Ok guys, I am not normally the sentimental type, but I have a few things that are important for me to say to the group collectively.
As most of the folks that have been here since the beginning already know, I have been waiting for an upgrade since early June. I had a Samsung Rogue that I loved until my needs out grew the functions. My ex wife decided to get drunk and throw it across the room and it was never the same again. The GSII was next on the horizon and I was hooked. I scoured the internet for information and came across the Android Forums. This is where my life changed.
I lurked in the GSII forum until the day that Verizon announced they were passing on the GSII and I was crushed. This takes us to late August, and I am sure I am not alone in this thread of those waiting for the GSII only to be shat on by Verizon, and told to keep the faith, because they passed for a better phone.
It’s pretty much well documented history as far as the facts go from there on out, but this thread began just days before that, so I lurked here for a while and was sucked in by the most amazing group of NAexaholics that could have ever gathered in one forum. At the time, we all believed in the Nexus Prime as it was rumored, but regardless of the name of this phone, we all knew it would be epic. None of us could have ever imagined the Roller Coaster that would take us on so many ups and downs, but I wouldn’t change a thing. The last few months have been the greatest and most horrible days, only to be followed by the greatest moments again. It truly has been an honor and privilege to have been a part of this diverse group of lovers, haters, geeks, nerds, naysayers, killjoys, skeptics, and eternal optimists. Not to mention those that diagnosed illnesses, addictions, vices, and temptations because of this thread.
Thank you to Steven, HanSolo, Baby Blues, Blue Biker, Antimoney, Early Mon, The Chief, Of the Damned, Nj20vette( I am typing this from memory, and hope I got that right), Coach26, Cereal Killer, and sooo many more of you that I can’t think of off the top of my head. Without a doubt to Phases and Rob as well for providing us the arena for the most epic thread, for the most epic phone release to date, IMO.
To Verizon: Thank you for finally coming to terms with what your faithful customers have desired all along, but please get your proverbial heads out of your proverbial asses from now on, and have a little transparency with the folks that pay your salary next time. You have my money for the next two years. What you do with that money will determine whether or not you ever get it again, and you have a lot ground to make up after this.
