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

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One thing I haven't seen mentioned is Facebook. I know they said social media is an integral part of the Nexus and ICS, but I only saw Google+, Twitter, Picassa, but nothing about Facebook. Does anyone know if Facebook will be native to ICS or will we have to download the app? I like being able to select what social media I want on my phone and it automatically links contacts for me.
 
daygo718 said:
One thing I haven't seen mentioned is Facebook. I know they said social media is an integral part of the Nexus and ICS, but I only saw Google+, Twitter, Picassa, but nothing about Facebook. Does anyone know if Facebook will be native to ICS or will we have to download the app? I like being able to select what social media I want on my phone and it automatically links contacts for me.
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No social app should be native. If it's native and I can't remove it, that's called Bloatware (remember how we all hate that stuff?).
 
Ok guys, we need to start bombarding VZW with frequent and public requests for information. I suggest posting and commenting on their Facebook page. I just did it, I recommend you all do it as well.

Why is no... | Facebook

No foul language or anything like that, just call them out on what they're doing to our poor cereal killer.
 
Ytram said:
Ok guys, we need to start bombarding VZW with frequent and public requests for information. I suggest posting and commenting on their Facebook page. I just did it, I recommend you all do it as well.

Why is no... | Facebook

No foul language or anything like that, just call them out on what they're doing to our poor cereal killer.
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Lol, you commented on one of my posts also. We must overwhelm them
 
daygo718 said:
One thing I haven't seen mentioned is Facebook. I know they said social media is an integral part of the Nexus and ICS, but I only saw Google+, Twitter, Picassa, but nothing about Facebook. Does anyone know if Facebook will be native to ICS or will we have to download the app? I like being able to select what social media I want on my phone and it automatically links contacts for me.
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I too noticed that mention of Facebook was conspicuously absent. Maybe Zuckerberg made fun of JK Shin's mom or something. :rolleyes:
 
Ytram said:
I can think of at least two.

1) VZW is no longer going to offer it, which I'm assuming is what you're saying
2) VZW is supposed to be the one to announce it, for a variety of reasons, including exclusivity agreements, conflicts with other Droid products and their pre-orders, among others.
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A lot of people have questioned the announcements of Motorola's RAZR and Sumsung's Galaxy Nexus on the same date (North America). I've read comments all over the interwebs about how "stupid" this company was or how "dumb" that decision was, etc.

Obviously Moto and Verizon didn't want this to go down the way it did. In my opinion that's why we haven't seen anything official yet and why it will be a few days before VZW makes the announcement. I can see why Moto and VZW would be pissed at Google and Samsung for the timing of their release. I think this "delayed" announcement is probably part of the agreed upon schedule between all four parties.

But what the heck to I know?
 
So, it turned out that BGR was the closest predictor of specs. Go figure. I've learned a lot about speculations and speculation threads. You don't really know until you really know.

Our source had a copy of the phone in his/her hand. That copy, we learned today, was last in hand this past July. A lot can happen in four months. Dimensions change, battery size can change, clock speed can change. Release dates can change, etc.

In the meantime, what threads like this do is to try to get some info out and enthusiasm up. Not such a bad thing. I'd say, we had about 50-60% right? We did have the right idea, though.

I would like to continue this type of thing as the occasions arise.

This is not a goodbye thread, it's kind of a "what I'm learning" type thread. However, I want to say that you guys have carried yourselves so very well that it's been a joy for me to participate in and even moderate, at times.

I'm not going anywhere, we have about three weeks more, as I understand it. After that? We start another type of thread. "Samsung Galaxy Nexus-First impression", or "Samsung Galaxy Nexus-Bugs" ;)

Steven
 
red66charger said:
A lot of people have questioned the announcements of Motorola's RAZR and Sumsung's Galaxy Nexus on the same date (North America). I've read comments all over the interwebs about how "stupid" this company was or how "dumb" that decision was, etc.

Obviously Moto and Verizon didn't want this to go down the way it did. In my opinion that's why we haven't seen anything official yet and why it will be a few days before VZW makes the announcement. I can see why Moto and VZW would be pissed at Google and Samsung for the timing of their release. I think this "delayed" announcement is probably part of the agreed upon schedule between all four parties.

But what the heck to I know?
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here's what YodaDroid said over in the RAZR thread about this issue (and my understanding is that he's pretty reliable). it makes some sense, and the history of Nexus devices (not being backed by much marketing at all) would seem to support the hypothesis as well:

VZW isn't pushing the Nexus. That's all Google and Samsung. Now, VZW isn't about to say no to another device that drives customers to their stores - they win as long as you sign up for a new contract or contract extension.

With Droid phones, VZW gets to extend their branding onto the devices as well as keeping other carriers in the US from getting those same devices.
 
jasaero said:
And if CK and I's mild concerns become reality it stays open forever and get's stickied as a reminder for all future VZW intended hardware releases?
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Lol!! Exactly......

People are pretending like nothing is going on. "It cant happen there are videos with 4G LTE on the back of devices" "it said Verizon on the pulldown its happening!"

I am here to tell you its meaningless until you see something official and now you see why. The reason it was taken down is not because verizon wants to keep it under wraps its because its not a done deal.

Wait..........hey jasaero you smell that? What the heck is that? It smells like smoke. Guys ill be right back.................
 
huskerkate said:
VZW isn't pushing the Nexus. That's all Google and Samsung. Now, VZW isn't about to say no to another device that drives customers to their stores - they win as long as you sign up for a new contract or contract extension.
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Exactly as someone who looks and types surprisingly like me predicted. Verizon is going to sell it, sure... but they're going to play it WAYYYY down while sinking all their marketing money and efforts into the RAZR.

Nexus will sit in the smartphone section with little more than a label with features and price. RAZR will get the commercials, ads, signs, and reps pushing it like crystal meth. :)
 
The_Chief said:
Exactly as someone who looks and types surprisingly like me predicted. Verizon is going to sell it, sure... but they're going to play it WAYYYY down while sinking all their marketing money and efforts into the RAZR.

Nexus will sit in the smartphone section with little more than a label with features and price. RAZR will get the commercials, ads, signs, and reps pushing it like crystal meth. :)
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I think many people predicted that was going to be case :-) droid branding is their bread and butter and they can have as much control as they want.
 
The_Chief said:
Exactly as someone who looks and types surprisingly like me predicted. Verizon is going to sell it, sure... but they're going to play it WAYYYY down while sinking all their marketing money and efforts into the RAZR.

Nexus will sit in the smartphone section with little more than a label with features and price. RAZR will get the commercials, ads, signs, and reps pushing it like crystal meth. :)
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And let's the Android enthusiasts and developers snatch up a great nexus device on the largest carrier. I get chills thinking about the dev support this phone will have.
 
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