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

[Asterdroid]

Hadn't read the thread since before Thanksgiving. After getting zero work done all morning, I'm officially giving up on trying to catch up. Last page here we come!

 

[Penguissimo]

An LG RezoundT? You did see that the Best Buy ad was incorrect, right? The Rezound is made by HTC.

Also, it's possible that I don't know enough about displays, but the Rezound's is a super LCD, whereas the Nitro has LG's AH-IPS (Advanced High-Performance In-Plane Switching) technology; no Pentile matrix, and reportedly less energy-draining.

I think he meant that the Nitro will basically be LG's version of the RezoundT, not that the RezoundT was made by LG

And the RezoundT doesn't have a Pentile matrix either, although LG's IPS displays ARE supposed to blow any other LCD panel out of the water. Let's just hope they do a little better on the software this time than they did on the G2x...

 

[AntimonyER]

I like how they keep hammering at the time frame being "later this year". Uh guys, you really only have one month left. Why can't you change those generic announcements and bullet points to something more specific like "next month" or "December".

I know, I know...it's basically a canned message.

They will, in three days.

 

[MKeditor]

Very cool, keep us updated.

Edit: Just looked again, everything I see on their site still says ships 12/9/11

I called to confirm stock. They said they have it. Where did you read Dec 9?

 

[Sandroidfan]

LG Nitro HD is basically LG's Rezound. Spec is very similar to Rezound except bigger 1830mAh battery and no Sense in Nitro.

 

[Rybnik]

That's basically an LG RezoundT. It also has a 720p IPS display, LTE, and even more on-board storage. Plus with VZW, you get much better LTE coverage.

I think he meant that the Nitro will basically be LG's version of the RezoundT, not that the RezoundT was made by LG

And the RezoundT doesn't have a Pentile matrix either, although LG's IPS displays ARE supposed to blow any other LCD panel out of the water. Let's just hope they do a little better on the software this time than they did on the G2x...

I love how you both added the T. That misspelled best buy ad sure has been influential! I thought Rezound was a horrible enough name already...

 

[MKeditor]

i assume the GSM version?

Yes. It will be a cold day in hell before I buy a CDMA phone. I travel.

 

[AntimonyER]

I called to confirm stock. They said they have it. Where did you read Dec 9?

Verizon version is Dec 9th... I am assuming you purchased GSM version, which they do have in stock.

 

[woodraskam]

I called to confirm stock. They said they have it. Where did you read Dec 9?

https://negrielectronics.com/samsung-sch-i515-galaxy-nexus-verizon.html

Under Price

Edit: OK GSM model makes sense. i515 is estimated for 12/9

 

[RazorSharp]

I think he meant that the Nitro will basically be LG's version of the RezoundT, not that the RezoundT was made by LG

Yeah, it was just hilarious that he misspelled it exactly the same way that leaked Best Buy ad did.

 

[Steven58]

"later this year".. hmm.. Steven thinks. .... It IS later this year already! NO? YES?

 

[Craigboy]

I called to confirm stock. They said they have it. Where did you read Dec 9?

Right on their front page:

Samsung SCH-i515 Galaxy Nexus (Verizon)
ESTIMATE SHIP DATE: 12/9

 

[mistermojorizi]

If Verizon comes out and says its delayed until Christmas then I'm paying my ETF and going to Sprint for unlimited "4g" data on a beautiful Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch...wow that rolls right off the tongue doesn't it?


But seriously though, I'm gone if it doesn't come out by Dec. 15th.

and we wonder why Verizon doesn't make an official announcement, come clean and just say it's been delayed. I've been loyal to verizon since '96. they're not known for having good phones. they're known for having the best phone service.

 

[BabyBlues]

"later this year".. hmm.. Steven thinks. .... It IS later this year already! NO? YES?

Yes. It is. And it's much later than most would have thought even verizon would hold out on us

 

[49er]

Just ordered from negrielectronics.com who had it in stock. I paid for overnight shipping. It should be in my hot little hands tomorrow.

...AND they are including a USA charger which Expansy only includes an adapter for the EU plug.

Congrats. Although, I hope you are aware that isn't the Verizon version.

 

[Gadgetblurb]

I think they may be referring to a new promo vid for the GS2. Could be wrong though. Samsung "The Next Big Thing" ad parodies an iPhone line - YouTube

I thought so at first as well. However, 99% of the tweets and retweets say something to the effect of:

@SamsungMobileUS I'd rather be reading a Galaxy Nexus release date from @VerizonWireless than waiting in line. #stopwaiting

 

[EdenObscured]

Good to hear, but Verizon gave this announcement back in October.

Edit: Verizon Wireless Introduces The Galaxy Nexus By Samsung

Thought so. This is from a Enterprise business verizon rep if that matters. Not a store rep.

 

[dgold82]

Not moi. If they announced March 2012 I'd be going to the Rezound. As much as I'd like SGN, in my mind it's not "that" much better than the Rezound to wait that long.

I understand where you are coming from. I guess I'm just not that desperate to upgrade from my Dinc. It also looks like you are OK with rooting so that will probably help you with future proofing any phone.

The Rezound is really nice. If the Gnex wasn't coming to Verizon and there was no hope for any Nexus device in the foreseeable future I would probably just go with the latest and greatest Android device but a little grumpily. A few months back I actually considered going to fruit over all the Dinc updating issues but I only considered it for 0.68 seconds.

This sums up my relationship with fruit

Lieutenant Commander Data: And for a time, I was tempted by her offer.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: How long a time?
Lieutenant Commander Data: 0.68 seconds sir. For an android, that is nearly an eternity.

 

[AntimonyER]

"later this year".. hmm.. Steven thinks. .... It IS later this year already! NO? YES?

And it is later this year now than it was when you wrote that

 

[AntimonyER]

Thought so. This is from a Enterprise business verizon rep if that matters. Not a store rep.

Which means you will be getting an email from them in late January telling you it is available for purchase at that rate.

 

[woodraskam]

Thought so. This is from a Enterprise business verizon rep if that matters. Not a store rep.

If the email she got has an origin date of 11/28/11, I think it's still very good news. This would mean verizon is still planning a 2011 release

 

[Penguissimo]

I love how you both added the T. That misspelled best buy ad sure has been influential! I thought Rezound was a horrible enough name already...

Yeah, it was just hilarious that he misspelled it exactly the same way that leaked Best Buy ad did.

The real treat was that leaked BB correction sheet, where they fixed the manufacturer but STILL spelled the name of the phone wrong

 

[rpretzel]

I like how they keep hammering at the time frame being "later this year". Uh guys, you really only have one month left. Why can't you change those generic announcements and bullet points to something more specific like "next month" or "December".

I know, I know...it's basically a canned message.

So when it slips into 2012, they don't have to change their message.

 

[AntimonyER]

I thought so at first as well. However, 99% of the tweets and retweets say something to the effect of:

@SamsungMobileUS I'd rather be reading a Galaxy Nexus release date from @VerizonWireless than waiting in line. #stopwaiting

It's fun to read the re-tweets and recognize so many people from here

 

[Ytram]

An LG RezoundT? You did see that the Best Buy ad was incorrect, right? The Rezound is made by HTC.

Also, it's possible that I don't know enough about displays, but the Rezound's is a super LCD, whereas the Nitro has LG's AH-IPS (Advanced High-Performance In-Plane Switching) technology; no Pentile matrix, and reportedly less energy-draining.

As Penguissimo already stated, I was saying it's LG's answer to the Rezound.

As for the display, you all could very well be right that it's SLCD, not IPS. In fact this page does in fact say that. It's not Pentile though.