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***Official Galaxy Nexus Pre-Release speculation thread**
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kyler13
Android Expert
I was starting to cool off on the hardware with the specs over the past day or so, but ICS sucked me back in. I'd love to have the latest and greatest screaming hardware, but it's all for not if the user experience isn't there. Glad to see they incorporated the ability to dismiss individual notifications, and in a much cleaner way than clicking an X or holding down to prompt an action. The "flicking away" feature is pretty damn cool! From what they previewed, I'd say Google scored with ICS. It makes some of the not-so-cutting-edge hardware aspects a non-factor. Suffice to say, I've gone from "wait and see" back to "pre-order". Excellent job, Google!
Trent Reznor
Android Expert
gapi
Android Expert
Thanks to your suggestion to me during the Bionic period, me too.
darkestred
Android Enthusiast
They only mentioned 1.2ghz and nothing about GPU.
Jersey Tom
Android Enthusiast
Biggest question mark for me still is battery. How energy efficient is the S-AMOLED display? How much does that eat compared to a 4G radio? Etc etc.
Honestly way more impressed by the ICS presentation than the hardware, but yeah... looks like I'll be putting my dollar down on GNex.
Honestly way more impressed by the ICS presentation than the hardware, but yeah... looks like I'll be putting my dollar down on GNex.
timothytaa
Newbie
Sucks for VZW customers lol. So we know there will be an LTE and HSDPA+ version which is great news. IT will be released to TMOB!!! I'm excited
nkk
Android Expert
Unless you habitually touch your phone to other people's phones, then no. NFC chip does not have the power to broadcast over any real range.
-Nkk
rushmore
Extreme Android User
Agreed, but VZW so far has never gotten the higher end option of any Sammy device. If there is a 16gb and 32gb version, odds are they will take the 16gb version, which means about 10gb of space for apps and media.
No problem for cloud or Kindle Fire fans. Added: Sorry, the fixed battery and potential chipset deception of the Razr has me ticked off. I mean no harm
Both devices have good and bad points, but as usual, neither device covers my main wants. Oh well.
r4yN
Android Enthusiast
that's why i think the GSM-version comes with the exynos 4210 (same that is already used in the SGS2) and the LTE-Version with the OMAP 4460 (which offers LTE-support)
BlueBiker
Android Expert
This is one amazing camera and will most likely smoke any existing 8MP phone camera in terms of photo quality, not to mention the zero lag!
Megapixels don't give you anything besides the ability to make large prints, which most people don't do.
How would it know there's another chip nearby if it isn't already activated?
Ninja Monkey
Android Enthusiast
Completely blown away by the features in ICS. A quantum leap forward for the Android OS. Wow.
coach26
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Trent Reznor
Android Expert
Thinking about what we just saw I think I would sum it up like this:
ICS is Awesome...
and we don't really now any more specifics about the phone hardware or release date than we did yesterday
ICS is Awesome...
and we don't really now any more specifics about the phone hardware or release date than we did yesterday
bldgengineer
Android Enthusiast
ALright everyone time for bed 4am comes to quick. Hopefully Rob will have a lot of our questions answered by the time I sit down at my desk with some coffee in my hand in the morning 
NIGHT!
NIGHT!
jaydotelloh
Android Enthusiast
This is one amazing camera and will most likely smoke any existing 8MP phone camera in terms of photo quality, not to mention the zero lag!
Megapixels don't give you anything besides the ability to make large prints, which most people don't do.
How would it know there's another chip nearby if it isn't already activated?
The same way a normal RFID tag works.. they dont really use power until introduced to a magnetic/EM field
nkk
Android Expert
This is one amazing camera and will most likely smoke any existing 8MP phone camera in terms of photo quality, not to mention the zero lag!
Megapixels don't give you anything besides the ability to make large prints, which most people don't do.
How would it know there's another chip nearby if it isn't already activated?
Generally chips like that can have a polling detector that can power on/off the main chip. It is possible, although I do not have the knowledge to say much else.
-Nkk
gilgehmesh
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I like that idea r4yN.
timothytaa
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coach26
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Sounds really good to me!!!!!!!!!!!!
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