*Official Galaxy Nexus Pre-Release speculation thread

rhietpas · Nov 27, 2011

Daaang, I keep getting all excited about the phone's release and then I realize I don't have an upgrade till the end of the month (december).

Damn you cruel world!

artnsx · Nov 27, 2011

vandyman said:
It is possible that Verizon may release some sort of a statement tomorrow because of the Best Buy ads.

That, and that ad diagram showed that they were to start advertising it starting the 28th anyway.

rove75 · Nov 27, 2011

vandyman said:
It is possible that Verizon may release some sort of a statement tomorrow because of the Best Buy ads.

I'm not even sure they will respond to their own black friday ad blunder.

sgrinavi · Nov 27, 2011

rhietpas said:
Daaang, I keep getting all excited about the phone's release and then I realize I don't have an upgrade till the end of the month (december).

Damn you cruel world!

Call VZW, they will probably let you upgrade a few weeks early

BabyBlues · Nov 27, 2011

vandyman said:
It is possible that Verizon may release some sort of a statement tomorrow because of the Best Buy ads.

Anything is possible with them, but it's only likely if that's what they originally planned on doing. I think there is one man with a wall sized calendar that has these dates planned and he crosses them off one by one. And sings 'dance my little puppets, dance. I'm almost done pulling your strings but you will dance till I let them go'

BabyBlues · Nov 27, 2011

HanSolo said:
You people are sick.

You know you laughed.

callmeox · Nov 27, 2011

scottg96 said:
After being redirected from main desk to mobile, then put on hold for 10 minutes, then being redirected back to the main desk, then being redirected back to mobile, at which point I was put on hold for another 5 minutes and then redirected to a completely different rep after inquiring about the Nexus, I FINALLY got a guy to tell me something...
...he said "projected launch date is December 8th--errr, 18th"
(he said it was based on rumors though so he was likely wrong)

Did you expect something different? :rolleyes:

HanSolo · Nov 27, 2011

Also, I would put ZERO confidence in anything Best Buy reps tell us. They don't know.

Corporate store reps don't even know until the day before or even the day of, when they get a bunch of shipments in that they weren't expecting.

It could be that many of them are saying "This week" because they read the blogs or got work emails with the bogus, mistaken circular and are just assuming.

But honestly, we know more than they do.

bgreene07 · Nov 27, 2011

Called my local BB and they don't have it, said check back Dec. 8th.

Rybnik · Nov 27, 2011

BabyBlues said:
You know you laughed.

I laughed, BB

vandyman · Nov 27, 2011

BabyBlues said:
Anything is possible with them, but it's only likely if that's what they originally planned on doing. I think there is one man with a wall sized calendar that has these dates planned and he crosses them off one by one. And sings 'dance my little puppets, dance. I'm almost done pulling your strings but you will dance till I let them go'

Who, this guy?

jbdan · Nov 27, 2011

Figures the one night I go shut eye early the "goods " get posted! Whether it means anything or not, it's something.

And zedster thanks. Those pictures just make me go "ahhhh" what a hot phone and even more reason to hold steady for it. By far the best looking phone ever produced in my little beady eyes!

Oh yeah forgot GO NIGHT CREW!

Reborn58 · Nov 27, 2011

artnsx said:
That, and that ad diagram showed that they were to start advertising it starting the 28th anyway.

I think I'll have a freak out if I see a gnex commercial tomorrow. mmm

scottg96 · Nov 27, 2011

artnsx said:
That, and that ad diagram showed that they were to start advertising it starting the 28th anyway.

I still do think that the visual marketing roadmap is a credible source, as it's been correct so far. Plus, it actually makes a lot of sense compared to other sources we've seen.

Ninja Monkey · Nov 27, 2011

I'm not getting excited about the Best Buy ad. It's a trap!

Rybnik · Nov 27, 2011

vandyman said:
Who, this guy?

You know, I always thought ventriloquist dummy dolls were creepy...kinda like clowns. :eek:

sarxsvt · Nov 27, 2011

Cam said:
Sounds like a lack of sound, focused, competent leadership to me.

As much as a "Hey our phones broke, don't worry! We're fixing it and it will be out soon!" statement might mollify the masses here and in the Android tech community it would be a disaster for the phone.

For the masses (still the majority of the people who are going to buy this phone, no matter how wide spread we might think technically savvy people are) all they would remember is that Verizon said it was broken or had bugs or problems or whatever term they used. Also remember in general these masses are clueless to "suggested delays" or "bugs" or anything else we might infer at the moment.

"Hey how about this Galaxy Nexus it looks cool?" ... "No way man, Verizon said that thing was busted a week ago, how could they possibly fix it that fast?"... /repeat

enjoytheride823 · Nov 27, 2011

Hoping for at least online ordering tomorrow or this week... Come on VZW...

Shibby513 · Nov 27, 2011

jester6x said:
Just in case anyone hasn't taken advantage of the living social deal yet and still wants to. Only one day left! Here is my link:

https://share.livingsocial.com/deals/178420?ref=conf-jp&rpi=37494942

Hey thanks a lot. I just bought one. Too bad it's only 1 per person lol. Imagine paying for this in gift cards for like half off lol.

HanSolo · Nov 27, 2011

Rybnik said:
You know, I always thought ventriloquist dummy dolls were creepy...kinda like clowns.

Don't put either a clown or a dummy on a stool in the corner of your room. When you go to sleep, their eyes move.

GhostInTheDark · Nov 27, 2011

zedster said:
here are a few more

Nicely done!!

Androidcurious · Nov 27, 2011

sgrinavi said:
Call VZW, they will probably let you upgrade a few weeks early

I don't know if calling will do it, I've gotten mixed responses from reps over the phone. The store absolutely WILL upgrade you early, though. Yes, I know, it means dealing with sales reps but if you want it sooner, you gotta do what ya gotta do.

tpags · Nov 27, 2011

Think positive and it will happen, Everyone repeat after me:

We will hear something this week.
It will release this week.
We will all be playing with our Nexis within a week.

Repeat that 3 times and BELIEVE!!!

C'mon Caleb Hanie. "Victory"

enjoytheride823 · Nov 27, 2011

Androidcurious said:
I don't know if calling will do it, I've gotten mixed responses from reps over the phone. The store absolutely WILL upgrade you early, though. Yes, I know, it means dealing with sales reps but if you want it sooner, you gotta do what ya gotta do.

I managed to get VZW to let me upgrade a whole 4 months early after spending an hour or so on the phone with them... Nothing to lose.

HanSolo · Nov 27, 2011

How bout them Bears, eh?

EDIT:

Han, it's me, Han. From the future.

It's December 23 here and still no word. Rumors say January 12, but who knows. Get the TP and stick with your Dinc2!!!

Please! I'm in agony!!

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