The Excitement Factor
Today, I realized something.... I became a LOT less excited about the Galaxy Nexus. Why? Because I have no idea what's happening.
As much as I HATE to bring this up, Apple has this one right. They announce something, and have it out within a week or two. That makes them money because the product is released while people are still excited and willing to pay huge amounts of money for it.
Why can't anyone else understand this???!!!!
It has been over a week and we have heard nothing about launch dates. The most we have heard is a "sign-up" page from verizon, and that was only today.
I am taking a deep breath, I know it's coming. Yes, yes, yes. But my point is that they let excitement die off. Mine was pretty strong, and now I am a lot less excited. When I hear some good news, I may become as excited as I was.
Also, this huge gaps of time allow people to doubt the product:
1 day after announcemet: we see rumors of a delay due to the radio not working properly.
3 days: rumors of bad battery life and design issues
5 days: Pentile display comes up and people are now saying "i'm not buying it."
6 days: Gorilla Glass found not to be on the phone and people get upset.
etc.... See my point? These dates are not accurate, of course, but the point is that the longer we wait, the less people will buy it, whether it be for some lack of excitement, or news they didn't understand. Look at pentile, for example, people say negative things about it BEFORE EVEN SEEING IT.
They need to set a release date, and fast. (boy am I glad the announcement wasn't on the 10th of October like it was supposed to be.)