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

[AntimonyER]

I have no Idea how to convert them but I XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and they are 720p mp4's. I still would like to compress them though cause they are a bit large and already consume most of my 1.5TB's

Just a heads-up, I don't think the Mods really like people discussing what I X'ed out in your quote. You may want to edit it

 

[MSUgEEk]

Another day of waking up with no Nexus. I'm sure this day will bring no official news just like all the other days.

 

[Delvirtud]

Nothing wrong with lurking. Was a lurker on the DInc thread 2 years ago, and now I'm lurking here for my next phone upgrade.

So, how about that NBA lockout? It appears that the labor meeting is still going on right now.

/lurk

You all may not know me, BUT I know you frequent posters very well.
Plus I get the most updated info here (even b4 the parent site Phandroid or Engadget).

del

 

[AntimonyER]

Good morning, everyone. I just got on VZW and searched for Nexus, and got sniped by a CSR. I made up some song and dance about wanting to switch from AT&T to Verizon before the 22nd because that's when a new billing cycle begins at AT&T for me (I know, I know, I'm a genius), and wanted to know if the SGN would be available before then. She said that she thought so.

Also, I said that "my friend" said that cases were getting sent to stores now and that means the phone is coming in a few days, right? She said no, that phones are available online before they are in stores. She did say "phones" plural, so she might be referring to all phones in general, which I don't think is true, or she might be referring to the most recent releases, which is true.

I'm sitting at VZW waiting to be sniped again. I'll let you guys know if I hear anything else.

Haha, its like putting a helmet on a melon, impaling it on a stick, and poking it out of the foxhole to bait a sniper into revealing their position. I like it.

 

[AntimonyER]

Another day of waking up with no Nexus. I'm sure this day will bring no official news just like all the other days.

Yeah, if official news is what you desire, gonna have to wait until after the Rezound launch I am afraid.

 

[TheRoosevelt]

Good morning, everyone. I just got on VZW and searched for Nexus, and got sniped by a CSR. I made up some song and dance about wanting to switch from AT&T to Verizon before the 22nd because that's when a new billing cycle begins at AT&T for me (I know, I know, I'm a genius), and wanted to know if the SGN would be available before then. She said that she thought so.

Also, I said that "my friend" said that cases were getting sent to stores now and that means the phone is coming in a few days, right? She said no, that phones are available online before they are in stores. She did say "phones" plural, so she might be referring to all phones in general, which I don't think is true, or she might be referring to the most recent releases, which is true.

I'm sitting at VZW waiting to be sniped again. I'll let you guys know if I hear anything else.

I never gets teh sniped

Seriously though, how did you do it? I searched Rezound yesterday and waited for like 10 minutes, and today I searched the Nexus and still no dice. I want some communication here, even if it's with the bottom of the food chain CSRs

 

[TheRoosevelt]

Also: ICS Ported To Galaxy S i9003 | xda-developers

 

[Stigy]

To talk to a CSR, just go to any phone page and in the top right corner it will say "Need help with your order?" - click that and a chat will open

Edit: this is from the RAZR page.

 

[mattsh33]

Firstly I want to warmly welcome newbies. Thanks for signing up! You give this thread and our site new life! Welcome!

A note to lurkers! STOP LURKING! Join us! Join the fun. Give us a chance to have some fun with you. Come out of the corners! We're having fun here, and would love to hear from you!

Sincerely,
Steven

Fine, you pulled me out of the corner.

A little about myself...

My passion for smartphones began with.... (I hate to admit this) the BB Storm. I remember camping out at 4 AM at my local VZW store and posting obsessively with all my fellow campers on the Crackberry forums. I had so much fun I knew I was hooked on the whole process, the build-up (on the forums) the camping and finally receiving and contributing to the community.

Then one day on that forum somebody posted a link about a new phone coming out called DROID on VZ. I quickly became intrigued but was struggling with switching platforms because at that time I thought I was a die hard BB fan and loved using BBM with all my friends and family. The more and more I learned about the DROID the more I started realizing how much the BB was lacking.

My "obsession" quickly turned to the Original Droid. I believe at that time I made a profile on AF but never really got in to posting on here. The day finally arrived and I took the day off work and got my VZW store early and bought the Droid. I was hooked at that point, BB OS didn't hold up at all compared to Android. I loved the openess of the platform, the web browser, learning how to "root" my phone for the first time.

I remember my first sense of accomplishment when I rooted my phone and got pinch-to-zoom to work on my browser, how awesome!

I was so jealous when I saw the Nexus 1 was being released on T-Mobile but that feeling was soon negated when I saw that it would be arriving on VZW soon. Well as we all know, that began to slip further and further back and then all the sudden the DINC was captured in the Wild. That quickly became my must-have phone.

I believe if my memory serves me correctly I was able to pre-order the DINC at Best Buy by purchasing a 50.00 gift card. I was the first to pre-order and had the first appointment of the morning. I took the day off work and arrived at the store, dashed to the mobile department and was told their shipment of DINC's did not arrive yet. I was FURIOUS! They assured me the shipment was on its way and would be there by 2 PM that day.

Of course I couldn't wait so I left and went to my VZW store and they had plenty in stock. So I purchased it there instead. I loved the DINC it was an awesome phone and I literally talked my whole family in to getting one. Then the DX came out.

I got my mother all up in the hype of getting a new phone so she accompanied me to camp out at a VZW store and buy the DX. I had that phone for about 2 weeks before I couldn't stand it anymore so I went back to the DINC.

At that time I told myself I wouldn't get another phone till a phone was was released with a 4in screen and front facing camera... And wouldn't you know the DINC 2 came out. So that brings me to today and my current phone. (I should mention I got the iphone 4 when it was released to test it out. I kept it for 30 days: Absolutely gorgeous phone and gorgeous display but I could not stand not having free navigation and the openess of android so I dropped it)

There was a point where I left my DINC 2 at work and was leaving on a week long trip that night so I ran out and bought the Charge. I loved the 4G on that phone and the blazing speeds, I hated taking that one back, but I saw the reports on BGR about a "nexus prime" device that was finally coming to VZW.

I began regliously follow the news on the SGN. I was so disappointed when the press conference got pushed back but when it was finally rescheduled I decided I was going to throw and Ice Cream Sandwich party. I bought a bunch of Ice Cream Sandwiches, had some friends over and put the live feed on the big screen and I saw the next stage in Android and I have been excited ever since.

A little about my personal life...

I'm 26 years old and in the Air Force, I'm married to a beautiful wife and we just had our first child a little over 1 year ago. My wife has been absolutely supportive of my passion for technology (although it is a lucrative business)

I lurk on the forums every single day itching for any new news. Reading here has definitely passed the time and I cannot wait to get back in the forum community and start to contribute again.

 

[TheRoosevelt]

To talk to a CSR, just go to any phone page and in the top right corner it will say "Need help with your order?" - click that and a chat will open

Edit: this is from the RAZR page.

Thanks, but I wantz the snipe

Fine, you pulled me out of the corner.

A little about myself...
...

Hey, welcome to the forum, Matt!
We've really attracted quite a bunch of novelists

 

[HanSolo]

I never gets teh sniped

Seriously though, how did you do it? I searched Rezound yesterday and waited for like 10 minutes, and today I searched the Nexus and still no dice. I want some communication here, even if it's with the bottom of the food chain CSRs

I just go on to the site and without logging in, I go to Shop, then Plans. Click on the little chat button on the upper right hand area of the screen. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But don't log in. I think they are more helpful if they think you are going to be a new customer.

 

[HanSolo]

Thanks, but I wantz the snipe

That was the first time I got sniped. It didn't happen again so I just did the chat button route.

UPDATE:

So the second CSR tells me that the Nexus will not be available before the 22nd, but I highly suspect he was lying in order to get a sale. Also, I highly suspect he is an idiot. He asked me some questions about what I want in a phone, and I responded thinness, HD screen, no hard keyboard. And what does he recommend?

A Bionic.

 

[Interestingman]

To talk to a CSR, just go to any phone page and in the top right corner it will say "Need help with your order?" - click that and a chat will open

Edit: this is from the RAZR page.

Thanks! Let's bombard them with Nexus queries.

 

[The_Chief]

What an exciting week it has turned out to be! WHEW

First the battery, then the date (mostly), now talk of CSRs and pre-orders!



We're getting SO CLOSE!

 

[Interestingman]

That was the first time I got sniped. It didn't happen again so I just did the chat button route.

UPDATE:

So the second CSR tells me that the Nexus will not be available before the 22nd, but I highly suspect he was lying in order to get a sale. Also, I highly suspect he is an idiot. He asked me some questions about what I want in a phone, and I responded thinness, HD screen, no hard keyboard. And what does he recommend?

A Bionic.

I'm sure he's been told to eliminate stock... still.

 

[BabyBlues]

Good morning everyone! Got up extra early this morning in hopes that we get some kinda official news from Verizon, or maybe even a preorder! Today is the 10th, that magical number we saw on all of the various leaked MAP documents, yesterday was a great day for info, I'm feeling like today will be the same!

I was kinda hoping for something today too. The 10th is the 1 day a month I can make changes to my account and not be hit with the pro rate charges or anything so if I were to add a line it would have been perfect.

I know for me personally, I simply MUST stay away from the VZW store for the next few days - I don't trust myself as to what I might do if I go put my hands on a Razr........

(Seriously guys - do I have to keep you all in line??!! Lol)
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no - You do not WANT the Razr. You WANT the Nexus with Ice Cream Sammiches. You know you do. Stay strong!!! I feel we are in the home stretch now!

/lurk

You all may not know me, BUT I know you frequent posters very well.
Plus I get the most updated info here (even b4 the parent site Phandroid or Engadget).

del

Love how you started that post. Welcome to the forums!

 

[MSUgEEk]

I find every day I have a positive attitude, we get bad news/rumors, when I have a negative attitude we get good news/rumors. So today I am having a bad attitude, in regards to this phone, again just like I did yesterday.

 

[TheRoosevelt]

All right, so I had a chance to chat with a CSR... I was most displeased...

I asked about the Nexus, she said she hadn't heard of it and didn't have any info about it, but she had some other great options to recommend. She asked me what I was looking for in my phone, so I told her that "my friend" had been "raving" about Ice Cream Sandwich, and I wanted a phone with that on it.

Response: "I'm unsure of what the "ice cream sandwich" feature is."

So there you have it, folks. Either they're playing dumb, or they simply have not been told anything at all or recently read anything related to their field whatsoever

 

[aimetti]

has anyone has luck with handtec.uk for importing phones?
they have the gsm SGN for 699 shipped. I may bite if they get it.

 

[Crashumbc]

Sigh, This crap better launch soon... I need a new phone. My poor old dinc isn't handling Nil's gingersense 3.0 very well(getting several reboots-app crashes a week) and I don't have the energy to reburn it back to a 2.2 ROM and reload everything.

Speaking of which has anyone been trying to bump their update date lately? I'm due on 12/28 (like a lot of Dinc users) I know verizon has tightened up their rules since the Dinc. People back then were getting it bumped 4-5 months. I'm hoping I can get away with a month and change

 

[BabyBlues]

Fine, you pulled me out of the corner.

Spoiler

A little about myself...

My passion for smartphones began with.... (I hate to admit this) the BB Storm. I remember camping out at 4 AM at my local VZW store and posting obsessively with all my fellow campers on the Crackberry forums. I had so much fun I knew I was hooked on the whole process, the build-up (on the forums) the camping and finally receiving and contributing to the community.

Then one day on that forum somebody posted a link about a new phone coming out called DROID on VZ. I quickly became intrigued but was struggling with switching platforms because at that time I thought I was a die hard BB fan and loved using BBM with all my friends and family. The more and more I learned about the DROID the more I started realizing how much the BB was lacking.

My "obsession" quickly turned to the Original Droid. I believe at that time I made a profile on AF but never really got in to posting on here. The day finally arrived and I took the day off work and got my VZW store early and bought the Droid. I was hooked at that point, BB OS didn't hold up at all compared to Android. I loved the openess of the platform, the web browser, learning how to "root" my phone for the first time.

I remember my first sense of accomplishment when I rooted my phone and got pinch-to-zoom to work on my browser, how awesome!

I was so jealous when I saw the Nexus 1 was being released on T-Mobile but that feeling was soon negated when I saw that it would be arriving on VZW soon. Well as we all know, that began to slip further and further back and then all the sudden the DINC was captured in the Wild. That quickly became my must-have phone.

I believe if my memory serves me correctly I was able to pre-order the DINC at Best Buy by purchasing a 50.00 gift card. I was the first to pre-order and had the first appointment of the morning. I took the day off work and arrived at the store, dashed to the mobile department and was told their shipment of DINC's did not arrive yet. I was FURIOUS! They assured me the shipment was on its way and would be there by 2 PM that day.

Of course I couldn't wait so I left and went to my VZW store and they had plenty in stock. So I purchased it there instead. I loved the DINC it was an awesome phone and I literally talked my whole family in to getting one. Then the DX came out.

I got my mother all up in the hype of getting a new phone so she accompanied me to camp out at a VZW store and buy the DX. I had that phone for about 2 weeks before I couldn't stand it anymore so I went back to the DINC.

At that time I told myself I wouldn't get another phone till a phone was was released with a 4in screen and front facing camera... And wouldn't you know the DINC 2 came out. So that brings me to today and my current phone. (I should mention I got the iphone 4 when it was released to test it out. I kept it for 30 days: Absolutely gorgeous phone and gorgeous display but I could not stand not having free navigation and the openess of android so I dropped it)

There was a point where I left my DINC 2 at work and was leaving on a week long trip that night so I ran out and bought the Charge. I loved the 4G on that phone and the blazing speeds, I hated taking that one back, but I saw the reports on BGR about a "nexus prime" device that was finally coming to VZW.

I began regliously follow the news on the SGN. I was so disappointed when the press conference got pushed back but when it was finally rescheduled I decided I was going to throw and Ice Cream Sandwich party. I bought a bunch of Ice Cream Sandwiches, had some friends over and put the live feed on the big screen and I saw the next stage in Android and I have been excited ever since.

A little about my personal life...

I'm 26 years old and in the Air Force, I'm married to a beautiful wife and we just had our first child a little over 1 year ago. My wife has been absolutely supportive of my passion for technology (although it is a lucrative business)

I lurk on the forums every single day itching for any new news. Reading here has definitely passed the time and I cannot wait to get back in the forum community and start to contribute again.

Welcome to the forums. I love that Steven's post pulled our lurkers out and that our 'family' has grown.

 

[MSUgEEk]

All right, so I had a chance to chat with a CSR... I was most displeased...

I asked about the Nexus, she said she hadn't heard of it and didn't have any info about it, but she had some other great options to recommend. She asked me what I was looking for in my phone, so I told her that "my friend" had been "raving" about Ice Cream Sandwich, and I wanted a phone with that on it.

Response: "I'm unsure of what the "ice cream sandwich" feature is."

So there you have it, folks. Either they're playing dumb, or they simply have not been told anything at all or recently read anything related to their field whatsoever

I got the same crap yesterday over the phone. 2 of the 3 CSRs I talked to acted like they had never heard of the phone and one told me that usually when they had press conferences to announce phones and then PR release it was another couple of months before they release the phone.

 

[Stigy]

Fine, you pulled me out of the corner.

A little about myself...

Wow, welcome to the forums!

 

[HanSolo]

All right, so I had a chance to chat with a CSR... I was most displeased...

I asked about the Nexus, she said she hadn't heard of it and didn't have any info about it, but she had some other great options to recommend. She asked me what I was looking for in my phone, so I told her that "my friend" had been "raving" about Ice Cream Sandwich, and I wanted a phone with that on it.

Response: "I'm unsure of what the "ice cream sandwich" feature is."

So there you have it, folks. Either they're playing dumb, or they simply have not been told anything at all or recently read anything related to their field whatsoever

I think that they honestly don't know anything. The first one was vague about it being out before the end of the month. The second was a liar and an idiot. The third and fourth said it was "not yet available" and gave me the link to the signup page.

They could be in India for all we know and just getting through their shift, or they could be stuck in a call center somewhere playing cards with their cubicle mate in between calls. Who knows.

I don't think I'm going to keep pestering them anymore.

 

[Crashumbc]

All right, so I had a chance to chat with a CSR... I was most displeased...

I asked about the Nexus, she said she hadn't heard of it and didn't have any info about it, but she had some other great options to recommend. She asked me what I was looking for in my phone, so I told her that "my friend" had been "raving" about Ice Cream Sandwich, and I wanted a phone with that on it.

Response: "I'm unsure of what the "ice cream sandwich" feature is."

So there you have it, folks. Either they're playing dumb, or they simply have not been told anything at all or recently read anything related to their field whatsoever

Sigh, like I've said before playing with the CSR's is amusing but don't TRUST ANYTHING they say...

They know nothing, MUCH less then we do "pre-launch" for phones and even then, most only know what is put on their "info" sheet passed down from above.