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I would love to have a phone with Jelly Bean and decent prospects of getting Key Lime Pie but unfortunately not all Galaxy Nexuses are created equal. Some don't get updates in a timely fashion, those with updates handled by Samsung are on a delay of up to 4 1/2 months. Since I'm in Sweden, where only YAKJUXW devices are being sold, I'm looking elsewhere in the EU.

I am fully aware that I could get a phone locally and flash different firmware myself but that kind of defeats the point of getting the Nexus in my opinion, if I wanted to mess around with flashing ROMs and voiding warranties I'd get hardware with decent build quality and handle the software myself but I don't.

Does anyone know of a European country where there are only Google updated Galaxy Nexus phones being sold? Germany? UK? France?

EDIT: I have placed an order with Expansys. Their customer support insists that the phones that they sell are proper Google updated ones and the person answering my inquires says they checked with someone at some "technical branch". The person might not have a clue what they're talking about or might just be lying but I guess I'll find out soon enough.

EDIT: The phone finally arrived. It turns out the people over at Expansys are either moronic or malicious because it was definitely a Yakjuxw-phone even though I explained the problem to them and even asked twice before placing the order and they assured me it was a Google phone that would be getting the updates straight from Google.

Seriously. It shouldn't be this difficult to buy a genuine Galaxy Nexus in Europe.

EDIT: The good news is that Amazon.co.uk, after about a month of investigating the issue, has answered me that their phones are definitely ones that get updated straight from Google. I informed them right in my original e-mail about the different versions and how some are handled by Samsung but they say that theirs are all Google. The bad news is the phone is now out of stock and expected to ship some time a month or two from now. I'd hate to think it, after a month long investigation into the matter, but they could also be mistaken about their phones.

I have not yet decided whether it's worth ordering one from them. Maybe some other store will answer, have the right version and be able to ship it while I'd be waiting for Amazon to just get the thing back in stock.

EDIT: In Amazon's answer they linked to a Galaxy Nexus that was in stock, just not sold by but rather just fulfilled by Amazon. As the link was provided as part of their answer I've ordered one and now I'm just hoping they're more competent, or lucky, at this sort of thing than Expansys.

EDIT: Nope. Amazon lied. I hate them.