6 Oct
2011
Samsung Galaxy Nexus Could Launch Oct 27th
It has been called the Verizon Droid Prime, it has been called the Samsung Nexus Prime, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the Samsung Prime and it is an NFC phone. Whatever it ends up being called, it is looking like - what we are going to call it - the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is all set to launch on October 27th if a memo that is floating around Verizon internally is to be believed. The guys over at DroidLife had their hands on an internal Verizon memo that showed upcoming release dates and the "Samsung Prime" had a date.
However, the email that Verizon employees received this morning does say that dates are subject to change. But consider that this could be subterfuge. In a best case scenario, we could see the Samsung Galaxy Nexus released as early as next week to compete with the iPhone 4S launch.
Here is the memo received this morning by VZW staff with the release schedule that includes the Samsung Galaxy Nexus
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Device Launch Information
Please note Launch Dates Are subject to change:
Motorola Xoom 4G LTE Tablet â" 10/6
Pantech Hotshot â" 10/6
Samsung Stratosphere 4G- 10/13
Pantech 4G Global Modem- 10/20
Samsung Prime (Replacement for Charge) 10/27
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus event
We know that the Samsung event that is tipped to launch the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is due to happen this next Tuesday, and after so many rumors we end up with more questions than answers. We are hearing through our sources that the NFC is going to be turned on in the device because Verizon feels it has to with other mobile network carriers having competitive edges on other hero phones. However, even our sources were not absolutely certain that by the time the device launches that this would be the case. So, question one would be is NFC going to be turned on? Hot on the heels of that question surrounds what speed the processor clocks in at.
The rumors are suggesting that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus processor is clocked at 1.2GHz and yet as was pointed out to us today in a comment on the site that the TI OMAP 4460 dual-core Cortex A9 processor is, in fact, a 1.5GHz thinker. We didn't question it earlier because of the way in which this rumor was presented over at BGR, which stated that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus sported a "TI OMAP 4460 dual-core Cortex A9 processor clocked at 1.2GHz" and assumed perhaps that Samsung had opted to down clock the processor because of stability issues. What is interesting is that since the rumors of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus first appeared way back at the start of the summer, the processor clock speed has bounced between 1.2GHz and 1.5GHz. We have less than a week to find out which is correct.
What we want to know from you, NFC Rumors reader, is whether you plan to get a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running Ice Cream Sandwich based on the specifications we reported earlier, and would it make any difference to you if NFC was not turned on?
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