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

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BLD said:
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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I may not have seen them but I have certainly said them!

And I hope that this phone shows Verizon that we don't want or care about their crap on our phones. I doubt it will because they are stubborn but it's nice to dream.
 
CaptainRon said:
Wives. The other day my wife caught me on the computer again and asked what I was doing. I said, "um, surfing porn?"

She said, "Don't lie to me, you're on that Nexus thingamig forum again aren't you!" :D
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Why haven't I learned to not be drinking anything when I read this??!!????
Thankfully coffee just got shot out of my mouth and I didn't have the nasal cleaning I got the other day.

That is damn funny!
 
CaptainRon said:
Wives. The other day my wife caught me on the computer again and asked what I was doing. I said, "um, surfing porn?"

She said, "Don't lie to me, you're on that Nexus thingamig forum again aren't you!" :D
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This is the Ice Cream Sandwich of hilarity right here!
 
After I get my Nexus (Neopolitan - combo of Neo from The Matrix and a great Ice Cream) I will probably sing:

Heaven... I'm in heaven,
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.
And I seem to find the happiness I seek,
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek.
Heaven... I'm in heaven,
And the cares that hung around me through the week,
Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak,
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek.
Oh, I love to climb a mountain,
And to reach the highest peak.
But it doesn't thrill me half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek.
Oh, I love to go out fishing
In a river or a creek.
But I don't enjoy it half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek.
Dance with me! I want my arms about you.
The charms about you
Will carry me through to...
Heaven... I'm in heaven,
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.
And I seem to find the happiness I seek,
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek.

Don't think beam works here... lol
 
TheRoosevelt said:
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 :)
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Totally agree. If you're not a huge phone geek who knows what specific specs you like or want, than just get whichever phone YOU like most and will be happy with for the longest amount of time. When I got my Charge, if I had been satisfied by it, I wouldn't have stumbled onto the Gnex leaks. And that would have been fine... But my phone nerd had been growing since the OGD and it has reached a breaking point. Its Nexus or nothing for me now because I know the combination of hardware and software and lets not fort aesthetics will satisfy me personally the longest.
 
nj02vette said:
Any leak of info is guaranteed 1000 posts. Can't imagine how this thread will explode if we actually get a release date.
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Forum has been going nuts when we get a crumb. We're gonna blow up when the real deal goes down. Thank goodness for the phandroid app on my phone... Quality reading no matter the topic.
 
BabyBlues said:
Why haven't I learned to not be drinking anything when I read this??!!????
Thankfully coffee just got shot out of my mouth and I didn't have the nasal cleaning I got the other day.

That is damn funny!
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I'm glad to hear you didn't soak your keyboard.

My wife is a wonderful person, but you have to understand, she has an iPhone.

We are able to work through our differences, but it's the children who suffer the most in this kind of relationship don't you think?
 
Ok Neopolitan is a great name! Smarties :P

I might call her Nexus Prime - a little on the plain side but a nice homage to the rumored name. I think it will be my first female gadget/named inanimate object too! She's so pretty.
 
mistermojorizi said:
yes that's what I said. you are agreeing with me. no need for no shutter lag then.
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Huh?

That's still an incredible feature. While you aren't trying for prize winning photography, it would be nice to get the shot you need when you want it. Too many shots of where my kids and pets were, rather than of my kids and pets.
 
TheRoosevelt said:
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.
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1 - I saw a video of testing the 0 lag feature
2- i know this explanation, my point is since there are 1.5 ghz phones out just make it easy for the average joe to spot the faster processor. please reread the last couple sentences in the post you quoted.
3 - the average consumer is more familiar with hdmi though
4 - i said that there are people that claim it *never* matters. I said that is not true. as to the 720p screen of the nexus i said "we'll see." because you're right, i haven't seen it yet

i think my point is kinda lost. maybe this isn't the right place to make it. the point is this - why make tiny incremental improvements that require extensive knowledge and explanations and arguments for the average person to see.

instead of addressing that argument, I keep getting explanations of why they are improvements. I know those already.

just saying the phone should have the extra .2ghz so there's not confusion, the extra 3 mp, the hd plus screen so it doesn't look like it's going backwards, the hdmi so everyone knows about it, and the one thing that actually does bug me, the sd storage.
 
IndecisiveElle said:
Ok Neopolitan is a great name! Smarties :P

I might call her Nexus Prime - a little on the plain side but a nice homage to the rumored name. I think it will be my first female gadget/named inanimate object too! She's so pretty.
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You better keep a close eye on her, if not careful, she could become a nice chew toy for those new puppies! :)
 
BabyBlues said:
I think we would have a lot less in here if it weren't for the app.
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Hard to argue with that. I find it is the first thing I check in the morning, peek in whenever I can, attached to my personal while watching sports (like now) and even for extended trips to the rest room. That's right, I said it, I read phandroid in the can and don't lie, you know some of you do too. ;)

And my wife also thought I was nuts for how much time I spend reading this forum, but she's given up and just shakes her head.
 
Cincybearcatfan said:
Will it be possible to port Beats By Dre to the Gnex or is it hardware driven and not software?
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For obvious reasons, they keep the specifics on what constitutes Beats Audio on HTC phones a secret, but the general consensus seems to be that it's a software EQ that activates when the phone detects a set of Beats earbuds is plugged in. You should be able to achieve a pretty similar effect by using Beats earbuds and using a music player with a built-in EQ to bump up the bass, and I'm sure someone has analysed a Beats phone to figure out the exact settings you'd want to use.

callmeox said:
FWIW

Audiophile opinions aside, Consumers Reports rates a number of Beats earbud and headphone models as recommended.
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It's not that they're inherently bad gear, but for what they cost, you can get much better stuff. This is as much a matter of math as anything else—if you have a set of Shure earbuds that cost $150, that means that $(150-profit margin) worth of R&D, construction, labour, etc. went into building them. For a $150 set of Beats earbuds, you're looking at $(150-profit margin-price of licensing the Beats name and tech) worth of R&D, construction, labour, etc.

In other words, in order to achieve the same price point while still paying for the Beats license, the manufacturer is going to have to cut back on something—profit margin, R&D, construction, labour, or something else. And given that Beats gear is made by Monster, creator of the $120 S-video cable, it's a bit difficult to imagine that profit margin is where they would choose to skimp.

This is not to say that Beats are garbage or anything (if that's the sound you like, then go for it!), but there are ways to get the same or better sound for much less money.

On-topic: It's awesome to see the community that's grown around the release of this phone :D I've been lurking and reloading every couple of hours to see if there's any news, and can definitely empathise with the folks whose wives have wondered what the big deal is.
 
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