when are nexus phones usually announced?

[tommo123]

my 18mo contract is up soon and will have to decide between the next nexus phone (whatever that may be) and the galaxy note 2

 

[bucwylde23]

my 18mo contract is up soon and will have to decide between the next nexus phone (whatever that may be) and the galaxy note 2

Well, the current Galaxy Nexus for Verizon came out around mid-december and I believe it was announced sometime in October. I suspect we are getting pretty close to hearing something soon, at the very least rumors.

 

[zerogear]

Rumor is the next Nexus (phones) -- people are saying there will be different Nexus phone from different manufacturers with the same spec -- will be announced November 5th.

 

[ilkhan]

1: you don't have to upgrade just because your contract is up
2: November/December is the historical timing. I never paid much attention to the Nexus S but the One and the Galaxy were both announced/released late in Q4.

 

[Kanalua]

There has been rumors (including a "leaked" memo) showing a spec bump for the Galaxy Nexus.

 

[Binky]

The Galaxy Nexus is still a solid choice. The development activity is huge.

 

[tommo123]

1: you don't have to upgrade just because your contract is up
2: November/December is the historical timing. I never paid much attention to the Nexus S but the One and the Galaxy were both announced/released late in Q4.

i kinda do have to upgrade my SGS2 is getting a bit long in the tooth now and i'm getting antsy. also, i want a bigger and higher res phone. this is only 4.3" and 800x480

i hope we hear something soon as when i hear the usual deals we get here in the UK for phones on bargain sites i'll probably give in and get the note 2.

i've never owned a nexus and like the idea of getting the latest and greatest OS sooner. i'm still a little annoyed that we still haven't gotten JB for the SGS2 yet. grrrr D:

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

What was the price of the current Nexus on release? Right now the Nexus is at $350. If it was something like $500 on release count me out on getting the new Nexus. Unless it offers MicroSD card expansion, but I highly highly doubt it.

 

[grkM3]

I have a mint nexus 32gb lte for Verizon if anyone wants it

250 shipped

I paid 300 with a 2 year for it and its running official jelly bean etc.

 

[zerocool84]

The Galaxy Nexus is still a solid choice. The development activity is huge.

Yea but the specs are old. It's not long until we know about the next one so I'd definitely hold on.

 

[tommo123]

What was the price of the current Nexus on release? Right now the Nexus is at $350. If it was something like $500 on release count me out on getting the new Nexus. Unless it offers MicroSD card expansion, but I highly highly doubt it.

if it was $500 then i'd jump on it - that's cheap as hell! we're probably looking at £600 which is around $950 or so.

zerocool = agreed

 

[Binky]

Yea but the specs are old. It's not long until we know about the next one so I'd definitely hold on.

True enough, but you can grab a used model for $200-$300. If you held it until the next model came out, you could probably sell it for maybe a $50 loss.

for anybody with a GN, try BAMF.

 

[Sid59]

I have a mint nexus 32gb lte for Verizon if anyone wants it

250 shipped

I paid 300 with a 2 year for it and its running official jelly bean etc.

nice deal! too bad im on ATT.

I'm waiting for Nexus LTE on ATT or a boot loader unlock for my dumb Atrix 2, whichever comes first.

 

[ilkhan]

It will be interesting to which bands the next nexii support. Pentaband on at least one of them, I hope. AWS isn't used for 3G in too many places and even T-Mo will be using 1900Mhz for 3G moving forward. So quad-band will be plenty once that effort is complete.

Its the LTE bands that will be the big sticking point over the next few years.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

if it was $500 then i'd jump on it - that's cheap as hell! we're probably looking at £600 which is around $950 or so.

zerocool = agreed

The original Nexus was $950 at launch?

 

[Bateluer]

The next Nexii devices will be announced at the same launch showing for Key Lime Pie, whenever that may be.

 

[tommo123]

The original Nexus was $950 at launch?

in British money? i think so. thereabouts anyway. our high ends tend to be £500 ($760 or so) upto around £650 ($950)