Official ICS & Galaxy Nexus Launch Thread

[AznAnarchy99]

My billing cycle is just about to be up with Tmobile. Im probably just gonna do another month. If its not out by Dec 10th, I'll be pissed.

 

[zinfamous]

you can pre-order both the 16GB and 32GB in Europe

http://www.expansys.be/google-galaxy-nexus-16gb-black-224349/

600 euro for the 16GB version

D:

damn, must really suck to be in Europe when you want electronics. Every single toy that I saw over there had a ridiculous markup, lol.

 

[zinfamous]

My billing cycle is just about to be up with Tmobile. Im probably just gonna do another month. If its not out by Dec 10th, I'll be pissed.

patience. In the meantime, be sure to adjust your off-contract TMo plan to a super awesome, much cheaper, better service monthly plan.

 

[zerocool84]

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damn, must really suck to be in Europe when you want electronics. Every single toy that I saw over there had a ridiculous markup, lol.

I'm sure that's how much it'll cost over here too.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

patience. In the meantime, be sure to adjust your off-contract TMo plan to a super awesome, much cheaper, better service monthly plan.

Im doing the $50 a month right now. Imma do the $60 for 2gb data next month. Tmobile has great data speeds for me. Reception is spotty in doors sometimes but its much better than the horrible service I was getting with sprint.

 

[basslover1]

I'm patiently waiting for VZW to announce a concrete release date. That way I can pester the shit out of them and get them to move my renewal date from 1/12 to 11/11. I fully expect to have to wait until January, so if they oblige I'll be all the merrier.

 

[YoungGun21]

I'm sure that's how much it'll cost over here too.

Well...sort of. It will cost about $600. Not 600 euro, that's about $840.

 

[YoungGun21]

I'm patiently waiting for VZW to announce a concrete release date. That way I can pester the shit out of them and get them to move my renewal date from 1/12 to 11/11. I fully expect to have to wait until January, so if they oblige I'll be all the merrier.

Actually I remember a ton of people doing this for huge release phones in the past. It may work. You have to call though, don't try the in-store reps. Unless you think you have a hook-up with one.

 

[freegeeks]

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damn, must really suck to be in Europe when you want electronics. Every single toy that I saw over there had a ridiculous markup, lol.

what would you prefer, pay full price for any phone here but they come unlocked (including iphone) and get any mobile plan you want, starting at 15/euro month, no need to pay for extra stuff like hotspot or the USA way with the expensive forced 2 year plans, the stupid options like hotspot and the locked phones

do the math, total ownership in the USA over 2 years is much higher because of the lack of competition and you are left with a locked phone that you can not even use on another network. I really laugh my ass of with these 70 dollar/month smartphone plans. I'll stick with our 15/euro month plans with 0 commitment and I happily pay full price for my unlocked Iphone or Android device

I prefer our suckage over the USA suckage anytime of the week ;-)

 

[WelshBloke]

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damn, must really suck to be in Europe when you want electronics. Every single toy that I saw over there had a ridiculous markup, lol.

Expansys is always really expensive.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Well...sort of. It will cost about $600. Not 600 euro, that's about $840.

nah it'll cost more than $600 until supply starts saturating.

Remember the SGS2 retailing for $900 at first? Then it stabilized at $800 for a few months, and then fell below $600 only after August. I'm talking about the international version....

 

[zoiks]

Really want this for T-mobile.

 

[basslover1]

Actually I remember a ton of people doing this for huge release phones in the past. It may work. You have to call though, don't try the in-store reps. Unless you think you have a hook-up with one.

I hope this is true. But like I said, I expect to have to wait so if they do move it up, then I'll be pretty happy.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Well I was hoping my OG droid would last until the GN was released but today I dropped it on the ground and now my screen isn't responding to any touch or gestures.

Do I dare risk picking up a razr on thursday then exchanging it for a GN once it drops?

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Well I was hoping my OG droid would last until the GN was released but today I dropped it on the ground and now my screen isn't responding to any touch or gestures.

Do I dare risk picking up a razr on thursday then exchanging it for a GN once it drops?

I was thinking of doing the same thing hmm

 

[leeland]

I was thinking of doing the same thing hmm

I have one question about the razr...the battery...

what happens when it starts to go out on it? You can't replace it correct? Seems like a death sentence for the phone unless I am missing something obvious like usual

 

[Bateluer]

I have one question about the razr...the battery...

what happens when it starts to go out on it? You can't replace it correct? Seems like a death sentence for the phone unless I am missing something obvious like usual

Phone batteries usually only last about 18 months, but at that point, new phone anyway. :/

 

[zinfamous]

I'm sure that's how much it'll cost over here too.

600 Euro?

:hmm:

 

[Fire&Blood]

what would you prefer, pay full price for any phone here but they come unlocked (including iphone) and get any mobile plan you want, starting at 15/euro month, no need to pay for extra stuff like hotspot or the USA way with the expensive forced 2 year plans, the stupid options like hotspot and the locked phones

do the math, total ownership in the USA over 2 years is much higher because of the lack of competition and you are left with a locked phone that you can not even use on another network. I really laugh my ass of with these 70 dollar/month smartphone plans. I'll stick with our 15/euro month plans with 0 commitment and I happily pay full price for my unlocked Iphone or Android device

I prefer our suckage over the USA suckage anytime of the week ;-)

This is true. While the devices are more expensive outside USA, after comparing the 12 months device and service cost, European customers save a gread deal of money after only 12 months, calculations show even more savings with longer operation. Some Austrian providers offer the iphone4s for free with contract and the monthly unlimited plan is still cheaper than some BYOP USA plans.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

http://androidandme.com/2011/11/dev...xy-nexus-and-the-launch-that-could-have-been/

Yup Google fucked up.

 

[sciwizam]

http://androidandme.com/2011/11/dev...xy-nexus-and-the-launch-that-could-have-been/

Yup Google fucked up.

Hasn't there always been around 1 month gap between the announcement and the Nexus actually shipping?

 

[soccerballtux]

D:

damn, must really suck to be in Europe when you want electronics. Every single toy that I saw over there had a ridiculous markup, lol.

taxes lol gotta bail out greece

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Hasn't there always been around 1 month gap between the announcement and the Nexus actually shipping?

The problem is more that they've been silent on it since announcing it. No news on what carriers are getting it, when they are getting it or pricing.

Costco has a 90 exchange policy on phones. Im getting the Razr friday and exchanging it for the Nexus when it comes out.

 

[I Saw OJ]

The problem is more that they've been silent on it since announcing it. No news on what carriers are getting it, when they are getting it or pricing.

Costco has a 90 exchange policy on phones. Im getting the Razr friday and exchanging it for the Nexus when it comes out.

Thats a hell of an idea. Do you know if you will get the subsidized price on the Nexus when you return the razr?

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Hasn't there always been around 1 month gap between the announcement and the Nexus actually shipping?

Doesn't matter. The Nexus S was announced with a shipping date. So has every iPhone. Why launch something and stay completely silent? And if anything this Verizon exclusive is far worse than anything else. T-mobile at least uses SIMs and you can slap any SIM you want into the old Nexus phones, but this is just absurd.

This is why I call this a paper launch. Completely pointless. If they tried to butt heads with Apple, they could've easily waited 2 months and pulled off a glorious 4 carrier launch. But nope. Instead we have a launch and now are waiting. Meanwhile the SGS2 sells and new variants come out.