There's not a lot I go there for anymore - but when I had access to the innerworkings and a HUGE discount (Geek Squad pays cost plus 5% on everything in store and can get away with more frequent tech purchases than blue shirts) it was like Christmas anytime we needed anything electronic.

boy I miss that discount!

 

[BabyBlues]

Really? My frequent immature rants and pictures of cartoons made you think I was older?

Okay. Secret admirer, got it. A guy calls you up, whispers (so he doesn't give his identity away) sweet nothings in your ear while he watches you perched atop a tree outside your window, which you can't see because you've got the lights on and the reflection blocks out anything outside.

Gotcha.

Please, BB, be careful. I feel that you might not be fully aware of the dangers in the world.

Lol. I'm fully aware and really am kidding. I was married to a creep so I know what's out there.

If we went solely on rants and pics I'm not sure more than 5 people would make the list of mature adults (and that's part of why I love it here)

 

[HanSolo]

Off topic NFL stuff:

Spoiler

From PFT:

Although Suh was one of the best defensive tackles in college football history — being named Associated Press College Football Player of the Year and winning the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Chuck Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy in addition to being a finalist for the Heisman Trophy — Slauson (college teammate of Suh) says his teammates didn’t like him. And he says people at Nebraska like Suh even less now that he’s making the football program look bad with his tactics in the NFL, including stepping on an opponent on Thanksgiving, resulting in an ejection.

If Goodell doesn't suspend this jerk for at least 2 games, he's a bigger idiot than all of the Verizon decision-makers combined.

On topic: I don't think we'll be seeing Google Wallet on this thing. The GSM version, probably. But not the Verizified one.

 

[floorit]

Off topic NFL stuff:

Spoiler

From PFT:

If Goodell doesn't suspend this jerk for at least 2 games, he's a bigger idiot than all of the Verizon decision-makers combined.

On topic: I don't think we'll be seeing Google Wallet on this thing. The GSM version, probably. But not the Verizified one.

I hope not, seems like a cool feature to use, & take advantage of the NFC chip. But maybe that's a good thing, won't be tempting to use it for fun.

 

[BlueBiker]

It was I. Turns out the guy never actually had a ship date, he was only told his store would be getting that many.

You know Scott, you didn't have to cop to this. Just report all of your old related posts and the mods will cover your tracks for you. Sheesh, kids today, not half as devious as we used to be.

So, just in case you guys missed my post earlier:
Will Google Wallet work with the SGN on Verizon? I know they already have a deal with ISIS but to turn down/disable a huge, flagship NFC use would be pretty stupid :/

My understanding is they have motivation to refuse to ship with it installed, but they can't very well prevent something from being available in the market. Whether it's stupid or not depends on whether they think they'll make more $$$ via ISIS than they'll lose by facilitating Google Wallet.

EDIT: As Jonathan SCE pointed out, the installation is prevented with an "unsupported carrier" type message, so perhaps there's no way to force it over Verizon's refusal.

 

[MMcCraryNJ]

Off topic NFL stuff:

Spoiler

From PFT:

If Goodell doesn't suspend this jerk for at least 2 games, he's a bigger idiot than all of the Verizon decision-makers combined.

On topic: I don't think we'll be seeing Google Wallet on this thing. The GSM version, probably. But not the Verizified one.

I disagree. I think there is a good chance we will see it officially.

And, even if we don't, the XDA crowd will get it working on the LTE version almost immediately. No worries.

 

[jbdan]

Anyone seen OTD lately? Maybe I missed her posting hope she is okay. Probably a well needed break

 

[jdduncan11]

Off topic NFL stuff:

Spoiler

From PFT:

If Goodell doesn't suspend this jerk for at least 2 games, he's a bigger idiot than all of the Verizon decision-makers combined.

On topic: I don't think we'll be seeing Google Wallet on this thing. The GSM version, probably. But not the Verizified one.

Off Topic: I agree...he should be suspended. And what a BS response during the post game interview - "I was trying to catch my balance".

On Topic: I agree (again). I thought I read somewhere that Verizon was not going to permit that kind of NFC functionality. I don't remember the reason though.

 

[HanSolo]

All right peeps, going to finish this chapter on my book and hit the sack.

BB, please be safe. If you need a safety-buddy, let us know.

Scott, go to bed. It's past your bedtime!

Elle, I too feel your discount-less pain. My other sister used to work for Best Buy and would hook me up. It was marvelous. Now she works for a lawyer (not me) and she is not as beneficial to me as she once was.

Dawnierae, if you're reading from somewhere, hope you feel better and hope you catch up on Dexter soon.

Good night, everyone!

 

[shawn218]

i would put money on team BAMF being able to get google wallet to work on the galaxy nexus

 

[BabyBlues]

Anyone seen OTD lately? Maybe I missed her posting hope she is okay. Probably a well needed break

She popped in real quick on Thanksgiving. I know she said she was busy cooking.

 

[BabyBlues]

All right peeps, going to finish this chapter on my book and hit the sack.

BB, please be safe. If you need a safety-buddy, let us know.

Scott, go to bed. It's past your bedtime!

Elle, I too feel your discount-less pain. My other sister used to work for Best Buy and would hook me up. It was marvelous. Now she works for a lawyer (not me) and she is not as beneficial to me as she once was.

Dawnierae, if you're reading from somewhere, hope you feel better and hope you catch up on Dexter soon.

Good night, everyone!

Good night!
Thanks for the offer. I feel like I have a bunch of protective brothers and sisters.

 

[gapi]

I wouldn't want to offend Gapi and certainly hope he would never take it that way. Neither would I want to inject politics in a delightfully politics-free thread. Just observing the freedom people have these days to be who they are.

(I've actually been curious about the denomination that Steven leads, but figure this really isn't the place to ask and I'll PM him one of these days.)

Heh, Stop it. She turns heads as her younger sister will I'm sure, and I have heard it all believe me.

Thanks

 

[sarxsvt]

Stopped by the corporate store tonight to fondle the RRzzz. Sales rep approaches and I ask about the GN. She says she has plenty of accessories she can sell me, of course I follow up with... "what about the phone to go with it?" No dice. The store manager comes over eventually and I ask about the GN he plays dumb. I pull out the, how about the accessories you have had for weeks. From that point on he could not look me in the eye when he talked. He was so uncomfortable I changed the subject for him.

Long story short, I found out that accessories are in stock locally and I still refuse to do business at the local corp store due to the amazing management.

To be honest, with the knowledge about how tight VZW conceals phones, training and their other information, not just about the Galaxy Nexus but in general... I really don't think the employees or managers are "playing dumb" with you. Unless they are phone enthusiasts like us, they've probably seen the name mentioned somewhere in memos here or there and on the accesories, and they might have even checked the system to see when they should expect the phone, but they really just don't have any information for you. If they did we would all have it by now, isn't the internet a wonderful thing?

(Again I'm just blatantly grossly stereotyping here. I'm totally sure there are some VZW store employees who really know their stuff, I just haven't run into one at the corporate store I go to.)

 

[zerocool79346]

Off topic NFL stuff:

Spoiler

From PFT:

If Goodell doesn't suspend this jerk for at least 2 games, he's a bigger idiot than all of the Verizon decision-makers combined.

On topic: I don't think we'll be seeing Google Wallet on this thing. The GSM version, probably. But not the Verizified one.

[Hide]You're absolutely right. He deserves to be suspended the whole year with at least a 100k fine. That being said, I'd be surprised to see him suspended more than 1 and be very surprised if the fine was more than 40k. He dug himself a hug e whole with his BS excuse yesterday.[/Hide]

*Disclaimer* First time using hide tags, don't burn me if they don't work.

 

[Steven58]

So, I was offline a couple of hours. Anything new? Interesting Off Topic stuff?

 

[zerocool79346]

(Again I'm just blatantly grossly stereotyping here. I'm totally sure there are some VZW store employees who really know their stuff, I just haven't run into one at the corporate store I go to.)

This is why I love my store so much. All of them are genuinely interested in the phones their selling, my rep and I talked over the pros and cons of waiting on the Nexus versus buying a Rezound/RAZR and pretty much convinced each other to wait.

 

[BlueBiker]

*Disclaimer* First time using hide tags, don't burn me if they don't work.

I don't understand, was there more to this post?

 

[jdduncan11]

So, I was offline a couple of hours. Anything new? Interesting Off Topic stuff?

Off Topic: BBs love life and Gapi's daughters

On Topic: Pre-ordering vs. Pick-up in store (Pros and Cons)

 

[zerocool79346]

So, I was offline a couple of hours. Anything new? Interesting Off Topic stuff?

Ndamakong(sp) Suh.

Nothing on-topic to report other than what I posted up the page (maybe 1 back) about how all of the VZW BF ads use that same URL no matter whether or not they contain Nexus content.

 

[zerocool79346]

I don't understand, was there more to this post?

They must've worked lol.

 

[atrain311]

All right peeps, going to finish this chapter on my book and hit the sack.

BB, please be safe. If you need a safety-buddy, let us know.

Scott, go to bed. It's past your bedtime!

Elle, I too feel your discount-less pain. My other sister used to work for Best Buy and would hook me up. It was marvelous. Now she works for a lawyer (not me) and she is not as beneficial to me as she once was.

Dawnierae, if you're reading from somewhere, hope you feel better and hope you catch up on Dexter soon.

Good night, everyone!

My little brother-in-law used to work at Best Buy and also hooked me up non stop with his discount. I would get all of my HDMI Monster Cables from him for my televisions and they would be under ten bucks a piece... But BB was selling them for $70+ depending on the size. Ridiculous mark up.

 

[Ytram]

Oh. Sheesh reading all these code words makes me feel like I'm 70, and I'm just turning 32 in a couple of months. .

Hans, I turn 32 on 2/10, when are you up for the three-two?

Since I turned 30, it feels like the last nearly two years has flown by, which has been much worse than actually turning 30

 

[CaptainRon]

Truly I thought about throwing in a non traditional statement about who he needs to keep her away from but I'm trying to behave and didn't want to offend Gapi since she is only 14, or get in trouble with any of our "parents" for stepping out of line

Proud of you behaving

It's not very often you see BabyBlues and the word "behaving" in the same post.

 

[BlueBiker]

So, I was offline a couple of hours. Anything new? Interesting Off Topic stuff?

Alas, I've gone renegade Steven. Or apostate, given how cultish we've become here. The Rezound's $50 bargain price called my name, and I was powerless to resist.

Spoiler

Sort of like a sea siren, unfortunately not like a succubus.