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

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HanSolo said:
1. CK, are you a tiny bit thrilled that we might not be getting the Nexus now?
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Are you kidding me? Lol

Heck no! I want some choices and was seriously thinking of getting it despite some of my reservations. I was just going to throw in the towel and put a case on it and move on.

Ive been waiting for this thing for close to a year im not happy at all. I just saw this potentially coming so its not a shocker. Kind of expected it if that makes sense?
 
jasaero said:
Well it seems Nexus devices have to sell themselves to the carriers because of their open nature not being a huge preference to the carriers. I think this is just a means for Samsung promote and show interest in them to all the carriers.
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I may be wrong but i am pretty sure it was done with previous releases of nexus devices. I am almost 100% sure they did this same thing for nexus one
 
Now BMX and P3Droid seem to be having a tiff, with P3Droid insisting that he never said it was delayed, that without an announcement date, "it doesn't exist".

P3Droid has been getting on my nerves lately. A little too "look at me! I've got something to say!" type of attitude.
 
mongstradamus said:
I may be wrong but i am pretty sure it was done with previous releases of nexus devices. I am almost 100% sure they did this same thing for nexus one
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Not sure what you mean, but T-Mo and Sprint are the only carriers to ever even kinda openly embrace a Nexus and even their embrace seemed half hearted with very little marketing help for google. Any carrier will accept a device though if you can show them a HUGE list of peeps interested in a device.
 
kcs7272 said:
CUT THE CRAP VERIZON! You already charge a fortune for service and your on contract prices are getting crazy.

Just announce the date and don't screw the pooch!
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Even a YES we will make sure this Nexus ends up on our Network AT SOME POINT would be good at this point. Some of us are and have been boggled a Nexus is happening on VZW at all ever since such rumors got going!!

Such rumors started about the same time more devices than ever started getting encrypted BL's on VZW just as everyone started getting loud about need for unlocked devices! Not to mention we have seen OEMs point fingers DIRECTLY at VZW since those concerns started becoming more prominent.
 
HanSolo said:
And that's fine. To each his own. But if/when (and that's a HUGE if) Note makes it to Verizon, SGSIII will be right around the corner. And when THAT releases, you'll have Nexus 4 rumors begin to heat up. It never ends, man.

A lot of us are getting what we want in the Galnexusaurus. And while being tired of waiting factors into it, I don't think this phone is a "consolation prize". It's freaking amazing, for what I want from a phone.

I hope you get what you want, CK. But eventually you gotta get off the train. Otherwise this will be you in 30 years. :p

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Lol not sure if anybody noticed, but the bright window at the very end of the train has the shape of the Nexus. . .look at it
 
HanSolo said:
Now BMX and P3Droid seem to be having a tiff, with P3Droid insisting that he never said it was delayed, that without an announcement date, "it doesn't exist".

P3Droid has been getting on my nerves lately. A little too "look at me! I've got something to say!" type of attitude.
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You should've seen the hysterics he stirred up on the DX side. Mentioned he'd give more info when the other shoe dropped. It never did.

I think he knows a lot, but get's one tidbit of out of context info and makes a big deal out of it.
 
cereal killer said:
As an fyi Verizon was listed as a carrier for the Nexus 1 i dont know what ever happened to that one though :p
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People can change right...you have changed your opinions many times during this thread, so could you agree that corporations can change strategies also over time?

I will admit that history has not been kind to the idea that Verizon has worked off of a consumer demand business platform but just like most corporations they have found that if they want to continue to compete in the market place they must adapt to changing consumer demands...do you follow me?

In resent months we can find examples were Verizon has shown examples of changing their philosophy of controlling all aspects to suite their own wants and actually they have given up some control and adapted to consumer demands in an effort to gain market share.

Examples...

Motorola Droid, unencrypted unlockable boot loader.

Motorola Xoom, unencrypted unlockable boot loader, Verizon bloatware free and updates directly from Motorola and Google.

Apple iPhone 4, Verizon bloatware free and updates directly from Apple.

So over the years and most recently Verizon has shown the ability and willingness to adapt to consumer demands and corporate pressure in the development devices.

Have they passed on devices over the years when all signs (Rumors) pointed to other results...yes but what corporation hasn't backed out of deals. Could this be one of those events...anything is possible but the evidence surrounding this exclusive deal is far above anything Verizon has ever backed out of before so the odds are against it.

Even Verizon can change, they see and understand that the consumer drives their business and even a developers phone...and I believe the Nexus is much more than that, can drive new business to Verizon and they know that.

In my opinion they are playing hard to get with Google, they are attempting to gain an advantage in future ventures with Google and Samsung. Verizon has the #1 most advanced network in America and they know it...Google and Samsung knows it and that is why Google and Samsung want this device on the Verizon 4g LTE network. Its a game and we need to understand that there are billions of dollars at stake for all of them and its not a game....its business!;)
 
Guys, let's calm down for just a second. Is there any other source besides P3Droid doubting that Verizon will be carrying this device in early November?

BMX works for Google. He has multiple contacts within Verizon. He has personally used the Nexus for at least a few weeks. He says it works fine on LTE. He said it is getting roughly 6 hours of use, which matches up to what we expect on an LTE, thin phone, and it matches up to what Steven's Love Tunnel said.

The only person I see making a stink is P3Droid.

Everyone else, and I mean everyone, from Samsung Facebookers to Samsung promos during the unveiling, to Verizon's systems, to testers who have handled the device, they are all saying Verizon is going to get this phone.

One guy raises his hand and says "Maybe Verizon isn't getting this after all" and we all freak out?

Remember, P3Droid was the same guy who a few weeks ago was taking a dump on Verizon because they supposedly weren't going to bring a pure Nexus device. Remember? He said RIP N.P. or something like that?

BMX never stopped telling us what the deal was. He's the one the leaked November 3, and that ICS would be coming out around October 31. What he says seems to add up. P3Droid has been more like a windsock than anything else lately. "Oh, Verizon screwed up, we're not getting it, Rest in Peace, NP" to "Awesome, we're getting it! Follow Tom Flemming and Panda Nation!" to "Oh crap, it's not happening guys."

Screw it. I'm done listening to the windsock.

The fact that he stood waiting around in a Verizon store for 45 minutes so that someone could sell him and activate a BIONIC, of all things, and the love he has for that thing since then, all of that kind of tells me where he is on the spectrum of useful info. He doesn't have any.
 
HanSolo said:
Now BMX and P3Droid seem to be having a tiff, with P3Droid insisting that he never said it was delayed, that without an announcement date, "it doesn't exist".

P3Droid has been getting on my nerves lately. A little too "look at me! I've got something to say!" type of attitude.
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Yes but he's the only one being realistic at this point.
 
I'm in a foul mood now lol. I am going to punch something. Then I am going to tell my Droid Charge to sleep downstairs and I'm going to bed.

When I wake up VZW better have their stuff together
 
Calling it a night too fellas.

G'night all. Sleep tight. I'm going to dream of eating an Ice Cream Sandwich and punching a P3Droid.
 
Didn't Verizon announce the Bionic one week before launch? Before that, nothing. So if Nov 3rd is the date, then looking at next Thursday.

The Moto RAZR announcement was somewhat atypical. But Moto and Verizon play differently together.
 
HanSolo said:
Calling it a night too fellas.

G'night all. Sleep tight. I'm going to dream of eating an Ice Cream Sandwich and punching a P3Droid.
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Speak for yourself. I'm eating an ice cream sandwich now and will dream of using a phone with ICS on Verizon's network in November.

That's this November, not next one.
 
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