So one person said ICS would be released in Q4 which is that Sept-Dec? Either way when can I realistically expect to see a phone with ICS on Verizon?
I am thinking of sticking with my Inc until then. I love my inc, and the current options aren't great IMO (Maybe Sammy Galaxy S II) and I know as soon as I pick one up shortly after the ICS phones will come out.
Now I understand the Thunderbolt, Inc2, Bionic, and MotoDroids will probably be able to get ICS when its released (assuming they can be rooted) however here is my issue with that.
1. If ICS is anything like Honeycomb the need for physical buttons will be no longer. Therefor on older phones you will have buttons that don't work (maybe)
2. An ICS phone will be optimized for running that software. Presumably
I truly hope ICS doesn't disappoint, because as great as Android is with features...it lacks in design. I am NOT getting an Iphone, but the little animations and feel of the phone is much cleaner IMO. Hopefully ICS can capture that in its own way.
GatorsUF said:
So one person said ICS would be released in Q4 which is that Sept-Dec? Either way when can I realistically expect to see a phone with ICS on Verizon?
I am thinking of sticking with my Inc until then. I love my inc, and the current options aren't great IMO (Maybe Sammy Galaxy S II) and I know as soon as I pick one up shortly after the ICS phones will come out.
Now I understand the Thunderbolt, Inc2, Bionic, and MotoDroids will probably be able to get ICS when its released (assuming they can be rooted) however here is my issue with that.
1. If ICS is anything like Honeycomb the need for physical buttons will be no longer. Therefor on older phones you will have buttons that don't work (maybe)
2. An ICS phone will be optimized for running that software. Presumably
I truly hope ICS doesn't disappoint, because as great as Android is with features...it lacks in design. I am NOT getting an Iphone, but the little animations and feel of the phone is much cleaner IMO. Hopefully ICS can capture that in its own way.
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Realistically you should expect ice cream sandwich on verizon sometime next year the reasons for this is because google releases their latest android os to their pure google nexus devices first but we could see it on verizon this year if the LG Nexus 3 goes to verizon sometime this christmas but it will most likely be on tmobile or sprint and yes the nexus 3 will be made by LG
Well according to the latest rumors the Nexus 3 or Nexus 4G as it's supposedly named, will have 4G LTE so that means Verizon but you never know. It would be frickin amazing though; ICS, 4G LTE, UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER, and more timely updates than other phones (using timely loosely).
Looks like the new Nexus is going to AT&T.
http://www.neowin.net/news/details-emerge-on-google-nexus-4g-android-40-on-board
AJGO23 said:
Well according to the latest rumors the Nexus 3 or Nexus 4G as it's supposedly named, will have 4G LTE so that means Verizon but you never know. It would be frickin amazing though; ICS, 4G LTE, UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER, and more timely updates than other phones (using timely loosely).
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Yup AT&T has 4g lte to but for now they are using hspa + until their 4g lte is ready to roll out so its logical that it will either come to ATT or verizon but most likely since every nexus phone has been gsm it will got ATT
JoelZ9614 said:
Yup AT&T has 4g lte to but for now they are using hspa + until their 4g lte is ready to roll out so its logical that it will either come to ATT or verizon but most likely since every nexus phone has been gsm it will got ATT
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It seems kind of illogical to me for it to be released on AT&T if it were to have LTE because by that time AT&T would probably have minimal LTE coverage in a couple of markets compared to the 100+ Verizon plans on having by the end of the year. If I recall correctly, Verizon is at 74 markets as of the 16th I believe. It wouldn't make sense to release a "4G" phone on a network with almost no coverage... But then again, I want it to go to Verizon. Lol
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It seems kind of illogical to me for it to be released on AT&T if it were to have LTE because by that time AT&T would probably have minimal LTE coverage in a couple of markets compared to the 100+ Verizon plans on having by the end of the year. If I recall correctly, Verizon is at 74 markets as of the 16th I believe. It wouldn't make sense to release a "4G" phone on a network with almost no coverage... But then again, I want it to go to Verizon. Lol
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Well ATT bought tmobile recently so that gives them more coverage and it could go to verizon just like the nexus s went to sprint and tmobile
I don't think T-Mobile has LTE so it wouldn't increase AT&T's LTE coverage. And the merger if it happens (it probably will) won't be until early next year possibly the end of this year; which would probably be after the Nexus 3 (or 4G or whatever the hell it's going to be called) will be released.
Sent from a galaxy far far away....
Why the hell can't Verizon get a Nexus device, every carrier has had one except VZ.
and AT&T? 10char
Currently, I am using a LTE GNex, and I am eager for the new ICS update...I'm on 4.0.2, and correct me if I'm wrong, GSM users already have 4.0.4 rolling out. What's the dealio?
Thanks to Verizon.
Verizon needs to approve of the update by Google. There's a rumor going around that 4.0.5 is around the corner so Verizon users will get that instead.
aren't you afriad you jumped too fast, if the device is available on networks that we aren't for sure about yet (Sprint).
I want Sprint over ATT because of my grandfathered unlimited plan.
Hopefully we will know the truth Wednesday?
I was wondering if anyone knew the specifics for how they are handling the unlimited plans? My understanding is they will throttle unlimited people when there is congestion on the network. I have also heard there is a hard cap at 14mbs (which may be true... I drive from Virginia to Wisconsin and never got more than 14)
Can any one shed some light on this?
Sent from my T999 GS3 @ 2. 1GHZ
benefit14snake said:
I was wondering if anyone knew the specifics for how they are handling the unlimited plans? My understanding is they will throttle unlimited people when there is congestion on the network. I have also heard there is a hard cap at 14mbs (which may be true... I drive from Virginia to Wisconsin and never got more than 14)
Can any one shed some light on this?
Sent from my T999 GS3 @ 2. 1GHZ
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I have gotten 2.5MB/s 25mb/s. And i am on unlimitted .
elesbb said:
I have gotten 2.5MB/s 25mb/s. And i am on unlimitted .
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Interesting. I've been all about the country (many airports) and I get between 1-14mbs. Only once in downtown Richmond, VA was I able to get 25mbs but that was before unlimited.
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My month ends on the 10th
These have been my average speeds since i got with tmobile last year. Sometimes it'll go as high as 20 and as low as 2
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I was wondering if anyone could help me evade the data cap/throttle on T-Mobile's network. Currently, I am running Embryo 6-3. I was trying to follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35688003 but I cannot decompile services.jar.
Did you ever figure this out?
Hercules T989
Nope, sadly I don't have a single clue lol