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Bobx66 posted:Great I'm off to go post some headlines and whip up the internet into another frenzy brb. 2 Of my 3 vendors are giving that as the new launch date. Don't start camping out in front of a store or anything, but that looks like its the next date. Being in the industry I suppose its a good thing people are excited about the stuff you need to deal with to make a living, but I am honestly starting to feel sad for humanity about how worked up people get over a little box of plastic and glass. Mighty Horse fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Dec 8, 2011 |
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I don't think anyone's really like, "Life = ruined!" but the back and forth is getting tiresome. Then again, maybe it's my own fault for following Droid Life. 
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Dec 8, 2011 19:56
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Yeah, more the constant dicking around. "Here's this cool new thing! Its going to be available to you guys sometime soon!! Early November... err, surely by Black Friday... ok, really, last week of November... guaranteed Dec. 9th, internal documents prove it!! ... or not." It was (almost?) all rumors, but it still sucks. Its sort of like the constant trade/player speculation and rumors in sports, only we actually know this thing will really happen, which makes it more annoying when it gets drawn out. Neither one should really matter too much, but people get excited and worked up anyways.
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hotsauce posted:So unlimited data will be $30/month? This seems too easy. The unlimited hotspot feature only populates as an option if you are grandfathered into the unlimited data plan. If you aren't, it doesn't even show up as a compatible or even selectable feature.
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Ciabatta posted:Yeah, more the constant dicking around. "Here's this cool new thing! Its going to be available to you guys sometime soon!! Early November... err, surely by Black Friday... ok, really, last week of November... guaranteed Dec. 9th, internal documents prove it!! ... or not." It was (almost?) all rumors, but it still sucks. Nexus is the Jarome Iginla trade rumor of the Android world.
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kstatix posted:The unlimited hotspot feature only populates as an option if you are grandfathered into the unlimited data plan. If you aren't, it doesn't even show up as a compatible or even selectable feature. Thanks. I'm out. Looks like I'm sticking with AT&T...
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Nexus is the Jarome Iginla trade rumor of the Android world. I'm hoping it's more like the Carmelo Anthony to NY rumor. Because we know that actually happened.
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Mighty Horse posted:Being in the industry I suppose its a good thing people are excited about the stuff you need to deal with to make a living, but I am honestly starting to feel sad for humanity about how worked up people get over a little box of plastic and glass. For me it's that I'm still on an OG Droid, and this thing will kernel panic about half the time I go to use Maps. As well as being ridiculously slow in general. With the Gnex on the horizon it doesn't seem worth it to reflash the rom now, but the constant not-really-delays are getting kind of aggravating.
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parasyte posted:For me it's that I'm still on an OG Droid, and this thing will kernel panic about half the time I go to use Maps. As well as being ridiculously slow in general. With the Gnex on the horizon it doesn't seem worth it to reflash the rom now, but the constant not-really-delays are getting kind of aggravating. I'm not champing at the bit for the GN but I'm definitely going to get one soon. I'm in the same boat with the OG Droid and while it has been a great phone apps are using more and more resources and sometimes I can't go more than about 10 minutes of use without eventually having launcher redraws or kernel panics if I'm using the gargantuan apps. I have a similar experience with Maps... it is getting very close to unusable on my Droid because of the memory it takes up... For example, if I have GrooveIP running in the background and launch Maps, Maps will get killed as soon as I search for an address or something unless I exit GrooveIP first. This is a fresh install of CM 7.1 too. Happens every time.
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To add to the already pretty good deal (that Verizon has at their stores, too) Amazon has this:quote:For a limited time, buy a hotspot-ready smartphone from Verizon or Sprint and receive a $100 Amazon.com Gift Card on select devices. Phones from AT&T and T-Mobile do not qualify. Offer valid between midnight PDT November 11, 2011 through 11:59 p.m. PDT December 31, 2011, for new lines of service and upgrade customers. Gift card codes will be sent via e-mail within 60 days of purchase, one per customer. Hotspot feature must be activated at time of purchase to qualify. Played a bit wit the Droid X2, but that's not 4g, so I might just settle with a Droid Bionic. I would go with an iPhone but having an extra 2gb is pretty nice on a 2gb plan, especially with 4G. I'm torn between Android and iOS.
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Don't buy an X2, for the love of God just about any phone released after the X2 is a better choice.
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Codiusprime posted:Don't buy an X2, for the love of God just about any phone released after the X2 is a better choice. Oh no I definitely wasn't thinking it, it was the first phone I played with and really liked it. BUT because it wasn't 4G I wouldn't be able to hop on the deal.
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Lblitzer posted:Oh no I definitely wasn't thinking it, it was the first phone I played with and really liked it. BUT because it wasn't 4G I wouldn't be able to hop on the deal. X2 would be a good phone if the software on it wasn't poo poo. Problem is: the software IS poo poo so 
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Should I even bother calling my local store tomorrow and asking if the whole date pushed off thing was one big hoax? 
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Work decided to get me a Mifi instead.... and then the stupid speaker on my phone went out so only speakermode or headphones work. Verizon is charging me $15 to ship a phone next day and the closest Apple store is ~3 hours away. I feel a little bit owned 
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005060524 posted:Should I even bother calling my local store tomorrow and asking if the whole date pushed off thing was one big hoax? There's no harm in calling. That being said it sounds like the next possible date is 12/15.
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My Bionic just updated itself to 5.5.893, which I guess is supposed to fix the connectivity issues, among other things. It literally just happened, so I don't know if its done anything noticable. I think I lost root though. Here's hoping the same method works with the update. Edit: Well gently caress. Time to try and figure out if it can be re-rooted, as one-click doesn't work with the update... NewcastleBrown fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Dec 9, 2011 |
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Dec 9, 2011 22:32
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My friend was in a Verizon store and got to play around with the Galaxy Nexus but couldn't actually buy it (of course). They said that maybe on the 13th they could sell it but didn't really know for sure. The sales guy was getting his info from an Android news site so I guess Verizon won't even tell their own people what the gently caress is going on.
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It's just delayed enough to prevent amazon razr rentals. Puts it outside the 14 days right?
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Roundboy posted:It's just delayed enough to prevent amazon razr rentals. Puts it outside the 14 days right? That and to avoid the double data promo. :tinfoilhat:
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I have a friend who works at a corporate store who indicated the 12th, but I'm pretty sure he's working off rumors. I'm trying to see if I can preorder the loving thing this weekend.
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waffle iron posted:I have a friend who works at a corporate store who indicated the 12th, but I'm pretty sure he's working off rumors. I'm trying to see if I can preorder the loving thing this weekend. Just have a bud who works there (your friend) tag one for you launch day. If it sells that day nobody in the store should care. Its how im getting mine. Swing by at lunch and get it done.
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Can you change up a single line plan to a family plan without issue? I need to jump off of tmobile because I get zero signal in my house, but I'm waiting on this retarded nexus to drop. At the same time I want to get my wife an iphone, are there going to be any issues with doing this one number at a time? Another question, can you port a number in over whatever they assign you or do you have to port it initially? I was burned by att with that idiocy in the past.
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Manos posted:Can you change up a single line plan to a family plan without issue? I need to jump off of tmobile because I get zero signal in my house, but I'm waiting on this retarded nexus to drop. At the same time I want to get my wife an iphone, are there going to be any issues with doing this one number at a time? You can do both of what you are talking about. When I jumped from Verizon to AT&T I first got a single line from VZW with whatever number they gave me, then ported over my primary number on top that and ported over the remaining lines.
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Still no 4G for me here on my RAZR. This poo poo is a little ridiculous...
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You should probably take it in as I think the 4G outage was declared over yesterday or Thursday.
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Or, in the most basic of troubleshooting options, reboot your phone JP.
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I generally assume that people have already tried that if they are on the forums, but yea, that should always be the first thing you try.
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A troubling rumor that the Galaxy Nexus is delayed over a disagreement on Google Wallet: http://phandroid.com/2011/12/09/want-answers-for-verizon-galaxy-nexus-delay-apparently-is-has-everything-to-do-with-google-wallet/ . If this is true, my my my, what a corporate gently caress-up between these companies. Makes me wonder why Google didn't just go with Sprint as the Nexus carrier, since they are cool with Google Wallet. It pisses me off that I'm on a Moto Q (old HTC Hero broke, and sucked anyway) until two giant companies I'd like to pay can decide whether or not to bundle an app I will never loving use anyway.
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notwithoutmyanus posted:Or, in the most basic of troubleshooting options, reboot your phone JP. I've been cycling CDMA/LTE manually and through airplane mode and I rebooted this morning. Maybe this next time will fix it... I hope.
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So...chances that GNex will stealth drop this weekend? Sigh.
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BoyBlunder posted:So...chances that GNex will stealth drop this weekend? Latest leaked target date is 12/15 with a possible soft launch beforehand. I've also heard a new target window of 12/17-12/24. Honestly, if the phone isn't out by Christmas, I'm giving up. Edit: I wonder how much is left of the exclusivity agreement. People were guessing it was going to run out by start of 2012. Edit edit: Apparently when a launch date is missed, it's pushed to the next Thursday. JayKay fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Dec 10, 2011 |
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BoyBlunder posted:So...chances that GNex will stealth drop this weekend? 100%
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JayKay posted:Edit edit: Apparently when a launch date is missed, it's pushed to the next Thursday. As per corporate policy, or in the sense of "this is what all the rumormongers do"?
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right arm posted:100% Post your source!
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Penguissimo posted:As per corporate policy, or in the sense of "this is what all the rumormongers do"? Verizon usually launches phones on a Thursday with the recent exceptions of the Razr and Rezound. It's probably how everybody is pulling 12/15 out of their rear end.
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BoyBlunder posted:Post your source! I thought everyone has just been making this poo poo up, I didn't know people actually used "sources" for these things man!!
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In my fantasy world, we'd see a soft launch from Verizon tomorrow where stores could sell the stock they already have, and third party retailers could launch it however the hell they'd like to at that point. I've read a lot of reports saying Best Buy and Radioshack both have stock and are just waiting for the green light. Then Verizon can throw out the banners on Thursday and do a formal launch with the stock that surely will be filtering in over the course of the week. Back in the real world, I'm starting to think I won't see this thing before Christmas.
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Droid Life is saying Verizon told everyone to expect 12/15 as the release date Whether that's bullshit or not is anyone's guess
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Dickeye posted:Droid Life is saying Verizon told everyone to expect 12/15 as the release date Apparently some Best Buys are throwing out 12/11 also. But I'm guessing that's more of the whole flyers cover from Sunday-Saturday thing.
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