Samsung and Google have postponed the much anticipated unveiling of the new Nexus Prime smartphone.
Although they were a little vague on the details, a statement from Samsung indicates they have cancelled the entire Samsung Mobile Unpacked event where the new phone was set to be unveiled in San Diego. Based on its wording, most people are speculating Samsung felt it would be inappropriate ... [ read the full article ]
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While it's sad to see Steve suffer like he did, this is still BS. What difference does it make if they release it a couple of weeks later instead of next week? It's not like people will be seriously offended if it was released next week, if they are, tell 'em to F*** themselves. Samsung was supposed to release the Focus S next week too, which I was very much looking forward to. Are you telling me Google, that the whole market must come to a halt for a while??
Originally posted by mike.m: While it's sad to see Steve suffer like he did, this is still BS. What difference does it make if they release it a couple of weeks later instead of next week? It's not like people will be seriously offended if it was released next week, if they are, tell 'em to F*** themselves. Samsung was supposed to release the Focus S next week too, which I was very much looking forward to. Are you telling me Google, that the whole market must come to a halt for a while??
Not sure if it's all Steve Jobs based...my guess is ICS needs a couple more tweaks, also.
Originally posted by mike.m: While it's sad to see Steve suffer like he did, this is still BS. What difference does it make if they release it a couple of weeks later instead of next week? It's not like people will be seriously offended if it was released next week, if they are, tell 'em to F*** themselves. Samsung was supposed to release the Focus S next week too, which I was very much looking forward to. Are you telling me Google, that the whole market must come to a halt for a while??
Not sure if it's all Steve Jobs based...my guess is ICS needs a couple more tweaks, also.
The delay is related to the passing of Steve Jobs:
http://bit.ly/qZrq2L And marketing since the funeral could be the 11th. and the media coverage will be focus on him.