Just maybe a release date. Nexus verizon

[oxymoron]

Daaayummm... can't a guy have a little fun

I'm bored. Blah this. Blah that. Series of blah blah blahs.

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[ohiomoto]

I called today to check into a promotion on my plan and ended up talking to a customer loyalty rep. At the end of our conversations I mentioned that I was interested in the Galaxy Nexus. He immediately replied, "That is a very nice phone." I asked if he know when we might see it released. He explained that all the release dates are put into the system, did a little typing and said it's not there yet. He said that means it's probably a week or two away. Then he went on to say it should be this month and that i might want to keep an eye on Black Friday because they do a bunch of stuff around then.

So what does this mean? Nothing really. He know about the GN, but who knows what he knew about the release date.

The way I see it is like this: We could see them this weekend or next week, but all things point that we will see them by the months end which is exactly 2 weeks from now. Hang in there!

 

[bworley50]

Just called telesales. Guy said end of the month. Like after Black Friday, which is idiotic if true. I understand the source and its general inability to be credible. Makes little sense business wise. "Let's wait until AFTER the biggest shopping day in a bad economy." Does makes sense for the device to be released after the Google press release today. I watched and it was very good. If you've already been using Google Music it was not that informative but the entire operation will change the music industry. Back to topic: I hope what I heard wasn't true, but a release date would probably curtail the angst.

 

[dadsterflip]

Well at least you are still here, answering questions and have not disappeared. That give me a little hope. Thanks for the info.

Yea. Well at least announcement would be nice tomorrow. But if not waiting game still lives on.
If you seen or watch the verge the maker or designer of android announced November release so we might not have to wait long unless its only for UK. Who knows.

 

[Adrynalyne]

Just called telesales. Guy said end of the month. Like after Black Friday, which is idiotic if true. I understand the source and its general inability to be credible. Makes little sense business wise. "Let's wait until AFTER the biggest shopping day in a bad economy." Does makes sense for the device to be released after the Google press release today. I watched and it was very good. If you've already been using Google Music it was not that informative but the entire operation will change the music industry. Back to topic: I hope what I heard wasn't true, but a release date would probably curtail the angst.

Gotta listen to the counterarguments being made everywhere, dude.

Verizon doesn't want to sell the device. It doesn't have bloat, and its not Droid branded.

No...Verizon doesn't want to sell the device. They just want to sit on millions of dollars in merchandise, because that makes them money.

 

[sneakking]

the source over on phandroid forums on the ridiculously long thread is reporting before black friday with a high probability of monday...cross your fingers!

 

[dadsterflip]

the source over on phandroid forums on the ridiculously long thread is reporting before black friday with a high probability of monday...cross your fingers!

Would be nice. I guess Thursday releases with Verizon is a thing in the past huh?

 

[sneakking]

Would be nice. I guess Thursday releases with Verizon is a thing in the past huh?

i guess with thanksgiving on thursday that kind of forces their hand...and with razr and rezound not being traditional maybe that's true

am i allowed to link another forum? (mods remove this link if not)

***Official Galaxy Nexus Pre-Release thread*** ( (anything up to) 12/17 release date) - Page 648 - Android Forums

 

[bworley50]

I know they want to sell it. Selling phones means selling activations. Waiting too long limits the number of phones sold and activations sold in the quarter. I'm sure they know what they're doing operationally, but Verizon has a massive chance to add new subscribers from other carriers with this phone. That is the name of the game. I'm sure that is why they're offering better data plans for the holidays. I simply say the sooner the better for all parties involved.

 

[Adrynalyne]

I know they want to sell it. Selling phones means selling activations. Waiting too long limits the number of phones sold and activations sold in the quarter. I'm sure they know what they're doing operationally, but Verizon has a massive chance to add new subscribers from other carriers with this phone. That is the name of the game. I'm sure that is why they're offering better data plans for the holidays. I simply say the sooner the better for all parties involved.

I know. I was just taking a shot at those who keep saying Verizon doesn't care about the device.

Fact is, they ordered 120,400 units. They aren't going to spend $24,080,000 on devices they do not care about. That figure is only if each unit costs them $200 btw. I am sure its more.

 

[qnet]

Would be nice. I guess Thursday releases with Verizon is a thing in the past huh?

Well, we will know tomorrow and, if it doesn't happen it will be another rumored day passed by. I have to work Friday so, it won't matter to me if it comes out then (unless I can order online). Then Monday will be here and, it will be another rumored day.

I have to say though, I thought we would know something by now.

 

[TBolt2011]

I will take an announcement with a date. If the date is 2 weeks from now, so be it. I just want a freakin' date!!!!!!!

Don't trust everything you see on TV! The first few Thunderbolt ads that went out aired for less than a week saying that the phone was coming out in February. They were quickly pulled from the air, and the phone came out a half month AFTER February ended.

Sorry, that launch turned me into a bit of a buzzkill when it comes to launches!

 

[dadsterflip]

Well, we will know tomorrow and, if it doesn't happen it will be another rumored day passed by. I have to work Friday so, it won't matter to me if it comes out then (unless I can order online). Then Monday will be here and, it will be another rumored day.

I have to say though, I thought we would know something by now.

Yea.
Well there's a stratosphere free on radio shack if anyone can't wait anymore lol.

Well UK got their toy tomorrow and watching video of some guys opening or unboxing it from a paper envelope? Lol really??

 

[Drosul]

I know. I was just taking a shot at those who keep saying Verizon doesn't care about the device.

Fact is, they ordered 120,400 units. They aren't going to spend $24,080,000 on devices they do not care about. That figure is only if each unit costs them $200 btw. I am sure its more.

You are forgetting one thing, however....

It's not just that VZW makes more per Razr/Rezound sold via the bloat apps (wouldn't be suprised if its as much as an extra $1 per activated unit, PER bloat app)... It's the fact that they LOSE MONEY on phones that don't sell. Google trends put the GNex at roughly double the search rate of both the Razr/rezound combined on the week that both the Razr/Rezound launched.....

I'd wager VZW is less worried about having 1,000,000 Gnexus stuck in storage for a few weeks, than having 500,000 each of Razrs/Rezounds that will NEVER get sold, especially if they completely misjudged the demand for both phones as compared to the Nexus (which imo is a safe bet) and agreed to buy way more than they would have with current market data.

It also lends credibility to the idea that VZW will release the phone after Black Friday, because again it's not that they want to sit on a G-Nex stockpile, it's that they DON'T want to sit on a Rezound/Razr stockpile.

 

[bworley50]

That's their fault for not knowing their customers.

 

[dadsterflip]

You are forgetting one thing, however....

It's not just that VZW makes more per Razr/Rezound sold via the bloat apps (wouldn't be suprised if its as much as an extra $1 per activated unit, PER bloat app)... It's the fact that they LOSE MONEY on phones that don't sell. Google trends put the GNex at roughly double the search rate of both the Razr/rezound combined on the week that both the Razr/Rezound launched.....

I'd wager VZW is less worried about having 1,000,000 Gnexus stuck in storage for a few weeks, than having 500,000 each of Razrs/Rezounds that will NEVER get sold, especially if they completely misjudged the demand for both phones as compared to the Nexus (which imo is a safe bet) and agreed to buy way more than they would have with current market data.

It also lends credibility to the idea that VZW will release the phone after Black Friday, because again it's not that they want to sit on a G-Nex stockpile, it's that they DON'T want to sit on a Rezound/Razr stockpile.

True about the stockpile left behind but I'm sure there's a few of us that knows about the gnex compare to alot that only knows a phone when they see it on person or commercial.

After black Friday I think ill be broke lol even broke to buy this phone if it doesn't release before that.

 

[stockandroidguy]

just check online on verizon nothing :'(

 

[dadsterflip]

I'm out for the night. Had enough for now and start all over tomorrow lol..

Well if anything pops ill be sure to add it here.

 

[TBolt2011]

That's their fault for not knowing their customers.

In hindsight, we were all saying the same thing in February about the Bolt, but the reality is that they're till a business. The GNex WILL sell. Honestly, probably just as well anytime (within the reasonable future) as it would if it launched tomorrow. So VZ is taking advantage of that in order to move other products.

They know their customers TOO well, imo. They know you'll be in that store for the GNex the day if comes out, even if it's 4 AM on Christmas Eve and you have to ski to the store. Exaggeration are fun, but you get the point, I hope.

 

[potatolover1102]

In hindsight, we were all saying the same thing in February about the Bolt, but the reality is that they're till a business. The GNex WILL sell. Honestly, probably just as well anytime (within the reasonable future) as it would if it launched tomorrow. So VZ is taking advantage of that in order to move other products.

They know their customers TOO well, imo. They know you'll be in that store for the GNex the day if comes out, even if it's 4 AM on Christmas Eve and you have to ski to the store. Exaggeration are fun, but you get the point, I hope.

That really gave me a good laugh because I would go through that to get this phone and was apart of the thunderbolt madness and I think Verizon knows now what we will do to get a phone we want lol!