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[Nexus 6  General] ooofest:
I see this as pretty simple: accidents happen easily, especially with something as slippery and oddly shaped as a N6, so what would you like to protect it in a fall?

There's the thin frame and native display glass as a bare-bones option - all energy in an impact travels through the phone. You could put on a minimal bumper, which can help displace some force of the fall if an edge is hit. A single-layer shell or case can take even more of the impact for the phone in event of a fall, on both back + sides and maybe the front if it covers around the top edge of the glass. Then, there's the dual layer case option, which has inner and outer pieces (normally soft material for inside, harder material for outside). They can all be made from plastics, rubber-like materials and metals - even wood.

I used a single-layer holster case for my prior two smartphones, but they were comparatively small compared to the Nexus 6. When they fell on hard ground, their edges were covered and no major disasters happened, but I read about others who were less lucky and usually had less covering the phone. Sometimes they had more and things still cracked, but not as often as less protected phones, from what I saw.

I have insurance on my Nexus 6 but don't want to rely on it or just create more technological waste if I can avoid it - this time around, I have a dual-layer case and am hoping it helps for when my phone falls by accident, because it will. Unless something goes drastically wrong, I plan to use it daily for at least the next 2 years - like I did with each of my prior smartphones - there's no way to realistically avoid it falling over that time period, considering I will take it everywhere. In this situation, I can give up some style and not worry about that.

- ooofest
[Nexus 6  General] bolus14:
Wouldn't surprise me if Big Red somehow wrangled into getting a Red variant. Being a Nexus that could be a stretch but might also be part of the reason for it taking as long as what it has for them to add it to their line up., and they have been doing much in the way of marketing the Droid Turbo since it's launch in November so maybe this will fall into their "Droid" lineup somehow.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
Hmm did not think of a Verizon unique color. I suppose will find out in two days.

I cannot see the turbo delaying a Nexus phone that long.
[Nexus 6  General] wooddale:
I know this is far fetched but you think Big Red could charge full price for the phone you know they could.
[Nexus 6  General] the_rooter:
Thats like an odd question. If people want to avoid a contract they can pay full price. You verizon not offer contract discount/edge?
[Nexus 6  General] Ajm213:
Does anyone know why time Verizon releases its phones on Thursdays?
[Nexus 6  General] zackdbell:
Release Date

Just left Verizon about 2 hours ago. Employee told me that it was slated for release this week but has been pushed back again. No eta
[Nexus 6  General] spinkick:
If history is any indicator, Verizon couldnt care less about this phone.
[Nexus 6  General] oldblue910:
That means they do care, at least a little. ;)
[Nexus 6  General] spinkick:
I will post how much they could actually care less

.

There it is
[Nexus 6  General] wooddale:
I'm on unlimited so I've had mine for a couple months already I'm just saying its not even for sure when the phone is coming out yet alone how much its gonna cost all I'm saying Verizon being the Dicks they are could charge full price for the phone. They don't want to deal with unlocked boot loaders bottom line.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
I can call my store tomorrow but expect nothing useful. Maybe I will be surprised.
[Nexus 6  General] Silent700:
That's more info than I got after calling my local (suburban Chicago) store today. They had no idea on a release date and (said) they had received no info on the N6. They expect to hear about a new product 1-2 weeks before it ships to the store and they say they've heard nothing.
[Nexus 6  General] Ajm213:
Lets hope he's just messing with you :fingers-crossed: I hope it isn't. Its been long enough

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Just called my local store and was told the same exact thing lol man.. if this phone doesn't come out on vzw in two days I might cry:crying:
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
Maybe we should give up and buy it directly? If Verizon delays another month or two is it worth getting a six month old phone?
[Nexus 6  General] rockwell1013:
God no...

Please no, I've scheduled myself off from work and ordered a case and tempered glass. I even have the square trade number loaded in my phone. This would be a HUGE slap in the face.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
I called a midtown Manhattan store and they were not expecting it in this Thursday.
[Nexus 6  General] Ajm213:
Maybe its the pre-order for it on VZW's website? Thats my only other thought/hope at this point
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
You are thinking that we could preordering one on Thursday, online?
[Nexus 6  General] rockwell1013:
Except...

Anytime I speak to a Verizon employee about a phone release they say it can be day before or day of that they find out. Still a sliver of a chance.
[Nexus 6  General] Ajm213:
Maybe? lol maybe they will not be Verizon and release it Thursday. If people are saying the stores don't have any idea or that its been pushed back for the release maybe its a pre order idk.
[Nexus 6  General] bobnweaving:
Bought mine direct from Motorola(which ships from China) and got it in 3 days, activated on Verizon without having a nano sim device. Instore workers used a display model to activate a sim(hats off to them for that) and its worked fine ever since. I was tired of waiting, and like most of us, figured it would eventually come but with tons of unnecessary bloat and bs issues.
[Nexus 6  General] Ajm213:
Its coming

I went on vzw to look at the devices because i was expecting them not to release it but a chat bubble came up and i asked him when it was coming. Here is what he said. I blurred out his name and mine lol

http://imgur.com/QxQ7vCa
[Nexus 6  General] rajones19:
This is all so reminiscent of waiting for the Galaxy Nexus (and waiting for the Xoom). After the Galaxy Nexus debacle, I am amazed Google let Verizon get anywhere near another Nexus device. When they finally retired that device, I think it was either 4 or 5 upgrades behind the rest of the carriers. If you were a 'regular' user, you were screwed the day you bought it. I was happy with mine, and in fact my wife just retired it a couple months ago - but if I hadn't unlocked and rooted it, I think I would have thrown it in a lake. After that whole experience, you won't find me standing first in line on launch day again any time soon - especially for something that has already been in the wild for a few months.
[Nexus 6  General] woodsticks:
So, has anyone else seen this?

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Nexus-6-for-Verizon-shows-up-should-be-released-soon_id65659
[Nexus 6  General] ooofest:
Yeah, that's what I mentioned awhile back - I was told that they only get the actual date it will go live the day before. Doesn't mean that they aren't prepared on it ahead of that date, but actual availability for the customers is apparently held close to the vest in the company.

- ooofest
[Nexus 6  General] dabug123:
Bottomline reps usually don't know and vzw is notorious for going live day of with online order only ..Will see soon
[Nexus 6  General] dabug123:
Exactly they don't know. And will tell each person different
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
I will call the store today to see what they say.
[Nexus 6  General] the_rooter:
Asked some corporate stores about the release of the nexus and from what they told me the date was changed to the first week of march because of the release of the new samsung phone (new to verizon).

http://www.cnet.com/news/verizon-dials-up-entry-level-samsung-galaxy-core-prime-for-february-26/
[Nexus 6  General] kvnhmmd:
Maybe the Verizon version will have something like a build prop line, or a specific radio file that will play better with a Verizon Network Extender.

Currently my Nexus 6 doesn't like to get a great signal on my network extender, and I rarely get 3G data from the Extender. Makes sending MMS messages a pain, even texts fail often. May even be missing phone calls at times...
[Nexus 6  General] Afro Samurai:
Good looking out, I'm not tripping on it. It shows on their website and we'll all have it soon enough(Yes, I know people are using it right now but some of us are going to be edging up to purchase). So let's just take a breath and wait for it. Before you know it, we'll all be posting in the development threads instead of here.. [emoji6]
[Nexus 6  General] the_rooter:
Good post. It will come when it comes, and you for sure will love it. I absolutely love mine.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
My store still has no idea. I will wait another week. After that I may just order one from the Motorola site.
[Nexus 6  General] rockwell1013:
Well...

Spoke to a Verizon employee today and Google and Verizon are apparently still in talks on a launch. Seriously, Verizon hates it's customers. I can't wait until an underdog provides coverage in my area. Verizon is going to realize too late, when other carriers broaden coverage, that they have given their customers absolutely no reason to stay loyal...

I can't wait to end this abusive relationship... But until then, I need my bars.
[Nexus 6  General] oldblue910:
The network extender issue is just a pain of being an early adopter and living in a gray area. Yes, the Nexus 6 works on Verizon, but obviously not officially yet. Google has never made any claims saying "buy this phone and you can use it on Verizon" and Verizon itself obviously doesn't recognize the device. The network extender issues will most likely get fixed, but probably not until Verizon launches it.

What will most likely happen is that sometime right before launch, you'll see a small OTA update go out exclusively to Nexus 6 phones (regardless of where they were purchased) that have Verizon SIM cards in them. It'll probably still be 5.0.1, but a slightly newer build and have a slightly newer radio. This will be the update that enables "official Verizon support." Then, when 5.1 rolls out, all Nexus 6s regardless of SIM card will get back onto the same build.

I say this because that's exactly what happened with the Nexus 7 LTE. Verizon didn't launch it for five months after initial release, and once they did, an OTA went out to any device with a Verizon SIM, then it was all merged together following the next mass OTA.
[Nexus 6  General] kvnhmmd:
Do you know if the Nexus 7 also had Network Extender issues? I'd imagine it could connect to one for 3G coverage.
[Nexus 6  General] oldblue910:
I have no idea if it had issues with a network extender, but what I do know is that it didn't have 3G or 1X support at all, because it has zero CDMA support. It doesn't need it. since it's a data-only device and doesn't make phone calls or send SMS. 3G and 2G data are supported via HSPA+ and GSM, but not CDMA. It supported band 13 LTE on Verizon, but that's it. So, if you left Verizon's LTE coverage, instead of falling back to CDMA for 3G or 1X data, you just wouldn't have service at all until you got back into LTE coverage.

That said, this wasn't a problem for most people since, at the time of release, 97% of Verizon's network was LTE and that number has only gone up since then.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
It sounds as if to get the full functionality of the phone I need to wait for the Verizon version?
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
No it works fine
[Nexus 6  General] kvnhmmd:
Hopefully this is the case, I haven't had issues with the phone outside of the Network extender though. 1x and 3G work fine. Also the phone tries hard not to drop 4g unless it absolutely has no signal, which I like. Cause when streaming music in the car, it won't pop back to 4g until the connection is terminated.

Let's hope voLTE functionality can be merged into custom ROMs
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
I wonder if it is worthwhile to wait a week or two more, or just order from Motorola?
[Nexus 6  General] oldblue910:
If you can afford to pay full price for one from Motorola, then why would you wait on Verizon at all? The only logical reason I can see for waiting on Verizon is if you want the discounted price on contract or want to make monthly payments on it. If you can afford the device outright, there is absolutely zero reason to wait on Verizon. The phone works just fine out of the box no matter where you buy it from. Put an active Verizon SIM card in it and you're good to go. It's that simple.

Personally, I bought mine from Sprint because I couldn't get one through Google Play or Motorola, and my local store had stock. They wouldn't sell it to me unactivated, though, so I bought the phone at full retail, activated service, then canceled it 20 minutes later when I got home. Later that day I went to a Verizon store, got a new line of service, played the SIM card game, and I was good to go.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
Thanks. My concern is if the phone has problems and has to back to Motorola not the Verizon store.
[Nexus 6  General] oldblue910:
If the phone has problems, Motorola will send you a prepaid shipping label and it'll cost you nothing. I'm told the Motorola return process is very simple.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
How do you determine on the ordering page that you are getting the North American version?
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
By being in North America
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
You mean by shipping to a US sddress?
[Nexus 6  General] RockySuarez:
I'm still waiting but thinking already of switching to other phones maybe S6 if its good
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
Enjoy your locked bootloader and no root
[Nexus 6  General] kvnhmmd:
Yeah, simply by browsing the site from a North American IP address

Yeah, Verizon security is getting tougher every year... Unless they manage to miss a large security hole, but I'm sure someone loses their job when this happens
[Nexus 6  General] oldblue910:
99% of people who love their Android phone love it with a locked bootloader and no root. Who cares.
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
99% of the people that are in the market for a Nexus and on this site disagree
[Nexus 6  General] oldblue910:
I highly doubt that. Root isn't nearly as important in Android as it used to be, and considering that the Nexus 6 is currently being sold through all major US carriers (save Verizon for now), you can bet that the vast majority of people in the US who own a Nexus 6 will not be people like us.
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
You missed the "on this site" part apparently
[Nexus 6  General] oldblue910:
Touche
[Nexus 6  General] cocachoopa43:
http://phandroid.com/2015/02/25/exclusive-verizon-nexus-6-launch-march-12th/

Looks like we'll have to wait two more weeks...
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
I suppose I do not need to post here, as I just placed an order. Thanks for the advice. Hopefully VZW in store activation is painless.
[Nexus 6  General] kvnhmmd:
We'll see if this date changes again...

It's not easy at all. I went through it myself. Gotta call Verizon, tell them you need a nano SIM for an M8 you bought off someone. Then activate the nano sim in your old 4g phone. Once activated, put into your Nexus 6. Trust me, this is the easiest way, if not the ONLY way... There's an entire thread dedicated to that topic.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
They will refuse to activate this phone?
[Nexus 6  General] mmuzzy:
It's not an officially supported device so it'll be a crap shoot for you depending on who you get to help you activate the SIM. When I look at my devices on the Verizon site the Nexus 6 is just a white box that says unsupported device. It works fine so far though.
[Nexus 6  General] kvnhmmd:
They way their system works is they CAN'T activate the phone until it's on their system. The SIM needs to be activated with a valid Verizon IMEI number. Their system just can't activate the SIM standalone.

So buy a nano to micro SIM adapter for $0.99 shipped on Amazon like I did, and activate the SIM in a Verizon 4G smartphone. I was able to use a Note 2, but couldn't use my Galaxy Nexus to activate it.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
If i cannot get it activated now, should I wait for the Verizon version to be released and try again?

Can they activate the nanosim on my current phone then place it in the N6?
[Nexus 6  General] kvnhmmd:
If your current phone is only a year or two old, yes. Again, you'll need a nano to micro sim adapter, cause the nano sim will need to be placed into your old phone for activation...
[Nexus 6  General] JKoszela:
"Today we received a quick picture of one of the phone’s promo materials, a poster set to be displayed in-store on March 11th. These training materials — as well as training phones which, ironically, don’t feature Verizon’s logo on the back — are also hitting stores as we speak, with Verizon said to be planning a big push complete with large window banners and signage across the store." -phandroid

I can't post links but the article isn't that hard to find.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
I will do that as a last resort. The store should be able to do that since my phone is under a year old.
[Nexus 6  General] mmuzzy:
I had actually gone the other way around and cut down a MicroSIM to the required NanoSIM size using this template: http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/microSIM_to_nano_SIM_iPhone_5_guide.png. So there are certainly options for getting a SIM working from a Verizon phone.
[Nexus 6  General] kvnhmmd:
Yes, this works also. Just know that as soon as Verizon begins the process of trying to activate a nano sim, it will deactivate your old sim... Before the rep even realizes that they can't activate it using your Nexus 6 IMEI... This happened to me
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
I am concerned about performing the resizing inaccurately and then both phones will not work.
[Nexus 6  General] mmuzzy:
Ouch. Another word of warning for those of us using SIMs from other supported phones on Verizon... if you try to change your plan at all the Nexus 6 could be kicked off the account in order for the changes to go through. The suggestion is associate the SIM back onto the supported phone first.

Hopefully that all changes once the Nexus 6 becomes official.

That is a valid concern for sure. I was sweating that myself as I was cutting the SIM. I actually cut a sacrificial SIM from an older phone first to practice.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
I will be keeping my plan. I will talk to my store now. If they refuse once I have the phone I will try customer service.
[Nexus 6  General] kvnhmmd:
Lots of people have already tried every technique. If you haven't already, please read and respond to this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/general/how-to-verizon-nano-sim-nexus-6-t2944308
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
Have you done any research on this device?
[Nexus 6  General] the_rooter:
Just confirmed by many sources. Like the corporate stores stated. March 12 is the date not Feb 26
[Nexus 6  General] johnciaccio:
Great. We have to wait so Verizon can sell some cheap Samsung garbage. I think Verizon hates their customers sometimes.
[Nexus 6  General] TiltedAz:
Personally, I hope VZ's days are numbered.
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
The largest carrier in the country by both subscribers and network? That's a pretty empty hope you have there.
[Nexus 6  General] johnciaccio:
Which is why they can pull the stuff they do. I think they do not like Google and Nexus devices.
[Nexus 6  General] buschris:
I don't understand what all the whine is about. I've had my Nexus 6 on Verizon for way over a month already.
[Nexus 6  General] GrayBoltWolf:
They want the subsidized price of a contract.
[Nexus 6  General] kg2128:
Exactly some of us have the older plans with unlimited data. Verizon does not offer any discounts off contract for the old plans, so you would be paying like you are a subsidizing a phone while paying for the full price of a phone on top of it.
[Nexus 6  General] kvnhmmd:
Right, there's other ways, unless they've been fixed, but I wanted my phone now...

Couldn't put up with the Verizon Note 3's horrible signal quality any longer, and my phone was out of warranty. Also didn't want to pay Asurian $100 for a replacement refurb. Gave the Note 3 away to a friend on straight talk who doesn't travel around much...
[Nexus 6  General] HD_Dude:
New member here...great forum

Many of you may have seen this, but Phandroid is saying the Nexus 6 will be released by Verizon March 12th.

Being a new member, I can't post any links yet...but it's an easy Google search.

Hope they're wrong! I was looking forward to at least pre-ordering today!
[Nexus 6  General] jpl81905:
No dice....yet

I called VZW this morning. Nexus 6 not in their system yet. I read an earlier post of March 12. This is BS all ready. I bought the phone outright so I could get on the network faster, but didn't know they'd bang me for a $40 access fee and not give me a discount for owning the device, which they do with supported phones. Very frustrating! In addition, I can't use the wireless hotspot feature without rooting, etc. Pain in the butt! Verizon dares you to switch! I did an informal experiment a year ago. I live in the suburban NYC area, and VZW's phone coverage is still the best. I tried out AT&T and T-Mobile as well. AT&T had OK call reception quality, but T-Mobile was horrible. I know they have expanded their data capacity, but I still use my phone to talk, ALOT, and that's why I stay with Verizon. But very frustrated. Any ideas would be welcome!
[Nexus 6  General] terrigan:
Delayed until March 12th according to a VZW Rep.

My next phone! Bye locked bootlader.
[Nexus 6  General] tgyberg:
This is just unreal :mad:
[Nexus 6  General] the_rooter:
No matter what phone u get even the nexus devices have locked bootloaders.
[Nexus 6  General] stevexyz0:
I got mine back in November and had no problem getting the discount. They lowered the access fee from $40 to $15 per month and I was able to sign up online even. I think their promotion even said it included "bring your own device". You do need to have paid up your old contract though: if you bought a phone at subsidized price less than two years ago you need to pay the full line access fee until the two year mark no matter what phone you're actually using right now.
[Nexus 6  General] Matt-Helm:
I'm on Verizon with an iPhone 6+ and a Droid turbo. Switching between Android and IOS every few weeks seems to keep my addiction.... I mean hobby at bay!

I picked up a Nexus 6 at Sprint on Tuesday and popped my nano sim in from the 6+ with no problems.

I want to sell the Droid TURBO and keep the NEXUS 6. IS THERE ANY REASON to NOT keep the Sprint Nexus 6 and get the Verizon one or one from GPS?? Verizon visual voicemail and VOLTE HD calling are the only two things that I can think of.... A custom ROM might solve both of these issues eventually.

Thanks..

Helm
[Nexus 6  General] stevexyz0:
Rumor is 5.1 will have VoLTE built in to the base OS so it's possible it will work for all Nexus 6 phones on Verizon after that update. We'll have to wait to be sure though. Dunno about visual voice mail but it's probably just a matter of getting the app APK and installing it.

It's likely that a Sprint model will always show up as "NON-VZW device" in My Verizon even after they launch the phone due to IMEI but that's not such a big deal by itself. Edit: and there's no guarantee that even Motorola or GPS sold devices will show up properly but seems more likely than models from other carriers.
[Nexus 6  General] HD_Dude:
A question about your question - will the Verizon Nexus 6 have VOLTE out of the box?

The reason I ask is, I have been able to use voice and data on my Note 2 for years. But, I recently bought the Verizon Sony Z3V...and it could not do mobile data when you were on a call. I returned it, because I often use my phone as a WiFi hotspot for hours, while on conference calls.

I just read the above post that the update will support VOLTE. I hope that's the fact!

Thanks