So Google Play is selling physical products too?
Does that strike anyone else as weird?
It just seems like there should be some logical separation of brands/experiences there. Even if it's all running on the same backend.
Galaxy Nexus now on sale in Google Play
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
Tru, Simple Mobile, T-Mobile USA, Wal-Mart Family Mobile, Cincinnati Bell Wireless, Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular, Shaka Mobile, Locus Mobile, 7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless, Commnet Wireless, TerreStar, Immix, i wireless, Indigo Wireless, Airfire Mobile, Alaska Wireless, Amerilink Wireless, Cellular One of East Central Illinois, Cap Rock Cellular, Broadpoint, call4care, Cellular One, Pure Prepaid, Plateau Wireless, Asse…
Sprint & Verizon are NOT GSM. Are all of those others?
I know several of those listed are T-Mobile MVNOs; likely most of this list is either them or AT&T. Cincy Bell is the only one I recognize that I know for sure isn't using either.
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#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sprint & Verizon are NOT GSM. Are all of those others?
You are incorrect. They support GSM, since their 4g rollouts. The HTC thunderbolt was the first phone on verizon whose gsm features were supported. That being said, I copied the list from ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_wireless_... ), a line wrapped on TracFone Wireless's MVNO explanation and it included those by mistake. Sorry for the misinformation.
LTE != GSM.
LTE is the official "4G" upgrade path for GSMA[1]; but LTE does not automatically give you a GSM and UMTS network to go with it (neither VZ or Sprint have deployed one). This Galaxy Nexus doesn't support LTE; so this model still isn't supported on them.
[1] The industry assoc.; not to be confused with GSM, the 2G tech they supported. Often when people say "GSM", they actually mean "GSM+UMTS(+LTE as rollouts happen)"
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#64So Google Play is selling physical products too? Does that strike anyone else as weird? It just seems like there should be some logical separation of brands/experiences there. Even if it's all running on the same backend.
Amazon doesn't make that distinction.
That said, the old name (Market) felt much more appropriate overall.
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#65Is this being sold at a loss? An unlocked 16GB iPhone 4S is costs $650. If not, I'm impressed at the price point Samsung is able to achieve given the Galaxy Nexus's feature parity with the iPhone 4S. Which begs the question, why not spend an extra ~$150 per unit to really blow it out of the water, specs wise?
Hard to believe they're selling them at a loss. $400 is roughly what a Galaxy Nexus costs in European online stores if you ignore the VAT.
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#66Can anyone comment on the 3G reception and the wifi reception?
I've heard varying reports on problems in these areas, but it's difficult to tell if they are carrier-related for the 3G.
Also, is the wifi any good? I found the reception on the Nexus S severely lacking.
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#67When I go to the link in the article I get the famous "We're sorry, the document you requested is not available in your country." from the Play Store. I encounter this page so often it's not even funny anymore. Even worse, google keeps sending me emails about music albums in the Play Store and all the links in these emails show me this error.
I have the same problem. Although I fully expect to see this page (even though I click on those music e-mails every time hoping they suddenly unlocked it for us Canucks) I get those e-mails because I signed up for Google Music via a US proxy and now have access to it but I imagine I'd need to go through a proxy every time if I wanted access to the Play Music store. Needless to say it would make me feel a little bette…
Both you and the parent surely already know it's not strictly Google that is doing this - it's the lovely RIAA (and/or MPAA depending on what content).
Google could do a better job making this restriction clear and isolating it to just the content that is owned by them - leaving the rest of the store available worldwide.
But I agree with pg, we need to find a way to get rid of the RIAA and MPAA. (And their Canadian counterparts. Go Michael Geist!)
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#68And thus my paranoia about buying a new phone is justified - my 14 day "free to cancel" period with Verizon just ended, and now this is announced.
" The unlocked Galaxy Nexus requires GSM compatible service provider for voice calling. In the United States this includes AT&T and T-Mobile. Phones purchased from devices on Google Play are not compatible with Verizon or Sprint."
And thus my increased agony - I could have stayed with T-Mobile had this been announced just a bit earlier :)
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#69I ordered one. Hopefully it'll get here by Friday :).
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#70Wow. I ordered an HTC One S a few days ago but it hasn't shipped yet. It was $549- $399 is a lower enough price that it is sorely tempting. And it's a Nexus device. The only issue I have is the size of the thing. Hmm. Are there any GNexus owners our there that can tell us about the size of the device? It's the one real sticking point I have with it. EDIT: For anyone else that's wondering, I looked up the refund polic…
I came from a much smaller set of phones (iPhone 1, iPhone 3GS, Droid Incredible)... so I was also really skeptical.
For me, it's probably damn near perfect in terms of form factor. It took a day or two to get used to holding it, but after that it's been nothing but awesome. The extra real-estate is really appreciated. I'm a bit faster at thumb typing because the spacing is a bit more comfortable.
I dig it.