Galaxy Nexus Availability in the United States ⇥

We’ve had the Galaxy Nexus in Canada for a couple of weeks now, but apparently there’s a big holdup for the American version. As I posted yesterday, this could be due to a delay of the Verizon build of Ice Cream Sandwich.

Interestingly, stores seem to have the devices in stock. Josh Topolsky asks:

Do you work at a Best Buy or Verizon store? Do you want to sell me a Galaxy Nexus?

And the replies poured in (all quotes sic). This, from Joseph Ayala:

Haha, you have better luck at Radio Shack. […] they were selling them on Friday in the a.m. until they were told by corporate to stop. Seems like some stores didn’t listen

And this from Chris Johnson:

i work at a verizon store and want to sell myself one. we’re all hoping it launches this week to get them out to people.

To which Josh asked whether they had them in stock, and Chris replied “yep, have since last week.”

Verizon is sitting on the flagship Android phone. They have them in stock. And yet, for whatever reason, they aren’t selling them.