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  • Galaxy Nexus contain best features in it. I like this smart phone so much. Its touch sensitivity is so powerful and effortless for its user. Its android application are updated which help to increased its features and make this best smart phones.
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  • Does anybody think we can change the battery cover on the Verizon Galaxy Nexus. I’d like to switch it with the original Non-Verizon one.  I can’t stand that they had to brand it with there logo, and ruin its beauty.  Where would someone get the original cover, and would it fit?

  • If I hadn’t just been fired from 60k+yr job on Saturday, I would enjoy buying this phone even more.  Ah f-it you all know that I am getting it.

  • I have a question: why the hell can’t we pre-order this phone?

    Verizon knows it’s a major release yet they want to sweep it under the rug because it doesn’t have Droid branding. Frankly, I don’t care about their branding. It’s a major release and I want to preorder so that I can go to a store, pick it up, and know it will be there. I don’t want to sit around in a line hoping to get my hands on it. 

    This is absolutely insane handling by Verizon.

  • So he could totally be lying to me or maybe he had no clue what he was talking about, but I just talked on the phone with one of the store reps for the Rancho Cucamonga, CA Verizon store (my local store). He said they have not received anything regarding the release of the Galaxy Nexus and he thinks it may be an online only thing because of it being pushed back so much. errrr

  • I can’t imagine an extra 250 mAh will add that much thickness to the phone.  That will be nice to have some extra juice without the usual pregnant look extended batteries tend to give 4G phones.  No offense pregnant people.

  • So I want to unlock & root my phone first before activating it. Will I still get the same “system update” notification 2 hours after? This is my first android phone so please be nice -lol. 

    • You’ll want to unlock it first as unlocking the bootloader will wipe the phone.
      Rooting may cause some issues with receiving the update but will not wipe device.
      To play it safe just, unlock the bootloader, get the updates, root the phone. 

  • I know it’s $299, and the leak about $199 was some bs hoax… but after launch day, maybe in the coming weeks… I wonder if RadioShack, Amazon, or others will have it for less (for existing customers)?

     …like the $100 off promo for existing customers that Radioshack had a couple months ago.

  • Now, the $64 question.  Can we get a back that will only have GOOGLE on it and no Verizon branding?

    • yeah probably, if you take the back off of a international version. but why would this matter to anyone? you have problems if you would care so much about something as minor as this.

      • This has a whole lot more to do with my dislike of carrier advertising much more so than having “problems.”  The previous iteration of the Nexus phones had no carrier advertising of the sort and I would hope this, being a Google flagship phone, would’ve repeated that same process.  Seeing as it hasn’t, I hope to rectify this.

    • buy some nail polish remover, I bet it will come off. If it removes the paint and looks like shit, at least it will look less like shit.

    • Screw the bills this month, lol. I doubt they will shut your power off for missing one payment, haha.

  • It says here that the phone is only 145 grams as opposed to the already advertised 150 grams on the Nexus website.. the lighter the better, but how much do you guys think the battery weighs? 

  • So can you order this phone online and have it shipped to your house? Been hearing some people say it’s only available in store…

  • Just talked to a verizon customer rep. guy and confirmed the release on friday.  And also confirmed that you can apply the price of the phone (299 or retail) to your monthly payments….so behold my android friends. the nexus is finally here.

    • Yes but be aware.  You cant do multiple months.  You have to pay the balance the next money, no matter how large the balance.  For example, when i got my Bionic and accessories it cost $404.  I paid 200 that day and put 200 on my account.  My bill the next month included the entire 200 dollar i put on the account. 

      So basically im saying you cannot spread it out over many months.

  • You guys that are worried about Battery life just do what i do.  While im at work I switch my bionic to CDMA only (3G).  That way i get my push notifications and e-mails.  When I get off work or I need to do major web browsing or heavy data usage I swith to LTE (4G).  

    After an 8hour work day I walk out the door with 85% battery left.  I have the windshield car dock and im fully charged by the time I get home.

    Even when i dont do this I get 15hours or more on LTE with moderate usage so battery life really shouldnt be a huge deal with the NEXUS.  

    Good luck and enjoy your new phones everyone, i know you’ve been waiting forever.  

    • Holy crap.  I just have to say that this simple little civil post… it made my day after a long day of snark and smugness from an ugly ugly web world.  Thanks my fellow traveler.

      • Yeah, especially coming from someone who bought a Bionic – I’ve seen nothing but animosity between Bionic / Razr buyers and those of us waiting for the Nexus. Good tip, and good to know we can all get along.

        I wonder if there are apps that will automatically turn 4G on and off based on time of day or location?

        • It’s one of the first things I’ll look at doing via Tasker.  I don’t imagine it will be hard.

          • If it is a native function in the settings, no doubt Tasker will do it. No matter what phone I end up with, I would create that profile  in Tasker for sure.

          • I figured it would. I already have close to 10 profiles controlled by Tasker, this is just another to make!

    • Speaking of battery. I would like to point out that its the battery that gives the Nexus the “ZOMG TEH NFC!!!!”. 

      So in reality the Bionic could have “ZOMG TEH NFC!!!!” as well……

      …..but Motorola forgot about it 10 minutes after it launched. 

    • Very good idea;I usually turn off data altogether at work; those walls are so thick that I don’t get any service in there, even with Verizon’s penetration.

      Good on you to not knock on others getting a different phone. Enjoy AOSP ICS when that
      build gets stable =)
      Anything the Razor should see, the Bionic should see too.

      • and the droid 3 🙂 hashcode is hard at work on ics, has wifi and many things working on preview build 3 released today!

    • I for one am a lil disappointed in the size ofthe extended battery. Since when did 12% more become extended. That should only equate to an extra 2 hrs of use

      • exactly… with my thunderbolt, even if i kill 4G, Wifi, everything I can, it’s still dead when i get back to it after a 10 hr work day.  if they’re putting 1850 in stock, which is great, they need to offer a double life (3700mah) battery, maybe in addition to a 2100 or maybe 2400mah battery

    • I agree completely with this type of management.  These are complex devices, as powerful and connected as the computer most of us had sitting on our desks just 5-7 years ago.  Testing battery life without any user intervention to manage the battery is unrealistic, and end users should understand that they can’t just leave every setting and radio turned on and expect everything to go just swimmingly.  

    • isn’t this what smart actions would be for?  I don’t know much about smart actions….

  • will each dock have different screens like the og droid?kind of a neat feature I don’t want to give up

  • I got a text from Verizon today telling me that I was eligible for a new phone. I told them I was waiting for a certain phone, before I even said anything the rep replied “the nexus huh?” immediately he started to sell me the Rezound. He was pushing really hard for me to get it. I wonder if they have been told to push all other phones and not suggets the g-nex. It was kinda wierd. 

  • When this phone comes out for me, it’s going to need an “O”-Face Unlock

  • Can someone tell me how ______ still has a job if he/she is passing all these leaks? Aside from their job keeping us all extremely happy

      • and where do I sign up for the job of having the phone before everyone else, just to show it off via youtube videos for weeks before the release?

  • if its not much thicker and price is right id get the extended. otherwise ill just get the standard as a spare. im so used to swapping out batteries with my tbolt anyway. any ideas on pricing?

    • All 4g extended batteries are half price thru december. So it should be $24.99 till dec 31. Also (hate to burst the bubble) but the launch date has been removed from the equipment guide.

      • no bubble bursted, i went thru the thunderbolt release date aga. this is just part 2. although i hope it comes out friday, i am not expecting it to be released…

    • I might get the extended too if it’s not too big. I’ve heard that taking off and on that back cover can be a pain.

  • Lots off reviews have mentioned a chintzy feel to the battery door…any odds of slick 3rd party battery covers that might have a heftier feel?

    • They say it only feels like that when it is off. It’s supposed to be pretty solid when installed.

    • Depends on price. Haven’t 4G batteries been 50% off lately anyways? When it was discovered that the 1600 mAh battery from the Rezound fit the Thunderbolt, a number of people upgraded their TB batteries to that, and I believe the discount was the reason why so many people did just that.

    • the droid x only came with a 1500 mah battery, the extended oem battery that is 1880 mah nearly doubles my use time. 2100 would be nice, should be able to get almost 3 to 4 days of low to medium use on 3G, probably 2 to 3 days with 4G.

  • Just called every retailer in my city (Lincoln. NE) and got the same nearly scriptsd response. We don’t have any information, but we do expect the device sometime in the next 2 weeks……

    • lol i got the chick saying see hasnt heard anything and when i kept trying to press the nexus she then tried to sell me on the razor and when i told her no razr i want info on the nexus she put me on hold and after waiting 2 min on hold i hung up

    • Called my Verizon corp store, without hesitation the rep confirmed they will have a large supply, available Friday, and will be opening the store an hour early that day.  

  • Nice extended battery… The question is though, how much larger is it and will this mean the other accessories like the car dock will not work w/ it…?

    • Says right there – 2100 vs 1850 mAh.  Should be good for an extra couple hours.  If it’s a Samsung batter and a Samsung dock, it almost certainly will work, but no guarantees – the Moto extended ones don’t work with their accessories.

      • I’m pretty sure he’s talking physical size when he asks how much larger it is in the first part of that sentence

        • yes, my bionic works fine with my two docks if a case is on there.  There is a removable inside shell to make it bigger

          • I gotta admit, the bionic extended battery is pretty damn big, but I think its by far the sweetest stylilng on an extended batt… Hell, it might even look better with the battery than without.

    • Answer: pretty large and no, it will not fit in the card dock. The phone won”t even fit in the car dock with a thin gel case.

      • Someone who has this phone with the extended battery says you can hardly tell it is on the phone. They also stated that the extended battery works with the original case and dock.

        • Agreed, with it only going from 1850 to 2100, and the fact that it doesn’t look like they are going toooooo terribly crazy on the actual dimensions (doesn’t look anything like the bionic or the t-bolt extended batteries) I’ll bet it’s liable to slip into some pretty sneaky places, even with the extended battery.  I have the inductive charge pad for my droid charge, and the inductive back plate (obviously).  It is definitely thicker, but only like as much as a credit card or so, so it really doesn’t hinder too much use.  If anything, soft gel cases should definitely still fit on the phone w/ the extended battery.  It probably won’t fit in the car dock with the case, but w/o a case it might fit the car dock (but probably not the media docks). 

      • From what I got from the Verizon store guy at both stores today is that they are not pre-ordering…it was get my butt in at 10am to get a phone.

  • Too bad the HDMI dock wont be available at launch. Would love to have one the same day I get my G-Nex 

    • Ditto, but I want the landscape dock for my nightstand.  Ah well, January is coming.

      I will have to figure out how to use the rest of my $50 LivingSocial coupon when I go in, tho.  I know I am getting the Navmount, maybe I will just get the spare battery charger thingy and a spare standard battery.

  • Too bad there isn’t an early upgrade promotion like they did with my Droid X.  Guess i’ll be waiting until next April to get one >.<

  • Woot, extended battery! 

    My question is, will the nav mount come with a charger? My old DroidX one doesn;t put out enough juice to charge my Rezound when it’s in a 4G area and Maps is running in Nav mode.  Makes it kinda useless…

    • I’m sure as soon as Kellen gets his LTE GNex he’ll let us know if the battery covers are interchangeable.  

  • When i buy the Nexus, do i have to let the rep activate it, or can i swap my 4G sim from my TBolt and activate it myself when i get home later from work?

        • Not sure that’s true.  I wanted to pick up a phone for my mom in Oct. (cheap generic flip-phone) but she lives a couple hours away.  Told the C/S rep I’d like to get it now and activate it when I visited her the following weekend.  He told me that they couldn’t do it, that it had to be activated in store.  

          But that might be total bullcrap from a sales rep who didn’t know squat, so take it for what it’s worth.

          • I think you may have to get a new sim because the thunderbolt sim is the regular sim and the sim in the nexus is the micro sim.  I could be wrong though..

    • I think the GNex uses a micro sim whereas the Tbolt uses a standard sim, so you’ll need a new sim card for the GNex.

      • Technically that is true, but it is quite simple to make a standard SIM into a MicroSIM – pair of scissors and about 5 minutes.  Very easy.

    • We all now have a picture of your face (from your profile pick).

      We might get to enjoy your phone too! 🙂

  • Yeah, may not give you a ton of extra juice, but could be enough, especially without the added bulk that others have.

  • Yeah, may not give you a ton of extra juice, but could be enough, especially without the added bulk that others have.

  • thanks for bein the man, Kellex! Fingers crossed that the extended battery really isnt a brick, and doesnt make the phone so big that it won’t fit in a standard case or the accessories

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  • Looking like the extended battery is a no brainer as it’s not much bigger…but only 300mah more??

    • Yeah, may not give you a ton of extra juice, but could be enough, especially without the added bulk that others have.

      • Totally agree. I have been told the new radio files in 4.1 also help quite noticeably on life compared to some of the numbers in testing. Things only looking up from here.

      • The amount of time people will spend on these they will have to make a back pack with batteries. No one will want to put it down. 

      • But the extended battery comes with its’ own door.  I assume its a little bit chunkier unfortunately.  This isn’t necessarily a diet phone.

    • ~14% increase in power for a negligible increase in thickness is probably worth it… as long as it’s not $60

      • I know for me with my time with LTE phones under normal use they seem to be a little shy where I feel I don’t need to worry about charging it in the course of a day. I’m hoping 2100 may push that over the edge. That still won’t be great by any means but it’s acceptable. As Kellex correctly pointed out in a comment a few weeks ago, the Nexus and Razr are about as far as you’re going to stretch functional size and life for a 1st gen LTE radio. If you stay in solid LTE coverage all day like I’m lucky enough to do here in Philly it’s not bad…be in an area where it flips 3G/4G a lot and forget it, goodbye 14-18% an hour even doing nothing. You can kinda tweak the handoff times in ##program though but wouldn’t recommend that to the average person.

    • Remeber, the GSM one is only 1750 mAh, and it’s likely this one was designed with that in mind rather then the larger LTE one. So it’s a bigger deal for them than for us.

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