Pair of launches for Verizon: Motorola DROID RAZR November 10th, Samsung GALAXY Nexus November 24th

Verizon is a business and makes logical decision that help its operations and profit even if they are not 100% to the benefit or comfort of its customers. The staggering time between the release of top new phones make a lot of sense- First it alleviates the huge on-slot of new customers that will flood the Verizon stores, online help and engineering staff- it spreads the rush over 6 weeks rather than one or two. This is not a preference for Verizon it’s a necessity! Secondly they do not want to deal with a fickle clients (you and I ) that will test one phone this week and trade it in for another the next week and yet another the week after that. this churn is a huge loss for the company. It is also a fair practice for the manufacturers that get a chance to highlight their product without a competing phone. Every phone maker gets its day in the sun. Verizon gets to advertise that phone alone and build a brand without the loss of focus that a multi release would create.- It is more effective and in the end of the day will sell more phones via other Telco's , It is just good business. The best advice I have for you is wait till all the new top phones are out and even more wait till all the reviews are in , then go the Verizon store play with and compare and make an educated measured choice. The staggering of the phone release is meant to help Verizon but in reality they are helping you make a better choice with better service..

Yeah, but r u really expecting 2 pay what u payed 4 that 4one a Benz? Those things r rated 4 a million miles and ur Kia 4 how long? Sn: I had an uncle pull over 800000 b4 his died so yeah it is possible and he treated his like a 79 pinto.

I'm a Verizon customer and been with them 4 going on 5yrs and I'd jus like 2 say yes they r pricey, yes they throttle my data but its still unlimited. Do I have a problem with any of this? Hell no. U get what u pay 4. If I want cheaper service, I end up wit s**t service. It's like do I expect 2 pay less for a Benz than I do a Kia? I mean really? And furthermore I'm all over tha Nexus. Wanted tha Rezound but those security issues and slow updates (see Thunderbolt) I'm jus not feeling it. As far as tha razr, it'll never b like tha original. There's nothing really "cutting edge" about it. Yes, they will sell tons on tha name alone but i'd rather b without bloatware than waiting so I can get rid of bloatware. Jus saying. Sn: as we all should know these r all opinions at any rate and how feel is how feel jus like how someone else feels is how they feel. Besides that's y they make a verity of everything and there's more than one cell phone company. So get over it people

299 for LTE is to pay for the towers. Get used to paying for LTE just like you had to do with 3G when it first came out.

It shouldn't be a surprise that verizon is doing this! They are BIG RED! and then there is everyone else. If their service and coverage wasnt as good as it is people would bail! It's funny how people complain about the price of these phones coming out. Wake up people it's going to keep getting worse. It's like the price of gas!! we will never see below $3 again. And when we see $3 we will be excited and say thats cheap! Thats how politics work and its everywhere! People want to hold out for the Galaxy Note!! great idea can you imagine what the price tag will be on that! Enjoy the $299 and $399 price tags because it only going up!! The NOTE is awesome but lets get real, its a status thing! and you complain about not being able to afford the other phones. My guess $499 minimum! for the note! and if you want the little pen thing tack on another $100

Is anyone else getting tired of Verizon jerking us around? First they pass on the Galaxy S2. Then they make us wait in the dark about the Galaxy Nexus amidst rumors that they won't release it. And now this?! There's a 100% chance this phone won't launch on 11/24 and just as likely a chance that it'll get pushed back until December or Q1 2012. I've been waiting to upgrade since February and since the phones they've launched in that time period have been garbage, I was finally starting to get excited for this device. Now Verizon has basically told us to go F ourselves because they want to push the RAZR. What about what your customers want??! I tried creating a forum account on their website to post my disgust with the way they do business but naturally was thwarted at every turn. So I sent them an email instead. I think everyone here who is equally as annoyed as I am should do the same. This is unacceptable!

so what he is saying is that verizon is pi$$ed that they couldn't bog down the nexus with bloatware so now they are pouting like a child that didn't get their way because of it?? while i don't doubt it at all it does seem kinda suspect if it is delayed it is not a bloatware issue.first, if you weren't happy with the fact you couldn't do what you wanted with the phone..DON'T SELL THE PHONE!! so i don't think this is true and if it is then samsung should be on verizons a$$ saying get the phone out!, it is simple really, they don't want to give a date so people can run out and buy the razr/rezound and then they apparently think that everyone will just add a line or pay the $700 for the phone off contract for the nexus when it launches since it is likely to be the better phone (not trying to start a argument just stating my opinion!! lol). and that is WRONG!! verizon is losing ZERO sales if they launch all three of these phones on the same date,do it and let the customer chose what phone to buy. the people that are waiting for the nexus will buy it,the motorola fans will buy the razr and the htc fans will buy the rezound,and if you are tossed up on your choice..the best phone in your opinion wins..period! you are not going to pull away a person from buying the nexus if you release the razr and don't give a date for the nexus,if you want the nexus (to quote the man Larry David) THEN YOU WAIT...YOU WAIT! if you don't think your phone can hang with the nexus...MAKE A BETTER PHONE!! don't use a launch strategy to fool people into buying it then SURPRISE!! here is a better phone two weeks later. honestly..how many people would have bought the bionic(which is a decent phone) if they knew the razr was coming the 10th since it is basically a thinner,faster bionic?? my biggest problem is why is it that apple says here is the date the iphone is coming out..DONE! and every other company has to bow before verizon and have the dates hidden and pushed from here to there because they can. samsung should have said "do you want the nexus?? if so here is the release date here is the terms.and that is it!! agree to it or pass".then if verizon has other phones launching close to that date then it is best phone wins. i seriously doubt that verizon is going to hold back the launch of possibly the best phone to come out this year and even into early next causing themselves possible sales due to a bloatware issue,it is all just a money issue,they feel they can get more doing it this way but they are wrong,in this economy not many people will ad a line or buy a $700 off contract to have a new phone,they will swallow the lump and be angry .sorry for the rant but i've been waiting to upgrade since February and it was a delayed thunderbolt,a WAYYYY delayed bionic,a scrapped galaxy s2 and now games with the nexus.i have been doing research for months trying to pick the right phone since i will be stuck with it for two years now and it is coming down to the nexus for me. sorry

BTW Verizon has done big launch days in the past. Launching several phones in the same day. To me launching the Rezound, RAZR and PRIME all at once is pretty smart. I mean it's the holiday season so you're not gonna generate a ton more buzz on the phones. On that note launching the week before Thanksgiving has happened on some big Verizon devices, the Voyager launched the day before thanksgiving, the Storm launched the week before black friday on the dot. Either way I can see it being released, either launching all 3 at once to create a huge pre-black friday droid-gasm or separating the 3 to delay gratification.

well damn? late november? and if they get any kind of exclusivity AT ALL thats pretty much pushing everyone into early december somewhere.. talk about a christmas rush. All that does is makes it easier for me to wait until Q1 to see if samsung pushes out that Galaxy HD (galaxy nexus with exynos and 8mpx instead of omap and 5mpx). I coulda squeezed out the money in early to mid november for the device, but in december, that money is already spent! lol

Sounds like a a lot of broke, stay at home with your parents people are on here, LOL you pay for the best, I guess Honda is better then a BMW LOL

I plan on getting the NExus phone but not unitl Jan or just wait miserably unitl my upgrade. OR I was thinking I might try getting HTC Sensation XE GSM version unlocked.

Alan F......FAIL..... my wife works for VZW, they are CLOSED on the 24th. Who allowed you to post such garbage on PA? Seriously? You should both be fired!

Ten days. And it'll probably start out cheaper at Best Buy. I'm very excited to handle this phone. :)

November 24th is Thanksgiving... No way any phone is launching that day...

Sprint s**ts all over at&t as well as verizon and tmobile especially there android profolio of devices. But regardless I will be getting this android power house device on Verizon gladly on day one launch..

Of course none of this is really going to matter unless the cell carriers stop ripping off the consumers and offer a reasonable, affordable data plan. What good is LTE if it just burns a hole in your wallet faster. Your shiny new phone becomes a shiny new paperweight. Load it up with old ripped movies because you won't be able to afford to download them.

Sprint has been doing a good job of making who behave? It sure hasn't been Verizon or AT&T. In the last year both have increased the prices on their premium phones, both have instituted data caps, both have killed off unlimited data plans, both have instituted throttling.... That looks like business as usual to me. Sprint isn't even in their thoughts. Well, maybe they're in AT&T's thoughts since they're trying to ruin the AT&T-Mobile marriage.

Can you imagine waking up and every morning and realizing you just slept with Sprint, day after day, for two years? Oh, yeah, I guess you can. Sorry. Didn't mean to be cruel. Just kidding! Sprint is my hope for forcing Verizon and AT&T to behave. They've been doing a good job lately.