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

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scottg96 said:
BREAKING NEWS

I just headed to my local Authorized Retailer store (read: NOT a corporate store, but a very similar retailer, Cellular Connection - Home) to ask about moving an upgrade up. The guy said he could only move it up a week, etc. etc. but then I asked him about the Nexus. When it would come out, if they got anything in, etc. and he told me that "[he] was actually just given the ability to pre-order three GNexi tonight. I know you're all thinking that this is the guy who got the notice for 50 GNexi but I asked him about that and he said it was screen protectors and cases, not the actual phones... BUT I asked if I could see the computer screen for proof to share with you guys, and while his manager was standing over his shoulder and wouldn't let me take a picture, I DID see that he was able to order [a whopping] three (3) SCH-i515's. No mention of when they would be available, but considering he was just able to order them, we could be seeing pre-orders online at midnight tonight or tomorrow.

BTW this guy gave me the DInc one day before it was released in stores, so I believe him... also he said he would set up a shipping notification for his phone, email, and text so he could call me literally the moment the phones come into the store. You would think if he was the average sales rep he would just try to sell me a RAZR or the like, but he was serious about this and was as excited as I am.

Take it FWIW, I know a lot of you will probably disregard it, but this is a serious news tip, from a verifiable source; I saw the pre-order form with my own two eyes.

:)
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I think that is great if true and you can get one, but I wouldn't put up the store website/link for others to see it might be bad for the store/manager/etc...
 
ok.... i have a serious question for you guys/girls. what if they do like the razr and simply allow you to pre-order it but dont give you a release date still? would you pre-order it knowing how they have pushed it back thus far and are likely to do so again, or would you wait for them to announce a release date and then preorder it? i for one will not preorder anything without them also stating a release date
 
scottg96 said:
You would think if he was the average sales rep he would just try to sell me a RAZR or the like, but he was serious about this and was as excited as I am.
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Well, to be fair, he's at an authorized reseller, so their sales are probably not as tied to VZW corporate sales requirements/targets.

Promising news, though. *fingers crossed*
 
scottg96 said:
BREAKING NEWS

I just headed to my local Authorized Retailer store (read: NOT a corporate store, but a very similar retailer, Cellular Connection - Home) to ask about moving an upgrade up. The guy said he could only move it up a week, etc. etc. but then I asked him about the Nexus. When it would come out, if they got anything in, etc. and he told me that "[he] was actually just given the ability to pre-order three GNexi tonight. I know you're all thinking that this is the guy who got the notice for 50 GNexi but I asked him about that and he said it was screen protectors and cases, not the actual phones... BUT I asked if I could see the computer screen for proof to share with you guys, and while his manager was standing over his shoulder and wouldn't let me take a picture, I DID see that he was able to order [a whopping] three (3) SCH-i515's. No mention of when they would be available, but considering he was just able to order them, we could be seeing pre-orders online at midnight tonight or tomorrow.

BTW this guy gave me the DInc one day before it was released in stores, so I believe him... also he said he would set up a shipping notification for his phone, email, and text so he could call me literally the moment the phones come into the store. You would think if he was the average sales rep he would just try to sell me a RAZR or the like, but he was serious about this and was as excited as I am.

Take it FWIW, I know a lot of you will probably disregard it, but this is a serious news tip, from a verifiable source; I saw the pre-order form with my own two eyes.

:)
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Was going to post something, but used my better judgement and decided against it. Suffice it to say I've taken so much salt with this that I won't be able to taste anything else for a long time
 
woodraskam said:
Can anyone please point me to a time when Verizon started a preorder without there being hard evidence (such as a PR)?
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I'm not entirely sure about this, but I would think that they could issue a PR stating that the phone is available for pre-order, and give us a release date... my point is they've already announced the phone is coming to their network, so what other PR should they have to release besides one announcing a pre-order/ship date?
 
kmr0026 said:
Just allows you to watch NFL Redzone. The app used to be free, but now they make you pay for Vcast (at least on my Dinc).
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I used to get it for free up until a few weeks ago, I bought my Droid X about a year and a half ago and used it all the time for free
 
jkc120 said:
Well, to be fair, he's at an authorized reseller, so their sales are probably not as tied to VZW corporate sales requirements/targets.

Promising news, though. *fingers crossed*
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Yeah your probably right I was just thinking out loud. Thanks
 
zx10droid said:
ok.... i have a serious question for you guys/girls. what if they do like the razr and simply allow you to pre-order it but dont give you a release date still? would you pre-order it knowing how they have pushed it back thus far and are likely to do so again, or would you wait for them to announce a release date and then preorder it? i for one will not preorder anything without them also stating a release date
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Yes. This is the phone I want. :)
 
scottg96 said:
I'm not entirely sure about this, but I would think that they could issue a PR stating that the phone is available for pre-order, and give us a release date... my point is they've already announced the phone is coming to their network, so what other PR should they have to release besides one announcing a pre-order/ship date?
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Exactly, every time I've seen a preorder in the past, it wasn't "Sprung". It was known about before time, and it went live with customers knowing about it in advance.
 
zx10droid said:
ok.... i have a serious question for you guys/girls. what if they do like the razr and simply allow you to pre-order it but dont give you a release date still? would you pre-order it knowing how they have pushed it back thus far and are likely to do so again, or would you wait for them to announce a release date and then preorder it? i for one will not preorder anything without them also stating a release date
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Good point. But unless my Dinc decides to completely die, I'll pre-order and wait for the release...perhaps not forever though.
 
They need to hurry up and release this phone! I just realized I missed another phone call today and this time it was HR calling about a job I interviewed for. The only reason I realized I had a missed his call is because I just missed another call and when I checked my voicemail his message was on there too. My battery isn't making it through the day anymore either.
 
scottg96 said:
BREAKING NEWS

I just headed to my local Authorized Retailer store (read: NOT a corporate store, but a very similar retailer, Cellular Connection - Home) to ask about moving an upgrade up. The guy said he could only move it up a week, etc. etc. but then I asked him about the Nexus. When it would come out, if they got anything in, etc. and he told me that "[he] was actually just given the ability to pre-order three GNexi tonight. I know you're all thinking that this is the guy who got the notice for 50 GNexi but I asked him about that and he said it was screen protectors and cases, not the actual phones... BUT I asked if I could see the computer screen for proof to share with you guys, and while his manager was standing over his shoulder and wouldn't let me take a picture, I DID see that he was able to order [a whopping] three (3) SCH-i515's. No mention of when they would be available, but considering he was just able to order them, we could be seeing pre-orders online at midnight tonight or tomorrow.

BTW this guy gave me the DInc one day before it was released in stores, so I believe him... also he said he would set up a shipping notification for his phone, email, and text so he could call me literally the moment the phones come into the store. You would think if he was the average sales rep he would just try to sell me a RAZR or the like, but he was serious about this and was as excited as I am.

Take it FWIW, I know a lot of you will probably disregard it, but this is a serious news tip, from a verifiable source; I saw the pre-order form with my own two eyes.

:)
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I'm sorry to say, but pre-orders at Authorized Retailers mean absolutely nothing. There are a few here who have already pre-ordered thier GNex's from ADs weeks ago. It didn't help then, and it won't help now.
 
Mr. Link said:
I wouldn't count on a press release at midnight... And there's no way a preorder will start without a press release... However, as I mentioned in several previous posts... An announcement WILL come tomorrow with a release date of 12/8.
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You're right. 1 thing does happen tonight at midnight. We hit single digit days :)


Edit: although every day that goes by eats a little bit more of my optimism. I'm still on board for 12/8 release though.
 
scottg96 said:
When have you ever seen a PR rep make a official statement before an official announcement? The reason they're saying "no comment" is probably because something's on the horizon. They would have said "we don't have any information to share at this time" had they not known a single thing... just my analysis of this.

BTW didn't mean to come off as attacking your thoughts. Just saying what I think as well :)
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Since when does "No Comment" mean somethng different from "we don't have any information to share at this time"?

Let's keep our heads people.
 
nj02vette said:
I'm sorry to say, but pre-orders at Authorized Retailers mean absolutely nothing. There are a few here who have already pre-ordered thier GNex's from ADs weeks ago. It didn't help then, and it won't help now.
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It's not that I pre-ordered the phone from them. It's that they were given the ability to order stock to be shipped to the store.
 
Since the nexus has no SD card, can you still mount it to a computer and drag files to it like you would if it had an sd card?
 
Mr. Link said:
I wouldn't count on a press release at midnight... And there's no way a preorder will start without a press release... However, as I mentioned in several previous posts... An announcement WILL come tomorrow with a release date of 12/8.
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I agree that you won't see a cold pre-sale.

And I share in your hope that we'll get some info soon.
 
brain85 said:
Since the nexus has no SD card, can you still mount it to a computer and drag files to it like you would if it had an sd card?
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Yes, and apparently for windows users, it will be relatively transparent. It will use something similar, and in terms of windows it will expose a "drive" but it's not using UMS.
 
brain85 said:
Since the nexus has no SD card, can you still mount it to a computer and drag files to it like you would if it had an sd card?
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Yes. It doesn't have mass USB storage mode, but it works easily on a Windows based computer for drag and drop. Other OS's will require a little more support to get it working right.
 
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