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

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I have never owned a Samsung phone, actually Samsung anything, my friend just brought by his Fascinate and I do have to say the screen was awesome! His pictures and videos were awesome.

Am I going to be hugely surprised by the Nexus when it comes out compared to the phones I used in the past? TP2, D1, D2, D2G, D3

Are Samsung's displays that much better than Motorolas? To me it sure looked like it. Come on Nexus!!!
 
I know this could be in the RAZR forum but my question mostly applies to LTE. According to this review by the AP the battery only lasted 2.5 hours with some heavy use while on 4G. Seriously? That doesn't seem to fit with some of the other reviews I've read.

With a 1780mah battery I would think it should last longer. Is this any indication of what we should expect (unless of course we get that huge 2100mah battery) with the Gnex?

I'm curious to hear what some of your experiences with 4G LTE are. I currently have a Dinc which has absolutely terrible battery life so I'm really REALLY hoping for something better with the Gnex even with 4G on all day.
 
Montana Man said:
Good article to familiarize yourself with what you're getting with ICS:

Android Ice Cream Sandwich: 10 reasons to be excited - Computerworld Blogs
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Somehow along the way I missed this article. Now I really wand ICS although I am not sure how long I will have to wait for it. Most folks here are Verizon users and have a short wait to get the phone. Unfortunately I am an AT&T user and I am not sure how long I will have to wait for this phone to get to there. :( If it ever will... Anyone willing to venture out and give there thoughts on:

1) Will the Galaxy Nexus get to AT&T? And when?
2) If not, how long til ICS gets to the AT&T SGS2?
 
nj02vette said:
OK,
I'm NOT trying to get everyone's hopes up. I know what the Samsung page says (1750mAh), but here is the pic of the battery next to thier text. It does say NFC on it, so the picture is either from the i515 battery, like inteneded, or is another battery from a phone not yet released with NFC.

But here's the kicker. 7.77Wh @ 3.7V isn't a 1750mAh battery. Nor is it 1850mAh.

Folks, you're looking at a 2100mAh battery!!!!!

Let's not get too excited yet, as we all know how companies use stock photos. But with all the secrecy surrounding this handset, it wouldn't surprise me to see them sneak this in. Also, I don't know of any other Samsung handset that has NFC, and a battery that large.

Fingers crossed.....big time.

Edit: For reference, the GSM GNex battery is 6.48Wh. This is looking GOOD!!!
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Potentially the post of the day right here. Nice find.
 
nj02vette said:
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And finally, it is not morally ethical. I know some will disagree with me, but when you pick up something with no intention to keep it, just to return it, that costs you time and money, costs verizon money, and ends up costing everyone more money. Drop in the bucket, for sure, but it still doesn't make it right.
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Being a prosecutor, I would usually agree with you. However, given their $35 "restocking fee", I'd probably look at it as a wash/rental. You're still paying for the data that you're consuming, and you're paying them for the privilege of testing it for a little while.

A friend of mine once bought a phone for this girlfriend right before going to pick her up (she had asked him to get her an iPhone 4). When he arrived to get her, she said that it was the wrong phone (he had gotten her a Charge, I think). She didn't want it. They took it right back to the store. All in all, it was about 30 minutes after purchasing it. The stupid store manager would not waive the "restocking fee".

So if I get a phone, even intending to not keep it past 14 days or whatever it is, take very good care of it, and pay their stupid restocking fee, I have no issues with it.

(My wife wanted to return a box of chocolate Cheerios recently simply because she didn't like it. I did object to that....to my knowledge Cheerios isn't in the business of screwing me over every chance it gets.)
 
I have heard some talk around here about this thread ending when the Verizon GN comes out. As a Tmo customer who will be waiting for it to come to his network, I propose that this thread should not end until all "Galaxy Nexus" versions have been released in the US. You guys who get your VZW versions can be our testers as well as you importers. Advantages to this are, we all get to keep our growing family together a little while longer, and also we will have more time to get to that record number of posts we're trying to get to. Mods, is this possible???
 
dgold82 said:
I know this could be in the RAZR forum but my question mostly applies to LTE. According to this review by the AP the battery only lasted 2.5 hours with some heavy use while on 4G. Seriously? That doesn't seem to fit with some of the other reviews I've read.

With a 1780mah battery I would think it should last longer. Is this any indication of what we should expect (unless of course we get that huge 2100mah battery) with the Gnex?

I'm curious to hear what some of your experiences with 4G LTE are. I currently have a Dinc which has absolutely terrible battery life so I'm really REALLY hoping for something better with the Gnex even with 4G on all day.
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If it were burning hot, streaming an HD movie off of LTE with GPS, bluetooth running... I just don't know, draining a 1780 mAh battery that fast, thats pretty intense.
 
nj02vette said:
Could be. Samsung's web page doesn't indicate that, says its the standard battery, but who knows.

I am betting this is it people. Going all in like OTD at the poker table. And my feet are still tapping from the excitement.
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It could be the SGSII-HD-LTE battery...
 
I've been lurking for a week or two, but I haven't been refreshing with the urgency I had back in the pre-Incredible release thread. My Incredible (that I was in such a hurry to pre-order and that I received on release day) has stood up very well, and I'm still so tickled with what I can do with, that I can be patient. Yes, I'm looking forward to the Nexus, but I have to say I'm really enjoying the phone that I have right now - such is my delight with Android.

So, someone asked about applications.

One thing I am really looking forward to is 4G. I have been using Remote Potato (a PC program) to stream my TV recordings from my Windows 7 HTPC to the Remote Media Center app on my phone. The setup works very well, but I know it'll be that much better once I can take advantage of the faster network. RMC is a little hard to configure at first (I still can't quite get it to wake my PC up) but once you get it right you can access just about all your media, and you can even use it to schedule recordings remotely. I'd have to say it's my favorite app.
 
Steven, did your source ever specify the battery size, or just that there was an upgrade over the GSM version?
 
jbdan said:
Funny about this. I've seen others charged it and I know about the fee. However, I've returned 3 phones within the 14 day period (used to be 30 days btw) and have never been charged this fee guess I'm lucky.
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I got charged that fee even when returning my Bionic due to the whining issue. When I called VZW on the phone recently to cancel my RAZR preorder, I asked about getting that refunded since I considered that a defect. She tried a bunch to help, but her manager said the phone was still considered to be in working order, so it couldn't be done for me. Oh well. But that brings me to this off-topic point to rant about...

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I have no problem paying a $35 fee to return a non-defective phone. I think that's fair. What gets me is the abundance of people who pick up a phone, knowing already that they don't intend to keep it and never really wanted it, just to return it and needlessly create a phone that has to be redistributed as a refurb. It's one thing when the person legitimately tries out the phone and learns that it's not for them or lacks some needed feature. But all the people who don't have dying phones (i.e., don't have any rushed need to replace one) and just want to play with one until what they really want is available drive me crazy. I realize not everyone's local Verizon store has a working demo model, but come on! Kudos to those upstanding folks who get the phone but buy what they really want at full retail later and sell the older one as used or "like new" on an auction site. As it is, it sucks when we buy a new phone, have a real defect, and get a refurb in exchange in the mail (after the initial in-store return period expires).
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There. Now I feel better. Back to the GNex waiting. Unless I find myself at Verizon at 11:11 tomorrow. Hoping for some more news today (Mind you, who in this forum isn't?) since my impatience is lingering and my daily morning sushi breakfast isn't sating me. "Calgon! Take me away!!"

(Ok, I think I'm really aging myself now between that and the Lurch reference earlier...) :D
 
coach26 said:
I have heard some talk around here about this thread ending when the Verizon GN comes out. As a Tmo customer who will be waiting for it to come to his network, I propose that this thread should not end until all "Galaxy Nexus" versions have been released in the US. You guys who get your VZW versions can be our testers as well as you importers. Advantages to this are, we all get to keep our growing family together a little while longer, and also we will have more time to get to that record number of posts we're trying to get to. Mods, is this possible???
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Perhaps they will sticky a "When is this phone coming to everyone else" thread?
 
After all the discussion last night about a retailer store taking my money for a preorder on the SGN I'm a little worried. :/
 
HanSolo said:
Being a prosecutor, I would usually agree with you. However, given their $35 "restocking fee", I'd probably look at it as a wash/rental. You're still paying for the data that you're consuming, and you're paying them for the privilege of testing it for a little while.

A friend of mine once bought a phone for this girlfriend right before going to pick her up (she had asked him to get her an iPhone 4). When he arrived to get her, she said that it was the wrong phone (he had gotten her a Charge, I think). She didn't want it. They took it right back to the store. All in all, it was about 30 minutes after purchasing it. The stupid store manager would not waive the "restocking fee".

So if I get a phone, even intending to not keep it past 14 days or whatever it is, take very good care of it, and pay their stupid restocking fee, I have no issues with it.

(My wife wanted to return a box of chocolate Cheerios recently simply because she didn't like it. I did object to that....to my knowledge Cheerios isn't in the business of screwing me over every chance it gets.)
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Mistakes happen, and people change thier minds, and honestly there are people who do want to test drive handsets. I have no issue with that. I do have issue with people who have no intention of keeping an item, only to return it.

Verizon used to let you switch handsets for free, and also let you do more than one trade in.
 
woodraskam said:
Looks like Verizon got the branding on there after all

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Too bad. If anything, I would have preferred the "Google" brand than anything else.

Ninjak said:
I got charged that fee even when returning my Bionic due to the whining issue. When I called VZW on the phone recently to cancel my RAZR preorder, I asked about getting that refunded since I considered that a defect. She tried a bunch to help, but her manager said the phone was still considered to be in working order, so it couldn't be done for me. Oh well. But that brings me to this off-topic point to rant about...

[RANT]
I have no problem paying a $35 fee to return a non-defective phone. I think that's fair. What gets me is the abundance of people who pick up a phone, knowing already that they don't intend to keep it and never really wanted it, just to return it and needlessly create a phone that has to be redistributed as a refurb. It's one thing when the person legitimately tries out the phone and learns that it's not for them or lacks some needed feature. But all the people who don't have dying phones (i.e., don't have any rushed need to replace one) and just want to play with one until what they really want is available drive me crazy. I realize not everyone's local Verizon store has a working demo model, but come on! Kudos to those upstanding folks who get the phone but buy what they really want at full retail later and sell the older one as used or "like new" on an auction site. As it is, it sucks when we buy a new phone, have a real defect, and get a refurb in exchange in the mail (after the initial in-store return period expires).
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There. Now I feel better. Back to the GNex waiting. Unless I find myself at Verizon at 11:11 tomorrow. Hoping for some more news today (Mind you, who in this forum isn't?) since my impatience is lingering and my daily morning sushi breakfast isn't sating me. "Calgon! Take me away!!"

(Ok, I think I'm really aging myself now between that and the Lurch reference earlier...) :D
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Yeah, after reading your hidden rant, I believe I've changed my point of view on it. Sending a perfectly good phone to be refurbished simply because you never intended to keep it does seem a little wrong.

I guess my feeling on it was more a result of having a dislike/hate relationship with the company in question.

Oh well, it was my viewpoint, but I wasn't married to it.
 
sweatyBeef said:
After all the discussion last night about a retailer store taking my money for a preorder on the SGN I'm a little worried. :/
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I wouldn't be worried at all.

However, resellers might not be guranteed stock on launch day if supply is constrained. So it may take an extra couple of days to get yours, but you'll get it.
 
HanSolo said:
Is the RAZR available only at Verizon tomorrow, or will it be at Best Buy, too? I might go ahead and test drive it with their 30-day return period. . .just until the SGN comes out, of course
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Go on Hans, just touch it. No one will know...just touch it. Let us know how it feels. I thought it felt GREAT...:)
 
sweatyBeef said:
After all the discussion last night about a retailer store taking my money for a preorder on the SGN I'm a little worried. :/
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I was a little worried for you as well, but more out of the sense that if this thing gets a pre-order online or a web-only period for a while, you are depending on them to order it for you in a timely fashion (since they're not a corporate store, I suppose they'd have to order them manually).

If Verizon goes the iPhone 4 route and starts ordering at some ungodly hour like 3am, I highly doubt your sales rep will set his alarm clock. If they sell out within a short period of time, you may be screwed.

But, that's all based on pure speculation. There might be no reason to worry at all, and you might end up being the first one to get it!

Who knows.
 
burntorangefan said:
Go on Hans, just touch it. No one will know...just touch it. Let us know how it feels. I thought it felt GREAT...:)
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I did already, at the store. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate it maybe an 8 or 8.5.

I'm tempted, though, because I just want something new and I'm tired of looking at my OG Droid. But I suppose I'll just hang in there.
 
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