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Galaxy Nexus Retail Packaging Spotted, Shipping to Verizon Stores This Week; Source Confirms 12/9 Release Date

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All of the pieces are starting to fall nicely into their places. We’ve been hearing rumors that the Galaxy Nexus will be headed to Verizon on December 8th or 9th and it looks like those rumors could turn out to be true.

First up, our own anonymous source who has been reliable and has provided us with information, images and videos of the device in the past has heard from his rep (not a customer service rep) that the Galaxy Nexus is set for 12/9.

Need more than just words? How about someone who has received the device in its final retail packaging? Someone on XDA posted the images for all to see. Sure enough, it’s Verizon’s and it all looked very official.

What’s more is that they stated shipments will be headed to Verizon stores this week making it all the more believable that we will see this device before the weekend. Fingers crossed! [XDA, AndroidForums.com, thanks anon!]

Quentyn Kennemer
The "Google Phone" sounded too awesome to pass up, so I bought a G1. The rest is history. And yes, I know my name isn't Wilson.

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63 Comments

  1. FINALLY!

  2. Hopefully Verizon will confirm this soon……I get tired of all the responses hating on verizon….sure it’s bad….we get it now :P

  3. This better be it! I don’t know how much longer I can wait…

  4. Don’t tease me bro

    1. nice.

    2. I see what you did there!

  5. Show me the preorder, let’s go already

  6. Wow Verizon is showing signs of life with the Galaxy Nexus. Hurry up Verizon so the rest of us on GSM networks can get the “real” version of the phone.

    1. Ha ha! Exactly!

  7. Aaaaaaaand boom goes the dynamite. Farewell Motorola Droid RAZR. We had a fine dalliance, but alas, you are not my one true love.

    1. You realize it hasn’t even been announced yet, right?

  8. still praying for a verizon release via carrier, gsm/hspa+ release same day via google/best buy 

    1. Ditto

  9. THAT’S the final retail packaging. I mean, I just find it a little hard to believe Verizon would release it like that. You’d think they’d at least put the Nexus logo on it!

    Either way, it could be in a brown bag and I would still love it.

    1. that would be odd….RED packaging? Verizon really is trying to brand this. I would have at least hoped for a striking RGBY type package with some flair.

    2. I’m actually guessing that this white box slides into some sort of sleeve.

      1. agreed

  10. Booya, the new reign begins.  Now for the migration.

    1. Yeah… I would wait for a purchase, pre-order, or hell, even an announcement before I would start mentally preparing for a migration.

  11. i’ve had half a dozen smartphones in my life. i will be standing outside my nearest store on the day of the release (b/c you have to go through the experience once in your life, right?)

    1. You and me both, brother.

  12. dont release it yet, my contract ends on the 29th! please delay it 2 more weeks!! 

    1. i’ll stab you in the neck. :)

    2. Mine’s up in Jan., but I want it released now…This way, they’ll start getting the next round of shipments in, and I won’t be hopping from store to store trying to find one in stock.

      Plus, the sooner it gets out, the sooner any other bugs that crop up will be squashed.

      Plusagain, while I’m 99% sure I want this phone, it’ll’ve been put through more of a review-wringer before I see what I’ll be missing if I wait for the CES phones to be released.

      1. Wasn’t the Bionic a CES phone?

      2. Same- mine’s up in Jan. and I like to wait at least a month after release for that same very reason.

    3. I want it released on the 29th also!!

  13. ….meow,….meow,…..MEOW!!!

  14. If I had a dollar for every time you guys have said “Source confirms date” I could buy Google.

    1. … you’d have enough to buy a Prime that sources have confirmed for a 12-9 release?

      1. What’s a Prime?

        1. Royalty in the transformer universe.

      2. Oops, shows how long I’ve been tailing this phone as well, I meant NEXUS!

        1. Hehe, i know… was a little tongue in cheek… really wish they kept the prime name.

          On an unrelated note… I really want Goog to buy TMo after this debacle of a launch.

  15. When I see it on VerizonWireless.com, and or BestBuy.com then I’ll start to truly believe it is real. Nevertheless, 12/09/2011 is not too far away :)

    1. It’s actually a format error. The phone won’t be out until September 12th….

  16. Ok so now where’s mine?

  17. Big butt?       (    |    )     

    A lot thicker looking than I expected.  Almost looks like a double wide trailer. 

    The hand positioning when holding to your head seems like it might also increase the chance of carpal tunnel.

  18. are the magical unicorns still jumping out of the package? Does it also come with magic bananas?

  19. Just as I was reading this on my OG Droid the “Low on space” notification appeared.
    Bring it!

    1. HAHA I fucking hate that….let me go ahead and delete 3 apps that I haven’t been using lately just so my phone can function properly. God I want some closure :)

  20. im sorry. but the lte galaxy nexus is just ugly.

    1. So Is your name…..

  21. What does the euro packaging look like?  Is Verizon de-nexusing the packaging now too?

  22. lol

  23. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious……….

  24. I hope they still have the “twice the data same price” promotion going on when I buy my new Nexus.  I was not able to get grandfathered in for unlimited.

  25. Was this someone’s mother’s daughter’s soccer coach’s cousin’s former roommate who passed along the new release date?

    1. it was actually the cousin’s current roommate’s former roommate’s boyfriend who’s a stock boy for verizon 

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    1. well that sucked…didnt turn out how I planned…..

      1. It looks like Hellen Keller typed this up.

  27. so..anyone else notice the reflection on the back of the phone in the side view?

    1. Yeah its just the wrapping on the back.. You know those little shiny pieces they pull off the phone when theyre new.. LOL!

  28. Can anyone confirm Costco release date?

  29. had my grubby hands on one at the vzw retail store and they said it will release Thursday the 8th

  30. Sweeet. My Rezound is on its last legs!! Ha ha just kidding. I’ve actually enjoyed my time with the Rezound, but I can’t wait for that sweet Ice Cream. MMMMmmmm.

  31. Android noob here… the nexus (hspa model) will be my first android device… If I use application specific passwords on my google account, will I use my regular password to login to the phone? or do i make an application specific password ? :S 

  32. It appears that Mobile City Online is already selling the LTE/CDMA version via Amazon at retial price.  See the product description.     

    http://www.amazon.com/Google-Samsung-Galaxy-I9250-Unlocked/dp/B006C58HHK/ref=dp_return_2?ie=UTF8&m=A1KED7QPKDBUQ7&n=2335752011&s=wireless

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