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

[iowabowtech]

So here's my question...if they're releasing the Galaxy Nexus in the UK with ICS (hey it actually works evidently), then what excuse does Verizon have left? Anyone, anyone, Bueller?

 

[drbugsmn]

Hmm. How strange. I feel my hopefulness meter creeping downwards. Just a tad, mind you, just a tad. But it's suddenly gone down to a 4!

It feels a little tingly.

Hmmm. Curious.

This one goes to 11....

 

[HanSolo]

Our new best friend just drandrew18 got gagged. I wonder what that means?

Nothing for us. He's a UK guy, so they want a little quiet before the major release tomorrow.

 

[wittcap79]

Well guess what? I was an Electronics Tech on surface ships! I guess we all balance out!

Spoiler

I will NOT make a sub joke... I will NOT make a sub joke... I will NOT make a sub joke...

Lol. I'm pretty sure you don't know any I haven't already heard. None of which (and that includes basically every Navy joke) are appropriate for the forum.

 

[BreckDroid]

Oh I was also going to add... now that its in warehouses who wants to try ordering it earlythrough a CSR the way people did with the Rezound? I would say if you do it mention it by the model number SCH-i515 and not Galaxy Nexus. Either they would have no idea what you are talking about or they would know not to sell a Nexus. I bet telling them to check the inventory of the i515 would have more chance of going through.

I just tried this with one of the VZW CSR folks on their website. Unfortunately I wasn't able to order one(Shocking, I know).

However after I mentioned possibly jumping ship he did recommend that i wait cause "it should be out soon". I will of course take that with a grain of salt.

 

[Stigy]

Yeah he probably got quieted because the UK release is officially slated for tomorrow.

Should have no indication of a US release date.

 

[zx10droid]

So here's my question...if they're releasing the Galaxy Nexus in the UK with ICS (hey it actually works evidently), then what excuse does Verizon have left? Anyone, anyone, Bueller?

LTE radio issues, or any other issue they can dream up really

 

[The_Chief]

Lol. I'm pretty sure you don't know any I haven't already heard. None of which (and that includes basically every Navy joke) are appropriate for the forum.

True dat... well, all joking aside, we're glad to have you as part of the forum

Now let's rock & roll our way to 31k!

 

[drbugsmn]

CM9 in january?
Ice Cream Sandwich-based CyanogenMod 9 in the works, slated for January release - Engadget

Off to the races!

 

[AcousticRx]

I wonder if Steven's Source will be of much help anymore, too b/c he stated that recently he's been out of the loop bc of some unsaid reason..... i wonder if leaks will be few and far between also.

 

[CaptainRon]

Guys. Just received news that Google have asked the Samsung Mob!lers to hold fire posting any Google Nexus content until 9am tomorrow morning.

9AM tomorrow? I don't have a calendar in front of me, anyone know what date that is....

 

[HanSolo]

Off topic:

Spoiler

So Prime Suspect just got cancelled. Stupid, stupid NBC. First Community gets bumped for 30Rock (it was once interesting, now it's tired and idiotic), and now this. Who runs NBC, Verizon?

On topic:

How 'bout that Nexus, eh? The most almost-real unicorn we ever did see.

 

[owen sixteen]

9AM tomorrow? I don't have a calendar in front of me, anyone know what date that is....

The 17th, UK launch day. The US gets failure to launch...

 

[drbugsmn]

CarrierIQ is a rootkit installed on most android, blackberry, and nokia phones?

More on Carrier IQ | xda-developers

I found it originally here, which usually has good geek conversations
CarrierIQ: Most Phones Ship With "Rootkit" - Slashdot

A good excuse to root/rom

 

[wittcap79]

CM9 in january?
Ice Cream Sandwich-based CyanogenMod 9 in the works, slated for January release - Engadget

Off to the races!

If true, I wonder how many potential Verizon converts will just buy a Skyrocket and put CM9 on it. Every week is more and more people who are just going to wait instead of jumping ship. Not the brightest business decision.

 

[CaptainRon]

Nothing for us. He's a UK guy, so they want a little quiet before the major release tomorrow.

Maybe. But, who's the biggest dog in this show, the UK or the US? (No slur intended for our UK brethren)

 

[HanSolo]

CM9 in january?
Ice Cream Sandwich-based CyanogenMod 9 in the works, slated for January release - Engadget

Off to the races!

Hmm. At this rate, the HTC device might be the first U.S. phone with ICS after all.

 

[BabyBlues]

Lol. I'm pretty sure you don't know any I haven't already heard. None of which (and that includes basically every Navy joke) are appropriate for the forum.

True dat... well, all joking aside, we're glad to have you as part of the forum

Now let's rock & roll our way to 31k!

Yes, not forum appropriate but feel free to send to me.

9AM tomorrow? I don't have a calendar in front of me, anyone know what date that is....

9 am tomorrow is 11/17 - maybe they can't do anything because verizon is going to announce our preorders start then?
I can hope!

 

[X24]

Will the nexus S get ics before gnex? Jeesh...

 

[HanSolo]

Maybe. But, who's the biggest dog in this show, the UK or the US? (No slur intended for our UK brethren)

Seeing as how there's only one Nexus dog in the show at this point (UK). . .

Verizon is too busy still hoping its overweight black Lab will somehow win to put its own Nexus in the ring.

 

[CaptainRon]

9 am tomorrow is 11/17 - maybe they can't do anything because verizon is going to announce our preorders start then?
I can hope!

It may be just wishful thinking on my part, but I like what you're thinking BB!

 

[Member112085]

Congrats to all the new guides! Well deserved!!

 

[durangojim]

I know there's a lot of hate for Verizon right now. Some is well founded and some is not, but I put a lot of blame at the feet of Google and Samsung for this. My reasons are this:
Google, as much as I like what they have invented and acheived, is a crazy company that isn't exactly run well. They have little focus and seem to be much of the "let's throw a bunch of stuff at the wall and see what sticks" mentality. This allows for some great successes such as Android, but some failures too -- Wave, google buzz, and maybe google tv.

Partnering with a manufacture to build a phone to their specs is an admirable goal, but they have absolutely no clout to get the carriers to release it in a timely manner. Some might say that Samsung would have more clout to do so, and I'd agree, but the Galaxy Nexus is just a small part of Samsung's portfolio, and I doubt it will create a large amount of revenue for them. They just don't have the interest to market it as much as their other Galaxy phones.

Which brings us back to Verizon. They're not in the business to sell phones, they want to sell contracts. They don't care what phone they sell as long as it is popular and brings more customers to them. There's only one company that I know of who can completely dictate terms to the carriers and that's Apple, and it's because of the iphone's popularity regardless of how people on this board feel about it. It's completely because of their "walled garden" that has proven to be successful that they can say ,"here's our new product, here's how much it will cost, and here's when and where you can buy it".

If Google wants the Nexus to be a success (which I'm not so sure they do because I think to them it's just another experiment) they should market the hell out of this phone by showing it's capabilities, and highlight the fact that updates will be regularly pushed out. Heck they could coin a phrase like "future proof". If they do that and sell millions of these, then the next time they have a Nexus to sell, they will have a proven track record of success and will have more clout with the carriers and manufactures, eventually giving us what we want -- a smooth and problem free launch.

 

[AcousticRx]

9 am tomorrow is 11/17 - maybe they can't do anything because verizon is going to announce our preorders start then?
I can hope!

One thing is possibly for sure--Verizon is absolutely monitoring these forums right now....so there could be some U.S. related release possibilities. I think they monitor these forums b/c there must be some correlation between this forum and the hits that Youtube is getting.

 

[HanSolo]

I thought Early said that the HTC device was already unlocked and rooted?

teamandIRC just tweeted:

How to troll Rezound users "Hows root going?" "Whats the bounty at" "o, yeah no root yet" trollolol total ass.

Also, I'm reading about people still trying to get "S-off", whatever that means.