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

[kidtronic]

Ytram, I see you got snubbed. They thanked me and two others at the bottom, but I specifically told them to give credit to "Ytram at Android Forums".

Don't know what happened.

Same. Gave him credit in the comments though.

 

[DrexelDragon]

Ok.. went to my local corporate Verizon store. I spoke to a salesman who knew about phones. Refreshing.

Do you remember I said one Razr was hot? It was again. I called him over to ask him why. He pointed up to spot lights to show me that they were making the phone run hot.

That explains that. Still, the other screen on that side weren't as hot, but they warm.

We got to talking. The razr is really nice but he told me to wait for the nexus. After talking a bit, he volunteered that he had actually help the European Nexus as well as the LTE one. He told me that a tester had come into the store looking for accessories.

I asked him if it felt cheap/plastic-y. He said no. It was a nice feel and the screen was amazing looking. He did say he liked the way the razr looked more business-y, with the angles and such but recommended I wait for the Nexus, which was in final testing and would be released soon.

My ears perked up when he said he actually held it. He said he was going to one. We're close.

OPEN LETTER TO VZW:

Please release this phone. I can't take this thread getting much bigger because it will become impossible for me to beat next time.

Thanks, bye.
Love,
Steven

Not sure if you saw it a bunch of pages ago but my mom saw an ad on screen for the Gnex at a Corporate Store and she also said the rep told her that the Samsung guy was in to show them our precious Gnex and that they all loved it! Corroborating info so it seems!

 

[gapi]

Does anyone else find it weird to see that some pics of the Verizon Nexus show gold connectors, and others silver?

Not at all. As a Photoshop user nothing surprises me. I did a zoom @ pixel level on the GN pic with the Verizon 4G logo on the back and see some grid pattern mismatches but am not crying chicken little. Its too close to call and there are some variables that can explain it one way or the other. I cannot help it, its the investigator in me, its what I do, and lovingly so.

Hence my Avatar change. Its how I look at everything coming in right now, not everybody, until I have that puppy in my hand.

The closer it gets the more fun it is...............

 

[ajdroidx]

Any tip engadget the nexus pics yet? I'm mobile so I cant really do it

 

[OfTheDamned]

This does...

lol That reminds me. When I was in Best Buy getting my Rezound the sales rep and I were talking about the Nexus and he kept trying correct me. I would say something about really wanting the Galaxy Nexus and he would say, "The Prime should be a good phone." He did it about 5 different times. I kept thinking of that memo every time he said it.

 

[psycho_maniac]

IRC party anyone? lol

google hangout would be better

 

[monitron]

preorder started on the 27th....do you realize what this means?

Good call.

To gather another data point, I checked the Rezound dates. Its images were uploaded on the 9th, and it was released outright on the 14th.

I am not one to get excited easily about this stuff, but it definitely seems like things are moving right along...

 

[esmith818]

convert this :d

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[AntimonyER]

Ok.. went to my local corporate Verizon store. I spoke to a salesman who knew about phones. Refreshing.

Do you remember I said one Razr was hot? It was again. I called him over to ask him why. He pointed up to spot lights to show me that they were making the phone run hot.

That explains that. Still, the other screen on that side weren't as hot, but they warm.

We got to talking. The razr is really nice but he told me to wait for the nexus. After talking a bit, he volunteered that he had actually help the European Nexus as well as the LTE one. He told me that a tester had come into the store looking for accessories.

I asked him if it felt cheap/plastic-y. He said no. It was a nice feel and the screen was amazing looking. He did say he liked the way the razr looked more business-y, with the angles and such but recommended I wait for the Nexus, which was in final testing and would be released soon.

My ears perked up when he said he actually held it. He said he was going to one. We're close.

OPEN LETTER TO VZW:

Please release this phone. I can't take this thread getting much bigger because it will become impossible for me to beat next time.

Thanks, bye.
Love,
Steven

Refreshing indeed! I get to play with the GSM one tomorrow (was supposed to be today, but he ended up not being able to come over to my location). And don't you worry about the next time... We'll come through for you no matter what

 

[red66charger]

Galaxy Nexus

The video here shows the Verizon version. I always thought the images and videos there were the international versions.

Why is it every time I'm about to click on a link like this I expect to get rickroll'd? It's like having a rubberband stretched in front of my face. lol

 

[HanSolo]

Oh no!

Did you guys hear that Patrice O'Neal died?

He was hilarious on the Comedy Central roasts.

 

[Grendil]

Uh oh. I see the TP is launching December 1 in Asia, December 8 in the U.S. Official word.

I'm sure this was posted already. ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime hitting Taiwan December 1st, US on December 8th | The Verge

If the SGN isn't out for at least pre-order by then, it will be a very strong temptation.

I'd have to get some new pants or shirts first, with a a lot bigger pockets.

 

[TheRoosevelt]

Probably ninja'd, but here's an updated comparison between the LTE and GSM versions. Thanks Ytram!

For reference, here's the original one from the Best Buy shots. It looks completely different...

Maybe Best Buy put up shots of an old engineering model? *shrug*

 

[SamMax]

Why is it every time I'm about to click on a link like this I expect to get rickroll'd? It's like having a rubberband stretched in front of my face.

Tortured as a child by an older brother?

 

[sluf]

Just when I was about to give up hope and become a productive worker again all of this info comes out! Thanks to everyone for the fine detective work! Unless of course we are not close to a release and then I will just wish no one had found anything.

 

[RazorSharp]

IRC party anyone? lol

I'll be there.

Ok.. went to my local corporate Verizon store. I spoke to a salesman who knew about phones. Refreshing.
[H]e told me to wait for the nexus. After talking a bit, he volunteered that he had actually help the European Nexus as well as the LTE one. He told me that a tester had come into the store looking for accessories.

I asked him if it felt cheap/plastic-y. He said no. It was a nice feel and the screen was amazing looking. He [...] recommended I wait for the Nexus, which was in final testing and would be released soon.

Nice! Thanks for the info, Steven.

lol That reminds me. When I was in Best Buy getting my Rezound the sales rep and I were talking about the Nexus and he kept trying correct me. I would say something about really wanting the Galaxy Nexus and he would say, "The Prime should be a good phone." He did it about 5 different times. I kept thinking of that memo every time he said it.

Hey OTD, have you run into the Rezound audio issues? We were wondering about it a few pages back.

 

[tpags]

I'm thinking of trying it tonight after work, but the chatter at rootzwiki is full of bugs and fails.

I'll be sure to make a backup and then I'll see what happens.

I loaded it up on my fascinate and it is great. The fascinate rom is def. a daily driver for me. I was trying to hold off to save the excitement of seeing the Gnex run ICS but couldn't wait anymore. If the Inc 2 build is anything like what I'm running, you will love it!

 

[AntimonyER]

Maybe we should compare the dates of the images for the Thunderbolt to its release... that might be a better indicator... (PLease don't hate me if they are weeks apart)

 

[OfTheDamned]

Image motherlode coming in! Found the XML manifest file that Verizon is using for the "product views" flash movie. It's located here:

<![CDATA[Title 1]]>

From here, we get the following images:

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Still trying to figure out the 360 degree flash movie! By the way, I have saved these images locally in case they take them down.

I'm actually shocked that they didn't get images with red wallpaper on the phone.

 

[esmith818]

Someone asked this a few pages back and got lost.
Is today the last day of double data? can anyone confirm it is/isn't?

I thought that was the case, but when I asked in a separate thread, someone claimed VZW was extending that deal through the end of the year.

On a related note, I was told that this deal is only good for LTE devices despite data being 3G or 4G. I want to add a line for my dad but give him my X2 and put the SGN on my line, but I was informed by VZW customer service that the deal is paired with an LTE device. If the line loses the 4D hardware, it also loses the 4GB deal.

 

[RazorSharp]

Probably ninja'd, but here's an updated comparison between the LTE and GSM versions. Thanks Ytram!

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For reference, here's the original one from the Best Buy shots. It looks completely different...

Maybe Best Buy put up shots of an old engineering model? *shrug*

Could you perhaps compare the LTE versions from the two pictures? It's tough to compare them vertically.

 

[Mach Droid]

Is that what the latest rumor is? No online ordering? I guess that would work.

Oh, BTW, our crappy doorman got fired! (He was caught with someone's new fed-ex'd laptop in his apartment.)

This new guy looks pretty straight. If I have to pre-order, I think I'll be okay.

Only fired? How about arrested.

 

[Stigy]

Probably ninja'd, but here's an updated comparison between the LTE and GSM versions. Thanks Ytram!

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For reference, here's the original one from the Best Buy shots. It looks completely different...

Maybe Best Buy put up shots of an old engineering model? *shrug*

Yeah your comparison is much better than mine -- MSPaint is horrible for clearing background and such.

Interesting note via the power button symbol above/below.

 

[Ken7]

the excitement is building!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If another day of no news is 'excitement', then I guess the excitement is building.

 

[RichSz]

I just remembered, didn't one of our Florida members say his mom saw the GNex on a screen at Verizon? Didn't another Florida member say he was going to visit that store to verify and take pics? Did that ever happen?

Was I dreaming the whole episode?
Wouldn't that be a pathetic dream?
Would I be banned if I said what I'd prefer to dream about?

The answer to the final question is "yes".