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

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open1your1eyes said:
I can gaurentee everyone will see this phone for sale before December 13th. It will be LTE, 32GB model, 1850Mah battery, coming with OS version 4.0.2. The most critical bugs have already been fixed and price will be $299 on contract and a little over $600 off contract. Verizon will make the annoucement the day of the sale and there will not as much marketing with this phone as with the Droid RAZR and HTC Rezound.
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Thanks for the info. Making the announcement day of sale certainly fits with the soft launch rumor. It's like waiting for friggin' test results!
 
Stigy said:
$299 on contract you say? So why the $199 BF ads circulating then?
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Since the BF ads weren't real anyway, I wouldn't worry about the price. I highly doubt you'll see a 32GB LTE smartphone on Verizon for less than $299.

Even if the ad was supposed to be true, that was for a special BF deal, just like all Black Friday deals.
 
ASC said:
Thank you. Yes, I understand that it doesn't take any resources if you don't use it. But it's not about that for me. With my Droid X there is sooooo much Verizon Crap loaded onto it that I can't remove unless I Root (Amazon Kindle, Amazon MP3, VZW Apps, Amazon Appstore, Backup Assistant, Blockbuster, City ID, Madden NFL 11, My Verizon, NFS Shift, Skype Mobile, VZ Navigator). It just pisses me off. It's more about principle to me now. It's fine if they load things on there, but let me delete them if I don't want/use them. I have Never ever used even one of their preloaded apps.

/rant
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Amazon App store is not bloat to me. I have it on my Dinc. Free apps of the day make it worth it to have that app. I also like Amazon MP3 on occasion too. The rest are ridiculous.

Here's the REAL question though. How much more per device would you be willing to pay to have a "BLOAT FREE" phone?

Is it worth $25 more per phone? $50 more per phone?
 
drbugsmn said:
Stumbled on this on one of my android rss feeds

https://market.android.com/details?id=ca.cumulonimbus.barometernetwork&1.3.2

Kinda cool, it uses the barometer to cloudsource information, supposidly for weather forecasting. not sure how useful it will actually be, but thought it was kinda cool.
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I think I may have to develop my own app for this phone. I have the perfect idea for a program that needs use of a barometer.

Niche market for sure, but could be worth a few pennies.
 
nj02vette said:
Don't ignore my number!

Seriously though, good info. Didn't know that.
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Don't have it but wouldn't ignore it so you're safe either way.
:p

ASC said:
Thank you. Yes, I understand that it doesn't take any resources if you don't use it. But it's not about that for me. With my Droid X there is sooooo much Verizon Crap loaded onto it that I can't remove unless I Root (Amazon Kindle, Amazon MP3, VZW Apps, Amazon Appstore, Backup Assistant, Blockbuster, City ID, Madden NFL 11, My Verizon, NFS Shift, Skype Mobile, VZ Navigator). It just pisses me off. It's more about principle to me now. It's fine if they load things on there, but let me delete them if I don't want/use them. I have Never ever used even one of their preloaded apps.

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I forgot how much bloat was on a phone till my mother got her new one this weekend. I was in shock!
 
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open1your1eyes said:
I am not going to state sources due to the recent credibility questions and such from everyone and I'm not allowed to state who they are either but I can gaurentee everyone will see this phone for sale before December 13th. It will be LTE, 32GB model, 1850Mah battery, coming with OS version 4.0.2. The most critical bugs have already been fixed and price will be $299 on contract and a little over $600 off contract. Verizon will make the annoucement the day of the sale and there will not as much marketing with this phone as with the Droid RAZR and HTC Rezound.

I cannot state anymore than this so everyone please take this as you will. I hope this information proves useful to some of you.
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not sure who you are to "guarantee" a release before dec 13. perhaps a PM to one of the thread mods that they can post with XXXX over personal info as they have done in the past would be a better option. but i could create a new user name and make my first post one of these. real easy.

that said. i sure hope you're right :D
 
nj02vette said:
Sadly, that's pretty much par for the course with new devices.

Although the OP did include Amazon App store, which has never to my knowledge been preloaded, especially on the Droid X.
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Yeah, Thinking back I think I Installed Amazon Appstore and used it once to try and get the free app of the day (Quick Office Pro? normally $10) But every time I tried to Install it, it failed. Haven't used it since. But the rest I'm pretty sure are all bloat.
 
Cincybearcatfan said:
Amazon App store is not bloat to me. I have it on my Dinc. Free apps of the day make it worth it to have that app. I also like Amazon MP3 on occasion too. The rest are ridiculous.

Here's the REAL question though. How much more per device would you be willing to pay to have a "BLOAT FREE" phone?

Is it worth $25 more per phone? $50 more per phone?
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Ya the Amazon Appstore is cool I've gotten a bunch of pretty good apps for.... (wait for it)..... Free! :-)
 
I like the QWERTY, as the days go by, the Droid 4 is looking better and better (if it releases on the 8th and the SGN does not). If it weren't for the "reference phone" thing and NFC, I would have a ReHound.

*patience*
*patience*
*patience*
 
Stigy said:
$299 on contract you say? So why the $199 BF ads circulating then?
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Possibly because it was intended for a Holiday BF or Cyber sale, and not the normal going rate for 4G LTE super phones on VZ's network.

I mean show me another 4G LTE flagship device sold by VZ that goes for $199
 
ASC said:
Yeah, Thinking back I think I Installed Amazon Appstore and used it once to try and get the free app of the day (Quick Office Pro? normally $10) But every time I tried to Install it, it failed. Haven't used it since. But the rest I'm pretty sure are all bloat.
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The only way to install Amazon appstore is to turn off "allow installation of market apps only" checkmark in the settings.

Commonly called sideloading, since you are installing a program that's not in the offical Android Market.
 
i dont know whos on twitter.. but theres a huge campaign right now @VZWsupport ... support it. be nice, no death threats lol but help us out. maybe the ability to properly respond to actual support questions will be hindered and they will announce something
 
drbugsmn said:
Stumbled on this on one of my android rss feeds

https://market.android.com/details?id=ca.cumulonimbus.barometernetwork&1.3.2

Kinda cool, it uses the barometer to cloudsource information, supposidly for weather forecasting. not sure how useful it will actually be, but thought it was kinda cool.
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Yeah they had a weather expert kind of debunk the barometer use for that. because you are moving with your phone a lot, the change in altitude will have a much greater affect than the change in atmospheric pressure over time, and spoil the results badly.
 
drbugsmn said:
Stumbled on this on one of my android rss feeds

https://market.android.com/details?id=ca.cumulonimbus.barometernetwork&1.3.2

Kinda cool, it uses the barometer to cloudsource information, supposidly for weather forecasting. not sure how useful it will actually be, but thought it was kinda cool.
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I'm glad you brought up the barometer. I've been meaning to get the feedback of the community on this one.

What benefit is a barometer on a phone to me? I can't imagine using it. I don't predict the weather, I have Weatherbug for that.

When I first heard about the barometer being on the Gnex I was like AWESOME! Then I was like really? Now I'm like meh.
 
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