***NOTE- THE FOLLOWING IS PURE SPECULATION. I AM NOT CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY INFORMATION YOU DON'T.***
Ok, well, as we all know, VZW has kept us guessing at the Galaxy Nexus release. A lot of people, including myself, initially thought they were just trying to sell more RAZRs, Rezounds, and iPhones, but now, I have a better idea.
See, Verizon makes roughly similar profit margins on every 300 dollar phone sold. To finally figure out what it is that Verizon is doing, I needed to look at their black friday deals.
And then it hit me. A RED incredible 2, free during Black Friday. What gives? They aren't even selling the incredible 2 anymore- look at their website. This is what I think is going on...
Anybody remember why they introduced the incredible 2? It was VZW's bloat-infested supposed "equal" to the Nexus S.
Verizon wants to move their old inventory. They decided the best way to sell their leftover incredible 2s is to slap a new color scheme on the unsold phones. The free incredible 2 is their effort to liquidate the phone the GNex is REALLY replacing, Verizon's "Nexus S."
That's what they're waiting for. No bloatware, no bugs (other than the volume one that google has developed a fix for,) just trying to unload last years inventory by slapping a red plastic exterior on it and making it free with contract.
Once the incredible runs out, the Nexus, I believe, will be released.
Thoughts?
Ok, well, as we all know, VZW has kept us guessing at the Galaxy Nexus release. A lot of people, including myself, initially thought they were just trying to sell more RAZRs, Rezounds, and iPhones, but now, I have a better idea.
See, Verizon makes roughly similar profit margins on every 300 dollar phone sold. To finally figure out what it is that Verizon is doing, I needed to look at their black friday deals.
And then it hit me. A RED incredible 2, free during Black Friday. What gives? They aren't even selling the incredible 2 anymore- look at their website. This is what I think is going on...
Anybody remember why they introduced the incredible 2? It was VZW's bloat-infested supposed "equal" to the Nexus S.
Verizon wants to move their old inventory. They decided the best way to sell their leftover incredible 2s is to slap a new color scheme on the unsold phones. The free incredible 2 is their effort to liquidate the phone the GNex is REALLY replacing, Verizon's "Nexus S."
That's what they're waiting for. No bloatware, no bugs (other than the volume one that google has developed a fix for,) just trying to unload last years inventory by slapping a red plastic exterior on it and making it free with contract.
Once the incredible runs out, the Nexus, I believe, will be released.
Thoughts?