Ok guys...just came from verizon store. First, I was messing with the Rezound as I was waiting to be helped and clicked on the Gmail app. There was one email on it from the "Android Team" to Gmail account prefaced with a "VZW" that said "Welcome to Your Galaxy Nexus". I pooped my pants. But I had to stay strong and investigate. Not too much info on the email except some "how to" type things. At the bottom of the email it said "This email was sent in response to you activating your Gmail account on a nexus." So my conclusion is that obviously the store has them. Not ground breaking info I know, but I figure I'd pass it along.
The story gets a bit more interesting when the CSR comes over to me. I dont mention the email I just read, as I wait for his reaction to my nexus questions. Surprisingly, he was very up front with me. I'll give the bullet points of what he told me:
Tomorrow was the confirmed release date for the phone. But it is 0 NOT GOING TO BE TOMORROW. I asked when. He busts out his phone and open his email up and says next week. I say Tuesday? And he says no. Later in the week, but not Friday. I say so I shouldn't stop by the store tomorrow at all? Defiently? He says don't come by, it won't be here. And this is the killer part, which made me laugh. I'm quoting him, "Right after I'm done talking to you I'm going to the back and play with one. We just got our shipment in and haven't seen them yet." Haha. So then I say I'm going to come back after work to see what he thinks. He said sure.
Finally, he said two reasons for the delay: 1) The 4G network issues 2) Google is updating the software and wants it to be ready when the customer buys the phone. So instead if getting prompted to update 4.0 within an hour of activating our Nexis(i like saying that) it will be updated at time of purchase. Obviously take this with a grain of salt, but I have a good read on people and he was sincere.
