*Official Galaxy Nexus Pre-Release speculation thread

Puchkey · Dec 10, 2011

IHateMyTreo said:
TOTALLY OFF TOPIC

SLOOOW DAY, so for a little added entertainment...

It

91zcpe · Dec 10, 2011

Well I was a credit card swipe away from having a Nexus. System would not let them sell it. Said to come back tomorrow and try again.

beaumac · Dec 10, 2011

I had my hands on one yesterday. I went to best buy and asked for it. The clerk said he had it and took it out of the cabinet right behind him. I was looking at it and about to explode with excitement. Then the manager walked by and said he had to check the release date. Checked it and there was none so he took it back and wouldn't sell. I'm going to go back right before it closes tonight and hope the manager isn't around...

zedster · Dec 10, 2011

IHateMyTreo said:
TOTALLY OFF TOPIC

SLOOOW DAY, so for a little added entertainment...

It’s too bad that AF is not a “multi-media” forum, meaning that it would be great if posts could be accompanied by sound. That way, each member could have a theme song.

Here are my suggestions for a few theme songs for two of our top thread posters. Add your own!

Han: The Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
BB: Cyndi Lauper

AntimonyER · Dec 10, 2011

Hey yall, just got back from the Georgia Southern football game. 35-23 go Big Blue!

Anyways, what did I miss?

Oh and my theme song? Hmm I think I would have to go with a little original number I wrote, called, all I want for Christmas is my Galaxy Nexus.

EarlyMon · Dec 10, 2011

nbajam said:
How about a link that _substantiates_ the idea that the delay is due to Wallet/ISIS? And no, speculation by a "source" doesn't count. Because their have been plenty of other "sources" that said that isn't true.

If the problem was something as serious as unresolved legal issues over Wallet and ISIS, they would not have made hundreds of thousands of these devices, they would not have shipped them to stores all over the country, and they wouldn't be targeting a release date less then a week away.

I don't have one, I'm simply discussed the speculation on Wallet/ISIS.

FWIW, I posted earlier today that I thought the latest Wallet stories were sensationalizing things.

So, I'm not saying it's delayed over Wallet and not LTE - I don't believe you can find a post with me saying that.

I simply asked for links on the idea that LTE troubles existed sufficiently to hold up the phone.

Here's the deal - as a mod, I've been reading almost _every_ post here since I joined at - what? - the 7 or 8k point?

I've seen various links to the various testers flowing by, but I read those posts as a _mod_ not as an interested user at that time - I just don't click every link.

So, going from my general impressions from that stuff flowing by and taking a higher interest in it now, I was asking for links. I think they must exist.

That's all - no intention of confrontation - just wanting some source info because notional posts and my memory aren't syncing up.

Cool?

Shades.549 · Dec 10, 2011

IHateMyTreo said:
TOTALLY OFF TOPIC

SLOOOW DAY, so for a little added entertainment...

Its too bad that AF is not a multi-media forum, meaning that it would be great if posts could be accompanied by sound. That way, each member could have a theme song.

Here are my suggestions for a few theme songs for two of our top thread posters. Add your own!

Han: The Clash Should I Stay or Should I Go
BB: Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Want to Have Fun
AntimonyER
Jbdan
Steven58
EarlyMon
Nj02vette
Scottg96
The_Chief
Woodraskam

ALL IN GOOD FUN. BE NICE!

Steven58 Love One Another

jbdan · Dec 10, 2011

AntimonyER said:
Hey yall, just got back from the Georgia Southern football game. 35-23 go Big Blue!

Anyways, what did I miss?

Oh and my theme song? Hmm I think I would have to go with a little original number I wrote, called, all I want for Christmas is my Galaxy Nexus.

Eagles!!

Will you play/sing it for us all?

kokiangel · Dec 10, 2011

IHateMyTreo said:
TOTALLY OFF TOPIC

SLOOOW DAY, so for a little added entertainment...

It

MMcCraryNJ · Dec 10, 2011

sperho said:
edit: I should preface my post below with the acknowledgement that I work for a Fortune 500 company that is amongst other things, a supplier of materials and processes to the semiconductor industry, including mobile handset divisions of companies that we all know and love and some love to hate on. I'm not a EE, but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn last night (kidding) and I hobnob with a lot of MEs and EEs in the semi industries (not kidding). I'm an analytical chemist, FWIW.

I don't claim to know the answer to this specific question, but I do know this: not all LTE radios are created equal, nor are their power amplifiers and RF filters. It is perfectly conceivable that the combination of the above-mentioned chips (and likely additional chips) could have had a glitch when assembled in the way that they were in this particular phone, whereas some Moto chipsets might be a proven quantity (I don't know if the Bionic's chipset is the same as the Xyboard's). Like I said, I don't now the real answer, but I stand by my statement that some chipsets can behave differently from another, even though they are supposedly built to a specification.

Furthermore, the firmware that controls the communication between the chipsets and towers absolutely will be different for different makers and their corresponding chip-level design choices. I am hoping that if it is truly an LTE-related issue, that it can be resolved at this level.

Finally, not responding to you Early, but to others that claim "there are already Verizon GSNs out there and they don't have any problems, so it can't be an LTE issue.": wrong. It can very well be a regional thing. If anyone thinks that all LTE towers are absolutely identical, down to the switching center in every region, I would wager a very, very large sum of money that they are dead wrong. If Verizon wants to not have another Thunderbolt or Bionic (or whichever other phones were having problems, I know the Bionic was one of them) customer support/reputation problem on their hands, they are going to want to make sure that it is playing as nicely as they can get it to with their LTE systems in as many regions as they deem acceptable to them. This is consistent with the email that was read to me while at a Verizon store last Friday, which went along the lines of "This phone does not yet meet Verizon's high standards for quality.". This was the reason given to me for the delay of launch.

Now, Verizon may be blowing as much smoke (and/or have political motivations that are beyond our knowledge) as the general feverish population in an internet forum such as this, but that may or may not be borne out in the weeks and months to come.

All that said, I wish Verizon would just issue a press release with some information resembling an explanation. It would calm a lot of nerves and satisfy many customers until the device is actually released. Clearly, they do not completely understand the customer profile of the person that wants to buy this phone.

All that said, WHEN AM I GONNA GET MY NEXUS???!!!

Sigh.

I agree with all of your points. Especially with the sentiment that I want the Nexus too! Been wanting a Nexus device since I saw the Nexus One.

However I don't think Verizon issuing a press release about it would be helpful to anyone. As another member said, there are concerns with investor relations and public relations, among other things. They are a company and a corporation, they would not risk making themselves or any of their partners looks bad.

And anyway, in the contexts of this forum and many others, there is a very big anti-Verizon sentiment already looming. Nobody would believe anything Verizon has to say. People are saying "If Verizon came out and explained things I'd be more comfortable with knowing what the hold up is...". Well, I can almost promise you there would be an even BIGGER outrage because mostly everyone would think Verizon is lying. No matter what, Verizon is the big bad evil corporation and Google is the innocent child who just wants to love. Ain't no press release explanation, true or not, gonna change that sentiment.

I think we all (myself included) need to just sit on our hands and wait for the 15th. Whatever is being worked out will be worked out. Samsung and Google have made a damn good Nexus device. Verizon, all corporate politics aside, has a damn good network. We'll get our phones. And everyone will be happy.

jdduncan11 · Dec 10, 2011

Whew!! That was close. So, how about that Nexus

jbdan · Dec 10, 2011

beaumac said:
I had my hands on one yesterday. I went to best buy and asked for it. The clerk said he had it and took it out of the cabinet right behind him. I was looking at it and about to explode with excitement. Then the manager walked by and said he had to check the release date. Checked it and there was none so he took it back and wouldn't sell. I'm going to go back right before it closes tonight and hope the manager isn't around...

Welcome to AF beaumac!

dyerk18 · Dec 10, 2011

Got to hold a dummy unit today! Was way thinner than the pictures made it seem. Was awesome to have even the shell of the phone in my hands

Puchkey · Dec 10, 2011

over 1500 pages. Good Lord..... What have we done????

Can you imagine if someone just got word of this phone and went to the internet to learn a bit about it. Undoubtedly a google search would bring them to this thread.

How intimidating to see what we have done here.

JustNexus · Dec 10, 2011

Thank you so much guys for the app. Trying to post from the web with my dx is about as frustrating as waiting for the nexus.

EarlyMon · Dec 10, 2011

Ok - we can't decide what's up with the Nexus release and now we're going to start political candidates in this thread?

Yeah. No.

We have a WHOLE forum for that.

Politics and Current Affairs - Android Forums

The post saying watch some debates and gets educated - ok.

The posts that _define_ net neutrality - ok (and possibly on-topic given the Wallet discussions).

Which political leaders are good or bad? How about comparative religion?

Nope. Nothing personal, posts deleted.

Thanks!

zedster · Dec 10, 2011

IHateMyTreo said:
TOTALLY OFF TOPIC

SLOOOW DAY, so for a little added entertainment...

It

DaytonaZ33 · Dec 10, 2011

beaumac said:
I had my hands on one yesterday. I went to best buy and asked for it. The clerk said he had it and took it out of the cabinet right behind him. I was looking at it and about to explode with excitement. Then the manager walked by and said he had to check the release date. Checked it and there was none so he took it back and wouldn't sell. I'm going to go back right before it closes tonight and hope the manager isn't around...

Don't bother. It won't be active in our POS system, when he tries to ring it up, it'll give him an error that the SKU isn't active, and he won't be able to sell it.

garbageduck · Dec 10, 2011

This might've been mentioned but I havent been on much. I was in my local corporate store on Friday and the tv's inside had a screen mentioning the double data promo ends Monday

JustNexus · Dec 10, 2011

DaytonaZ33 said:
Don't bother. It won't be active in our POS system, when he tries to ring it up, it'll give him an error that the SKU isn't active, and he won't be able to sell it.

They can't sell outside the system?

Also is there any reason why the manager I talked to tonight will know more? Any chance they release it Sunday?

DaytonaZ33 · Dec 10, 2011

JustNexus said:
They can't sell outside the system?

Absolutely and unequivocally no.

TurboShane · Dec 10, 2011

garbageduck said:
This might've been mentioned but I havent been on much. I was in my local corporate store on Friday and the tv's inside had a screen mentioning the double data promo ends Monday

Perfect timing to release the Nexus on the 15th.

trophynuts · Dec 10, 2011

i will no longer believe anything until VZW officially gives out info. no ifs ands or buts. i don't care who/where rumored info comes from its going in one ear and out the other for me.

Hope everyone has a good weekend. I wish Army would have won this game i'm watching.

zx10droid · Dec 10, 2011

hey guys been away a few hours and pages upon pages have passed, anything new?

jkc120 · Dec 10, 2011

Couple of questions on the phandroid app. When I refresh, it goes to the top of the posts and I have to scroll all the way down. Is there a setting for that to go to the bottom?

The second one is a bit more annoying. When I switch apps or back to the home screen, when I go back to the phandroid app and have to click back through to my favorites, the the nexus forum, and finally long press to go to the latest post. Why doesn't the app remember where you were? It's a pain to context switch since I have to go through all that and I wind up on the last post, even if I was a page or two behind when I left the app. Thoughts?

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