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I'm just regular baffled. I've heard tons of theories and most of them are seriously strategic and deep. I'm still simple. I don't understand why Samsung would want to let Moto and HTC get their foot in the door and start running towards holiday sales, gathering good reviews, etc and let the Nexus stand on the sidelines. There's honestly nothing strategic about missing the holiday sales window.
I'll be shocked if the problem lies with Samsung. You would think that Samsung would be concerned about people just opting for the iphone. They need to realize that there are phones coming out this month with better specs than the GN and the most appealing thing to everyone with the GN is ICS. If they were smart they would release the GN now then release the other phones with better stats later with a timeline as to when they will be getting the ICS upgrades. This will put a highly anticipated phone on the market now to appease all the GN people. The other phones (razr etc) can be released the next month along with an ETA on ICS upgrade information. This will appease the people who may want more up to date hardware. To me this method makes way more sense because of the extremely strong iphone 4s sales. They basically have been giving Apple a free month to take as many sales away from Google and Samsung as possible. And I do agree with another poster on here. Google/Samsung did a crappy job at this whole GN roll-out thing....Apple is light years ahead of them. At the end of Apples presentation we all knew the price and when the damn things could be ordered. At the end of the Google/Samsung presentation all we did was scratch our heads........and we're still scratching our heads over two weeks later!
I received this reply back:
"Unfortunately, Samsung has not given us a release date, and without a release date we cannot give one to our customers as it would be incorrect information. We do have an option to sign up so you may get the latest alerts on the Nexus, such as release date, pre-order information etc. I am including a link below where you may sign up to receive these notifications.
Nexus Information: http://smartphones.verizonwireless.com/nexus/"
Ug. So it looks like maybe it is Samsung who isn't giving them a release date, but god knows how to contact them. Also, the rep didn't seem to be helpful with options for me not to cancel, and all she gives me is the sign-up page that I've already used.
I think verizon is not announcing the release date or releasing it with in the same time period as the Razr
so that they dont end up with a bunch of used phones when you return that crap.
Okay the original Nexus One launched on Jan. 5th 2010 and the Nexus S launched in the US on December 16th 2010. That was 345 days between launches.
I think we can all agree on one thing: Google has screwed up. They had our attention, the media's attention, and they squandered it. They could have announced a release date aand pricing but they didn't. Instead we're stuck with this waiting game. Google should step up and say, "Verizon, this is when it's releasing. Deal with it." You think. Apple asked Verizon when they would like to launch? Bull. Apple knows how to deal with the carriers. Google needs to grow a pair. If this thing launches in the middle of the holiday season, Google has utterly failed. They do not know how to launch a product. Look at Google+. Damn, it's so upsetting to see the carriers stomp all over Google.
Stand up, Google. Otherwise the Nexus will continue to be lost in between huge phone launches like the Razr and Rezound. The Nexus is essentially Google's iPhone, a pure vision, yet no one out there will touch one because Google and Verizon won't market it. Such a shame.
I think we can all agree on one thing: Google has screwed up. They had our attention, the media's attention, and they squandered it. They could have announced a release date aand pricing but they didn't. Instead we're stuck with this waiting game. Google should step up and say, "Verizon, this is when it's releasing. Deal with it." You think. Apple asked Verizon when they would like to launch? Bull. Apple knows how to deal with the carriers. Google needs to grow a pair. If this thing launches in the middle of the holiday season, Google has utterly failed. They do not know how to launch a product. Look at Google+. Damn, it's so upsetting to see the carriers stomp all over Google.
Stand up, Google. Otherwise the Nexus will continue to be lost in between huge phone launches like the Razr and Rezound. The Nexus is essentially Google's iPhone, a pure vision, yet no one out there will touch one because Google and Verizon won't market it. Such a shame.
I think we can all agree on one thing: Google has screwed up. They had our attention, the media's attention, and they squandered it. They could have announced a release date aand pricing but they didn't. Instead we're stuck with this waiting game. Google should step up and say, "Verizon, this is when it's releasing. Deal with it." .