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

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nexusprimepls said:
This is simply not true. Please read from Verizon's site the policy. The only thing that has changed about their policy is that you have till the 15th of January to return the device.

Return Policy - Verizon Wireless
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Call a rep and ask. I talked to the guy that has treated me great the entire time I've been with Verizon and is always looking to help me. His exact words were "No, unfortunately that wouldn't apply. If you activated the Rezound, you would have two weeks brotha."

If you can get a rep to honor that, then more power to you, but it will not work for the majority and people are going to get hosed on it. Mark my words.
 
Wilfred B said:
Hes no puppy lol, hes around 7. Hence the grey beard. Couple of other things to note, the haptic feedback is really nice. Not strong, just enough to make you aware you are pressing buttons. Notification LED glowed all the colours of the Nexus rainbow when lit, dont know if its a bug, but when i set the Friendcaster notification light to blue it showed up perfectly.

Everything seems really well put together. Unified is the term i would use. Folders are really intuitive. This could be the first Android phone that felt 'complete'. Maybe not iPhone complete, but certainly a hell of a lot better than previous iterations.
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They're all puppies to me.
But I love the info you're feeding us. It's great.
 
zerocool79346 said:
Let me preface this by saying I'm not trying to jump your case, I just don't want anymore confusion on it.

You only have 14 days from the date of ACTIVATION of the handset to return it. The extended return only applies to "gift" handsets that are not activated.

That being said, if Dec. 8 is the day, it wouldn't be smart to rent a Razr/Rezound now.
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Any time before the 26th would be bad right?
 
zerocool79346 said:
Call a rep and ask. I talked to the guy that has treated me great the entire time I've been with Verizon and is always looking to help me. His exact words were "No, unfortunately that wouldn't apply. If you activated the Rezound, you would have two weeks brotha."

If you can get a rep to honor that, then more power to you, but it will not work for the majority and people are going to get hosed on it. Mark my words.
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Dubbin1 said:
I got my info from a chat with a Verizon CSR, a phone call to Verizon and a trip to Verizon. There have also been photos posted on here where people picked up a phone, had it activated and the receipt clearly says they have until 1/15/2012 to return it.
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Again, I talked it over with the rep that has continually helped me above and beyond (literally using a phone he "loaned" me from the back of the store so that I could wait on the Nexus), and he could not hook that up for me. If some are getting it done, then more power to them. I'm willing to bet multiple people wind up screwed on this deal.
 
Well, I suppose there is one good thing about it possibly being delayed to 12/8, it gives me another chance to get a CSR to move up my upgrade date. Last week I sent an email requesting my 1/6/12 upgrade date being moved up so that I could use it on the GNEX when it comes out, when I got a call back I was politely told that they could not do that for me. Perhaps if I try again when it is less than a month I will have better luck (or perhaps just get hold of a more flexible CSR.
My OGDroid with CM7 on it still works, but it can get so laggy that I have missed calls, and if I use Navigation the camera won't work until the phone is rebooted even if I have exited Navigation for a couple of hours.
Besides which it won't even run some of the newer games and apps.
The good news for me is that the screen is still great and there is no problems with sticking buttons, but still it is ready to be retired.
 
huskerkate said:
with a USB cable?? did it show up as an "external drive" on your PC??

that's strange... the Google people have been saying that mass USB storage wouldn't work, in the traditional sense, because it's all internal memory without any partitions. but, if you are getting it to work like it "normally" does, that is fantastic!!

here's a link to what the Google people had to say about mass USB storage, and why it wouldn't work in the traditional sense with the GNex: http://www.droid-life.com/2011/11/1...dafone-still-testing-and-no-usb-mass-storage/
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Note: I can't keep up with this thread so if I've been ninja'd I apologize for the redundancy. Google said on a windows based pc it works as we're used to, but people on a Mac or Linux based system are out of luck, though they hoped to have a solution shortly. I don't have the link, it was something I read a few days ago. I'm sure its not that hard to find, though
 
DiegoKokomo said:
The problem is that Verizon signs contracts to carry each phone and based on said contracts they draw up their business plan with estimates of how many they're going to sell and when. To go along with those estimates they have a real expensive marketing campaign. At the end of the product life cycle, they want to look back on the Razr and say "we estimated we would make X dollars and actually made Y dollars." If Y is less than X then people aren't doing their jobs.

If Verizon were to release the Nexus tomorrow then when Joe Consumer goes into a Verizon store on Black Friday and asks their rep what the best phone is, they very likely walk out of the store with a Nexus rather than a Razr.
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This is the problem with service providers selling phones. I'm ready for Google to pull out that "What about the open network agreement?" situation and sell their phones open. Then again, the only way that'd be successful is if all manufacturers stopped dealing with the services providers and the service providers brought down the cost of service to offset the higher device cost.

In a perfect world, Verizon and AT&T would be out of this cash cow loop. They'd also be off the hook for customer service on these phones and would save themselves a whole bunch of money. Imagine how much money they could be making and how much we could be saving?

Then again, part of their sales pitch is that they do provide customer service on phones. Stupid marketing...
 
zerocool79346 said:
Let me preface this by saying I'm not trying to jump your case, I just don't want anymore confusion on it.

You only have 14 days from the date of ACTIVATION of the handset to return it. The extended return only applies to "gift" handsets that are not activated.

That being said, if Dec. 8 is the day, it wouldn't be smart to rent a Razr/Rezound now.
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"Purchases made between November 15 and December 28, 2011 may be returned or exchanged through January 15, 2012. All other provisions of Verizon Wireless’ Return & Exchange Policy continue to apply, including Restock Fee."

Doesn't say anything about gifts. Seems like you could even return accessories if you wanted.
 
zerocool79346 said:
Call a rep and ask. I talked to the guy that has treated me great the entire time I've been with Verizon and is always looking to help me. His exact words were "No, unfortunately that wouldn't apply. If you activated the Rezound, you would have two weeks brotha."

If you can get a rep to honor that, then more power to you, but it will not work for the majority and people are going to get hosed on it. Mark my words.
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You are talking about customer service reps who barely make over minimum wage. Seriously, go read the policy from their website. I will link it again below. I specifically like the wording that says, "All other provisions of Verizon Wireless
 
EdenObscured said:
Any time before the 26th would be bad right?
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That's if the 8th even holds true which, let's be honest, is far from concrete. Worst came to worst, you could always pick the phone up and then return it within the 14 days if the 8th fell through. If it were me (and it probably will be come Saturday), I would not buy until the 26th if you're intention is to possibly return the phone.
 
sneakking said:
this is what I suspected after seeing the recent tweets from bmx and verizon being verizon :mad:

anyone wanna post more verizon defenses now? :rolleyes:
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Ruh roh!

Sure. You're talking about the company who's purpose is to sell data plans and make profit for their shareholders right-- the one that has exercised their right to wait to release a phone because their executives believe it to be more profitable? Or are you talking about the sinister, sadistic, evil behemoth who's holding a phone against its will and leading you on with... oh wait, they've only made one announcement...

I'm not happy I have to wait either. I'm not, it sucks. But I have no real right to complain about VZW any more. They aren't trying to punish you guys or anything. As I've stated before-- "their biggest fear is losing current subscribers and losing new potential subscribers." By angering you and everyone else anxiously waiting for this phone, what do they win???

Google and Samsung are the only groups who fully have a right to complain about VZW. And if VZW has led them on, or broke any promise with them, then they should make VZW pay the piper for it.
 
zerocool79346 said:
Again, I talked it over with the rep that has continually helped me above and beyond (literally using a phone he "loaned" me from the back of the store so that I could wait on the Nexus), and he could not hook that up for me. If some are getting it done, then more power to them. I'm willing to bet multiple people wind up screwed on this deal.
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So because you said so I am just supposed to ignore what 3 different CSR have told me over the 1 that told you? Did you ever think that your guy is the one that is wrong?
 
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zerocool79346 said:
Again, I talked it over with the rep that has continually helped me above and beyond (literally using a phone he "loaned" me from the back of the store so that I could wait on the Nexus), and he could not hook that up for me. If some are getting it done, then more power to them. I'm willing to bet multiple people wind up screwed on this deal.
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I'm with you on that. Someone always gets screwed somewhere by Verizon. They are good 99% of the time but that 1% leaves a horrible taste
 
Travillion said:
Note: I can't keep up with this thread so if I've been ninja'd I apologize for the redundancy. Google said on a windows based pc it works as we're used to, but people on a MAC or Linux based system are out of luck, though they hoped to have a solution shortly. I don't have the link, it was something I read a few days ago. I'm sure its not that hard to find, thoigh
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Yes, you've been ninja'd. Galaxy Nexus uses MTPMedia Transfer Protocol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for the data transfer. Mac OS has third party support and depending on your linux distribution, it should work. The problem I see is for other devices, such as a stereo in a car with a hdd. You can no longer use your phone to transfer music/videos to those devices.

This is all from my understanding, but I could be wrong.
 
Dubbin1 said:
So because you said so I am just supposed to ignore what 3 different CSR have told me over the 1 that told you? Did you ever think that your guy is the one that is wrong?
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Read my last post. How about woodraskam? Who also has asked 3 seperate ones who contradicted what the 3 told you? The truth of the matter is, the policy is worded so that Verizon has an out on you if you do indeed go this route and they feel like screwing you. Really want to take that risk given who we are talking about?
 
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