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***Official Galaxy Nexus Pre-Release speculation thread**

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saint327 said:
The OMAP4460 chipset comes with the SGX540 GPU...same GPU as Nexus S and Galaxy S I series. That tech is quite old these days aka its been available commercially for 18months.

Suprised nobody is really making note of this...especially since the phone will be pushing alot more pixels.. seems like its going to break the back of that GPU in games lol

Would be nice if it did infact have the Exynos. But most leaks have said OMAP4460 :/
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All SGX540 are not created equal.

The SGX540 in the Hummingbird SoC (Nexus S, Galaxy S) is clocked at 200MHz.
The SGX540 in the OMAP4430 (Optimus, Droid3, Droid Bionic) is clocked at 300MHz.
The SGX540 in the OMAP4460 is clocked at 384MHz.

So it should be close to TWICE as powerful as the SGS GPU and significantly faster than the Droid3/Bionic GPU.
 
I hate to be a buzz kill, but,
The announcement on the 11th may only be for a world phone and not have anything to do with verizon.

I still say that Verizon is getting a variant of the SGSII-HD instead of the true Nexus Prime.
 
rrhartjr said:
All SGX540 are not created equal.

The SGX540 in the Hummingbird SoC (Nexus S, Galaxy S) is clocked at 200MHz.
The SGX540 in the OMAP4430 (Optimus, Droid3, Droid Bionic) is clocked at 300MHz.
The SGX540 in the OMAP4460 is clocked at 384MHz.

So it should be close to TWICE as powerful as the SGS GPU and significantly faster than the Droid3/Bionic GPU.
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The 4460's GPU is 26% faster than 4430, but will have 78% more pixels to move around in Prime as compared to Bionic. So you can guess 3D will suffer, but I have no idea whether 2D operations are as sensitive to clock speed.
 
vandyman said:
I hate to be a buzz kill, but,
The announcement on the 11th my only be for a world phone and not have anything to do with verizon.

I still say that Verizon is getting a variant of the SGSII-HD instead of the true Nexus Prime.
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As an AT&T customer, I couldn't care less about whether verizon is getting it or not. All signs point to them getting a variant of the prime, whether its Nexus prime or Droid prime is a matter of semantics.

I just pray that AT&Tgets a shot at it in the first launch rather than a few months later, which was the case with the N1 and the NS.
 
g_patrick15 said:
As an AT&T customer, I couldn't care less about whether verizon is getting it or not. All signs point to them getting a variant of the prime, whether its Nexus prime or Droid prime is a matter of semantics.

I just pray that AT&Tgets a shot at it in the first launch rather than a few months later, which was the case with the N1 and the NS.
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LOL.
Just remember there are 57 pages of nothing here,no facts.
The only true fact is that the GT-i9250 and SCH-i515 have passed wifi and bluetooth certs. But what are the 2 model numbers?
 
vandyman said:
I still say that Verizon is getting a variant of the SGSII-HD instead of the true Nexus Prime.
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I'd be okay with that. I originally was scoping the SGSII and an HD version of that would work fine for me.

However the leaked vid looks nothing like an Galaxy series phone to me...but I could be wrong
 
vandyman said:
I hate to be a buzz kill, but,
The announcement on the 11th may only be for a world phone and not have anything to do with verizon.

I still say that Verizon is getting a variant of the SGSII-HD instead of the true Nexus Prime.
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I highly doubt it. Most rumors point to Nexus coming to Verizon. Yes, I know that they are rumors, and I'm not even including my sister's texts (because it's really just hearsay when you get down to it, even if it is at Verizon), but black_man_x has been spot on before and he says Nexus Prime is coming to Verizon on November 3.

An announcement on the 11th fits too well.
 
vandyman said:
LOL.
Just remember there are 57 pages of nothing here,no facts.
The only true fact is that the GT-i9250 and SCH-i515 have passed wifi and bluetooth certs. But what are the 2 model numbers?
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I think it's fact that there are like 5 women following this thread. :D

Also it's fact that Steven58 and Han Solo are super psyched about the anouncement next week, and that Cereal Killer continues to be a buzzkill. :p

Oh yeah, we pretty much know Samsung is going to announce something next week.

It only took us 57 pages to find all that out.
 
While that is one sexy phone, I am sure the curve will take me a bit to get used too. Also, with it being that thin, who thinks this will come with the new 4212 Exnyos processor in it? I am hoping hoping hoping...and CK is the only one who can't answer this... :~) Just kidding CK, I like your reality in this thread of dreams....
 
Steven58 said:
I'm not sold on the tablet theory either, but i will update the OP with that "hypothesis."
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It could be a tablet accessory plus other accessories. In Google IO 2011, Google introducted the Android Open Accessory API and Development Kit (ADK). Also, Google is buying Motorola which have the Atrix. Here's the link to the ADK presentation at Google IO 2011. It's about 40 minutes long.

Google I/O 2011
 
HanSolo said:
I highly doubt it. Most rumors point to Nexus coming to Verizon. Yes, I know that they are rumors, and I'm not even including my sister's texts (because it's really just hearsay when you get down to it, even if it is at Verizon), but black_man_x has been spot on before and he says Nexus Prime is coming to Verizon on November 3.

An announcement on the 11th fits too well.
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I really hope so. I would like to have this rumored phone just as much as everyone here.

But I have been hoping to win the Mega millions lottery for some time now and that has not happened.;)
 
slbailey1 said:
It could be a tablet accessory plus other accessories. In Google IO 2011, Google introducted the Android Open Accessory API and Development Kit (ADK). Also, Google is buying Motorola which have the Atrix. Here's the link to the ADK presentation at Google IO 2011. It's about 40 minutes long.

Google I/O 2011
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Thank you for that. I like your exposition of logic. I am tending (hoping) to lean more toward the NP being able to dock. I hope so, because that would mean a lot of ease for me.
 
nj02vette said:
Also it's fact that Steven58 and Han Solo are super psyched about the anouncement next week,. . ..
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If you saw the way I spiraled into a deep pit of negativity and pessimism on the Bionic threads just before release, you'd be shocked that I'm this excited about the Prime.

I have a very strong feeling that VZ_wired's prediction of us being VERY happy will come true.

That phone looks nothing like anything I've seen before. I think if it comes out with what we are expecting, it will be hard to part with at my next upgrade date.

But who knows. Hopefully we won't look back on these days and comment on how wonderful it was to be blissfully ignorant before Verizon took another diarrhea dump on our heads. :confused:
 
My upgrade isn't until September. So I'll be buying this outright, and only buy Nexus devices from here on out. When the new nexus comes out next year, I'll use my upgrade on it, unless it goes somewhere besides AT&T. I've only been a custonmer of theirs for a little over a year-I have absolutely 0 loyalty to them. I'll leave for something better. Every carrier's coverage is pretty good in Atlanta.
 
Hello! I'm Bat (yes, female, is that 6?) and I am... Shock horror... An iPhone 4 user. Love it, but not the rubbish call quality/antenna issues. Have dabbled in Android before with a Desire HD (rubbish battery) and did enjoy it, but was let down by the apps. Due an upgrade, and thanks to Apple letting me down with the 4S, I think I'll go back to Android. Yay, customisation and widgets! The Nexus Prime is looking (via rumours) like a beast of a device, and (although I'm slightly wary that my small hands may not be able to cope) I think I would like this to be my next device. Getting quite excited about the announcement! And it looks so good, from the video!
Hope you all don't mind a relatively unexperienced, but gadget obsessed girl joining the fray! This thread is epic, by the way!
Shut up, Bat, just shut up!
 
cereal killer said:
Here's that info from AC:

"Nothing I can really show you without people screaming "FAKE!", but a reliable tipster's shown me a Word doc that points to a possible Oct. 27 launch. Certainly in the realm of possibility since we're expecting an Oct 11 announcement.

Note that it's also listed as the "Samsung Prime" -- no mention of "Nexus." Not sure whether to worry about that. But gut says not to. Also says it's a replacement for the Droid Charge"
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New link along the same lines. Nothing groundbreaking but worth noting.

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/10/05/rumor-samsung-prime-launching-at-verizon-october-27/
 
slbailey1 said:
Will Samsung provide a way to install the apps on the Nexus Prime?
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You know, I don't know if someone has released a ROM or theme with TouchWhiz but if so, then yes. I wouldn't expect it from the manufacturer, but from the dev community...perhaps. Anyone else know if TouchWhiz port is somebody's pet project? Perhaps not for the brand-spankin' new ICS; at least not yet.
 
bat717 said:
Hello! I'm Bat (yes, female, is that 6?) and I am... Shock horror... An iPhone 4 user. Love it, but not the rubbish call quality/antenna issues. Have dabbled in Android before with a Desire HD (rubbish battery) and did enjoy it, but was let down by the apps. Due an upgrade, and thanks to Apple letting me down with the 4S, I think I'll go back to Android. Yay, customisation and widgets! The Nexus Prime is looking (via rumours) like a beast of a device, and (although I'm slightly wary that my small hands may not be able to cope) I think I would like this to be my next device. Getting quite excited about the announcement! And it looks so good, from the video!
Hope you all don't mind a relatively unexperienced, but gadget obsessed girl joining the fray! This thread is epic, by the way!
Shut up, Bat, just shut up!
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from one gadget obsessed girl to another, welcome Bat! I lurk on this board every day but decided to finally show my face here. The excitement is rubbing off on me as well! I'm getting a headache from all this anticipation!
 
vandyman said:
I hate to be a buzz kill, but,
The announcement on the 11th may only be for a world phone and not have anything to do with verizon.

I still say that Verizon is getting a variant of the SGSII-HD instead of the true Nexus Prime.
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Honestly, we probably need that buzzkill. I don't think I've seen a time yet on these forums (from OG droid to latest bionic let down) where we got everything we wanted.

To be honest though, a 4G HD SGSII wouldn't even be much of a compromise to me. Nexus Prime for sure number 1 in my heart at the moment, but a 4G SGSII wouldn't be much further down on my totem pole of awesome phones.

EMPHASIS ON 4G
 
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