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

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wow, what happened in here? a week ago it was like star wars 4-6; familiar characters, exciting new information, fun plot twists and turns, and an exciting ending that we all looked forward to. now we're stuck in 1-3; no han, new characters we can't make up our minds about, no new information, we know the ending, and we just can't wait for it to be over. :(
 
Questions:

1) Would that be midnight eastern or other timezone... As I recall from the DX and Dinc pre-releases, it was like 12:05-12:15 eastern pre-release.

2) Do we want to have an Irc party or should we keep it here?
 
SolidOrange said:
wow, what happened in here? a week ago it was like star wars 4-6; familiar characters, exciting new information, fun plot twists and turns, and an exciting ending that we all looked forward to. now we're stuck in 1-3; no han, new characters we can't make up our minds about, no new information, we know the ending, and we just can't wait for it to be over. :(
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Wow, that's a nearly perfect analogy... :(
 
Steven58 said:
Questions:

1) Would that be midnight eastern or other timezone... As I recall from the DX and Dinc pre-releases, it was like 12:05-12:15 eastern pre-release.

2) Do we want to have an Irc party or should we keep it here?
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Don't worry too much, I'm pretty sure we have at least 1 more day to plan it.

Edit: maybe if everyone agrees that tomorrow the preorder starts, the verizon execs will get confused and say that must be the plan. They'll just think they got left out of the loop, and won't want to speak up for fear of embarrassment.
 
Sorry about being being clueless on the matter...but how exactly does the pre-order through Verizon work? I normally just buy the phones outright, but in an effort to get it right away, I'm looking into the matter. Also, do you put down a certain amount like $50 that Best Buy and Radio Shack (and even Sprint) does in exchange for a gift card, or do you have to pay the full price of the phone, which would be $649+ for me? I'm not even sure I can pre-order but I'm just curious as to how it works through Verizon.
 
Steven58 said:
OP updated to reflect latest rumor about pre-orders beginning tomorrow. Thread title changed.

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Lets hope so, we need some good news in these parts!!
If you look at my man Cartman he is all bruised and beat up with his fingers crossed. I think that is pretty indicative of how we are feeling right now!!
 
Steven58 said:
Questions:

1) Would that be midnight eastern or other timezone... As I recall from the DX and Dinc pre-releases, it was like 12:05-12:15 eastern pre-release.

2) Do we want to have an Irc party or should we keep it here?
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I don't know about android, but the iphone 4 pre-orders went live at 3am last february to line up with midnight on the west coast. Not that I would be caught dead ordering one, but my co-worker is a total apple fan girl. No hope of converting her from the dark side unfortunately.
 
Steven58 said:
Questions:

1) Would that be midnight eastern or other timezone... As I recall from the DX and Dinc pre-releases, it was like 12:05-12:15 eastern pre-release.

2) Do we want to have an Irc party or should we keep it here?
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The question I'm grappling with is whether I should stay up past my normal bedtime based on a rumor.
 
Steven58 said:
Questions:

1) Would that be midnight eastern or other timezone... As I recall from the DX and Dinc pre-releases, it was like 12:05-12:15 eastern pre-release.

2) Do we want to have an Irc party or should we keep it here?
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1. Is it necessarily going to be midnight anyways? I suppose they do need something to fill up the empty home page entry once Cyber Monday deals are done, but you never know...

2. I think we should move to IRC. It's a lot easier to have casual discussion there and it's a lot quicker, instead of having to refresh the thread every so often and see 5 new posts to catch up on. Plus you don't get ninja'd as often ;)
 
Steven58 said:
Questions:

1) Would that be midnight eastern or other timezone... As I recall from the DX and Dinc pre-releases, it was like 12:05-12:15 eastern pre-release.

2) Do we want to have an Irc party or should we keep it here?
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I really hope any of the above happen, but if all these rumors of preorder tomorrow stem from the computerworld article, I fear we are in for a big let down.
 
Cincybearcatfan said:
Ya know, I'm about tired of fighting the fight. I hate hate hate Apple. Or it did when I bought my Dinc.

The longer this takes, the more I question my sanity. My drop dead date for the Gnex is December 8th. If it's not here, I'm moving to the 4S. My wife is already scheduled to get her 4S this month. I stay because I'm so deeply wrapped in the Google ecosystem. I love Gmail and Calendar. Those two are not enough to keep me.

Flash is fading, Android manufacturers are becoming more iLike with non-replaceable batteries, no SD cards. It seems the only difference is the symbol on the back.

Tick-Tock time is running out on my patience.
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My MacBook Pro daughter wanted a 4s this time. It is a very solid device. I have been sorta anti-apple since the 80's, but between her computer and phone, I must say that I have seen very few negatives. In fact, I returned the Acer A100 tablet and picked up an iPad 2, another very solid device. It is pretty awesome. I have decided to stay with android phones (cant live with a 3.5" screen, old eyes...) and do the iPad 2for a tablet. Best of both worlds.


RazorSharp said:
Have you seen the Samsung Stratosphere? It's a little smaller, and is still a 4G LTE phone.
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I probably missed a reason you are not considering the droid 3 for a keyboard phone. My wife has one and it is pretty awesome. 4" screen is plenty big, the keyboard is great with that 5th row of number keys, etc. My soon to be retired droid 2 has been awesome as well, well, up until the 2.3.3 update. In store, hitting the same sites as playing with a razor and rezound, they beat my D2, but not by all that much. So, unless I missed a specific reason to not consider it, the D3 is great, and it shows up on my upgrade page for $99. A great deal for what it is.
 
I'm preordering to get the phone asap. If it comes to the store & i haven't received my shipment yet, i'm going to be at the store for the release, and will send the preorder back.
 
brocktice said:
Name your server and channel, sir. I'm already in #gnexus on andirc.
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I'll be on irc.freenode.net on the #androidforums channel, like we did for the Hong Kong party. If folks are there, great. If not, no problem.
 
Steven58 said:
I'll be on irc.freenode.net on the #androidforums channel, like we did for the Hong Kong party. If folks are there, great. If not, no problem.
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Do you know something other than the computer world rumor?!?

Just curious, as you seem to be extra confident at a time when it seems no rumor is reliable
 
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