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

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I texted Miss Piggy:

Miss Piggy said:

I think it's time to make Miss Piggy into some bacon. :(
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I happened to be in town today and stopped in at Costco. The salesman told me that they have plenty of stock in the store but that there was a flag in the system preventing them from selling them. He also stated the flag was system wide throughout Costco, not just at his store so no Costco's can sell them until that is lifted. Ok, so that is not really anything new, however, he then tries to convince me that I should buy it there when it is available as I would get a much better deal. I explained to him that I needed more than a $10 discount to make it worth the savings to make a 90 mile round trip drive to Costco. His answer was what is interesting, yes they will be giving a bundle with it (case, screen protector and car charge) but more significantly he claims that Verizon will be selling it for $349 with a $50 mail in rebate. That's the first I heard of that, anyone have any thoughts?

You just started a riot.:D
 
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I happened to be in town today and stopped in at Costco. The salesman told me that they have plenty of stock in the store but that there was a flag in the system preventing them from selling them. He also stated the flag was system wide throughout Costco, not just at his store so no Costco's can sell them until that is lifted. Ok, so that is not really anything new, however, he then tries to convince me that I should buy it there when it is available as I would get a much better deal. I explained to him that I needed more than a $10 discount to make it worth the savings to make a 90 mile round trip drive to Costco. His answer was what is interesting, yes they will be giving a bundle with it (case, screen protector and car charge) but more significantly he claims that Verizon will be selling it for $349 with a $50 mail in rebate. That's the first I heard of that, anyone have any thoughts?

Wow, shameful lie for a sale. Considering Verizon has done away with mail in rebates, I am gonna go with no on that one.
 
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I happened to be in town today and stopped in at Costco. The salesman told me that they have plenty of stock in the store but that there was a flag in the system preventing them from selling them. He also stated the flag was system wide throughout Costco, not just at his store so no Costco's can sell them until that is lifted. Ok, so that is not really anything new, however, he then tries to convince me that I should buy it there when it is available as I would get a much better deal. I explained to him that I needed more than a $10 discount to make it worth the savings to make a 90 mile round trip drive to Costco. His answer was what is interesting, yes they will be giving a bundle with it (case, screen protector and car charge) but more significantly he claims that Verizon will be selling it for $349 with a $50 mail in rebate. That's the first I heard of that, anyone have any thoughts?

No way he just wanted you to buy from him
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I happened to be in town today and stopped in at Costco. The salesman told me that they have plenty of stock in the store but that there was a flag in the system preventing them from selling them. He also stated the flag was system wide throughout Costco, not just at his store so no Costco's can sell them until that is lifted. Ok, so that is not really anything new, however, he then tries to convince me that I should buy it there when it is available as I would get a much better deal. I explained to him that I needed more than a $10 discount to make it worth the savings to make a 90 mile round trip drive to Costco. His answer was what is interesting, yes they will be giving a bundle with it (case, screen protector and car charge) but more significantly he claims that Verizon will be selling it for $349 with a $50 mail in rebate. That's the first I heard of that, anyone have any thoughts?

he may be right, but this info sleeve they usually put out with the demo phone seems not to mention that( and yes i know this could change too or be old or fake, just putting it out there)

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So, my gf is telling me this forum is going to drive me crazy(...too late) and she suggests that i just wait til the phone comes out and buy it then....haha i explained how they are telling us nothing and that by the time i realize they are actually for sale, i will have missed it and they will be sold out! So i came to this realization...I KNOWWW NOOOOOOTTTHHIINNGGGG!!!!!

Nonetheless, i cant stop hitting f5! And i cant quit this forum now...its awesome and always has the latest/greatest leaks! I'm going to continue checking this forum everyday til the phone comes out, bc i know i will hear it first here! Thanks guys!
 
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5 Inc's in the fam wow! It's a great phone :D

4 Dinc's in my family. 3 out of the 4 were REALLY close to converting to iFruit after the 4S announcement until I convinced them to hold off and see the Gnex.

I also had 2 co-workers convert from Android to Fruit. I convinced them to hold off until mid-November but then lost the war once they went shopping over Black Friday.

So sad :(
 
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strange things afoot at the BigRed V:

i just stopped by my corporate store to complain about the battery life on my rent-a-razr (read as: dig for Galaxy Nexus info). this store was confirming Dec. 9th over the phone on monday, but the first rep i talked to quickly said "we can't talk about that phone, corporate orders". as i started to walk away, a second rep came out from behind the counter and asked me to go look at the rezound if i wanted to exchange for something with a removable battery. i explained that i wasn't interested, to which he replied "no, you'll want to see this." i followed him over to a corner of the store, and he pulled a mythical GNex out of his pocket. he let me hold it for about 30 seconds, enough to gauge weight and size (slightly heavier and thicker than the razr, but definitely "fits" my hand better), then returned it to his pocket and said "come by tomorrow. we have accessories, and i'm not promising anything, but... come by tomorrow." as a manager walked over to see what we were talking about he immediately jumped into a sales pitch for the rezound. not wanting to give anything away, i told him that i would just wait for the GNex, whenever it will be released. this is when the manager replied "we've never even seen that phone, who knows if we'll get it at all." fed up with the disinformation, i asked the 2nd rep for his card, told him i'd see him soon, and left the store.

why would a manager blatantly lie to my face about "never seeing" a phone that one of his reps is currently carrying?? all i can say is that i hope rep #2 still has a job tomorrow... or the 15th... or whatever we're quoting as the release date now. i will be stopping by tomorrow just in case, but the whole situation just struck me as odd. :thinking:

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Exactly.

Everytime it gets pushed back I just say to myself, "Well I've waited this long." - usually works.


I think I said this 100 pages ago...but I'm willing to wait til the 16th. If I wait any longer than that I almost feel obligated to punch myself in the face for being a moron
 
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