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

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Haven't been to Best Buy near me to try to phanagle a Nexus, but I thought I'd drum up a CSR chat

Transcript:

Lauren T: Hello. Thank you for visiting our chat service. May I help you with your order today?
Jeff: I have a couple questions
Jeff: first
Lauren T: I'd be happy to assist you.
Lauren T: Okay.
Jeff: thanks. my contract is up and I would like to upgrade to the Galaxy Nexus, do you have any information on availability?
Lauren T: I do apologize, we do not offer that phone nor a release date on it.
Jeff: do not offer the phone yet? or at all?
Lauren T: At all.
Jeff: Has it been canceled? Verizon announced back in October they'd be carrying it...
Lauren T: Yes, I am saying we do not have a release date or any information on that phone yet.
Jeff: Oh I see.
Jeff: Alright, second question
Lauren T: All right.
Jeff: I have heard that there is a deal you can get for $100 off if you upgrade from a 3G phone to a 4G phone and live in the midwest (I live in MN). Is this true?
Lauren T: That is not true.
Jeff: Ok.
Jeff: that's all I have
Jeff: thanks for the assistance
Lauren T: It has been my pleasure to chat with you today! Please feel free to re-open the chat session if you need further assistance . Thank you and have a great day!

She seemed kind of irritated, if you can sense irritability through text...

When she said "At all." I got real confused... at that point we should go burn Verizon headquarters to the ground. Fortunately, that won't be needed, but still. No info.

I didn't really expect to get a straight answer about that $100 off, I was just curious what they'd say.
 
scottg96 said:
If it comes out before the 29th then I'll return it because it's still within the 14 day exchange period. If they force me to pay a restocking fee I'll simply refuse :)
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Holiday restocking is extended until 1/15 (99.9% sure, double check-definitely in January, though)
 
Kengh said:
Why are so many people not believing in the holiday extended return period? I got my rezound on the 22nd so I am really banking on it.
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I haven't jumped ship yet only because every single store I've gone to says they know nothing of aforementioned return period and I would have to pay full retail price on the Nexus when I choose to exchange, since I would have already used my upgrade... I'm dealing with a bunch of airheads up here in northern Illinois :(
 
SolidOrange said:
definitely. i simply refuse to use the facebook app on my phone. if you are set on using one, at least use FriendCaster. it is not nearly as much of a system hog as the native FB app.

strange to me that FB and twitter are the to largest social networking sites, yet both of their mobile apps suck. 3rd party devs seem to be doing a much better job of integrating them into the mobile experience.
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You may be interested in an app called tinfoil for Facebook

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.danvelazco.fbwrapper
 
I just spoke with VZW customer service about this $100 3G to 4G promo. She said all I needed to do was to sign a new 2 year contract and upgrade to any 4G phone by Dec 31st and I would receive the discount. Everyone that does this should be eligible automatically for this discount when the purchase the phone. Come on Nexus!!!!
 
Any body had a follow up answer to this yet??

Edit: WAAAAY ninja'd :)

theWUbear said:
Hey guys,

I would lovee to hear your advice on this (it could potentially save me and countless others some hard-earned cash come the 15th).


We all know the $100 off and $50 off any smartphone/android phone mailers exist, but many of us did not receive them. Some said they will be printing them out, taking them to their Verizon store, and attempting to make them honor it.

What is a good plan of action for making this happen? Should I call the national sales line right now and say, "hey my friends got this coupon mailer - my contract is expired, why don't you give me one?". Should I do the same but with my local store? Should I just show up with the printout on the 15th?

I don't consider myself the best negotiator in these circumstances :o so any opinions would be appreciated
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Another push back would be ridiculous. I don't see one commercial. I don't hear anything from Verizon. Date are being made up and nothing is ever official.

Wow.. hate to be a pessimist but the 15th seems like a shot in the dark. Just like the 9th. I'm sure we will get some lame excuse again. Then.. what the heck... we have made it this far. Why buy a reZound? Can't wait just yet another week?
 
Been busy all weekend so I haven't been able to check this thread out thoroughly. Are we really hearing chatter about it being AFTER the 15th now? I mean, I know the 15th was never really official, but the weekend isn't even over yet and we are already thinking Thursday might be out?
 
I could go with the idea of holding it back to optimize network performance if they routinely did this. However, as we all know, they've released several devices with known network issues in the recent past. Seems odd they'd take a new approach on this particular phone.

I'll probably keep waiting because Chevy's Simply Stunning ROM keeps my OG Droid running passably but any way I look at it Verizon has screwed this one up plenty. Two continuous months of "we know nothing" does nothing to make me feel any loyalty to them at all. It's true that right now they have the best network and I probably won't switch. However, it's unlikely this will always be true and when it ceases to be so there won't be anything at all in the way of any loyal tendencies to hold me to them. I don't feel entitled to know everything about what's going on with the phone but I think Verizon's approach of letting us know nothing will ultimately get them in the end.
 
wonderer1 said:
I just spoke with VZW customer service about this $100 3G to 4G promo. She said all I needed to do was to sign a new 2 year contract and upgrade to any 4G phone by Dec 31st and I would receive the discount. Everyone that does this should be eligible automatically for this discount when the purchase the phone. Come on Nexus!!!!
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Where do you live?
 
Checking in to add my .02....
MysterX said:
Okay, i just tried to do this via phone by calling big red customer service (800-922-0204). The lady I spoke to was very nice and tried her best to help. But I got nowhere. She claimed to have no knowledge of this $100 promotion. I tried giving the promotion code from the droid-life article (Verizon Promotional Mailer: Receive $100 Off Any 4G Smartphone, No Limitations Found – Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog): CH4GE. But that yielded nothing. So, I'll try to send an email to see where that gets me. A $100 discount is worth the effort. :)

Okay, and while on the phone I asked about the Galaxy Nexus. She said she knew about that phone and would check to see what the updated release date was supposed to be. Then she said, 'Hrm...sir one moment please'. I said, 'Hrm? That doesn't sound good.' And she said something is wrong because the Galaxy Nexus doesn't pull up in her equipment guide today. She said it did yesterday and had a date of the 15th. But today, *poof* nothing about the Galaxy Nexus in her system. She could find information about accessories, but not the phone. Take this with a grain of salt, but methinks there is more stormy weather ahead for big red nexus fans. :(

-me
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Not good news :(

Alright, my story of the day. Called both RS in town..no dice with either.
Then decided to call the Freedom wireless kiosk at the Nittany Mall. No models, no demos, BUT, I finally got a rep that is very familiar with the phone, is just as frustrated with its non-release as we are, and he offered to take my name and number. Said he will call me as soon as he hears something. At least, I got a store contact who finally was willing to follow up with me. :o Unfortunately, at the rate things continue to go, I will be flying home for Christmas before the GN release... I is a sad panda:(
 
We all know that nothing is set in stone. Most have been reporting they were told the 15th. Others are just saying now they will get something else if it is not out by the 15th which we all know they wont. They will continue to wait like we all will

atrain311 said:
Been busy all weekend so I haven't been able to check this thread out thoroughly. Are we really hearing chatter about it being AFTER the 15th now? I mean, I know the 15th was never really official, but the weekend isn't even over yet and we are already thinking Thursday might be out?
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I use my mini browser for Google+ and Twitter rather the apps (and I'm not a FB user, never will be).

When I close those browser pages, it's done, over, the end. With the apps, they want to suck battery and shoot you notifications and in the Google+, always ensure a Maps service runs in the background so it can do location updates (even if you select that you don't want that). If I turn on location awareness in the browser, Google+ on web picks it up - if off, I simply lose the Nearby feature. And the mobile page uses the same gestures as the app.

More control, less invasion, that's why I prefer the web in a mini-browser for social stuff.

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eibook said:
Tonawanda
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Leila Tonawanda?

Shoot me, I couldn't resist.
Futurama
 
cole924 said:
Wow.. hate to be a pessimist but the 15th seems like a shot in the dark. Just like the 9th. I'm sure we will get some lame excuse again. Then.. what the heck... we have made it this far. Why buy a reZound? Can't wait just yet another week?
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that might be true if the 9th was a shot in the dark, but it wasnt. it was internally known that it was intended to launch the 9th, and got moved back and now is internally known to be intended to launch on the 15th
 
scottg96 said:
I haven't jumped ship yet only because every single store I've gone to says they know nothing of aforementioned return period and I would have to pay full retail price on the Nexus when I choose to exchange, since I would have already used my upgrade... I'm dealing with a bunch of airheads up here in northern Illinois :(
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I hear ya, yea the reps can be boneheads sometimes. But, on the bottom of my receipt it clearly says any purchases made between dates x and y can be returned/exchanged until Jan. 15th. No where does it have any stipulation about phone activation. So in my eyes, I have a written and signed contract that Verizon must follow.
 
cole924 said:
Another push back would be ridiculous. I don't see one commercial. I don't hear anything from Verizon. Date are being made up and nothing is ever official.

Wow.. hate to be a pessimist but the 15th seems like a shot in the dark. Just like the 9th. I'm sure we will get some lame excuse again. Then.. what the heck... we have made it this far. Why buy a reZound? Can't wait just yet another week?
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That one guy did report that we would see a ton of marketing/advertising for this starting this week (presumably Monday) for a release on the 15th... who knows at this point, though.
 
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