Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy Nexus to be released this Friday?

Fresh rumors have emerged about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus device that has been slated to be released on Verizon’s network. According to the rumors, it looks like we will be able to get our hands on the device this Friday, at least that’s what we have been led to believe. This rumor was originally posted on Reddit by someone who claims to have gotten hands-on time with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

“So one of my mom’s piano students’ mom works for Samsung and has a Galaxy Nexus (running on Verizon of course). When she stopped by our house I wanted to take a look at it and she let me do so for a good 15-20 minutes!

– Overall, the software was just as smooth as has been reported before, and from what I could tell by scavenging through the OS it seemed pretty much ready for prime-time, so all the rumors of delays due to bugs are probably incorrect.

– Camera was just as snappy (no pun intended) as has been reported, and I was actually extremely impressed with the quality of the rapid-fire shots. Panorama worked fine, got one minor bump but nothing big.

– Face Unlock worked! And very well, in fact. It was very fast to unlock upon recognizing the correct face and quick to notify upon non-recognition.

Lastly, I asked about price/release date/hotspot pricing. She said she wasn’t sure about the price of the phone or the hotspot functionality but she said it was on track to be released this Friday, 11/18. Now, lots of trustworthy people have said lots of different things but she was 100% convinced and informed that it would be this Friday (and no she wasn’t talking about the UK launch, she was specifically talking about Verizon availability in the US).”

Real or fake? Since Friday is just a few days to go, we guess we will just wait this one out and see if the information is accurate! In the mean time we suggest that Samsung Galaxy Nexus hopefuls don’t get their hopes up just yet.