how about buying the Incredible and rooting it to get stock android. You can always get the latest roms from the net. I think this would work to get the updates almost as fast as regular non rooted phones. That is the beauty of android.
Confirmed: Verizon Nexus One Cancelled
- Thread starter CSI Guy
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Verizon N1
I do wish it did come out because choice is always good, but Google should have never had so many issues. I think that is why Verizon ended it. They are like the apple of cell phone carriers. They want to triple check everything and want things to be locked to make sure it works. Google bungled the release with no support, so many bugs that should have never been allowed like the menu buttons or screen problems. Verizon did not want to be in the middle of this. While I do not agree with Verizon, and think the N1 would be a good phone if the bugs are fixed, but I can see where they are coming from. Google should have actually tried this product out before selling it. I hope in the future google improves and can eventually have a CDMA phone on verizon.
I do wish it did come out because choice is always good, but Google should have never had so many issues. I think that is why Verizon ended it. They are like the apple of cell phone carriers. They want to triple check everything and want things to be locked to make sure it works. Google bungled the release with no support, so many bugs that should have never been allowed like the menu buttons or screen problems. Verizon did not want to be in the middle of this. While I do not agree with Verizon, and think the N1 would be a good phone if the bugs are fixed, but I can see where they are coming from. Google should have actually tried this product out before selling it. I hope in the future google improves and can eventually have a CDMA phone on verizon.
The Boston Globe today published an article from Bloomberg, which had a quote from VZW:
Based on that, it looks like Google wanted to sell an unlocked N1, but Verizon wanted to sell it in stores subsidized (based on the comment, "Verizon Wireless has no current plans to sell service for the Nexus One phone.")
Based on that, it looks like Google wanted to sell an unlocked N1, but Verizon wanted to sell it in stores subsidized (based on the comment, "Verizon Wireless has no current plans to sell service for the Nexus One phone.")
FWIW,
I got confirmation from Google also that the N1 would not be coming to Verizon. And also there currently are no plans (at least none that they are talking about) for a Nexus "Two". Here's the e-mail exchange...
Hello Brian,
Thanks for your note. I would like to inform you that there won't be a
Verizon compatible Nexus One. Please note that currently we have no
updates with regards to a Nexus Two.
Thanks for your patience.
Sincerely,
Peter
The Google Team
Original Message Follows:
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From: Brian
Subject: Re: [#623363541] Verizon plan options for Nexus One
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:56:03 -0400
> Hi. I see that the Google website was just updated with information
> regarding the Droid Incredible available on Verizon. Since there no
longer
> is a "Coming Spring 2010" next to Verizon, does this mean that plans for
the
> Nexus One on Verizon have been canceled? If so, are there plans for a
Nexus
> "Two" or other Google phone to be available on Verizon?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
I got confirmation from Google also that the N1 would not be coming to Verizon. And also there currently are no plans (at least none that they are talking about) for a Nexus "Two". Here's the e-mail exchange...
Hello Brian,
Thanks for your note. I would like to inform you that there won't be a
Verizon compatible Nexus One. Please note that currently we have no
updates with regards to a Nexus Two.
Thanks for your patience.
Sincerely,
Peter
The Google Team
Original Message Follows:
------------------------
From: Brian
Subject: Re: [#623363541] Verizon plan options for Nexus One
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:56:03 -0400
> Hi. I see that the Google website was just updated with information
> regarding the Droid Incredible available on Verizon. Since there no
longer
> is a "Coming Spring 2010" next to Verizon, does this mean that plans for
the
> Nexus One on Verizon have been canceled? If so, are there plans for a
Nexus
> "Two" or other Google phone to be available on Verizon?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
The Incredible is good alternative, and some would say better than the N1! This shouldn't upset many Verizon customers. Unless they had their heart set on owning a "The Google Phone"
i am just hesitant about updates. The eris was extremely slow to update because of sense ui. The nexus 1 would have been updated faster. I feel like i would have gotten more life out of the nexus as opposed to the the incredible due to more frequent updates.
agreed. That and I had read one that VZW didn't want another trackball device after all the Tour issues. (even though the trackball on the N1 is not the problem)
If you root and load a custom ROM, you 'll get updates much quicker than even Google releases.
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agreed. That and I had read one that VZW didn't want another trackball device after all the Tour issues. (even though the trackball on the N1 is not the problem)
They didn't seem to have a problem with the trackball on the Eris last November?
That ain't it. Verizon evidently does not want to be in the "we sell service" business, no matter what they said a three years ago - they want to to control the whole transaction. I think it comes to this: Selling only service means that they somehow need to quantify what the monthly cost of subsidies are, because few paying full price for a device up-front will want to pay for service what another customer getting a phone with subsidy pricing pays directly from Verizon Wireless. T-Mobile is not in the same market position that Verizon Wireless is, so they have less power in the market and supporting "bring your own phone" may bring them a few customers.
agreed. That and I had read one that VZW didn't want another trackball device after all the Tour issues. (even though the trackball on the N1 is not the problem)
If you root and load a custom ROM, you 'll get updates much quicker than even Google releases.
The N1 and the Eris are still a bit too young to experience trackball issues.
Granted some of the blackberry trackball issues resulted from bad software.
BUT, almost all trackball issues come from the same thing; YOU. Every time you roll it around it gets your dead little skin cells in it. That gunks it up and makes it un-responsive.
So give it about 3-6 more months, and you'll see people saying "guh, had to pull out the trackball and clean it"
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I want Google to give me or sell me one of the Nexus Ones that cleared its way through the FCC and then call Verizon and activate it. It is that simple.......:
Can I use an existing phone with Verizon Wireless service?
We can activate your existing phone provided it is compatible with our CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) digital network.
Although a wireless phone may be compatible with our network, we cannot guarantee the equipment's performance nor can we honor the manufacturer's warranty on wireless phones not purchased through Verizon Wireless or its authorized agents.
If you are not sure if your handset is compatible, please call our Verizon Wireless Sales Department at (800) 2-JOIN-IN (256-4646), or visit one of our Verizon Wireless stores.
Can I use an existing phone with Verizon Wireless service?
We can activate your existing phone provided it is compatible with our CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) digital network.
Although a wireless phone may be compatible with our network, we cannot guarantee the equipment's performance nor can we honor the manufacturer's warranty on wireless phones not purchased through Verizon Wireless or its authorized agents.
If you are not sure if your handset is compatible, please call our Verizon Wireless Sales Department at (800) 2-JOIN-IN (256-4646), or visit one of our Verizon Wireless stores.
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I ended up getting a Nexus One for AT&T - I'll stick it out on their network for a while longer until the next big thing comes out.
I'm actually kinda looking into switching to Sprint (probably get an evo or the latest palm) - their prices seem a bit too good to be true, but everyone around me at work loves them.
I'm actually kinda looking into switching to Sprint (probably get an evo or the latest palm) - their prices seem a bit too good to be true, but everyone around me at work loves them.
They're $69 "everything" price looks good, till you find it's not actually "everything".
(only mobile to mobile are included. Calls to / from land lines cost you minutes. AT&T and Verizon's "everything" price actually includes calls to land lines....yes there are actually people that use those still.)
Plus Sprint coverage is the suck. At least in Houston, which is supposedly running on 4G now.
I guess it depends where you live. The other IT guys here swear by it... On their 30 day guarentee thing - is that decent? Anyone every bail from sprint in the first 30 days and live?
@Angelworks: we're on the family plan equivalent of that... we split 1500 minutes across 4 phones with unlimited data (unlike ATT/Verizon that includes data for navigation and any possible way you could use it), unlimited messaging, and unlimited minutes to any mobile number. Yes, there are still people that use land lines, but with us using over 6000 minutes monthly, we are yet to use even 1000 of our alloted minutes. Not to nitpick or start fights, but I would imagine rew011 may have had a bad experience with Sprint in the past. I've been with them almost 10 years and they've been nothing but gold to me.
In Houston, yes. AT&T falls behind Verizon as well, at least here in Houston. I was mainly chiming in, because I (like most people) thought "everything" actually meant "everything". In Sprint's case, it doesn't.
Sprint's "Everything" price includes everything, too, and is still cheaper than AT&T/Verizon's. The $69 is NOT the everything package. It's Everything but Landline minutes, and that's clearly stated.
However, with Sprint's $69 package, you get everything but landlines. With Verizon's, you only get Verizon phones. Except Verizon's equivalent 450min/unlimited text/data plan is $89. Where for $10 more you can get Sprint's true everything. Verizon's true everything is $129. So, your comment is much more than a bit misleading.
For the record, I don't even have Sprint anymore (but T-Mo has the same pricing).
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