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- Verizon Galaxy Nexus only $50 on Amazon Wireless ($150 for upgrades). [Amazon Wireless]
- Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE announced for Bell in Canada. [Press Release]
- Verizon creating their own private 700Mhz band for their LTE network. [GigaOM]
- HTC Sensation 4G wont see Android 4.0 anytime until after April. [T-Mobile Support Forums]
- Qualcomm’s 2012 numbers are up but may face slight chip shortages. [Electronista / WSJ]
- Your smartphone will soon be able to see through walls with X-ray-like vision. [Mashable]
- Sony is lending Android developers Xperia smartphones to test their apps for free. [SonyDeveloperWorld]
- Nikon WU-1A dongle adds Android remote capabilities to your DLSR. [TheVerge]
- More water resistant technology to protect your smartphone from water spills. [Engadget]
So, I just bought my girl a nexus from Verizon a little over two weeks ago for $300. If we send it back and reactivate her old phone, can we still use that upgrade to buy this off of Amazon? We do have a second upgrade waiting if this deal is time sensitive, but I just don’t want to lose that upgrade…
I think it would have to be off a new line for the $50, but if you send it back and keep the line, you should be able to get it for the $150 upgrade price (still an awesome deal).
I think Verizon has a 14 day return policy so you’d better hurry!
they do, att is still 30 and sprint is 14 as well but they are all going to change shortly.
I don’t like these deals. Everyone should have to pay over $300 for their Nexus like I did. No exceptions.
xD
As a developer of a very hardware dependent app, I’ve been asking the big OEMs about lending programs or remote access: Samsung, HTC, Motorola and LG.
Samsung pretends to have such a program, but for small devs like me the answer is no. HTC was nice enough to send me a phone to keep, but it was the obscure HTC Status. One of them had a program where I could use a phone on their premises in Silicon Valley, 3000+ miles from me.
I noticed about a week ago that Sony had a program. You need a credit card and if the phone disappears your card is charged full price. PLUS 10% more.
But Sony sells so few phones, I don’t have much motivation. And in my particular case, it appears 3rd party FM apps are just about impossible on stock, un-rooted Sony devices, unlike the other OEMS, so forget about it.
But I see they are covering the shipping fee (one way ?) so I’m a bit tempted to give it a shot. Yet there are many much more popular devices that are worth it for me to buy on my own, before I consider a free Sony loaner.
It seems to me that the more desperate an OEM is for sales, the more friendly they become to developers. Eg: RIM, HTC, Sony. MS is even writing cheques to large development houses to port known apps to Windows Phone.
Windows is hitting on all fronts, I have been working with them in the app market as well, They are getting extremely aggressive in competing with androids app market~
If you want a free test phone mention lumia and it will be on your doorstep in a week, (I have 2 now)
also windows 8 is going to be similar to the windows os so if you are scared of spending time on windows don’t fret the os isn’t going to vanish and once windows 8 is streamlined the appmarket will extend to every pc running the new os (which means devices would double overnight.)
This is exactly why I refuse to pay recently launched prices of $300!!! When I know damn well the price is gonna go down. By the time I’m due to upgrade in 10-12 months the Verizon Version of the GSIII should be down to $99-$150.