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

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For the record, I'm not saying Thursday is a pipe dream. I'm 60/40 on the side of release for Thursday, and I'm holding onto my day off.

Still, I think a lot of us are like that poor abused dog that flinches whenever someone wants to pet him. Is Verizon going to stroke our ears or pull and twist them?

Who the frak knows. Best to keep your expectations low. Less disappointment that way.
 
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Cheetara is actually the same way. We had a conversation late last night where she basically recommended I wait for the iPhone 5. :rolleyes:

She says the Nexus "isn't that great".

For the record, she's an iSheep, so I don't put a lot of stock into what she says on that front.

But she does say that there are a lot of people over there who are pissed at the way their idiot bosses are handling this. Apparently they didn't care too much about the botch job they did on the Bionic because they knew it was inferior to what was coming down the line shortly afterwards.

At least they are aware as to the backlash against this phone coming out, and people internally are upset with it. Not that it helps, but it makes me feel less alone.

Their social media strategy is horrific. There are people bashing them status after status on facebook, bombarding their support team on twitter with questions, and yet they refuse to acknowledge that the phone exists. Even just a quick post on facebook would suffice in quieting the crowd - I think at this point we're just asking for an update, although a release date would be great. Just terrible management, they really need to rethink even having social media pages if all they are going to do is post their "news", and not be, you know, social.
 
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I love this!!
 
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I'm betting pretty strongly on Thursday at this point. Take a look at the Bionic - Verizon said it'd be out during "summer", and released it a little over 2 weeks prior to the end of summer. In this case they said by the end of the year, and Thursday will make a little over 2 weeks prior to the end of the year. I also don't expect us to get anything official until tomorrow. With the Bionic they announced on the 7th, released on the 8th.

Or I could be completely wrong and they'll release it on 12/12/12 at 12:12 instead.
 
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So I thought I'd step in and post some news I've heard from a pretty good source at AC forums:

"Our meeting this Thursday was cancelled, because we are launching a new phone. We were told this morning, that's all I can say."

He's a good guy and wouldn't lie about this as he's excited for the Nexus, too. Here's hoping we can buy bright and early on Thursday morning.

Well that's a good sign. Here's hoping to it being true and more corroboration from other stores. Then I'll have the warm fuzzies again.
 
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So I went and talked to Verizon's father.... The big guy in the red suit at the mall. I went and sat on his lap and asked him hey where my Galaxy Nexus is for Verizon. He gave me a weird look and said get off my lap you tool I have no control over Verizon. I don't know if I should believe this guy I think he could be an imposter. His beard looked fake!

I bet if Baby Blues was in that same scenario the outcome would be totally different. just my opinion.
 
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Major news outlets didn't pick up on the phone's release. The NExus just isn't that big of a deal outside of the tech community. For a phone that's supposedly being released Thursday, we haven't seen a single official PR or heard a peep of marketing. I just don't think VZW is as intense on the issue as we are. They're a giant company with a lot of phones in the fire, the Nexus is just one more. I think no firm date has been set at any point.

Hey, I'm hoping Thursday morning I'm completely wrong because this is the phone I very much want.

Yes, major news outlets did. The Wall Street Journal, NBC, CNET, The Washington Post and more reported that the Nexus would be $299 on contract and would be releasing on December 9th. In addition, all the major tech outlets such as TechCrunch, Engadget etc. picked up on it where they haven't risked it yet over the 15th date because there isn't any solid evidence.

I agree that the Nexus is generally a phone that is geared to the tech community, but it definitely was picked up by major news outlets last week and made Verizon look foolish. I think they just don't want another "Here it comes" situation to have to be rectified with an "Maybe next week" explanation again.
 
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Its kinda sad, in early November, The Source's info was treated like gold, and those who dared question it were gone after pretty hard. Now, because of Verizon's incompetance and total failure of even internal communication, even The Source's info has to be taken with a grain of salt, because it could change that quickly. I can't imagine how frustrating that has to be for him, as he really just wants to help us out.


I don't think anyone doubts what The Source or Cheetoes (whatever Han's source is called these days) says. They are giving the best information they've heard. The problem is almost as soon as we get it, it's changed.

Also, after getting beaten down by Verizon I think people have grown a thicker skin and resign to the worst information available.

When Google started the 10 day contest, nobody thought it would end before the phone came out. It did. Same with every milestone we've been exposed to. People get numb when they get crash due to bad news after getting good news. The launch has been tainted and I'll admit we did a lot of this ourselves.

So when the source or Cheetoes says it's a particular date, we can easily believe it's really the next date we hear because historically Verizon apparently has kept moving it.
 
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sooo...I apologize for the newbie question here, even though I've been following this thread and phone a good month prior to the original expected launch date :)

Everyone keeps talking about the Nexus' software buttons and the lack of hardware buttons on the phone. My confusion comes from the fact that there are three buttons under the screen. Having the original Droid, I don't understand what is different here from what I am currently using...(how is this a big improvement to previous designs).

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Galaxy-Nexus-Render-352x540.jpg
 
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Well I texted Cheetara about this whole delay (again) rumor.

She texted back:

Already hyperventilating before your first coffee? It's the 15th. I feel bad for your boss.
I texted:

As sure as the 9th was?
She texted back:

Yep! But they couldn't bc 4G issues. Systems are now go. No worries.

So there's the whole 4G excuse again.
 
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Um, i have a question, if it does indeed come out the 15th w/o a PR or anything then WTF was the point of signing up for the galaxy nexus verizon email for updates on the release etc? hahahah such a freakin joke of a release

Data farming and sending you annoying promotional e-mails! Oh and sending you a notice a week after the phone has been released.:cool:
 
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Um, i have a question, if it does indeed come out the 15th w/o a PR or anything then WTF was the point of signing up for the galaxy nexus verizon email for updates on the release etc? hahahah such a freakin joke of a release

They did the same thing with the Bionic. I had signed up for the emails when the site first went live, but read here about the release before I got any email about it.
 
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sooo...I apologize for the newbie question here, even though I've been following this thread and phone a good month prior to the original expected launch date :)

Everyone keeps talking about the Nexus' software buttons and the lack of hardware buttons on the phone. My confusion comes from the fact that there are three buttons under the screen. Having the original Droid, I don't understand what is different here from what I am currently using...(how is this a big improvement to previous designs).

thumb_550_droid-gingy.jpg
Galaxy-Nexus-Render-352x540.jpg

The droid buttons aren't part of the screen.

The Nexus buttons are a part of the screen, and they can hide when you play a movie, making the screen bigger.
 
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