ThatObviousUser
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Sense? Blech.
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ActStriker
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Just got a Galaxy Nexus on Saturday.
I love this thing so much.
I love this thing so much.
not to derail this thread more but thankfully that won't be an issue since HTC phones have great dev communities and unlockable bootloaders.
Has anyones headphone jack stopped working? It just happened to a a friend's phone, wondering how common the issue is.
So you're saying that an unreleased phone (that we don't even know the specs of) and a phone released 6 months after the GNex are both better than the GNex?
TheLegendary
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So you're saying that an unreleased phone (that we don't even know the specs of) and a phone released 6 months after the GNex are both better than the GNex?
The camera phone was bad even when the Nexus released. That's the main reason I'm holding off and hoping for the Galaxy SIII, even though I'd have to deal with Touchwiz. Well, that and battery life, but I'm not holding out hope for that.
The S4 soc will have the LTE radio built in, so we'll get awesome battery before VoLTE comes out.
The Faceless Master
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i think you meant to say Note.
I'm really hoping that the Galaxy 3 or whatever Samsung are unveiling on the 4th is available on Sprint from the get-go. Not going to hold my breath, but my current contract expired in early April so I'm due for an upgrade and want to finally jump on the smartphone bandwagon. So for me it's either the next Galaxy or hold out for the iPhone 5 whenever that thing bothers to show up. I have no real preference between Android or iOS, so at this point it's whichever comes to Sprint first :/
Been using an LG Rumor Touch (with no data plan) for the last two years.
The physical keyboard is nice but good lord the touchscreen and software are terrible. Upgrading to a smartphone of any kind would be a huge jump in tech either way.
Been using an LG Rumor Touch (with no data plan) for the last two years.
The physical keyboard is nice but good lord the touchscreen and software are terrible. Upgrading to a smartphone of any kind would be a huge jump in tech either way.
The Faceless Master
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i remember my little sister had that phone on Virgin Mobile... she was ok with it, but was super happy to get an Android phone instead. all i remember was the touchscreen was really wonky...I'm really hoping that the Galaxy 3 or whatever Samsung are unveiling on the 4th is available on Sprint from the get-go. Not going to hold my breath, but my current contract expired in early April so I'm due for an upgrade and want to finally jump on the smartphone bandwagon. So for me it's either the next Galaxy or hold out for the iPhone 5 whenever that thing bothers to show up. I have no real preference between Android or iOS, so at this point it's whichever comes to Sprint first :/
Been using an LG Rumor Touch (with no data plan) for the last two years.
The physical keyboard is nice but good lord the touchscreen and software are terrible. Upgrading to a smartphone of any kind would be a huge jump in tech either way.
Not to mention the fact that 3G radios will still have to be used for quite a while.
I don't think the one x is getting any spectacular battery life
The XL is the one with the S4, and so far it's doing great on battery. It's reaching 4-5 hours of screen on time when the Tegra 3 version only gets around 3.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/24/google-galaxy-nexus-unlocked-on-sale-gsm-hspa/
The Nexus in the "Galaxy Nexus" name still lives!!
I want Google Wallet on my imported phone Google!!!
The Nexus in the "Galaxy Nexus" name still lives!!
I want Google Wallet on my imported phone Google!!!
OriginalThinking
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http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/24/google-galaxy-nexus-unlocked-on-sale-gsm-hspa/
The Nexus in the "Galaxy Nexus" name still lives!!
Absolute bargain! That's only £250 pounds. Crazy cheap. Even with tax I'd still pay under £300...
EDIT: Are they selling it in white? I really hope they bring this to the UK.
ThatObviousUser
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Yeah that's an insanely good deal.
https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=galaxy_nexus_hspa
Nice! Hope this means Google is looking into making their own phone down the road.
I sure hope so!
I sure hope so, the car dock for the N1 was awesome, hoping the car dock for this phone comes out soon. From the pictures it looked awesome as well.
OriginalThinking
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Sim, I've set my phone to open play links in the play app which doesn't show me anything in the UK. Could you confirm if white is available?
There seems to be only one SKU. No other options to choose from. Don't believe they are selling the White one.
OriginalThinking
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Silly Google. The white version is way cooler.
i get under 4 but over 5 hours of screen on time on my GNex on 4.0.2.
Nice!! Going to do this!!
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I'll definitely jump on that $400 offer to replace my Nexus One.
Quick question: Does the phone use a sim or a micro-sim?
Quick question: Does the phone use a sim or a micro-sim?
Regular sim
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Great. Also, I'm assuming it has the same free "tethering and wireless hotspot" menu that my Nexus One has and that's been removed from the carrier versions?
Just making sure that I dont lose any functionality, since my N1 is my clutch wireless hotspot and I dont want to pay for a tethering plan.
indeed it does. (assuming its exactly the same as the unlocked from the UK i had)
Good Job Bob
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Sweet deal on the G Nexus.
I'll bite once it's down to $200.
I'll bite once it's down to $200.
assuming you used it, did you ever get a text from at&t telling you that tethering requires a plan? I got one on my nexus one while running a 4.0 rom and I read somewhere that while 2.3 and below didn't distinguish data used on the phone itself and data done by tethering (the way iPhones/WP7 do) it was possible that this changed.
Do you serious think that will happen to a new Galaxy Nexus?
No. Just move the sim card over and thats it.
No, but I really didn't use it heavily
ThatObviousUser
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I noticed mine were a bit laggy today too.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Always when the phone is heavily multitasking.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Just ordered it, can't wait. I enjoyed ICS on the tablet, can't wait to try it on a phone.
If you are on a custom rom, you can shut off the button glow animation. It helps to speed up whatever process is related to the button press.
Wanna hear something strange?
I have app drawer set to open when the home button is pressed while on the desktop. If button glow animations are kept on, the frame rate is cut in half when the app drawer transition animation starts. With the animations off, that same transition is a silky smooth 60fps.
Also, another quirk I noticed that's a difference between my GN and iPad 3. In iOS, the system tends to halt animations and data processing while you interact with the screen (scrolling a web page or app for instance), and resumes after you let go.
On the GN (or just Android period), the system continues to process data and animations at the same time you interact with the touch screen. This usually means choppy performance, but results are MUCH faster than they are on the iPad.
Interesting trade offs.....
there was a large article on this on G+, along with some hubub about an intern saying android will never be as smooth because of it.
So my usage of an iphone increased the other day. I was playing with an iphone4 (previously only a 3GS) running the newest ios. Talk about choppy
My father has the i4, so I use it every chance I get. Can't say if its related to the latest update or not, but his phone is noticeably choppier than it was just a few months ago. Its also pretty slow at processing data (loading an app for instance), but that has always been the case. I can recall my now retired DX consistently loading app and app data (web pages too) a bit faster than the iPhone. Although, OS performance consistency (not speed), was always much better on iOS.
Turning off the animations on the Droid (since they were choppy anyway) made that thing greased lightning.
Funny enough, I can't bring myself to do the same on the GN, despite the same benefits. I guess its different when the animations are actually smooth huh? I can bear the extra second or so for the data to display in this case.
The iPhone 4 definitely is choppy after the iOS5 update. I've been using one for 2 weeks after my nexus one broke and im beginning to remember why this phone doesn't work for me.
If I end up getting a nexus, how do I disable the softkey animations? Is it an option in most of the custom roms or is it a framework tweak to flash?
If I end up getting a nexus, how do I disable the softkey animations? Is it an option in most of the custom roms or is it a framework tweak to flash?
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