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Is amazing that in only one year, the Galaxy nexus feels like it is years apart from my Nexus S 4G.
I have had my Galaxy Nexus for about four months now, haven't touched the Nexus S 4G since December, was away in drawer collecting dust. Got bored tonight, so I updated it to Android 4.0.4 ICS, and it runs smooth and looks pretty good. But man the device just feels and looks and feels now, and dated to be honest.
Physically the Nexus S is so bloated and thick looking, with cheap plastic shell, the Galaxy Nexus is much thinner, and feels like a premium high quality device, and the Nexus S feels cheap in comparison. And the screen LOL, the 720P is light years ahead of the Nexus S, let alone speed wise too, much faster and smoother.
These two phones feel like they were made years apart, not just one year. I just find it amazing how much better the Galaxy Nexus is over the Nexus S. No big point I am making here, just my quick observations tonight.
Similar to the jump from iPhone 3GS to iPhone 4
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Similar to the jump from iPhone 3GS to iPhone 4
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Yeah good point. Is cool how much just one year can make between devices. I bet the iPhone5 might be like that this year compared to 4S ?
I wonder if Nexus-Four Jellybean will be such a big upgrade ?
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I upgraded from the T-Mobile Nexus S. Honestly I sometimes miss my Nexus S. I did like the size of the Nexus S despite it being smaller. It definitely was never as popular as the Galaxy Nexus, and that kind of made me like the phone even more. Don't get me wrong though, I do love my Galaxy Nexus and wouldn't trade it for any phone. I might even skip the next Nexus phone and keep this one longer.
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I upgraded from the T-Mobile Nexus S. Honestly I sometimes miss my Nexus S. I did like the size of the Nexus S despite it being smaller. It definitely was never as popular as the Galaxy Nexus, and that kind of made me like the phone even more. Don't get me wrong though, I do love my Galaxy Nexus and wouldn't trade it for any phone. I might even skip the next Nexus phone and keep this one longer.
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You say that now but I'm willing to bet that a major chunk of this community who claim to be happy with their Nexus for the next year or so will quickly back-peddle to buy the next Nexus device lol.
The way technology works I suppose...
So my question is, will the Nexus-Four be as big an upgrade to the current Galaxy Nexus as it was from the N-S ?
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You say that now but I'm willing to bet that a major chunk of this community who claim to be happy with their Nexus for the next year or so will quickly back-peddle to buy the next Nexus device lol.
The way technology works I suppose...
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Haha you're probably right!
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I was disappointed when the nexus s was released. I felt like it was an updated version of the galaxy s....like the galaxy s s....s for speed or something stupid .....with dual core phones literally right around the corner i thought that would have been the next step
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I bought the Nexus S at launch & returned it in 3 days. Keeping my Nexus one until this phones launch
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Yeah the Nexus-One was a special device. The first bad ass Android phone. Really showed Apple there is a strong competitor around.
The Nexus-S seemed underwhelming and hardware wise barely any better than the N-One. Plus no notification LED on the N-S was a big mistake.
The Galaxy Nexus is light years ahead of the Nexus-S in both build quality and components.
Wonder what the Nexus-Four will be like ?
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I wish they would release the nexus devices in quarter 2 instead of quarter 4. Typically the new technology comes out at that time. So the nexus pulls up the rear in terms of hardware for the year. I understand it's the software that makes the phone desirable, but by time the nexus 4 is released, phones with the new hardware will start coming out.
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parousia15 said:
I wish they would release the nexus devices in quarter 2 instead of quarter 4. Typically the new technology comes out at that time. So the nexus pulls up the rear in terms of hardware for the year. I understand it's the software that makes the phone desirable, but by time the nexus 4 is released, phones with the new hardware will start coming out.
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Yeah the Nexus devices are only top notch for like 4 - 5 months tops. They come out tail end of the year with hardware that is close to outdated. And it seems like the next gen devices typically come out in April / May.
Like last year the Nexus-S was single core in December 2010, and April 2011 the dual core Galaxy S2 is released, being much faster. And again this year, December 2011 Verizon release the dual core Galaxy Nexus, and April 2012 HTC releases the quad core One X.
Also the fact that the original Nexus S was only 3G. Big mistake.
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LOL you comparing the GN with NS4G? Compare it with the Galaxy S2 or something lol.
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Yeah the Nexus devices are only top notch for like 4 - 5 months tops. They come out tail end of the year with hardware that is close to outdated. And it seems like the next gen devices typically come out in April / May.
Like last year the Nexus-S was single core in December 2010, and April 2011 the dual core Galaxy S2 is released, being much faster. And again this year, December 2011 Verizon release the dual core Galaxy Nexus, and April 2012 HTC releases the quad core One X.
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This is not entirely true. The Nexus One was one of the first devices out with the 1 Ghz snapdragon and 512 MB of RAM (which was not even supported ootb by the kernel).
The Nexus S didn't push for dual core, but Android was not optimized for dual core at that time. It did push forward with NFC and allowed Google to start rolling Google Wallet into the market.
The Galaxy Nexus introduced an entirely new platform (the OMAP platform) for Android.
I didn't know I bought a Galaxy Nexus to have top of the line specs (You're doing it wrong). Oh and by the way guys Tegra4 is supposed to be out by years end / beginning of next year so technically the One X is already partially outdated (See what I did there?).
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LOL you comparing the GN with NS4G? Compare it with the Galaxy S2 or something lol.
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I am comparing the one year difference between the two Nexus phones. The Galaxy Nexus is a major improvement over the Nexus-S is my point.
The HD 720p screen being #1 change, and also the size difference between the screens.
Plus build quality seems more premium and higher quality on the Galaxy Nexus.
Winder if the Nexus-Four will be that big of an upgrade over the current Galaxy Nexus ?
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I wasn't too happy with my Nexus S. The 512MB of ram was driving me crazy. My home screen would reload multiple times a day.
With that said, I love my Galaxy Nexus. ICS is so polished.
I also miss the size of my Nexus S. It was the perfect size for me, but is hard to argue against the Galaxy Nexus screen when watching a video or reading a HQ!
When I take my NS out of the drawer and try to use it, I think its awful vs the GN. Small screen, low Res, slow... still like the size and design though.
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I have Nexus S and software speaking GNex and NS are almost the same, ignoring the few advantages GNex has because of the hardware.
My sister got Galaxy S3 few days ago and now I want a new phone as well lol. Since I'm gonna dump a $***load of money, and I much more prefer Nexus dev phone rather than TouchWiz or anything manufacturer related, should I wait for the next quad core (and better camera, since that 2 things are bugging me about GNex) or buy this one.
I know how having a Nexus rocks, all the roms, tweaks, ports available for my Nexus S are just awesome, so I can imagine what to expect for this one or the future one!
I'm asking this because you guys have it and know it.
I almost ended up buying Note but stores jacked the price here, so no... currently GNex HSPA+ is around 300€ - 350€ here, unlocked. Thanks!
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Well if you can wait til Q4 I'd say wait for the next nexus, especially if you're signing a contract.
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Not very humorous.
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Hilarious actually. I upgraded from the nexus s, and other than the bigger screen I really don't notice a while back of a lot of difference with the nexus. Was already running CM9.
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Facepalming cuz we get three of these things a day. Should I get a nexus.....
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Wait, not worth upgrading without subsidy unless you can find a used one for cheap. If you're on tmobile, change to the cheap plan and you can buy new phones off contract.
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Buy it now and sell it when the next Nexus comes out.
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Buy it now and sell it when the next Nexus comes out.
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People need to stop obsessing over quad cores especially when the newer dual cores are on par with them.
Because I can, and I was bored.
Correction: November through January.
Just get the Nexus. Then get the Nexus tablet when it gets out. :-D It's a great phone, why wait?
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Buy it now and sell it when the next Nexus comes out.
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That's what I did when I bought my gnex.
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I guess that's the cool thing about a Nexus phone, even when the next one comes out, this one will still be relevant.
It's not like the jump from dual core to quad will be as significant IMO as single to dual.
Such as the GNex can and will leave the N1 and Nexus S in the dust in the following years, the next Nexus will take much longer to leave the GNex in the dust.
Clearly under par GPU on nexus ...wait for the next one and hope its better! Then buy it
Note that the price of the new Nexus could be twice as much compared to the current price of Galaxy Nexus.
But if money is not a problem, buy this, then buy the next Nexus when it comes out
Just wait it out. As good as the GN is, it's not that big of a jump from your current phone.
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Haha you should just make that facepalm pic your signature for all posts
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I have Nexus S and software speaking GNex and NS are almost the same, ignoring the few advantages GNex has because of the hardware.
My sister got Galaxy S3 few days ago and now I want a new phone as well lol. Since I'm gonna dump a $***load of money, and I much more prefer Nexus dev phone rather than TouchWiz or anything manufacturer related, should I wait for the next quad core (and better camera, since that 2 things are bugging me about GNex) or buy this one.
I know how having a Nexus rocks, all the roms, tweaks, ports available for my Nexus S are just awesome, so I can imagine what to expect for this one or the future one!
I'm asking this because you guys have it and know it.
I almost ended up buying Note but stores jacked the price here, so no... currently GNex HSPA+ is around 300€ - 350€ here, unlocked. Thanks!
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If you're going to drop an assload of money like you're stating... You could buy the Gal Nex and get the next Nexus too .
Its not that your nexus s is completely behind. I'd wait till next nexus.
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http://business.financialpost.com/2012/09/17/samsung-galaxy-s4-to-launch-in-february-report/
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http://business.financialpost.com/2012/09/17/samsung-galaxy-s4-to-launch-in-february-report/
Just putting it out there
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Yep, ZDNet and other sources have the same scoop. Rumored to be 5" screen and quad core - more than likely a similar config to the Note 2.
lol.. I cant wait to see what goodies the new S4 will hold.... My current S2 is keeping my happy, by the time LTE even gets to me in Los Angeles county, the S3 wouldn't be useful for me and I'd have wanted the next S.X model
Can't wait till early 2014. We'll probably have the S6 by then. I like big upgrades, not incremental upgrades.
Sweet
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Glad I didn't get the S3 yet...
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http://business.financialpost.com/2012/09/17/samsung-galaxy-s4-to-launch-in-february-report/
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Well, this basically just stopped me from buying the S3
I'm just, sorta, glad that i don't live in a market with 4g or lte and there's no plans in the future for either. Sad about that but less pressure for my wants and desires..
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I...highly doubt..that the S4 will be released that soon. Samsung's not dumb.
The only reason they would put out a true successor so soon would be if the technologies involved were fantastic enough. In my mind, that would be a 1080p screen and the exynos 5. Those two probably would warrant a quicker push simply to be very far ahead of the pack.
Though I can't shake this feeling that we'll be seeing the exynos 5 in the next nexus, probably this fall. Nexus' are very much reference models, and releasing the first A15 as a nexus just sounds like such a good idea.
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Samsung always gimps the nexus line of phones so that its galaxy line will sell better. I seriously doubt the next nexus will have the a15 soc, probably the krait. Google needs to give someone else a shot on the next nexus cuz Samsung is not trying to sell out its own galaxy line, I'm not impressed with the past 2 nexus devices.
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Wish the new phone was wimax/LTE so I can have a new phone to use till LTE comes out on the west coast.
They shouldnt go with a 5 inch screen. They have note for bigger screens.
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As long as the phones actual dimensions do not get bigger (5.5" x 2.5"ish) then it'll be fine for most people i guess. I envision the phone being "launched" like the galaxy s2 intl' at MWC with actual phones becoming on sale near the end of april/early may. Makes most sense with Sammys 1 year upgrade cycle.
Well seeing I am new to the E4GT. I am enjoying my S2. Come next year, I might be interested in the S4. Hopefully it will have newer features and improvements to make the phone stay very popular like the S2 and my old phone HTC EVO 4G. So far I am enjoying Samsung over HTC.
Now lets see this holiday season if Samsung and HTC throw dirty balls at Apple to delay the I5.
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Samsung always gimps the nexus line of phones so that its galaxy line will sell better. I seriously doubt the next nexus will have the a15 soc, probably the krait. Google needs to give someone else a shot on the next nexus cuz Samsung is not trying to sell out its own galaxy line, I'm not impressed with the past 2 nexus devices.
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Its google's decision for the specs, they're trying to support more SoC and prove a point its not about power but software. Samsung simply just makes it. If was up to Samsung we would've seen an SD card support already for the nexus
line. I just hate their plastic built.
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I think Samsung releasing a S4 would be a good way to give the iPhone 5 some good competition in the first and second quarter of next year.
Why else would the be pushing the S3 right now? They want to sell as many S3's as they can so they can still finish out this year in the lead of all the competition. Then release the S4 to start the year next year.
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The next new software feature that the S4 will have is called, "make puns and insults about iPhone". My favorite feature lol..
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Are there still plans to release a Nexus version of the S3 in the fall? I remember reading about a few Nexus devices being available from Google by the Holidays.
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Are there still plans to release a Nexus version of the S3 in the fall? I remember reading about a few Nexus devices being available from Google by the Holidays.
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Thought all the Nexus devices for this year were being done by Motorola Mobility (other than the Nexus 7)...?
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Thought all the Nexus devices for this year were being done by Motorola Mobility (other than the Nexus 7)...?
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That's really just an assumption more than anything else. Considering that most devices have well over a year of development cycle, and that the Google-Motorola deal wasn't finalized too long ago, it probably won't be until next summer that we see the fruits of the relationship.
Samsung still seems like the clear favorite for the next nexus, considering only their manufacturing prowess. HTC has too many problems right now, and LG's just don't sell well. Now Asus...I could really get on board with an Asus made phone. I'd argue they are on a similar plane as Samsung, albiet a slightly different one. Samsung's big advantage is their experience as a fab and foundry. Asus obviously has a celebrated PC motherboard heritage. Both are very good at engineering and design.
Could you imagine a joint-device between them? It will never happen, but I would weed-wack my grandmother for an Asus engineered, Samsung sourced and manufactured, Google coded device.
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Specs look great, but no late, and base mod comes at 8 gig storage. My lte 32 gig actually still looks good
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My lte 32 gig actually still looks good
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Thinking about it 350$ is great I would get 8 but no expandable storage I may pick one up if the battery is great and reviews are positive then I'll sell my galaxy nexus
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Honestly not bad at all, but except CPU changes and induction charging, what are the better points compared to the GNEX ?
Unless a Verizon version launches later (like always seems to happen with Sprint Nexus devices), I'll be hanging onto my LTE Gnex until the next Nexus comes out late next year. I like my LTE, I like 32 GB of storage, and let's face it, Verizon has the best network in the country. That's pretty much indisputable.
Eh. I'm sorry, but after getting 4G LTE on my nexus I will not buy another phone without it. I'll get 4.2 on my current nexus and that will hold me over until a better device comes out. I really kinda hate LG. . .
The new device looks awesome. I think I'm jealous of the camera and new version of Android. Oh yeah. And that quad core S4. Lol. We still have a cool phone. We will have 4.2 soon enough.
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Other than the big brother spec bump, bringing nexus hardware back to relevancy, Lifespan, is probably the main, albeit undersold, reward in buying the new nexus. Will the gnex still be adequate by the time nexus 5 rolls around? Maybe. But whatever the life of this phone, the 4 will far exceed it. And longevity is one of the key reasons Joe phone user purchases the nexus.
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RoyJ said:
Eh. I'm sorry, but after getting 4G LTE on my nexus I will not buy another phone without it. I'll get 4.2 on my current nexus and that will hold me over until a better device comes out. I really kinda hate LG. . .
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Amen to that.
Right now I'm going stir crazy without a 10" tablet! I sold my old Nexus S and my LTE Motorola Xoom so I could have the cash to buy a Nexus 10. Since they aren't available until November 13, I'm going to go crazy without it! That Nexus 7 is great for reading in bed, but for doing anything productive, I needs me a 10" tablet. My laptop is going to get more use the next two weeks than it has in 2 months!
There's no comparison. Not even close. N4 is the best spec'd phone available on almost every component and costs the same as the Galaxy Nexus. If you bought a GN in the last 29 days, return it immediately. With all that said, the Galaxy Nexus is still an excellent phone.
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There's no comparison. Not even close. N4 is the best spec'd phone available on almost every component and costs the same as the Galaxy Nexus. If you bought a GN in the last 29 days, return it immediately. With all that said, the Galaxy Nexus is still an excellent phone.
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I'd almost rather have a Galaxy Nexus for the Super AMOLED screen alone. Given the choice between LED or IPS, I'm taking LED any day of the week.
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Other than the big brother spec bump, bringing nexus hardware back to relevancy, Lifespan, is probably the main, albeit undersold, reward in buying the new nexus. Will the gnex still be adequate by the time nexus 5 rolls around? Maybe. But whatever the life of this phone, the 4 will far exceed it. And longevity is one of the key reasons Joe phone user purchases the nexus.
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That is basically always the point. Also, considering the nexus s still gets updates I doubt we will stop getting them for a while. Also, the galaxy nexus can play whatever games I want it to, and it has the same GPU as the nexus s ( I am talking nova 3 , NBA 2k13( which stutters a little bit), and dead trigger on high).
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I'd almost rather have a Galaxy Nexus for the Super AMOLED screen alone. Given the choice between LED or IPS, I'm taking LED any day of the week.
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I'll wait until I see the screen to decide that. After two Samsung Nexus in a row I'm ready for someone else and even a different screen tech.
The camera will be the main selling point for me. Absolutely love my GNex, but I find it funny whenever I see apologists try to act as if the camera isn't sub par.
Wireless charging, even though I like it, is only a gimmick (much like the curved screen of the GNex to be fair).
I have no plans on upgrading; that being said I also don't have insurance on my phone. If I had to replace it, I'd definitely spring for the N4 if I was going brand new instead of eBay/ CL.
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I'll wait until I see the screen to decide that. After two Samsung Nexus in a row I'm ready for someone else and even a different screen tech.
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Yeah. I'm just comparing between the LED screen on the Galaxy Nexus and the IPS display on the Nexus 7. That IPS display is no slouch, but it's no LED.
Unless my gnex breaks, Ill wait, however I'm sure others are very excited about this device. Its definitely a deal. Quad core s4 for the price of the gnex u bought from the play store yesterday
Being on prepaid wireless, I couldnt give two ***** about LTE. Gnex in NYC gets over 10mbps down on tmobiles network.
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That is basically always the point. Also, considering the nexus s still gets updates I doubt we will stop getting them for a while. Also, the galaxy nexus can play whatever games I want it to, and it has the same GPU as the nexus s ( I am talking nova 3 , NBA 2k13( which stutters a little bit), and dead trigger on high).
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Uh, the Nexus S doesn't have a GPU that's even close to the one in the Gnex.
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Uh, the Nexus S doesn't have a GPU that's even close to the one in the Gnex.
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I was pretty sure I read that some where, but my bad.
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Uh, the Nexus S doesn't have a GPU that's even close to the one in the Gnex.
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Really? I was pretty sure it was the same exact GPU but clocked slower
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I'd almost rather have a Galaxy Nexus for the Super AMOLED screen alone. Given the choice between LED or IPS, I'm taking LED any day of the week.
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My galaxy nexuses dismay hurts my eyes a little bit after a while of use. Although the nexus 7s screen is definitely washed out, it looks much sharper to me
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What made you choose this device instead of others? Will you select your next smartphone based on the same criteria or do you care more about some other spec?
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Best pentaband device at the time. Speed the N4. Waiting on N5..... what about you?
Because its a nexus
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I chose the Gnex because it is a very slick looking device and the screen is gorgeous. Now I really want the next device I choose to have incredible battery life because I spend many hours away from a charger.
I really hope the next Nexus has an enormous battery!
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Look likes they lied.
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I got this phone because I really wanted a new phone so I took one with a HD screen and it was free !
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I had the nexus one previously which I loved, this phone came out and had an HD screen and just seemed like a good upgrade. After owning it for 15 months, the nexus experience with this phone has been so different compared to the nexus one and not in a good way. My next device will need to have a huge battery, an amazing camera and a Full HD screen. If Google releases a nexus with these features then I'll be getting a nexus, if not I'm jumping ship.
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Was either the gnex or iPhone 4S at the time 18 months ago for me, i could have had either for free as i started a new contract an i went with the gnex as there was no other decent phones at the time that stood out besides those two, still regret signing up for 2 years on contract though.
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For me it was stock Jelly bean and project butter that made me jump from S2. If there wasn't jb i wouldn't switch.
I bought my GSM Galaxy Nexus at 11 May 2012
when my HTC HD2 finally crash and unable to boot into ROM.
At that time, this mobile phone costs HKD3513
and I think it is balance of price and performance.
Best phone for me. Truly All in one and has no analogs. Only 2 cons: missing SD card slot, PenTile OLED. Pros: fast TI OMAP with great battery life, RGB led indicator, tonns of ROMs and future support from Google, OLED, USB Host, HDMI and many others... Choose between Nexus 3 and 4. But LG's has no USB Host, has worse battery cover and I dont like Qualcomm
That time, it was the first phone with the all new Android 4. It also had a big screen, software buttons and a very nice notification light
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I didn't choose. I was sent two Galaxy Nexuses by Verizon to replace two HTC Thunderbolts (each of which had been replaced themselves several times) because they would constantly drop all data connections. After threatening to cancel my account, two Galaxy Nexuses were offered. Best phones I've owned so far. I laugh when people say the radios in this phone suck. You haven't seen bad radios until you've owned a Thunderbolt!
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Nexus. 'Nuff said. I see people talking in other threads about how the nexus line isn't what it used to be, if we don't get KLP they won't ever buy Nexus again, they'll buy iPhones or other Android phones. I don't know about everyone else, but I didn't buy a Nexus looking for updates FROM GOOGLE. I bought it because it is THE easiest phone to develop for, with probably the largest development community. I wouldn't be shocked to get 2 more updates from the awesome devs here at XDA. The nexus line isn't a "Give me updates" line. It is a development line.
Upgraded from O.G. Droid to the Galaxy Nexus, so for me it was upgrading 4G and getting another pure Android device. I'm on Verizon and I personally think the development for this phone is outstanding, just like it was for the O.G. Droid. I will always have a Nexus device, I just hope Verizon will keep getting some type of Nexus device.
Its Google & Samsung partnership and its a pure android and its NeXuS
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It only cost £110 cheap and a power house compared to my old galaxy
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Nexus. 'Nuff said. I see people talking in other threads about how the nexus line isn't what it used to be, if we don't get KLP they won't ever buy Nexus again, they'll buy iPhones or other Android phones. I don't know about everyone else, but I didn't buy a Nexus looking for updates FROM GOOGLE. I bought it because it is THE easiest phone to develop for, with probably the largest development community. I wouldn't be shocked to get 2 more updates from the awesome devs here at XDA. The nexus line isn't a "Give me updates" line. It is a development line.
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I'm sorry but the nexus one was advertised as a developers phone. The Galaxy Nexus was not, Google geared the Galaxy Nexus towards consumers and they did the same with the Nexus 4 and the Nexus line of tablets. Don't tell me this is a developer phone and expect that to make up for its downfalls.
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I'm sorry but the nexus one was advertised as a developers phone. The Galaxy Nexus was not, Google geared the Galaxy Nexus towards consumers and they did the same with the Nexus 4 and the Nexus line of tablets. Don't tell me this is a developer phone and expect that to make up for its downfalls.
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It may not have been advertised as a developer phone but google designs their nexus devices to be easily modded and developed on. Just because they wanted it to be easily usable by every day consumers doesn't mean it's not a development device. I think for most developers/rooters, that is the big draw of this and all other nexus phones. And I'm sure for many, that does make up for it's downfalls. I personally see no downfalls with the phone, I've had nothing but a great experience with it in all aspects other than sprint's service, which is no fault of the device itself.