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

[EarlyMon]

As a prosecutor I hate the 5th.

Spoiler

Yes, I agree.

Then I have no choice but to sentence you to the Special Place that is ...

Spoiler

DISCO!

Walter Murphy - A Fifth of Beethoven - YouTube

This penalty courtesy of DREAD - Detroit Rockers Engaged in the Abolition of Disco.

 

[Rrrracer]

Anything you need for the phone to function normally (ie battery, sim cards, a wall charger) will be included.

OK in that case, my next question is why are people asking if they can transfer their SIM card from their Thunderbolt, etc?

 

[Steven58]

Steven I need your help now..........lol

I'd like to, but I think Early would ban me.

 

[HanSolo]

OK in that case, my next question is why are people asking if they can transfer their SIM card from their Thunderbolt, etc?

I think it

 

[BabyBlues]

Getting bored, gotta get some more work done in the last 40 minutes I have before I go home. . .but I just had a thought: It

 

[Rrrracer]

I think it

 

[Cam]

Yargh so what you're saying is that even if I preorder the phone, I'm still gonna have to pay a visit to the local VZW store to activate it?!

I would think a preordered phone would be activated prior to shipping.

 

[Sushibagel]

This may be a re-post not sure I did see some talk along the lines of this earlier but not sure if this was linked. So sorry if it is.

Found this over on XDA its pretty interesting stuff about locking up our phones.
It is Illegal for Verizon to Lock Some Bootloaders | xda-developers

 

[BLD]

hilarious, now its exclusive again

Maybe they realized they were getting screwed by Motorola with exclusivity on the razr and quick made up with Samsung and Google to make sure its exclusive.

 

[brain85]

It's funny how 3 weeks goes by in a snap when I'm not looking forward to something, but it feels like a year when I am.

 

[Interestingman]

I think it

 

[Interestingman]

I'm almost certain that you don't need any store to activate a 4G phone if you've already had a 4G phone. You just put your existing SIM card into the new phone and it activates itself (on VZW anyway). Going from 3G to 4G is a different matter.

Now that microSIMS are getting thrown into the mix (I don't believe the Nexus will have this), the smaller SIM cards will have to be activated somehow.

 

[huskerkate]

this probably doesn't mean much, but the ads being shown by Sammy in these AF pages say that the GNex is "Pure Google"...

 

[mongstradamus]

Maybe they realized they were getting screwed by Motorola with exclusivity on the razr and quick made up with Samsung and Google to make sure its exclusive.

share some of these hot phones with the rest of the united states :-(

 

[EarlyMon]

I scream, you scream, we all scream...

Motorola Says Devices Will Get ICS Within 6 Weeks of Release, Beginning With RAZR, Bionic and XOOM

 

[BabyBlues]

this probably doesn't mean much, but the ads being shown by Sammy in these AF pages say that the GNex is "Pure Google"...

I saw the same thing. It gives me hope.

 

[Rrrracer]

I'm almost certain that you don't need any store to activate a 4G phone if you've already had a 4G phone. You just put your existing SIM card into the new phone and it activates itself (on VZW anyway). Going from 3G to 4G is a different matter.

This is my scenario, coming from an OG DInc. Just trying to figure out what will be necessary when I finally get this thing in my hands.

So... if I preorder, I will still have to take the phone into Verizon for them to program the SIM card? Its not a big deal, just want to be prepared

 

[Interestingman]

This is my scenario, coming from an OG DInc. Just trying to figure out what will be necessary when I finally get this thing in my hands.

So... if I preorder, I will still have to take the phone into Verizon for them to program the SIM card? Its not a big deal, just want to be prepared

You shouldn't have to go in anywhere. I don't know if you can activate a SIM with MyVerizon or not, but you could always call VZW and they can activate the SIM over the phone. I would guess there will be instructions in the box too, if it gets sent to you.

 

[mongstradamus]

I scream, you scream, we all scream...

Motorola Says Devices Will Get ICS Within 6 Weeks of Release, Beginning With RAZR, Bionic and XOOM

I noticed no atrix 2 that was released after the bionic ouchies

 

[Interestingman]

Yargh so what you're saying is that even if I preorder the phone, I'm still gonna have to pay a visit to the local VZW store to activate it?!

I'm trying to remember when I ordered a phone online last from VZW... I'm almost certain that even when you order the phone, at some point, after receiving the phone, you have to agree to the "terms and conditions" of your new 2-yr contract (if you buy it subsidized) ... but this can be over the phone (from a landline, likely) or on MyVerizon.

 

[EarlyMon]

I scream, you scream, we all scream...

Motorola Says Devices Will Get ICS Within 6 Weeks of Release, Beginning With RAZR, Bionic and XOOM

I noticed no atrix 2 that was released after the bionic ouchies

Yeap - I don't know how that works, or what the numbers come out to.

But the big news there settles any doubt for those that were unsure:

- Source going into AOSP code repository available for use by anyone -

- Immediate return on the whole rendezvous promised for phones and tablets -

moto =/= google <--- that deal isn't final yet, so yep, this is a big enough announcement

Especially for the Gnex'rs that have been posting about wanting a custom rom.

 

[gapi]

This is my scenario, coming from an OG DInc. Just trying to figure out what will be necessary when I finally get this thing in my hands.

So... if I preorder, I will still have to take the phone into Verizon for them to program the SIM card? Its not a big deal, just want to be prepared

No problem. Instructions will be in the box. Its very easy. All your contacts and such will be transferred too.
Or you can call Verizon support and they will guide you. It only take a couple minutes.

 

[BLD]

share some of these hot phones with the rest of the united states :-(

I also think that if this thing does drop exclusive Verizon will hype the crap out of it.

 

[Sushibagel]

I scream, you scream, we all scream...

Motorola Says Devices Will Get ICS Within 6 Weeks of Release, Beginning With RAZR, Bionic and XOOM

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[cereal killer]

I scream, you scream, we all scream...

Motorola Says Devices Will Get ICS Within 6 Weeks of Release, Beginning With RAZR, Bionic and XOOM

confirmation via official Moto twitter.

RAZR love.....Ice cream Sammiches for everyone

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