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I stopped by my Verizon store on my way out of the office today and the manager went in back and grabbed the demo so I can see it.

1st of all its so light. I'm coming off of an OG Droid so the nexus is like a feather to me.

2nd it fits really nicely in my tiny hands which was one of my main concerns.

3rd the manager said he heard the 15th but to check back in Monday.

I cannot wait to get this phone. Its beautiful and fast. Everything you expect it to be!
 
The return of the epic chart... each dot is a milestone
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This one is better to see how fast we reached milestones...
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You can actually see how our excitement ebbs and flows
 
lennydude said:
Need some help..........

After both lurking and participating in this thread for weeks on end, i get the impression that the "delays" have been caused primarily by VZW..........for a number of non phone related "selfish" reasons.

Am i correct in feeling this way? Or am i out to lunch?

I find myself on a day to day basis, disliking VZW more and more. I really do not want to feel that way unless it is justified.

Help me out here..............what are your thoughts?
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You're definitely not alone in your thinking.

AntimonyER said:
Wait, I'm gone for two hours and don't even have to make up 2 pages? Your slipping folks. Anyways, my wife has a makeup party at the house, so I am banished to the bedroom with the kids, while they are out there with yummy snacks and spiked punch. Fun.
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I thought the same thing. I caught up in less than 15 minutes
 
wow Im gone for an hour and only one page to catch up on? Verizon has really beat down peoples spirit after todays delay. I feel the learned helplessness setting in.

Edit: oops I guess I didnt catch up well enough as this was just commented on, sorry.
anywho...this thread is BANANAS. B-A-N-A-N-A-S (imagine the song)
 
Here's my little story about the g-nex.

I called all the verizon's in my area and all of them said they had no date except for one and he said it was supposed to be the 9th but it was postponed indefinitely. They all confirmed having stock but no display models.

Hearing about success with BB mobile I called the one 3 minutes from my house and a very nice woman picked up the phone and said they had plenty in stock, nobody had asked about them yet, and she offered to let me come in and play with one for as long as I wanted.

When I got there I asked a man in the store and he said "you mean the Prime? Did we get those in yet?" asking a woman behind the counter, she nodded and came out with a white box and informed me i was the one who had spoken to her. They were both surprised of the name being the "Galaxy Nexus" so we referred to it as the Prime the entire time.

She opened it up, popped the battery in, took about 2 minutes trying to get the damn back cover on, powered it on, and handed it to me.

I cannot express how overjoyed I was, while my girlfriend who doesn't care about phones gave me "the look"

The phone felt amazing, I have always had iphone, 2g,3g, and 4 but I've grown sick of the UI and general lack of anything useful like working multitasking and notifications. The phone was much lighter than expected, holding it against my iP4 it was a feather. It was not as thick as it looked in pictures and can I say WOW the screen was clearer than I could imagine. I was wowed and so were the employees as they had not played with one before either. We joked about the tiny iphone in my hand as they showed me their bionics. We compared screen brightness and my dinky little phone was dull compared to the bright and rich screen of the nexus. I told them how I never tried android because of the lag I experienced with my dad's EVO 4g, I could complain no more.

ICS was buttery smooth. I was impressed, it was at least 5 times smoother than my jailbroken iP4 with a simple theme and HTC widget installed. I added all the widgets I could to the screens and it still refused to lag. The dropdown menu was responsive, and I was strangely satisfied with the slight haptic feedback I got when I touched the 3 on screen menu buttons at the bottom, as well as when I typed.

Speaking of typing the keyboard was fantastic, having used a 3.5 inch phone for the past however many years the massive 4.65 inch screen gave me no trouble typing, the keyboard was beyond accurate and the autocorrect was spot on. I could not test the voice typing because it had no network connection.

The phone was not as big as I expected, more long than anything, they both agreed.

I cannot believe how enjoyable the experience was, both of the employees were super nice to me and the lady even told me that when I called yesterday to ask about the release she said she checked and got an email saying that they were not to disclose any information about stock, let alone show anyone the phone. But they said "oh well" and showed me anyways.

After 30 minutes of this she said "Hey, when we can finally sell this thing, remember who broke the rules to let you play with it."

I won't forget, believe me. They will have my money.
 
I am on a bus headed to Baltimore. Figured I would start calling some resellers. First I figured I would call a baltimore verizon. Guy played dumb and said to check their website, no date.

Gowireless #1 in baltimore said the 13th and that verizon has pushed back the date twice.

I am headed up to Baltimore for my girlfriends birthday. One of her smaller presents is a half of dozen cupcakes from Magnolia bakery in NYC. I am perfectly willing to bribe a reseller with those. lol.
 
Chicago and Chicago suburb Verizon stores are very willing to show off the demo units of the GNEX. The several stores I've visited were happy to show it off and did not hesitate when I asked to see the demo unit.

A couple things that I'll note:

  1. The phone is thinner than I expected, despite all the reports of how thin it is. Must hold and feel to understand.
  2. The vibration frequency is really high - which is great. It's crisper and more controlled, so the haptic feedback on typing felt extremely accurate and useful. (I'm on the original Incredible, and the haptic will either miss or lag when I'm typing fast.)
  3. The typing was astoundingly accurate. I was absolutely blazing through test phrases with zero errors.
  4. The camera was tricky. First two shots (without flash) came out slightly blurry. But, holding the camera extremely still produced really fantastic pictures. This reminds me a lot of my Incredible. If you do it right, it looks great, but there is variation.
  5. CSRs mostly confirmed that Dec. 15 is the new rumored date, but did not have any certainty.
 
Seems to be dinner time for everyone else in this thread judging by the current rate of posting. Looks like I am headed out for an hour or so as well.

I fully expect at least 5 new pages by the time i get back. DON'T LET ME DOWN!! :p
 
i thought of something the other day and meant to mention it but forgot until just browsing through the new gallery from secret santa.... but is anyone else glad to see the 3.5mm headphone jack on the bottom? i almost always put my phone in my pocket upside down, just seems natural to do that going from hand to pocket that way when you pull it back out, its oriented correctly in hand.
 
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