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

[ryancmatchett]

for those of you in/near Glen Burnie, MD?

https://plus.google.com/u/0/102369964363445361803/posts/PN6SGXee232

Just posted via Google+

 

[metlcat]

It's a celebration!

 

[hakujin]

Any word on a tentative Sprint date yet? I assume it will be after Verizon but wonder just how long. Perhaps there is some historical indicators on other big phone x-mas releases...

Pardon if I'm kicking a dead horse, did a thread search, but didn't find any useful comments on it.

Also the 3g to 4g promo is Verizon only yes?

 

[eyehut]

Has anyone on here in the Northern VA area (Alexandria) called any stores? Im at work and cant call.

I just called a store in NoVa and tried a different tactic. I started out asking about my parents phones that are on my plan. I said "so I can have their phones shipped and pick up the Nexus tomorrow" and the guy said "yeah, oh... let me check your account." He said the upgrades were fine, but then asked about the phone and I said the GN and he goes.. "Well, it's not out yet." He told me to check online after midnight and actually said he had cases for it but no demo. Hmph, that's a start.

I wish I could join in the jubilation you guys have. My folks are up in NY and I have the too many things that require the corporate store. They've all been so silent around here...

Mum is the word here in Tysons

 

[cole924]

Just called about 15 stores in the Hampton Roads area of VA, nobody knows anything and have had the date of the 20th tossed out a few times. I will be furious if tomorrow I don't get the phone because of tight lipped bastridges!

Yeah.. I called 5 stores in the Pittsburgh area and got everything from "we haven't gotten stock yet" to "It was supposed to release on the 9th but we do not have a date."

Strange that 23 stores would be that far out of the loop, eh?

 

[Romparoo]

Well, I too have called my contacts. I have had 3 sales reps, 2 of which are managers, one of a third party retailer and the other of a Verizon store, all of which said they would be able to hold one with my name on it for the launch. Now, today, all 3 told me that it is first come first serve and no chance to hold one for me. I've said it before, I am working 8am to 5pm tomorrow with no chance to leave to Verizon before 5pm...I am very bummed if this releases tomorrow as I will have to wait longer than all of you to get my hands on Nexus.

 

[OfTheDamned]

**** NEWSFLASH *****

12/14/2011: Today, the Department of Labor (DOL) has released the productivity figures for the 3rd quarter of 2011. According to a spokesperson with the DOL worker productivity took a sharp decline starting August 23rd of this year. The DOL has no answer as to why the decline, but the trend continues well into the 4th quarter, and is expected to have a negative impact on the US economic recovery.

However, one DOL employee who wishes to remain anonymous, cites the creation of a thread on Android Forums as being the culprit. In addition to the decrease in worker productivity this individual has seen an increasing trend in workman's compensation claims. Apparently the claims are all the same and have to do with trauma to the index finger. One claimant was quoted as saying, "I was just pressing the F5 button and my finger gave out."

Finally, the DOL spokesperson was quoted as saying, "I hope this negative trend ends soon for the sake of all mankind."


I know how the Department of Labor feels. I hope this ends soon as well.

AndroidForums.com, decreasing productivity in the work place and destroying F5 keys since 2007.

 

[RazorSharp]

I've been looking for almost 20 minutes... can't find it. What was the statement? I'm assuming your quoted statement above was a summary of it, but I'd like to hear what was said. Do you happen to have a link or know what page of the thread it was on?

Ugh, can't find it!

You mean this?

Verizon on Galaxy Nexus, still on track to launch “this year” | Android and Me

 

[BabyBlues]

that poem/song needs to be on the first Post of the epic thread

I think it should be in Steven's closing post.

I'm holding out for the sequined one.

I knew it!!!!

 

[Ninjak]

Has anyone on here in the Northern VA area (Alexandria) called any stores? Im at work and cant call.

Spoke to the BJs on Duke, which only had the dummy unit yesterday. My usual rep wasn't there, but the other said he'd heard nothing and expected any day now. The corporate store a few blocks away on Little River Turnpike was less than helpful last week and rushed off the phone. One of the Radio Shacks already had em in stock and was supposed to phone me when they could sell, but that does me no good since I need to swap my Rezound out at a corporate store or BJs.

addendum:
- Little River Turnpike has no demo units out and is giving the "we haven't gotten release information" line.
- Just spoke to my regular BJs rep. Said he hadn't seen any news aside from having the demo unit and suggested phoning back next week. He follows various android forums, too

 

[prestonbrownie]

Hey guys! So for what it's worth, I called back the third party retailer today (the one I have a RESERVED Nexus for tomorrow from) and asked if the launch was still a go. They said they are 100% sure I can come pick up my Nexus tomorrow morning and that Verizon always publicly announces it either the day of or the day before. But supposedly they got confirmation that tomorrow is a go for launch. Super excited!

Still don't know why Verizon decided to announce their white Droid RAZR tho. Piece of crud phone...they are married to their DROID line I swear. Anyways, I've been reading through these forums and I think this is really great. You guys are a great source of information and you are hilarious!

Big shout out to my fellow Skyrim fans out there! (It's become my LIFE)

 

[1Time]

Just wondering, would you guys have gotten the Nexus if the SGSII came out 2 months ago for Verizon?

 

[JRowMe]

Figured I'd call for my michigan buddies

L O store.
"Just calling to see if there's new info about gnex"
"please hold"
comes back - "supposed to be... tomorrrrowww?" - said it very cautiously.
"haha yeah i know... just wanting to confirm, so you have them in stock right?"
"mmmhmmmmm" - like he was clenching her teeth to be discrete
"wow i bet you had them a while ago"
"oh sweetie... we've had these since last week... so WE'LL SEE!!!"

I love this woman, haha

R H store (sounded like a tightly wound up lady)
"I was calling regarding the galaxy nex-"
"Sorry we don't have any information"
"Oh, wow, I see"
"yeah sorry."
.... jerk, not getting my business, can at least be nice about it...

R O store (Dude)
blah blah about nexus
"we don't have any information"
"oh really? nothing about tomorrow?"
"no."

 

[drbugsmn]

Yes! It's almost as good as the new motherboard smell when building a new computer!

You should see the look my wife gives me when I try to get her to smell freshly opened electronics!

ah, the smell of toxic solvents outgassing. nothing else like it!

Ok, I dig that smell too. better then the smell of the "magic smoke" getting out of the electronics....

 

[Mabashi]

I've called up and visited several verizon stores and radio shacks in my area between this weekend and today and they've stated that they don't know anything about the release date and they said that they didn't have any in stock.

Does anyone know of any stores that are planning to sell the phone in the DC area, specifically fairfax & tysons VA, DC or Bethesda,MD areas?

 

[WheresTheBeef]

Yes! It's almost as good as the new motherboard smell when building a new computer!

You should see the look my wife gives me when I try to get her to smell freshly opened electronics!

LOL, I totally know what you mean!!

 

[what29]

Thanx to OTD...i have been using an old apk for Google Voice and i can confirm it does not work on the GN...not sure why but when i start the app and click on the next button at the bottom right it says..."google voice failed to load" it will load the new apk just fine but i have not been able to get the old 0.3.4 to load.

OTD....if if you get yours tomorrow and can figure this out please PM me...other than that the phone is great. Speaker is a little softer than i like but still usable and like everyone else said, it just feels great in your hand.

Still playing....

 

[Duluke]

Has anyone heard how sales of the Razr or Rezound have been? Specifically I wonder how the launches went. Considering the marketing push behind the R phones, especially the Razr, how awesome would it be to see the Nexus sales figures beat them?

 

[grl4boy1]

Just my little Corporate store story from the beautiful but a tad chilly northwest.

Just got off the phone with the sales rep that sold me my Rent a Rezound last month.

They have a nexus sitting there for me for lunchtime tomorrow and their inventory guy just got an e-mail an hour ago stating they are good to go for tomorrow.

Oh Baby. Nerdgasm alert !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[backs4iu]

What Will Happen If Verizon Fails To Launch The Galaxy Nexus Tomorrow? | TechCrunch

OH!

These people are morons.... Did they ever consider that nobody bought the Nexus S because everyone (1,000,000 plus people) were still locked into two year contracts with the OG Droid.

 

[ckeegan]

I don't know what to think anymore.

All I know is that I went to Costco around noon, and as I walked by the cell phone counter, I asked the girl, "any news on the Galaxy Nexus?" She replied, "other than it's coming out tomorrow?"

 

[Rybnik]

I'm holding out for the sequined one.

No doubt the majority of the sequins will make up the horrible Verizon checkmark..as if it wasn't obvious enough that the phone was a bloated-out Droooiiid.

Hello everyone,

Been lurking in this thread since the beginning of the month and though I haven't posted I've been through all the same ups and downs as everyone else. I just called 3 corporate stores in Tucson and all of them played the "We don't have them in stock and we don't know anything" card.

Welcome, just in time! I am quite confident that at this point some employees are just being careful because of the fiasco last week. It is going to be a soft launch, with advertising for the general public later (read: not us, lol), supposedly.

 

[robbielolo]

WTF! I just called my corporate store, they guy there said they dont know anything about tomorrow, that corporate is going to spring the launch on them a week ahead of time.

frustrating....

 

[mthoren68]

What Will Happen If Verizon Fails To Launch The Galaxy Nexus Tomorrow? | TechCrunch

OH!

OK, so the article seems to imply that Verizon doesn't really (comparatively) give a rip about this phone and that Rezound and RAZR are the priorities. This phone is not expected to be a big seller. So why then is Verizon (presumably) trying to have so much control? Why not just say, "Fine, have your little geek phone, you market it, you promote it, and we'll sell it and get our data and phone plan fees with little investment?" Then Verizon can promote the Rezound and RAZR to their heart's content. Verizon is almost acting like this is their version of the Galaxy II and their invested in its success. But that's not the case.

 

[mwsmith]

Just made an appointment at Radio Shack for 10am. Tomorrow is the day!