Even the slightest chance of it coming to Verizon?

[tourboy]

Just got the Samsung S4, but wonder if there is even the slightest chance of the Nexus 5 coming to Verizon?

 

[Joe the Insider]

We had a Google rep come into our store (corporate Vzw store) last week and I asked and he said all he can say is Google biggest concern for this device is to have it on the big four in the US.

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[Woosh]

Just got the Samsung S4, but wonder if there is even the slightest chance of the Nexus 5 coming to Verizon?

Extremely unlikely but nobody here would be able to tell you 100% no. But its very slim odds.

 

[rayden8]

This has been discussed in this thread http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-5/314136-nexus-coming-verizon.html

I'm on Verizon too, and I'd love to see a surprise announcement of the Nexus 5 for Verizon, but the chances do seem slim. If the phone turns out to be the greatest thing of all time, I may consider leaving Verizon, even though I really don't want to. I'm upgrading from a Galaxy Nexus, and non-vanilla Android devices just don't appeal to me as much.

 

[took2089]

I say it will be on all four IMO.

 

[JRDroid]

Even if it does launch on Verizon, you won't get the same experience as everyone else. Verizon has a history of ruining the Nexus experience. They were announced LTE carrier for the Nexus 7 and unless something has changed in the last 3 or 4 days, they still aren't allowing you to activate one (yes you can get around it if you have a SIM from another device, but if you don't you're SOL). Every Nexus Verizon touches, they ruin.

 

[Pollster]

a baby kitten dies every time a Nexus connects to Verizon's network

 

[ki11ak3nn]

a baby kitten dies every time a Nexus connects to Verizon's network

Hahaha. True.

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[Mooem]

It would be a nice surprise. Although I've been wondering even if it did happen, would I really want to buy one. I was soured by the Galaxy Nexus experience on Verizon and while it was still a decent phone, the fact that the update process wasn't improved doesn't give me much hope for the future.

My prediction, if it were to happen, is a much later release of a Verizon Nexus 5 after the unlocked version is released to the Play Store. We might not even hear about it in an initial press release or announcement

 

[AuburnGrad]

Might swap out the Note 3 for it, if it comes to Verizon.

 

[Jocelyn84]

It would be a nice surprise. Although I've been wondering even if it did happen, would I really want to buy one. I was soured by the Galaxy Nexus experience on Verizon and while it was still a decent phone, the fact that the update process wasn't improved doesn't give me much hope for the future.

My prediction, if it were to happen, is a much later release of a Verizon Nexus 5 after the unlocked version is released to the Play Store. We might not even hear about it in an initial press release or announcement

But it would still need to pass through the FCC and that hasn't happened yet.

Might swap out the Note 3 for it, if it comes to Verizon.

But it won't...

Posted by another user

There is only one version for the NA Market and that is the LG D820 which supports the following:

* GSM 850/1900
* W-CDMA 1900/2100+1700/850 (band 2, 4, 5)
* CDMA1X/EV-DO 850/1900/800 (band class 0, 1, 10)
* LTE 2100+1700/850/700/1900/800 (band 4, 5, 17, 25, 26)
* TD-LTE 2600 (band 41)
*

So no, it will not work on Verizon at all. In addition there is absolutely no way Verizons letting you just camp on Band 4 as that's a capacity offloading spectrum. Band 13 is their bread and butter and the entire reason they can say they have the largest LTE network in the USA and the D820 specifically does not support it.

 

[jasoraso]

I had the Galaxy Nexus on Verizon.

Yes, Verizon dragged their feet on the updates. BUT, IT was still the best phone to have on Verizon.

I hope the Nexus 5 is available for VZW. I don't doubt that VZW will drag their feet on updates. BUT, updates will still be available for the phone from other sources, maybe a day or two later. Just because the Nexus 5 on VZW wouldn't be as nice as on other carriers doesn't mean that it still wouldn't be a great phone IF you are on VZW. I have 5 lines on VZW, with 1400 minutes, unlimited data, 2 of them with Asurion $8 monthly fees and a $230 phone bill which makes it VERY hard to think about switching carriers.

 

[thegrants82]

Not even the slightest change. Never happen.

Just got the Samsung S4, but wonder if there is even the slightest chance of the Nexus 5 coming to Verizon?

 

[Gekko]

no. Verizon is EVIL.

 

[jflexe99]

Don't worry, we will be able to tell you how awesome the phone is on AT&T

 

[Tall Mike 2145]

The only way I'm seeing this happen is if Verizon wants the N5 so badly that they're willing to sell it for the price point Google intends, is willing to offset the costs of putting in CDMA radios, and agrees to do this on a phone with a pure Android experience and no bloatware.

Translation: don't hold your breath.

 

[stockandroidguy]

I just think back to the Gnex and I cringe to think what they would do to the N5

 

[Pollster]

The only way I'm seeing this happen is if Verizon wants the N5 so badly that they're willing to sell it for the price point Google intends, is willing to offset the costs of putting in CDMA radios, and agrees to do this on a phone with a pure Android experience and no bloatware.

Translation: don't hold your breath.

I don't see Verizon as actually wanting to sell any phone. I see them recognizing that they Need to sell the iPhone, but they seem to simply rely on their network being the selling point and all of the individual phones simply a necessary evil and a pain in the neck. They'll bend to Apple to keep the iPhone, but none of the phones in their showroom seem to get any respect..

Google's strategy for Nexus seems difficult to pin down, because I don't think they have one. If it takes off (ala Nexus 7) they may start to push the Nexus 5. If not, they may just let it do whatever it's going to do (ala the Nexus 4)
Needing the Nexus 5 to be on Verizon would mean they want to push it, which they obviously don't. They won't even pre-announce it.

I could see a Nexus 5 on Verizon, not sold by Verizon like the Developer Edition of Moto X. That VZ Nexus 5 would have to be a different piece of hardware than what's about to be released, though. I'm not sure why people aren't getting that part. Why would Google let everyone see the FCC for the Nexus on 3 carriers and sneak through a separate Verizon version?

 

[NoYankees44]

Nothing is official until it is official, but probably at least not at launch.

Truth is no one knows for sure, but the nexus elitists are always quick to jump on the Verizon hate bandwagon and speak on behalf of Google when they scream "NEVERZ ONZ VERIZON!?! GOOGLE HATEZ DEM"

I actually blame most of the issues with the Gnex on Samsung and Google, not Verizon. Slow updates are one thing, but crap radios and battery and buggy software that NEEDED updates is not verizon's problem. Plus Google agreed to the exclusive. They knew exactly what they were getting into. Especially when they released the buggy mess that 4.0 was initially...

 

[tourboy]

Think I would do the same on my S4.

Might swap out the Note 3 for it, if it comes to Verizon.