Why Verizon Won't Announce The Galaxy Nexus

[whitecomet]

The one a many reasons i want a nexus is due to the fact it has ics. I have a droid x with gingerbread and to me it needs the new os to be a real upgrade leaving this as the only option. I do not want a new phone with the same os as my old unit since it works with gingerbread just fine.

Now I am not trying to start anything but in short if google does not step up in reducing fragmentation and the vendors just seem to strugle to keep up due to constant upgrades.

I really thin google should focus on a new os once a year to help this issue out and release it say evey august so the new phone coming out at the end of the year would have the new os this would have helped the razr and rezound. for those that want the newest they know when to do it and the rest of the market can buy a new phone whenever needed.

The platform to watch might be microsoft at the end of next year if they play their hand right it can do very well even though I like google microsoft if they do it right might be the way to go.

 

[bphelminski]

That

The other thing.

See what I did there? It's funny. No? Balls!

 

[Dirty-Bird]

Was interested in the Windows phone. Just tried that demo they have up of the OS.

No longer interested in it.

 

[Premium1]

Verizon won't have the coverage monopoly forever. And, make no mistake, that is the reason most people stick with them. Whenever you are made to feel like your concerns are not important, it does leave an impression. This "silence" is definitely not a good PR move on Verizon's part.

D.

The thing is that even if and that's a big if the other carriers catch up, unless the other carriers add unlimited data or something to entice customers most would rather stick with their current carrier than go through the hassle of switching carriers. Not to mention verizon pours billions into its network to continue improving and expanding it.

 

[Premium1]

The one a many reasons i want a nexus is due to the fact it has ics. I have a droid x with gingerbread and to me it needs the new os to be a real upgrade leaving this as the only option. I do not want a new phone with the same os as my old unit since it works with gingerbread just fine.

Now I am not trying to start anything but in short if google does not step up in reducing fragmentation and the vendors just seem to strugle to keep up due to constant upgrades.

I really thin google should focus on a new os once a year to help this issue out and release it say evey august so the new phone coming out at the end of the year would have the new os this would have helped the razr and rezound. for those that want the newest they know when to do it and the rest of the market can buy a new phone whenever needed.

The platform to watch might be microsoft at the end of next year if they play their hand right it can do very well even though I like google microsoft if they do it right might be the way to go.

Google does release a new os once a year. It is the manufacturers that slow down the updates don't blame that on google.

 

[hyminameisderek]

Google does release a new os once a year. It is the manufacturers that slow down the updates don't blame that on google.

I think it's great to have choice when it comes to Android (choice of hardware, different OS skins - some people do like the skins, etc). The OS skins are fine and all, but Google should step up and put some sort of regulations down.

I've seen it mentioned before, but they should get the manufacturers of their phones on board and give them a date that they have to push out the new OS by. It shouldn't be a selling point of an Android phone to be the only phone running an OS, it's android against Android and obviously Android always wins in that case, but the consumer doesn't.

Also my last tidbit on this is I wouldn't say that Android is easily novice accessible. With the IPhone, if you know somebody that has an IPhone then you know they can help you. With Android there are so many different versions floating around and different ways to do the same thing, that even an experienced user has to do some tinkering to figure out to do something on one phone that they know how to do easily on another. IE: I know exactly how to do what I want to do with my Droid 2, but my friend asks me about the Fascinate and I go into the settings to find that everything is different because it's Moto skin vs. Sammy skin.

 

[zulu308]

Verizon doesn't report to any of us here on this form or droid-life, why do they need to tell us anything? They already said it will be released by end of the year. December 31 is the last day of the year. 31 more days to go.

although I like it to come out before the last week of december, so I can pass on my wp7 to my dad and rock me this nexus.

 

[pauldroidr2d2]

Regardless of the actual reason for the delay, it seems that Verizon could have prevented a lot of ill will towards their company by simply stating that they are waiting on some bug fixes and flash support and that an announcement will be made shortly.

From what I'm reading, and I've read a lot on this, people are more upset by the lack of communication then they are over the delay itself. I can understand that as it makes me feel like I'm taken for granted.

I think people are upset because they have read a bunch of rumors mistaking them for facts. They are demanding that the phone be released in their timetable. "Ill-will" is created when a company makes an announcement and then doesn't follow through on it. A good example of that was the Xoom upgrade to 4G LTE.

This is not anything close to that. Especially given the fact that VZW has given a timeline of when to expect the phone to be released.

 

[Montclair]

Grammar 101

I appreciate your comments.

And I deeply appreciate your use of paragraphs. They seem to be lacking on many forums I visit. It refreshing to not having to wade through a "great-wall-o-text".

... not to mention the use of Capital Letters and punctuation. The OP must have learned to write using a pencil, not a phone.

 

[ultravisitor]

Hey! Let's not be disparaging mushrooms here -- mushrooms are tasty!

 

[estebancam]

Yeah the OP knows nothing about retail. Probably always worked a government job and nothing else.

In a very large percentage of retailers, 80% of their yearly revenue is made during Black Friday and Christmas. Just because the end number is $1 Billion in profit does not mean that it is a lot of money percentage-wise. If a company brings in $300 Billion in revenue and only makes $1 billion in profit, there is a problem (just as an example). It is not some kind of lie that retailer start making profits during Black Friday and Christmas, because in many, many cases, it is true.

Regardless, I think the simple reason Verizon doesn't make an announcement is because the phone is not ready. It must have LTE bugs or perhaps it doesn't work well with Verizon applications. Either way you look at it, the fault is on Verizon's end.

They have no obligation to announce anything until they decide.

Oh, and by the way, the deals people get on Black Friday are no gimmicks. I have worked only in retail all my life, and currently supervise annual sales of over $15 Million. On Black Friday, the area I supervise loses over $100,000 (yes, on that day alone) because the deals we give out are subsidized by our team, meaning that we pay for people to get good deals only so that we get people in our doors.

I find it amusing when people make up their own formula for how an economy works and somehow that has to be the truth.

 

[trivor]

Well, we agree that Verizon apparently does not give a damn about those of us (and it's way more than a few hundred) waiting for this phone! Where we disagree, and where you would be wrong, is that smart companies communicate with their customers and smart companies don't take their customers for granted. If you don't mind annually handing over thousands of your hard earned dollars to a company that sees communicating with you as a "waste of resources"... by all means, that's your prerogative.

I think it's bad for business and no amount of bantering back and forth with a Verizon fanboy on a public forum is going to change that opinion! Unfortunately, at this time they do offer the best coverage and the fastest network and so I have to put up with being treated like a mushroom... but I don't have to like it!

D.

Actually, you can look at it from the perspective of the only thing going on here is speculation since Verizon hasn't actually announced a release date. In case no one has noticed the GSM versions are already on 4.0.1 (and I just saw mention of 4.0.2). Who knows about any problems VZW might be having with the LTE version. Does anyone really want a repeat of the Thunderbolt? I would rather Verizon announce a release day (say with a 7-10 day advance possibly with pre-orders) and stick to it than tell us something and decide they have to delay. Remember, all the LTE phones are working with 1st Gen radios/software/hardware and certainly aren't working all that great so it is certainly possible they are having more problems with the LTE version than the GSM version. JMHO

 

[crzycrkr]

Well, we agree that Verizon apparently does not give a damn about those of us (and it's way more than a few hundred) waiting for this phone! Where we disagree, and where you would be wrong, is that smart companies communicate with their customers and smart companies don't take their customers for granted. If you don't mind annually handing over thousands of your hard earned dollars to a company that sees communicating with you as a "waste of resources"... by all means, that's your prerogative.

I think it's bad for business and no amount of bantering back and forth with a Verizon fanboy on a public forum is going to change that opinion! Unfortunately, at this time they do offer the best coverage and the fastest network and so I have to put up with being treated like a mushroom... but I don't have to like it!

D.

Lmao, okay, well first off, I'm not a Verizon fanboy. I actually hate the company, but that doesn't change the fact they have done nothing wrong here. And, no, its not really much more than a ffew hundred to a thousand freaking out over the "delay" of the GN. That's the problem with small groups of malcontents, they often vastly overestimate their size.

 

[crzycrkr]

Well, we agree that Verizon apparently does not give a damn about those of us (and it's way more than a few hundred) waiting for this phone! Where we disagree, and where you would be wrong, is that smart companies communicate with their customers and smart companies don't take their customers for granted. If you don't mind annually handing over thousands of your hard earned dollars to a company that sees communicating with you as a "waste of resources"... by all means, that's your prerogative.

I think it's bad for business and no amount of bantering back and forth with a Verizon fanboy on a public forum is going to change that opinion! Unfortunately, at this time they do offer the best coverage and the fastest network and so I have to put up with being treated like a mushroom... but I don't have to like it!

D.

And also, no offense, but your view of bad business is extremely narrow minded. Business is profit margin. Unless you have Verizon's books in front of you and know their business strategy, you have absolutely no clue what is good or bad for their business. I would hazard a guess that by their estimates, the HANDFUL of malcontents that will actually dump Verizon for this or hold a grudge over it is significantly less than the amount of people the phone will bring in. Then take into account the people they may lose if they release it before its ready. Chances are anyone that doesn't leave over this most likely will forget their malcontent after the phone is in their hands.

Bottom line is business is about profit. Verizon will release this phone when they think its the most profitable for them. That is their prerogative, and the correct thing to do from a business standpoint. Are they really going to risk alienating more customers than the handful of irrationally pissed off tech nerds by releasing the phone before its ready? No, Verizon is doing the right thing

 

[monkeyluis]

They're not announcing it because they thought they were ready when they really weren't. That's all there is too it. Verizon, Samsung & Google are all to blame. They have no clue what they are doing.

 

[crzycrkr]

They're not announcing it because they thought they were ready when they really weren't. That's all their is too it.

Well, yeah, that's typically how things work. You announce when you are positive on a date, then release. For some reason people here are getting annoyed with that method, lol

 

[Premium1]

Well, yeah, that's typically how things work. You announce when you are positive on a date, then release. For some reason people here are getting annoyed with that method, lol

I think it is the fact they announced it over a month ago. If it wasn't ready you don't announce it simple as that..

 

[YourMobileGuru]

What would kill me is if Verizon cripples AOSP features or adds bloat. It looks like the My Verizon and Backup Assistant apps will be on the phone (from the videos on Google's YouTube channel). That I can live with. But if they block features the GSM version has, or if I open the launcher and see City ID and Let's Golf, I may lose my mind. I truly don't think that will happen (Google I think would have a conniption) but with Verizon, you never know. And the "disable app" feature won't satisfy me in that case. I want unmolested Android darn it!

Not gonna happen. I'm sure the Market will have the Verizon area and we can download that stuff if we want to but My Verizon and Backup Assistant are if or preloaded stuff and we don't even know for sure that they will be preloaded just that they were in the commercial and on test models.

 

[crzycrkr]

I think it is the fact they announced it over a month ago. If it wasn't ready you don't announce it simple as that..

Yeah, god forbid you get a little publicity, lol

 

[Premium1]

Yeah, god forbid you get a little publicity, lol

No that isn't it at all. If they waited until later nov to announce it with a launch a week or two later you would have less pissed off people and less possible returns from people "renting" Sorry you don't understand that. Hype won't last months why do you think the iphone sells so well the first few weeks? because the hype is at its peak.