*Official Galaxy Nexus Pre-Release speculation thread

DCRussian · Dec 9, 2011

Hey guys, I was trying to find out that phone "swap"/cheap phones site that everyone recommends, I can't seem to find it, can anyone help me? My ENV Touch is just about busted and today was supposed to be replacement day, but I need a phone till the Nexus comes out.

Sushibagel · Dec 9, 2011

If I could speak to the person who made the decision to delay I would have some very nice words for them that I wont say now because it will probably get me banned.

woodraskam · Dec 9, 2011

truelove79 said:
No, it's not, at least not entirely. It's to provide a service to its customers while also making enough profit to stay in business and expand that business so you can better serve your customers and possibly reach more customers. Yes, I realize a company needs to make money. But believe it or not, some companies actually care more about doing what's right for their customer base than making gobs of money. If you make your customer happy and keep them happy, you WILL make money.

I'll admit that I'm a Google fanboy, but I truly believe that their employees take the "Don't be Evil" motto to heart, and they're doing ok financially.

durangojim · Dec 9, 2011

OfTheDamned said:
I'm in the store and the manager says he doesn't care.

GETTING NEXUS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No freaking way!bthat's awesome! I'm in an airplane right now at 36000 feet following this thread hoping that when i land in orlando, I can go get a nexus.

vandyman · Dec 9, 2011

jdduncan11 said:
I'll probably get the iPhone if this is not out by the 16th.

Oh man - I am going to be eating some crow at the office

STOP, Don't jump. The Gnex support team is here to help.

darejer · Dec 9, 2011

Remember when everyone was astonished why Apple would chose ATT over Verizon? Hmmm...

When Sprint and ATT catch up on the LTE, VZW customers will leave in droves.

Crashumbc · Dec 9, 2011

Ok folks,

I'm out I'll miss you guys! I hope you love your phones! I leave for a cruise tomorrow and won't be back till the 20th so I'll miss the launch

Anyone in the MD/DC area PLEASE leave one so I can't get when I get back!

Steve/Early leave this thread open till I get back and can post my Nexus pics! OR ELSE!

There really isn't a "else" Have fun guys good luck!

SamMax · Dec 9, 2011

HanSolo said:
If I were you I'd talk to the manager when you get there and tell him that you'll hand over the phone only if the rep who sold you the phone keeps his job. Otherwise, it's no deal, and you'll go to the blogs about it and get HIM fired.

Keep the phone in the glove compartment of your car until you get the okay.

The manager was right there and was in on the sale. Her boss from their corporate threatened the fire the entire staff if they didn't get that phone back...he could have been bluffing but it wasn't worth the risk.

Stigy · Dec 9, 2011

OfTheDamned said:
I'm in the store and the manager says he doesn't care.

GETTING NEXUS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*checks calendar*

Nope, not April 1st!!

:eek:

NCTurner · Dec 9, 2011

SamMax said:
OK here's the skinny...

I went to buy the phone thinking there's no way I'm walking out of this store with it. The activation went through just fine but they couldn't ring up the sku.

...I consider these people friends and wouldn't want to see them fired. I am unemployed right now and I realize how tough it is out there.

but here is the good news...When I called Verizon to make certain that my upgrade eligabity was reset, I explained to the rep what happened. The Verizon rep was very forthcoming and told me that Verizon has not deleted the Nexus from their info guide but only hidden it, she says the release date is there and it's the 15th. I asked how she knew this and she said she really wants the Nexus so she went digging and found it, of course we all know that could change, but I don't doubt the rep for 1 second (and I usually doubt everything) that the 15th is the target date.

VERY classy, Sam! And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what the Golden Rule is all about! (you know...about doing unto others as you'd have them do unto you)

jbdan · Dec 9, 2011

BabyBlues said:
I'm actually doing some work.

And I'm ready to throw my phone. The phandroid app is possessed. The screen keeps changing zoom. It's frakling annoying

Full wipe and re-flash you're golden hop to it

halon · Dec 9, 2011

I joined twitter a long time ago. Today is the first time I signed in. Will all the tweets do anything? Probably not.

Here's to hoping...

tom76 · Dec 9, 2011

BlueBiker said:
It's pure evil for a company to try to boost its bottom line? Isn't that the whole point of having a company?

Speaking of boosting the bottom line...to me it doesn't make since to have phones in stock and not sell them! If they are trying to push the Razr + Rezound the Gnex just gives the consumer an extra option and most likely more sales :thinking:

halon · Dec 9, 2011

I joined twitter a long time ago. Today is the first time I signed in. Will all the tweets do anything? Probably not.

Here's to hoping...

jasaero · Dec 9, 2011

Steven58 said:
This is good news to me because I was starting to think the delay was originating from some kind of major issue with the phone, BUT WHY DID I THINK THAT? I HELD THE PHONE MYSELF? (I'm going insane).

Enjoy!

This really seems to point back to the Wallet stuff being a legal issue. It's all so weird to have a Nexus hitting VZW at all though, so in the end I am not sure I am surprised to see this be a difficult phone for them to finally send out a sell order one. Just not a VZW thing to deliberately sell open devices, even though they are supposedly bound to do so by C-Block rules and actually have an open device development portal on the nets.

zx10droid · Dec 9, 2011

@sammax, i havent seen it asked so i figured i would, and if this was asked and i missed it i apologize, but were you immediatly prompted for an update after you activated it?

Stigy · Dec 9, 2011

OfTheDamned said:
I'm in the store and the manager says he doesn't care.

GETTING NEXUS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As an FYI, I remember this being a Best Buy store correct? My friend works there and he said it wouldn't let him ring the SKU up. The manager may not care, but I don't think the system will allow it.

Premium1 · Dec 9, 2011

ChiTownJim said:
Well I only have till the 13th to Return my Rezound . I think I'm going to go in this weekend an exchange my Rezound for an Iphone 4S . And use it until the Nexus come out . Reason being is I think when I go to sell the Iphone I'll get more money for it then I would the Rezound
Originally I wanted to compare the Rezound and Nexus side by side but after almost a month with it I can not deal with Sense even with launchers over it , it just bothers me and it makes me miss my CM7 Thunderbolt that I gave to my mom . It will be fun to play with Siri for a few days anyways haha

You only get one exchange.. you will be stuck paying full price on nexus.

Laxstar785 · Dec 9, 2011

from a common sense stand point....seeing as there are some reports there's no issues with the phone itself they are just holding it back....is because the razr isn't selling. And most likely because people want the nexus. The best thing we can all do at this point is wait and stick it to motorola and verizon for trying to force there bloatware crap down our throats. Granted verizon will still get our money we will still be showing what we as consumers really want....think of all the marketing verizon has put out for the razr.....and then the nexus comes out and blows its sales out of the water with absolutely no marketing....might make them rethink things, as always money talks to those greedy higher ups.

HanSolo · Dec 9, 2011

OfTheDamned said:
I'm in the store and the manager says he doesn't care.

GETTING NEXUS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!! Congrats!!

Well, this thread had a great run.

I'll miss you everyone!!

zerocool79346 · Dec 9, 2011

RazorSharp said:
Yes Folks, December 15 is Verizon

SolidOrange · Dec 9, 2011

Asterdroid said:
To everyone who keeps giving ultimatums and posting "I'll buy an iPhone if it's not out by this date" rants....

Why? What's another week when you're going to have the phone for 20 months minimum (in most cases)?

Is it just that you don't see much advantage to the GN over the iPhone?

Please don't take this as an attack. I'm just curious.

i'm not much on ultimatums, but i said this during the thunderbolt release and it fits this discussion just as well. every week you wait now is another week you have to wait for your next phone as well. if the phone had released here the same time as it did in the UK, you would already be close to a month into your new contract, and a month closer to a future upgrade.

truelove79 · Dec 9, 2011

OfTheDamned said:
I'm in the store and the manager says he doesn't care.

GETTING NEXUS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let us know if you're able to activate it.

Starbuckpga · Dec 9, 2011

OfTheDamned said:
I'm in the store and the manager says he doesn't care.

GETTING NEXUS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then that manager just lost his job.

MSUgEEk · Dec 9, 2011

SamMax said:
The manager was right there and was in on the sale. Her boss from their corporate threatened the fire the entire staff if they didn't get that phone back...he could have been bluffing but it wasn't worth the risk.

ROFL!!!! Fire the entire staff?? YEAH RIGHT!!! That would've been his last move on the Verizon staff as well.

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