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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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malikadnanm said:
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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Ulver said:
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'm due for an upgrade in the near future but unfortunately the Galaxy Nexus has already been around for a while. I don't want to end up with another Dinc situation where I get mine a year late, all the good devs leave and we have little support left.
So do you think (Opinions here people) this phone will still be worth getting when I upgrade or should I go with the next big thing?
A new nexus should be coming out by the end of the year, so my answer would be no.
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Depends on the price. This phone is still a nexus and will get the next Android version. The specs for the GN are more than sufficient over the long haul.
Last years nexus has a more up to date version than my current Nexus.
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Yeah we will be impatiently awaiting the next nexus. But on the other hand this is a good phone and will serve a lot of people well for a 2 + year life span.
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I had my Nexus in hand by November last year so I'd say no do not buy the current one.
The phone is still awesome..... Get it!
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Zerox8610 said:
I'm due for an upgrade in the near future but unfortunately the Galaxy Nexus has already been around for a while. I don't want to end up with another Dinc situation where I get mine a year late, all the good devs leave and we have little support left.
So do you think (Opinions here people) this phone will still be worth getting when I upgrade or should I go with the next big thing?
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If you can afford better then there will be better available by November... in fact there will be better available in a few weeks time when the galaxy s3 comes out.. you won't have to wait until November to find something better than the gnex
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Last Nov, the Nexus S was still around $400 on Amazon (still same price even today ). Hardware wise, this GN will be in better shape comes this Nov than the Nexus S was last Nov.
When the new Nexus comes out, it'll be in $650-700 range again (unless Google decides then to also sell the new Nexus at $399), so this current one at $400 is still a great deal.
Come November I would get the new Nexus.
As others have said... we'll see the next Nexus device in November. Galaxy Nexus will be cheap and still good (enough) though.
The phone will be a year old. Wait for a more recent release.
I think Google needs to stick with imagination technologies gpu's. For lots of reasons, including an apple one.
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This phone will be fine by November. Plus, if rumors are correct we won't see a Nexus phone this year, but rather the Nexus tablet. Jelly Bean is said to have "game changing tablet optimizations".
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I would wait for the next Nexus. The GNexus will still be a good phone but is kind of sad to see your device outdated one month after you bought it.
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This phone will be fine by November. Plus, if rumors are correct we won't see a Nexus phone this year, but rather the Nexus tablet. Jelly Bean is said to have "game changing tablet optimizations".
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Please... There will be a Nexus phone
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Please... There will be a Nexus phone
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So? N1 has ICS. Unnoficial, but still. Nexus Prime will most def have future versions of the OS.
You people gotta be rich or something, changing phones like that.
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Please don't get it just wait for the next one. I got mine just now cause of sprint just barely got it and is the only android phone that appeals to me right now. But if the next nexus doesn't come out on Verizon then maybe you shouldn't get it but if he does then yes wait for that one
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Get it now and move to pre paid service mwhahahaha
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Nexus 4 will potentially be released around Dec./Jan. so Id hold off. By then the GNex will have dwindled down to Tier 2 hardware.
I guys , i was thinking buying the gnex for 329 euros for christmas, is a good deal? How long i will get the ota updates? PLS aswer me guys
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Fnac ftw huh?
Well, forget about ota updates, the question you should be asking is " how long do you think gnex will have aosp support?"
At least 2 or 3 major versions, but don't take my word for it.
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miguelcold said:
I guys , i was thinking buying the gnex for 329 euros for christmas, is a good deal? How long i will get the ota updates? PLS aswer me guys
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If your going to spend that much you may as well get the nexus 4 its about the same price and its newer. And yes the galaxy nexus is definitely a good phone
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if you got the play store where you live buy the n4, if not get the gnex.. and dont quote me on this but i think the gnex will supported for another year
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no.
its still a great phone
Its still a great phone but Nexus 4 would be a better purchase unless you can get a good deal on a gnex.
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Had the Galaxy s3(i9300), traded for a Galaxy Nexus and I think this phone is Excellent and have potential!
I very recently upgraded from a HD2 to a Gnex. It feels like the very best thing I've done for a while! The Antutu scores are more than double also every JB rom I've tried runs fluid on this phone.
I did consider the Nexus 4 but to me the option of changing to a bigger extended 3500mah battery is important to me, so I got the Gnex. I use my phone as a GPS on my vehicle and my work involves me being away from a power source and just generally putting a lot of use on my phone.
If Nexus4 didn't have a sealed battery I would of bought it in a heartbeat.
in my country there is no playstore (portugal) and the nexus 4 will come out for 400-450 probably so i think the price of gnex is quite good
It's good. But nexus 4 will be better. Also i think that my gnex is lack of juice
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in my honest opinion get the nexus 4 if possible but if not get the galaxy nexus , once you use a nexus you can't really look at other phones the same , S3 ,one x and all those phones are great but my friend's s3 seems so much laggier compared to my nexus which is a lot cheaper ,oh and the nexus gives insane bang for the buck but the if have a rather lackluster camera though =(
Hello everyone ,
As the title says time to bid good bye to my good old Galaxy nexus my best android phone till date hands down .
Good bye to this awesome Gnex developers and big thanks to everyone
Time to remove the bookmark's and replace it with LG nexus 4 ^_^ .
Bye hope your n4 makes you happy even though its hardware makes no difference on jellybean compared to galaxy nexus, maybe in 6 months when android 5 is out i might consider it
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Enjoy the new toy.
I'll be right with you soon even though I bought gnex last Saturday. Lol
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slayr76 said:
Bye hope your n4 makes you happy even though its hardware makes no difference on jellybean compared to galaxy nexus, maybe in 6 months when android 5 is out i might consider it
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I've already used a nexus 4 people who say they don't see the difference between smoothness and speed are just the one's who are convincing them selves not to buy nexus 4
With everything u do on the phone u can notice the difference nexus 4 is a beast of a phone on a different lvl compared to Galaxy nexus .
And as much as i love the galaxy nexus even at the time of the release it had gimp hardware compared to what could have been achieved at the time of the release .
I second that.
I better wait for "far" more powerful nexus...
just my 2 ¢
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Too bad Verizon and Google can't seem to get along, I'd love to try out the new Nexus!
rlb81 said:
Too bad Verizon and Google can't seem to get along, I'd love to try out the new Nexus!
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We have plenty of options at verizon, i just got a GNex for free
These threads are a dime a dozen. Good luck with your new phone.
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Hello Gnex owners!
I've been using my Nexus S for some time now and I believe it's time for upgrade. I was thinking Gnex because it is cheap but I need your opinion. If there are any previous Nexus S users here, you do know that after Jelly Bean arrived, NS became too laggy to support it and it was terrible. People reverted to ICS.
So,
1. How fast is your phone today on 4.2.2, how often does it lag, crash and so on...
2. How fast is it compared to Nexus 4 and Galaxy S3?
Selling my Nexus S and adding not a lot of money does get me Galaxy Nexus, so I'm pretty excited. Or get Galaxy S2/Note 1? Thank you!
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1.Phone is as fast as i need it to be. It lags occasionally if i play a game like gta iii, but I'm not a big gamer.. Doesn't ever seem to crash, unless i'm experimenting.
2.As far as side-by-side comparisons, The nexus 4 is only about 4 months old; the galaxy siii is about 11 or twelve months old, and the gnex is about 16 months old; Things change quickly in the phone world. So you have to keep in mind the time frames.
If you're seriously considering a galaxy sii, I'd go for the galaxy nexus. Why haven't you mentioned something like the htc one x, etc.?
All in all, I think I'll be quite happy with this phone for another year or so.
No lags on a daily normal usage for me. Even when there is lag while running a lot of apps it‘s nothing that‘ll make you crazy.
None of the games like NFSMW or GTA III lag or slowdown noticably.
If I were you, coming from the Nexus S I‘d have upgraded to the Nexus 4 than the GSIII or even the Galaxy Nexus.
for the right price def do it!
I made the switch from Nexus S to Galaxy Nexus because of the JB lag you mentioned, and I couldn't be happier. I never even considered getting a Nexus 4 because my phone works so well.
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Former ns4g user here. I was in the exact same situation as you and made the leap back in December. Speed and smoothness are fine for me (don't play games). I think for the money/android experience, there's no better way to play it than to annually upgrade to 1-gen old nexus devices. I'm generally happy, but must say that I thought the ns was the ideal form factor. I even went back to my ns4g on a slimmed down Rom for a while before finally deciding to sell it. I just use web,email, maps, and a few apps, so the larger screen didn't add much to my user experience. Whatever though, I digress ... if you get the gnex, you'll be happy with 4.2.2
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I'll be honest and say that i do miss my Nexus solely for development purposes. You'll always be ahead in the game with the Nexus. I have a S3 now and the only complaints I have are development community, I wish it was bigger. There is a ton of pros and cons though so you have to go with what suits your needs not everyone else's. My main reasons for getting rid of it were camera and no external SD card but I should have kept it around to mess with. All around it was an awesome phone though and if for some reason my S3 broke and that's the only phone I could go for I would be just fine with it.
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I like the phone so much I just bought an used one for the wife.
personally my opinion is that if you plan to keep the phone for about 2 years or so, spend extra 100 and get a Nexus 4. The reason is that while the Galaxy Nexus is fast enough, with new software update, it can bring it down a little bit. I have used Galaxy Nexus and feel it is a bit slower than the newer Snapdragon S4 based phones due to the CPU. In addition, the Nexus 1GB RAM is fine now but with next round of OS update, it may not be.
It is no doubt that Nexus 4 should support the upcoming Key Lime Pie (or whatever is called) and probably so would the Galaxy Nexus. While Galaxy Nexus will run KLP fine, I think you may possibly ended up feeling that it is a bit too slow once the software hits while the Nexus 4 won't. In addition, with N4, you would also be able to keep it a bit longer and enjoy the future software updates.
if you're on verizon, gnex is a good bet to switch. i was in verizon yesterday and none of the phones they have interested me. if you're looking for a gsm phone, nexus 4. i'm on verizon so nexus 4 is not in my future, but i'm very happy with my gnex being over a year old already.
t1.8matt said:
if you're on verizon, gnex is a good bet to switch. i was in verizon yesterday and none of the phones they have interested me. if you're looking for a gsm phone, nexus 4. i'm on verizon so nexus 4 is not in my future, but i'm very happy with my gnex being over a year old already.
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Verizon has nexus 4
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I got my phone around November 2012 for free with Verizon. Though a year old I have to say that it is still blazing fast. If your looking for a great looking phone, this is it. There is a bunch of phones that are much faster than the Galaxy Nexus but don't let this deter you. It runs 4.2.2 super smooth under clocked. I'm sure it will run the next update just as fast. The nexus 4 is a great phone but depending on what you do, the extra speed is a little overkill.
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Nope, I'm in Europe, so I'm one of those who have to buy unlocked phones, no contracts or anything. Personally, my Nexus S is pretty fast, but after using my sister's S3 for a while the screen became to small, the phone itself became too small. I gave it a thought and I don't think speed will bother me that much on it. I won't play any games except Temple Run or something like that, I use Nexus 7 for high quality games like Real Racing or Deadzone.
I can sell Nexus S for 150€ and get new Galaxy Nexus for 260€. Nexus 4 is only sold by retailers here, and you can imagine how big the price is. At least 400-450€, Note 2 and S3 are cheaper! Evil retailers. Second hand Galaxy Nexus is no more than 220€.
So yes, thank you all for replying!
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Verizon has nexus 4
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Asking if it does or stating it does? Because Big Red in fact does not support the N4.
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Just bought the gnex for 240 in perfect condition.
Gsm unlocked 16gb. Good deal IMO
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Coming from an OG dinc this thing is amazing. Got it off craigslist for 175 so it was a no brainer. Development for nexus devices is top notch!
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Buy the Gnex,dont even think about s3 or even s2,hell naw. Nexus 4 is...meh. But Gnex is a true shot.
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S4 it has 8 cores an a 13 megapixel camera cant argue with that.
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Go for Galaxy Nexus... for the right price... Happy shopping....
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