[moskie]

Is there any hope it will be available on Verizon?

If it's available on Verizon, it's a no-brainer purchase for me. If it's not.... it's gonna have to be a super great phone to convince me not to get a different comparable phone on Verizon.

[w1ntermute]

> Is there any hope it will be available on Verizon?

I highly doubt it. I would recommend getting either the Moto X (if you're OK with a subpar camera) or the LG G2 (if you're OK with shitty default software and a slightly larger screen). The latter seems like the better option, since you can just install CyanogenMod. Plus the G2's camera is even better than the Nexus 5's will be.

[chimeracoder]

> Is there any hope it will be available on Verizon?

Almost none.

Verizon has all but stated they're not interested in carrying another Nexus phone, since it's "incompatible with their business strategy" (ie, they can't control updates on it and install bloatware on it).

As for the Nexus 5 itself, the leaked FCC diagrams show that it doesn't even have the correct radios to work on Verizon's network.

> If it's not.... it's gonna have to be a super great phone to convince me not to get a different comparable phone on Verizon.

I haven't found any other phone on Verizon compelling enough to make me consider upgrading to a Verizon phone from my Galaxy Nexus. When the next Nexus comes out, I'm probably ditching them for T-Mobile, even though I still have unlimited 4G data on Verizon.

I'm just completely fed up with Verizon's inane moves to keep all phones on their network locked down (they even forced the HTC One bootloader to be locked). No more.

[w1ntermute]

> I haven't found any other phone on Verizon compelling enough to make me consider upgrading to a Verizon phone from my Galaxy Nexus.

Like I mentioned in another comment, both the Moto X and the LG G2 are great upgrades on Verizon from the Galaxy Nexus.

> I'm probably ditching them for T-Mobile, even though I still have unlimited 4G data on Verizon.

Make sure you take T-Mo for a test drive first, to make sure you actually get reception everywhere you frequent.

Also, I've heard you can sell your unlimited data plan online for several hundred dollars.

[chimeracoder]

> Like I mentioned in another comment, both the Moto X and the LG G2 are great upgrades on Verizon from the Galaxy Nexus.

Part of it is that I don't want to drop any more money on a phone that has a locked bootloader - partly for convenience, and partly because I don't want to support that.

> Make sure you take T-Mo for a test drive first, to make sure you actually get reception everywhere you frequent.

I've actually been doing that for the last month with a Nexus 4, and the signal is way better. (Part of that is the toro's awful reception issues). The speed is actually oftentimes better on the Nexus 4 on T-Mobile too - a portion of that is due to Verizon's NYC 4G networks getting overcrowded recently.

> Also, I've heard you can sell your unlimited data plan online for several hundred dollars.

Is there a marketplace for this? I'd love to cash out on that.

[selectodude]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.T...

Not sure if that link will work, but they're going on eBay for about $250

[darrenkopp]

Yup, I'm sick of my galaxy nexus lagging in updates, so I'm switching to T-Mobile.

[jzawodn]

Ditto. The only reason I have a Galaxy S3 now is that I can't get the Nexus on Verizon. And where I live it's kind of a necessity to have Verizon support.