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

[durangojim]

You can actually make out the zon in verizon in the pic if you adjust the levels. This might be the retail box.

 

[woodraskam]

Haha good question! I think at this point a lot of people are ready to just hand Verizon a blank check so long as they get their Nexus!

You're right anything other than my first born child. If that's the case, I'll need 9 months to come up with the funds.

 

[TeeJ911]

He already answered this.

This forum is moving so fast I can't keep up. Someone needs their Nexus so they can relax a bit.

 

[kidtronic]

I just read the convo with the CSR. Did Steven ask HER if she had any questions about the phone? HAHAHAHAHA

 

[Cam]

my local corp. store said they have no release date yet for that phone. Fail

I'm thinking that a lot of the corp store CSRs are too lazy to look it up in their computer system, and are just saying "no release date" without even looking.

 

[Stigy]

Called four Verizon stores in my area. They all knew about the phone but had no date for it. I think NJ is just not getting this phone.

You can actually make out the zon in verizon in the pic if you adjust the levels. This might be the retail box.

Verrrrrry interesting -- nice photoshop work!

 

[TKEnzy]

Since there have been alot of people calling their local stores. Has anyone asked about pricing?

Nope - everyone has just called up, placed their order, and will be forking over ~$5,729 for a phone come Friday. We are sheep, hear us BAAAAH.

 

[BabyBlues]

Hey guys, first poster (I've been lurking a F5ing for quite a while).

Spoiler

Robertlawson, the poster of the pics at XDA came back and answered some questions. Oddly enough, openyoureyes said they are demo/review units, but he claims it is the retail packaging. He also says that there is a stamp rather than a print.

Here are the questions and his answers, certain responses edited out because it didn't matter. Here's the post link: xda-developers - View Single Post - Verizon Galaxy Nexus retail box pics

Welp, got Ninja'd on my first post! Yaaaaayyyyyy!

Welcome and thanks!

 

[monitron]

Adding my voice to the chorus, I tried my luck calling the three stores closest to me in Montgomery County, MD. All were very polite but had no information. One "we thought it'd be out in November but I guess it was delayed. Maybe check back in a week," one "we have no information" and one "any day now!"

Disappointing, given others' apparent results.

 

[huskerkate]

I texted my sister earlier about what the frak is going on.

I said:


She just texted back:

For the record, I don't actually need meds, I don't think.

you're a lawyer, so be precise:

For the record, you don't actually take meds. Whether you actually need meds is an open question...

thanks for the info!!

 

[nyg010]

Any luck in Butler?

Welcome and thanks!

 

[DrexelDragon]

Called four Verizon stores in my area. They all knew about the phone but had no date for it. I think NJ is just not getting this phone.



Verrrrrry interesting -- nice photoshop work!

Lol I am missing something with this picture?

 

[altimax98]

You're right anything other than my first born child. If that's the case, I'll need 9 months to come up with the funds.

Thats perfect timing. I heard it will be coming 2 weeks after 9 months from now.. Your in luck

 

[JRowMe]

i think the point you are missing is that the leaked pics already show a sleeve. the pic to the far right, with the GNex in it, is the bottom half of the box. the pic to the left of that, with the outline of the GNex, is the top half of the box that fits over the bottom half. then, furthest to the left is the white sleeve that fits over the entire box.

i think the point everyone is making is that it doesn't make sense to have a plain white sleeve, as is shown in that pic. and, your explanation also doesn't make sense - a second sleeve, with the printed logo, to slide over the plain white sleeve???? maybe the printed logo sleeves are being shipped separately and will be substituted for the plain white sleeve at the retail stores, but that doesn't make much sense to me... idk...

or another box... -_-

 

[HanSolo]

Man, some forums are sad. The guy on XDA posts the very first pictures of the retail box ever seen, and he gets 19 thanks?

Steven posts he's going to be finishing dropping his latest deuce soon and he gets 50!

 

[yorcadon]

Highway 153 Chattanooga

take it easy on the guy...maybe one or two people call to corroborate instead of everyone flooding him?

Do we seriously think the reps are just telling random lies to random callers? Why does anyone need to call and verify anything? Leave the reps alone. People calling 8 different stores to compare stories, shame on you. You're making the reps day hectic and it's not going to get you anything in return except more rumors. Someone said they had already reserved a phone at a store so they declined to reservation offer at the alternate store they were calling. Why call another store and waste their time if you already have one reserved?

 

[hgray]

I'll put another post up, with info I found out about the unlimited data plans...kinda interesting I think.

Did this info ever get posted?

 

[EB0199]

i got...

"all i can say is mum's the word"

stupid michigan stores.

Which store did you call? I was thinking to call mine out here in w. Bloomfield

 

[Stigy]

Just wanted to post something concrete for the phone today -- there is also an LTE version in that thread too! [KERNEL][4 DEC] franco.Kernel | GSM/LTE | CIFS | USB HOST | OVERCLOCK | VOLUME FIX - xda-developers

Overclocked, USB Host support, etc!

Changelog:

4th December

• Volume fix added
• Now it boots with 1,2ghz instead of 1,4ghz
• Cpu frequencies transition decreased for faster scaling
• While screen off the device is capped at 350mhz

3rd December

• Updated to 3.0.12
• CIFS added
• USB Host added
• Readahead values changed - kernel automatically chooses the best value for optimum performance
• SLQB memory allocator added and made default
• Overclock up to 1,4ghz added - full credits to coolbho3000, it was his finding, I just compiled the kernel

2nd December

• CFS Autogroup tweaking
• CFS tweaks
• CRC32 library completely updated - it's a very important library
• Second core min/max frequency bug fixed - now both cores run at the desire speeds. Before the second core sometimes forgot it's speed and was asyncronous to the first core
• Conservative tweaked again - it's still the default governor and it's meant to be
• Cgroup: speed up access to cgroupfs mounted entries in /proc/mounts
• Add Arm Ticket Loss for improved system stability
• Introduced some memory copy marcos and functions - better memory efficiency
• Added Arm CPU Topology to increase Multi-core and Multi-threading efficiency
• More small tweaks and optimizations

----------------------------------------------------------

• GPU overclocked to 384mhz
• Removed a lot of debugging
• Compiled with the optimized Mjolnir compiler with special cflags
• .config tweaks to improve multitasking, responsiveness, battery etc
• dirty_writeback values tweaked
• Improved IO speed
• TCP improvements - pages will load faster and lighter using wifi or 3G
• Conservative governor tweaked and made default

Lots more...

 

[woodraskam]

Man, some forums are sad. The guy on XDA posts the very first pictures of the retail box ever seen, and he gets 19 thanks?

Steven posts he's going to be finishing dropping his latest deuce soon and he gets 50!

Just a testament to how prolific his Deuce dropping is.

 

[JRowMe]

Which store did you call? I was thinking to call mine out here in w. Bloomfield

well i work in pontiac and live in aub hills, called lake orion and rochester hills.

 

[Ninjak]

Just got off phone with my local Verizon store and they said there is no set date for the release so they can't even look up in their computer.

Maybe they won't be getting my business then for being so lazy to not even check for me. At least put me on hold and pretend that you're checking the system.

Same with my three local stores. Figured it'd be worthless, but I had time to kill to phone them before a meeting.

 

[harpua]

I'm thinking that a lot of the corp store CSRs are too lazy to look it up in their computer system, and are just saying "no release date" without even looking.

FWIW he did put me on hold for a couple minutes.

 

[smittysmitt3434]

Figured I would join in the fun of calling my local store. Called the Gunbarrel Rd. store in Chattanooga and was told the last they heard it would be the 8th. Unfortunately no reservation or waiting list, just first come, first served. I am more and more optimistic that I will have a Nexus in hand by the weekend.

 

[RazorSharp]

Just wanted to post something concrete for the phone today -- there is also an LTE version in that thread too! [KERNEL][4 DEC] franco.Kernel | GSM/LTE | CIFS | USB HOST | OVERCLOCK | VOLUME FIX - xda-developers

Overclocked, USB Host support, etc!

Awesome. Bookmarked for immediate use once I finally get my Nexus.