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

[zedster]

hmm... interesting

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[the block]

No one is answering at my local corp store.. I've tried twice now, sort of frustrating

 

[kmp542]

Just got off the phone with local Corp store here in the 504. Nice lady said they had plenty of stock and will be available tommorrow.

 

[JRowMe]

I went in to the Southfield store and not only did they have one that I played around with for like 10 minutes (SO COOL CAN'T WAIT!!) when I asked anything about Thursday the salesman that I was talking to verbally said he doesn't know anything about it, but gave me a wink at the end...Take it for what it's worth.

yeah i hope you give them your business,
i'm going to Lake Orion cause of their helpfulness

 

[stew930]

Woot. Confirmed I can get a $100 credit for the 3g-4g upgrade. I know they reference "trade-in" so I wonder if they take my OG Droid. Which is fine since I was going to sell it anyway.

 

[chriscardinal]

My earlier question got missed, figure I'll ask during daylight:

Does anyone know how soon after Amazon Wireless gets the phones? I think they were launch partners for the Razr, which they sold for $111.11 on launch day (and $0.01 on Black Friday)... it's now $169 (compared to $299 on Verizon) so I'm wondering if they'll have the GN for $199?

Kinda hoping that's the case...

 

[droiiid]

Has this been posted?

Samsung Galaxy Nexus review

 

[twotone1985]

yeah i hope you give them your business,
i'm going to Lake Orion cause of their helpfulness

That plus the 100 bones off, I'll be there as soon as I can

 

[AndroidsOfTara]

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

I would have jumped on a SGS2 on Verizon and not waited for the Gnex if I knew the boot loader wasn't encrypted.

 

[AntimonyER]

I can only assume that Verizon doesn't really care how well the GN sells and may actually prefer that it not sell well at the expense of the Razr and thus the lack of promo/information from Verizon. I wonder if their sales staff will still be pushing Razrs on unsuspecting customers after the GN launches. Anyone know if the Razr commercials are Verizon or Motorola sponsored?

I think the lack of info and even the uncertain launch is due to whatever last minute issue held it up last week. By comparison, this phone was probably approved for launch the closest to the actual launch date of any phone Verizon has ever had. They will advertise it, just not right away, very similar to the Incredible.

 

[statepenn03]

I should probably look at "un-rooting" my phone tonight before I have to possibly trade it in tomorrow... just in case.

 

[EmotionalNinja]

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.

You say they are morons, but you realize the Nexus S was on Sprint who didn't get the OG Droid IIRC...

 

[lightsout]

Hey guys can I do an alternate upgrade at a store like radio Shack? My wife's line has the 50 $ loyalty credit. I want to use that on my line but I thought I read you can only do that at a corporate store.

 

[TKEnzy]

Pale kid raps EVEN FASTER (Now on iTunes!) - YouTube
Someone get this kid a Nexus lol

Maclethal is a BEAST. Spotifying him (again) beginning...now.

 

[tangodelt7]

Called Verizon yesterday, could not get 3g ot 4g promo. They said it was for Chicago only. Any other ideas?

 

[jhelpme]

Another long time lurker of this thread posting for the first time. With the (hopefully) imminent release of this phone, I've kicked my search into high gear for any information. I'm yet another Day 1 OG Droid buyer here and it's hanging on for dear life waiting for a replacement. I haven't followed every reply, but I see most of the people whose stores have "confirmed" tomorrow are more out to the west or south, while little information is available for my area (New York State, outside of the city). Today I called nearly every place I know of nearby which carries Verizon phones, and here's the result. Note that I'm unaware if the two Verizon stores I called are corporate or resellers.

Verizon Store 1
I asked if they were taking names for the Nexus, was told no. I followed up questioning the number of phones that would be available when it DID launch, and was told that they didn't know as they haven't received any yet.

Verizon Store 2
I asked if they were taking names for the Nexus, was immediately told that they had no information regarding the phone. I also asked them about the amount of phones that would be available and was told again that they had no information. it sounded like they had been asked about it alot and were just using a generic response for any questions about the Nexus.

Best Buy
I called and the phone rang for 15 minutes before I gave up. I had called earlier in the week and it took over 20 minutes for someone to pick up, so I wasn't surprised

Costco
This is where I would like to purchase the phone most, but they also told me they weren't taking names and informed me that they couldn't tell me anything about their stock until the phone was released.

Radio Shack
Until today I hadn't considered Radio Shack for anything other than batteries, but with others talking of good experiences with them I decided to give it a try. The person who I spoke to knew of the phone and, after asking their manager, they confirmed that they were taking names for the Nexus! After she confirmed I was looking for the Verizon model(She told me some people were asking about the GSM version) she told me that they had ONE in the back and it now had my name and number on it, as well as a promise to call me as soon as they hear anything official. I never got her to say the 15th, but she did confirm that the 9th was a previous release date that was delayed. All in all I was so pleased that even if Costco has it tomorrow I'll still pick it up at Radio Shack(assuming it's released at both stores tomorrow) as they were the only place to tell me anything other than a company line and went out on a limb to reserve one for me without any face-to-face meeting or deposit made.

 

[bnace]

Potentially GREAT news for me! Tomorrow confirmed twice.

BOOYAH!! Two places (one holding it for me) that I know I can get the phone tomorrow!

Please be kind to others and remember to call the 2nd place to release the hold as soon as you get from the 1st place!

 

[zx10droid]

For everyone asking about upgrading at retailers and not from vzw online or a corporate store, you will lose your loyalty/NE2 discount. They are only given at vzw

 

[Mahalo]

OT LUNCH PARTY
So we just had our Christmas lunch party at work and at the end they handed out gifts. I got an 8gb Ipod Nano.... Really now I have to try and sell an Ipod Nano to someone.

ON TOPIC
If the Galaxy Nexus doesn't release tomorrow I am going to punch some random person... I just hope said person isn't bigger then I am or a crazy Jujitsu fighter that is going to pound my face

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[rooktdphi]

So, not that anyone needs another "I spoke to a store rep today!" confirmation but I'm going to give you mine anyway

Went in to the Verizon Corporate Store in the Newport Jersey City Mall (NJ) and said to the girl "I know there hasn't been an official release from Verizon..." (this is where she started to nod and cut me off). She replied "No, it's official now. We will be releasing the Galaxy Nexus tomorrow morning. That's what my Manager just told me, and thats as official as I need. However, it's on a first come first serve basis."

Anyways, just thought I would share for poops and giggles. Verizon has succeeded in a 'soft' release.

Yo, PM the CSR's name - I called that location this AM and was told to call back "they should have an answer later"

 

[iowabowtech]

I know there still may be some doubters but at this point I'm finally convinced. I have been waiting nearly 1700 pages to do this...

 

[summamd]

I'm coming out of that Verizon store with a phone tomorrow morning either way. If it doesn't come out tomorrow I'm "renting" a Rezound and will ream the poor VZW employee till they waive the restocking fee for me when I do finally get my GNEX.

Sweet browbeat the guy who has absolutely nothing to do with how verizon handles things.

 

[Mach Droid]

Does anyone know what tomorrow will be known as in the VZW history books?

Spoiler

Razr/Rezound Return Day!

 

[dgold82]

Wow. This kinda bummed me out. I just called Costco and they are usually really nice. I asked about tomorrow and the guy was unusually pissy. Said "absolutely NOT" being released tomorrow

Oh well, I'm hoping he is saying that just to get everyone off the phone quickly.

 

[Rybnik]

BT just now via twitter:
@britishturbo: VerizonWireless is now pushing out the update for the Galaxy Nexus that was needed before it could be released... What does that tell you