Just another long-time lurker here >.>Winding the time machine way back, my dorm room heater was so hot, I could fry eggs on it. In the dead of winter (in upstate NY), we had the window open it was so hot. This was with the heater control turned OFF.
Morning all.
If the Gnex isn't released in the US tomorrow, I will seriously be considering going over the bridge just to check one out. I live in Buffalo so this wouldn't be a terribly long drive. I've had zero luck with store CSR's and doubt they would let me look at one even if they DID have them in store.
Although, I DOUBT the GF would let me do this! lol
Hello everyone
I wanted to start off by thanking each and every one of you that has contributed to this thread - you've provided a lot of great information for people diving into the android world for the first time. I am very much appreciative.
I have two questions if anyone can chime in and give their two cents.
First, slashgear just reported (not sure how breaking the news is) that the costco deal looks to be ten bucks off ($290) and a “Member Bonus Accessory Pack.”
I have a $50 loyalty discount at verizon wireless that will drop cost to $250 buying straight from vzw. Do you guys believe the accessory pack will be worth the $40 bucks? Any guesses as to what it will include? I am very much interested in the car mount, not sure what else I'll be interested in.
Secondly, I'm not sure whether or not to buy and immediately pay ETF. January 5th I leave on a study abroad program to Spain, and I get back to the US, earliest July 5th, latest August 5th. I'll be disabling the phone save for wifi for those six months. I'm paying $40 a month on a family plan, so that's $240 to $280 I'll pay Verizon for nothing in those months.
My other option is to pay the ETF ($350?), port my phone number to google voice ($20?), and cancel my verizon service (save $240 to $280). As I will be out of my contract when I get back to the states in August and hop back in on my family plan, that would allow me to get the promotional 2-year contract price on a phone whenever I want from then on. But I seem to lose a little money and porting to google voice when I go international (to not lose my number) and porting back to verizon when I'm back seems to be a hassle. Your thoughts?
Hello everyone
I wanted to start off by thanking each and every one of you that has contributed to this thread - you've provided a lot of great information for people diving into the android world for the first time. I am very much appreciative.
I have two questions if anyone can chime in and give their two cents.
First, slashgear just reported (not sure how breaking the news is) that the costco deal looks to be ten bucks off ($290) and a “Member Bonus Accessory Pack.”
I have a $50 loyalty discount at verizon wireless that will drop cost to $250 buying straight from vzw. Do you guys believe the accessory pack will be worth the $40 bucks? Any guesses as to what it will include? I am very much interested in the car mount, not sure what else I'll be interested in.
Secondly, I'm not sure whether or not to buy and immediately pay ETF. January 5th I leave on a study abroad program to Spain, and I get back to the US, earliest July 5th, latest August 5th. I'll be disabling the phone save for wifi for those six months. I'm paying $40 a month on a family plan, so that's $240 to $280 I'll pay Verizon for nothing in those months.
My other option is to pay the ETF ($350?), port my phone number to google voice ($20?), and cancel my verizon service (save $240 to $280). As I will be out of my contract when I get back to the states in August and hop back in on my family plan, that would allow me to get the promotional 2-year contract price on a phone whenever I want from then on. But I seem to lose a little money and porting to google voice when I go international (to not lose my number) and porting back to verizon when I'm back seems to be a hassle. Your thoughts?
My diet in college consisted entirely of pizza, pasta, and chicken tenders. Eggs simply weren't fast enough! Of course, this is well before I knew how to eat properly and wondered why I couldn't gain muscle weight for the life of me.
LOL - I know what you mean. Dunno how many bowls of Fruit Loops I ate, in addition to pizza, Hot Truck (on campus favorite for late night food), and anything that could go into a fry daddy.
WHAT??? jklsdafjkl;sdfajkl; I am absolutely speechless. I would NEVER have seen that coming.
There's an issue with releasing after Christmas though. Doing that means they would lose potential revenue/profit. Christmas shopping is probably the biggest shopping time of the year. Millions of consumers shelling out money for the newest gadgets. If they lose out on that, I can see the Board of Directors firing the CEO and the marketing team for being incompetent.
...Bring her to dinner somewhere nice to soften her up. Better yet, bring her to dinner in Canada.
That's odd because my sister purchased an OG Droid when Big Red was running the BOGO deal, re-upped her contract for 2 years to get the online price, then just a month or two later she purchased a Droid2. Both times she paid the price listed as "with a 2 year contract" and all transactions were done online without speaking to anyone or getting any approval.
Meh, maybe that was just because they were pushing the D2, I don't know.
Well thanks for the correction anyway.
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