*Official Galaxy Nexus Pre-Release speculation thread

AntimonyER · Dec 7, 2011

EarlyMon said:
On the Thunderbolt?

I've been reading that in the Rezound thread.

SVDO radio ops kick in and your 3G goes down to 1x while the same radio supports simultaneous voice - typical SVDO.

That's how I got on to the whole Verizon LTE thing yesterday.

Thunderbolt is SVDO.

Yeah I'm on a tbolt

woodraskam · Dec 7, 2011

IgnatiusXIX said:
DL Updated 4G Outage Story; VZW weighs in.

Verizon 4G LTE Outage Happening Now? (Updated) – Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

edit: Ok, had a chance to read it with the update after posting the link. Nothing really of note. Its a canned response.

3G isn't affected my Ass. I get nothing but 1X

Edit: on a rezound, and I've tried switching back and forth from LTE/CDMA to CDMA only....no luck

SamMax · Dec 7, 2011

Off Topic
New 3 stooges movie trailer is out
The Three Stooges - Movie Trailers - iTunes

Sushibagel · Dec 7, 2011

EarlyMon said:
It's not affecting everyone, just many regions.

My 3g actually seems faster then it normally is. I guess its because there are not as many people clogging up the bandwidth.

AntimonyER · Dec 7, 2011

Perhaps hackers got fed up with VZW delaying the launch of the GNex?

Dubbin1 · Dec 7, 2011

zx10droid said:
what a lot of people seem to fail to realize is what releasing a phone in which one of its MAJOR features isnt working properly, and 4g LTE is a big deal on this phone. do you know how many people(regular joes not tech forum folks) would simply walk away from it if they said "yea, well, its supposed to be 4g lte but its broken right now" or how bad that would look on verizon as a company. and with the extra attention this phone in particular is getting, it would only be magnified to be worse. not to mention the inevitable morons who, even if they bought knowing 4g was down, would start blowing up their tech support lines and clog them up . theres a lot more to this than some of us want to realize

You make it sound like that's not going to already happen with all the other 4G phones they are selling right now and up until the problem is fixed.

scottg96 · Dec 7, 2011

johninc said:
I had an interesting afternoon. My daughter needed a new car battery, so off to Costco we went. Of course, what's a trip to the big C without a little visit to the phone kiosk? So we walk up to the gal, and she's holding a a brand new phone, with a freshly opened box on the counter. Before I could blurt it out, my daughter says "What phone is that?" She replies "a Galaxy Prime!" Momentarily stunned, I quickly recovered with "Can I see it?" She says sure, and hands it to me. I asked her a question about it, and she told me she literally just got it 30 seconds ago. We asked her if it would be available Friday, and she said she thought so. Nothing ground-breaking here, but it was nice to get a feel for the size of the thing and how solid it was. Alas, it was a dummy phone, so we couldn't play with it, but we got to hold it!

After we got home and installed the new car battery, we decided to take a trip to the friendly VZW store, mainly to ask questions about discounts and such, but also to see if the Sales Consultant would be forthcoming with any info. When I said I was interested in the SGN, his face kind of lit up. "That's an awesome phone" he offered, but that ended the info spill right there. After some playful banter about "what if a phone just happened to be laying on the counter" he laughed and said, "yeah, but it's not supposed to be. I could get fired for releasing any info." I told him I understood and figured that was that.

But then, to my amazement, he said "hang on a sec", so we waited as he talked to his manager, disappeared into the back room, and emerged with the holy grail. It was really funny, first how we caught the Costco gal at the exact right moment, and then caught the V guy at a time when he was feeling generous.

So, long story short (too late?) we got to play with the thing, get a feel for the beauty of the display, the speed of the shutter, the accuracy of the keyboard. This thing is definitely worth the wait. And to top it off, I think my daughter is now leaning towards this phone instead of the 4S. My gosh, the 4S just looks like an ancient brick next to the Nexus.

I know a lot of people out there are upset about this, but I'm in a good place. I put a new rom on my OG Droid, and it will get me by until this thing is released. Hopefully, very soon...I can't imagine them sitting on stock for very long.

Peace.

See, this is what I don't get. Stores have the phone in stock. If it weren't for the whole "do not display/sell until 12/9" thing, they could easily just hand them over to customers. So how can Verizon "delay" this thing? It's out there people. It's not in the corporation's hands anymore...

HanSolo · Dec 7, 2011

Wow!

I went a bit over, but still!

3,000 posts!!

In this thread!!!!!

There's something wrong with me, isn't there.

jkc120 · Dec 7, 2011

Sushibagel said:
I say we do an Occupy Verizon if they dont release or at least give some sort of statement by Friday.

Feel free to join the fb group I started.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/272078329505463/

AntimonyER · Dec 7, 2011

woodraskam said:
3G isn't affected my Ass. I get nothing but 1X

Edit: on a rezound, and I've tried switching back and forth from LTE/CDMA to CDMA only....no luck

Try reseting your phone. Worked for me.

Namrak · Dec 7, 2011

Whatever happened to that one guy who owned a verizon resale store and was giving discounts to phandroid-ers?

GatorsUF · Dec 7, 2011

statepenn03 said:
Friday or Saturday? You said you'll get one on Friday but Rep said 2 appts Saturday morning, so which is it?

Oops Friday I meant.

SunRiser · Dec 7, 2011

SamMax said:
ON Topic
New 3 stooges movie trailer is out: Starring Google, Samsung, and VZW
The Three Stooges - Movie Trailers - iTunes

Fix'd it for ya!

MMcCraryNJ · Dec 7, 2011

HanSolo said:
That's weird. My 3G is working the same as always.

DL has been posting most of the day saying that even their 3G service has been off and on. It's not happening to everyone, but it is happening to a lot of people.

My friend's Xoom and iPhone 4 are both down and out. Another friends 4S is down as well, same area up in Jersey. So it's some sort of widespread general internet issue VZW is having, not just with LTE.

BabyBlues · Dec 7, 2011

AntimonyER said:
Perhaps hackers got fed up with VZW delaying the launch of the GNex?

Where are zedster and ytram??

webz · Dec 7, 2011

I have noticed that my data has been going on and off all day in CT. I'm on an OG Droid and it normally has constant signal at work. I work at a university and we lease space on our roof tops to Verizon for their antennas.

HanSolo · Dec 7, 2011

Namrak said:
Whatever happened to that one guy who owned a verizon rseller store and was giving discounts to phandroid-ers?

His name is vinylfreak89.

I PM'd him late this morning, but he hasn't gotten back to me yet. Well, I asked him to either PM me or post here. He's probably working.

IgnatiusXIX · Dec 7, 2011

zx10droid said:
what a lot of people seem to fail to realize is what releasing a phone in which one of its MAJOR features isnt working properly, and 4g LTE is a big deal on this phone. do you know how many people(regular joes not tech forum folks) would simply walk away from it if they said "yea, well, its supposed to be 4g lte but its broken right now" or how bad that would look on verizon as a company. and with the extra attention this phone in particular is getting, it would only be magnified to be worse. not to mention the inevitable morons who, even if they bought knowing 4g was down, would start blowing up their tech support lines and clog them up . theres a lot more to this than some of us want to realize

So I guess my question to you then would be: What are they telling every other customer (your average customers) who are in their stores right now? Or tomorrow, or the next day? They have to tell them the same thing or show them the door and shutter the windows.

I wouldn't blame VZW if this is why they are delaying. It would suck, because I don't get 4G where I live anyhow, but I would understand that gameplan. (I travel every weekend; that is when I'll utilize 4G.) But on the flip-side, I don't see how they couldn't launch as planned and sell it as they currently are with every other phone on their shelves. "Thats a great choice Mr ZX. You're going to be floored with the 4G speeds you get with this device when the service is restored."

SolidOrange · Dec 7, 2011

FWIW, my razr is going on hour 4 of no connection at all here in upstate south carolina. no 4g, no 3g, no 1x. the outages are NOT made up. this may or may not have anything to do with the delay of the GNex, but since some people are doubting an outage exists, i thought i'd chime in.

burntorangefan · Dec 7, 2011

HanSolo said:
There's something wrong with me, isn't there.

I'm not going to explicitly say yes, but the next time I'm thinking of committing a crime, I'll buy a plane ticket to Chicago first...

Travillion · Dec 7, 2011

A2Aegis said:
It's obvious now that the MotoRazr has indeed become aware. It has sensed the threat that is the Galaxy Nexus and is doing its best to stop it's launch. It's only a matter of time until the gov't starts up its international security system and the Razr takes control. Friday is Judgement Day, and there is only one thing that can save us.

"Too powerful to fall into the wrong hands...." Well, it must have fallen into the wrong hands

HanSolo · Dec 7, 2011

BabyBlues said:
Where are zedster and ytram??

And Jungle? And r4yn?

Ah, the bodies we've left on the side of the road.

AcousticRx · Dec 7, 2011

HanSolo said:
His name is vinylfreak89.

I PM'd him late this morning, but he hasn't gotten back to me yet. Well, I asked him to either PM me or post here. He's probably working.

wait...people were working through all this ruckus today? Hmm..must've missed a memo.

Penguissimo · Dec 7, 2011

Just got off the phone with Best Buy, and they told me that the "Nexus Prime" (she corrected my use of "Galaxy Nexus") is set to come out on Friday.

In other words, who knows what's going on.

Or, as a buddy of mine put it: "maybe it'll be hand delivered by elephants on the day between sunday and monday"

sriehl · Dec 7, 2011

I don't need 4G LTE.

ok, so I'm bitter because the nearest signal is 400 miles away in a city smaller than mine.

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