Samsung cancelled Galaxy Nexus launch in honour of Steve Jobs

Last week Samsung cancelled our trip to San Diego for its Galaxy Nexus with Ice Cream Sandwich launch, and didn’t give a reason why.

Sitting in grey London this morning it was a pleasure to hear the trip wasn’t cut in vain. The reason for this last minute pull-out was a matter for debate – until now. Samsung has revealed that it postponed the launch out of respect for Steve Jobs. 

Despite being caught up in heated legal battles with Apple over patents, the two companies still work closely together in the manufacturing department. It’s nice to see Samsung putting its differences with Apple aside out of mutual respect.

The fact that Apple’s iPhone 4S is currently dominating the headlines has nothing to do with it, probably.

Check back for an official date for the Galaxy Nexus launch, but the tentative word is October 26 until we hear otherwise.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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