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

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HanSolo said:
Do we know what a "soft launch" actually means?

After thinking about it, I'm thinking it means simply that the launch date hasn't been set yet. Like "tentative launch".

As has been said, I can't imagine they will just magically appear on the shelves one day. It's going to be priced as a high-end phone, and they will market it as such. Also, there's no way they want exclusivity to just ignore it and keep it out of competitors' hands just for spite or something.

Doesn't make sense, unless there's some blood feud wife-stealing subplot between the CEOs of Verizon and Google.
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I do not know about how VZW uses the term, but my impression from other telecom contexts is that a soft launch is actual availability that precedes major marketing efforts. For example, a carrier might do this to prevent overloading its ordering and provisioning systems while it shakes them out. One might also do this if there were supply issues (e.g., manufacturing had not yet ramped to full production).
 
mistermojorizi said:
... Also not gonna use this phone to get magazine quality shotts of sporting events where that would matter....
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Do you know of any phone that takes magazine quality shots? Not me. When I see photographers at sporting events, I see SLRs (presumably DSLRs) with large lens up front.
 
mistermojorizi said:
1. Please cite an official,source for that. No shutter lag is software not hardware bases I believe. Also not gonna use this phone to get magazine quality shotts of sporting events where that would matter. Might be no shutter lag but it lags on preview of ur next shot which offsets the benefit.
2. Didn't say I would
3. I have an hdmi cable as everyone else. Not a mhl cable
4. No need to yell that. I'm extensively familiar with the argument on this. We will see as many people also make the argument that pentile never matters.'it does to my eye.

I think you may have missed my point a bit. I'm not saying that I don't know the pros and cons of these things or that they all matter to me (sd slot does).

I'm saying from a consumer/market/ business perspective, not from an informed geek perspective, a big dog phone should just have these specs without these explanations needed.
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1) I would ask EarlyMon about this, but I thought zero-shutter lag was affected by both hardware and software. In any case, the feature also means that there's no lag between previews either, I'm not sure where you got that impression.

2) As you might be aware, the OMAP4460 can be clocked (I would say overclocked but that might start another discussion about binning and whatnot) to 1.5 Ghz if it's that important to you. That's what it was designed to run at.
Battery life will take a hit though, yes. That's the sacrifice.

3) MHL cables are like $20 bucks, and I seriously doubt that everybody has a mini HDMI-to-HDMI cable, which would be required if the phone had HDMI output instead.

4) You say it matters to your eye, but you've never seen a 720p, ~320ppi, pentile screen. You can't judge it by the Bionic/Razr qhd screens.

Specs are not an issue on this phone, let me assure you. It'll be top of the line (or at least tied for the top) in almost every way at least until Tegra 3 phones come out mid next year.
 
mills23 said:
What makes the Gnex sooooo much better than the Resound?
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depends who you ask i suppose. for me its having the latest android os, directly updated from google without bloat or skins. not to mention having a bigger battery and IMO a nicer form factor
 
HanSolo said:
Is anyone planning on checking out the HTC device tomorrow in case a fallback is needed?
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I am...it was still my first choice phone. Luckily I will be in Tallahassee so there will be no temptation to purchase.

Ads for the ReZound airing on Sunday Night Football tonight. Not sure if they showed up any other time today.
 
HanSolo said:
Do we know what a "soft launch" actually means?

After thinking about it, I'm thinking it means simply that the launch date hasn't been set yet. Like "tentative launch".

As has been said, I can't imagine they will just magically appear on the shelves one day. It's going to be priced as a high-end phone, and they will market it as such. Also, there's no way they want exclusivity to just ignore it and keep it out of competitors' hands just for spite or something.

Doesn't make sense, unless there's some blood feud wife-stealing subplot between the CEOs of Verizon and Google.
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It actually makes complete sense, because Google is in charge of marketing this device, not Verizon. I'm sure there will be some fanfare.

This phone seems awefully popular for something that people claim Verizon is trying to "keep down" and don't care if they sell. At a Verizon store today playing with the RAZR and overheard four people looking for the Nexus. You don't need to market something that people already want. This phone on Verizon will be a guaranteed success. You can disagree with me, that's fine, but this is my opinion and we'll see how it goes.
 
zx10droid said:
depends who you ask i suppose. for me its having the latest android os, directly updated from google without bloat or skins. not to mention having a bigger battery and IMO a nicer form factor
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I do like the looks of it. isn't the rezound supposed to be getting ICS soon?
 
darejer said:
We all hope... but could just mean that the Euro release on the 17th is sufficient for them to release the source code. And then everyone in the states will be saying many not nice things about VZW.
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And that would be different than any other day how? :D;):p
 
Cincybearcatfan said:
In fact, as someone coming from an HTC device the Incredible, I would guess that sometime next July the Rezound will be set for its updat to ICS.
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Let's be serious. The ICS update for the Rezound should come out in Jan/Feb. Only to have them yank it a few days later. Actual release date will end up TBD. :D

Okay, I give the above scenerio a 20/80 chance of happening. :D
 
mills23 said:
I do like the looks of it. isn't the rezound supposed to be getting ICS soon?
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im sure they will be updating it to ICS in the coming months, but it will be a sense'd out ICS, not the ICS that will be present on the nexus, and you will be at the mercy of VZW and HTC for updates while the nexus will be coming very timely straight from google
 
mills23 said:
I do like the looks of it. isn't the rezound supposed to be getting ICS soon?
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Yes, in early 2012. But it won't be pure ICS, it'll have Sense 4.0 running over top of it, which, based on taste, you may or may not like. However, the Rezound also has a very small battery, and a Snapdragon processor which (I think) is slightly slower than the Nexus's, even though it's clocked faster.

The rezound will also be slower to get new updates too. In the end, you can't really go wrong choosing any 3 of the new Verizon phones. If you can't decide, I would suggest waiting until the 17th or 21st or whenever the Nexus comes out and testing them all out yourself at your local Verizon store :)
 
So... how many people here will be using the SDK to make their own apps for the SGN? Lots of interesting features for social networking trackbacks. Great features for video also.

My ice cream sanwich will be Neopolitan, :)
 
BabyBlues said:
And that would be different than any other day how? :D;):p
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You haven't seen the really not nice things we'll have to say about Verizon. :p:D

I really do hope the sales of the Nexus explode on Verizon. Nothing is going to get Verizon to change their ways about trying to control everything and force bloatware down customers throats more than customers voting with their money on the phone that doesn't have any of that.
 
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