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Since I took the plunge and bought it last night, here's my 20 hour synopsis on the GN2... Its a big phone, or a tiny tablet, or both. I don't think I'll ever put it in my back pocket, especially sitting, so I'll use my junked Nokia with Straight Talk, if I really need a smaller 'phone'. Reception seems really good (great technical term, yeah?) - at home I get my Airave 2.5 just fine at nearly full signal; on the road its as good as it can be if not better than my GNex and my old EVO4G. At work, however, it picks up 3G just fine if relatively close to the window, sometimes 4G is detected, but I building I work in is the recycled Montgomery Ward Catalog Warehouse, so it will kill most mobile coverage unless if you use a femtocell. The only downside: Touchwiz. Its still as crappy as the older version on the T-Mobile Vibrant. But I'll learn to put up with it and shut up, and be happy with such a nice device.

Thanks for the info! As a matter of, well, size, I can certainly understand that it's quite a leap for the OP from a BB to a Note2, but is it significantly bigger from a GNex where its no longer back pocketable? I did check on pics from sites who did comparisons but nothing like the real deal from an owner of a Note2.

I concur on the GNex hate, except its more like hate and love...love everything about my GNex, except for the darned VIA baseband modem/radio. Hate to break the topic flow here a bit, but would it be worth it going to the Note2 from a GNex? I know I'll be geting a bigger device and will need to embrace a non-Nexus environment for TouchWiz (my nightmares with the Samsung Vibrant), not to mention the MSRP penalty since my GNex is the contract. I promise not to sell my GNex to another poor soul...I'll use it as a Galaxy Nexus touch if I have to TIA

Saw LTE in a few places with my Galaxy Nexus: D: 9.87 Mbps U: 6.92 Mbps Ping: 45 ms Coords: 41.99528, -87.80543 This one was nearby Norwood Park Metra station (Chicago, IL, NW side) D: 21.38 Mbps U: 8.63 Mbps Ping: 50 ms Coords: 42.16354,-87.88149 Nearby Deerfield & Sanders Rds in Deerfield, IL, Lake County. D: 3.14 Mbps U: 1.79 Mbps Ping: 53 ms Coords: 42.04123, -87.88807 Metra Station in Des Plaines, IL, just outside the Sprint LTE coverage area Saw an LTE 'blip' when riding the UPNW Metra train passing by Kedzie & Belmont when in Chicago. And some fringe coverage in the western part of Glenview, IL, very weak. Chicago progress for Sprint appears to be good, except for my Airave drama, but that's another thread.

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Got the denied - need to purchase a GNex in order to get the "free" battery. N.B. I just got off of the chat from Sprint. And, second on MacinJosh on the choice of accounts to use for payment - I am a regular Joe cunstomer account, so payment via CC. BTW, this interface for payment's a bit latent, so give it a bit o patience. If it works calling TeleSales, more power to ya...the chat's probably useless anyways, and its not really a bad deal phone+free-battery.

No, don't be sorry. You got yours and its cool. I (or anyone else) could of cancelled my order and looked elsewhere last Friday, but thought I'd stick it out and wait for Google to deliver, which has yet to be determined. Besides, unlike those fat rich kids in N/NW burbs of Chicago, I work for a living, so I don't have the time to look around in many a GameStop, OD, etc... Google has done what they did and may or may not suffer the fallout from this event, but we all have options to get the N7 from elsewhere. Going back to more important matters, the other external HD, does it use power from the bus or did it need an external source? Some devices, like the iPad can do something like this too, but doesn't supply power or minimally supplies it.

Nice pics...this has gotten me green in envy and red in the face after reading this bit from Play team... "We wanted to send you an update on your Nexus 7 pre-order. We’ve had incredible demand for the new tablet and are shipping them as quickly as possible. If you placed your order by July 11, it will ship this week and we’ve upgraded to overnight shipping so it arrives sooner. Orders placed after July 11, will ship next week with overnight shipping." So, uh, FUD? At least I see the light at the end of the dark & nasty Chicago tunnel for better 3G and LTE!

Its not very assuring that Baltimore got kicked off the list.... And no, I am not complaining about Chicago not being in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd round launches either. ;-)

Ja! Though honestly, I guess its a poor attempt to differentiate my topic title from everyone else's. But besides that, Germany is amongst my favorite countries and cultures (and in particular food & drink). Didn't mean to lead anyone astray...

Been here for a few days, but now saying hello. So, HELLO to all! Got wind of this site from Android Central and Macrumors - yeah, I am a double agent... Too bad about the Chicago area on the NV-legacy handoff issues, so I guess we'll will wait and not complain