You’ve heard the term “take this with a grain of salt.” Well boys and girls, for this one I want you to take your metaphorical salt shaker, unscrew the cap and dump it all on the latest morsel from the rumor mill. According to Computer World’s Richi Jennings, Verizon will begin taking pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus starting tomorrow, November 29th, with the phone itself set to be released December 8th, finally allowing US consumers a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich. The information comes from that most reliable of sources… a Verizon customer service worker.
The story goes like this: Jennings’ anonymous tipster was so fed up with waiting on Verizon to release the Galaxy Nexus (a sentiment with which many of our readers can sympathize) that he hounded Verizon Customer Support for days, eventually receiving a direct call from a Verizon manager. She told the man the pre-order and release dates, and even had a local store hold a unit for him.
I’m not going to say that the story isn’t true. But I’ll remind our readers that customer service agents deal with hundreds of angry people every day, and one of the central tenants of the profession is to solve a problem as quickly as possible. If it can’t be solved, pass it along or simply deny a request – the key is to process as many people as you can. I’m not slamming customer support for any company – I wouldn’t want that job. But which do you think is more likely: that Verizon was so moved by the efforts of a single Nexus fan that they let him through the corporate firelwall and gave him information that’s been zealously guarded for months… or that they promised him a reserve phone and gave him a date that sounded good. Like “Tomorrow.”
The pre-orders may begin tomorrow – I’d certainly be happy and relieved if they did. But a placating message from a customer service agent does not a “confirmation” make. Something’s clearly gone wrong with the Galaxy Nexus launch, if internal leaks and ads are anything to go by, and it very well could be any day now. Keep a few hundred dollars in your checking account if you like, but I’d draw the line at holding your breath.
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i just creamed myself
lols get that credit card out! Boooom
Don’t hold your breath
ok, don’t hold your breath because you’ll more likely to die! I will wait patiently, well, not so patiently for the release while I nurse my dinosaur palm pre (yes the original, I know, don’t laugh – the poor thing is on it’s last leg). It would be great to see light at the end of the tunnel, if not, I will wait for the next date that will be blogged as a possible release date, or an ad that has been doctored.
I know this phones release date has been quite unnerving and annoying, but I’m glad because if it has/had bugs they were trying to work out, I’d want them to work them out before bringing it out prematurely. Like maybe say the Thunderbolt. lol! I’m just glad it’s coming out this month before Christmas.
Yeah…..12:10 and nothing new on Verizon’s website so far.
Just a quick update, did online chat with Verizon customer service, they said the Galaxy Nexus is not available for pre-order yet. When I asked if they had any info on release date the response was:
“I’m sorry, but no one has release information on that phone, because it’s not set to release yet. Once it does Verizon would tell us the day or two days before sometimes.”
I see nothing on the website. Why can’t anyone release phones when they are supposed to. It’s getting old.
I was just at a local Verizon store, there is no pre-order, they also don’t expect to do pre-orders and they have no firm release date. They did say they have the accessories for it, so they expect it soon – that was all they knew about it
Does the nexus have a HDMI port?