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Droid Prime, Droid Nexus Prime or Nexus Prime?

HanSolo said:
I'm betting sometime between November 28 through 30 for ICS release, and probably end of December for Prime.
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Well that would be perfect timing for a pile of original Inc users. Many of us that bought at release are due for our last NE2 at the end of December.
 
cereal killer said:
Holy smokes Gapi. Your daughter is BEAUTIFUL. What a body on her.... man she is fine. I LOVE redheads like that.
No disrespect but I would date her in a minute. DAYAMMMM
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Thanks, When you have a Daughter like that you get used to it and take it all as complements.

I have been at parties standing around the Keg with a bunch of guys that didn't not know she is my Daughter when she walked by and had to remember how I am when I see someones else s walk by eh?

She has modeled for a Honda commercial, and an Anheuser-Busch add, and was on the Home Shopping Network TV show for a few years. She has done some catalog work too.

Back to the Prime, not the camera.
 
Waiting on Prime feels a lot better than SGS2 before. We're getting leaks/rumors almost daily... Pretty sure its release is in late Oct ~ mid Nov.
 
Spit.

I had that story on a Google+ spark and now the damn thing doesn't show up! :mad:

Soooo... until I can find it again, forget I said it and we'll go with Samsung Droid Prime. I am 100% confident of THAT version... with or without the "Droid", there's no "Nexus" in it. Not on Verizon.

I reference a photo of a release list Mannequins posted in the Samsung Droid Prime forum, that includes a device listed as "Sam Prime" that supercedes "Charge". They may very well replace a Droid device with another. I'll keep searching for that elusive article about Samsung Prime, though.
 
gapi said:
I wish a moderator could merge the two threads.
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For all we know, there will be BOTH a Nexus Prime (for the other carriers) and Samsung Prime (with or without the "Droid") for Verizon. Merging the two prematurely would create a mess if they turn out to be separate devices.

EDIT: These two forums (what's the plural for that? Fori?) seem to be a mish-mash of the same information, but we're all grasping at whatever we can find out right now. Once the phones are released, we'll all settle in to our respective forums and all will be well. No need to merge IMHO
 
Keep in mind that memo was informal so the names written there were just jotted down for reference.

What ever they call it I just want those monster specs eh?
 
gapi said:
Go to this thread, http://androidforums.com/samsung-droid-prime/411242-best-buy-mobile-employee.html

I wish a moderator could merge the two threads.
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LOL, well, there were at least three Moderators that I counted in that thread (no Steven yet :p), so they would presumably thought about doing this.

I could merge 'em but I'm sure I'd get slapped-around a bit :D :p ;).

The_Chief said:
For all we know, there will be BOTH a Nexus Prime (for the other carriers) and Samsung Prime (with or without the "Droid") for Verizon. Merging the two prematurely would create a mess if they turn out to be separate devices.
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+1 Excellent point!
 
Only Americans have ever heard of "Droid", it being a Verizon brand. If there is a Droid Prime it will be a carrier-specific version of the Nexus Prime. Verizon needs its own version anyway as it uses a different radio communication standard to most of the rest of the world. My guess is that if there is a Droid Prime, it will be very similar in hardware terms to the Nexus Prime, but will probably have Samsung and Verizon "customisations" to the OS. If so it therefore won't be the android reference phone with all the advantages and freedoms that offers (ie prompt updates, unlockable bootloader, app side-loading, lack of carrier and manufacturer interference in the OS).

Hopefully Europe will get a real Google Experience phone as a true successor to the Nexus S and Nexus One. If America isn't too unlucky it will get this too available for other carriers, although by the way Verizon was crowing about not needing a Galaxy SII because of its upcoming Android superphone, it sounds like they might have done a deal to get their version before their competitors. Perhaps Americans in search of a true Nexus will need to wait until after Christmas?
 
It's not that phones are outdated before released. It's that the dev cycle for a product is 12-18 months, 8 if they rush it. That's timeframe after announcement of a new technology like an SoC (system on chip) or even just processor. The time it takes to see the announced tech arrive in a product released to the market.

The technology is announced, then the chips begin sampling (hitting acceptable manufacturing yield), then it goes to phone manufacturers to build devices. It's a lengthy process.

Some of you are comparing tech announcements to actual phone releases (market availability), and that's unfair.
 
Bearly said:
It's not that phones are outdated before released. It's that the dev cycle for a product is 12-18 months, 8 if they rush it. That's timeframe after announcement of a new technology like an SoC (system on chip) or even just processor. The time it takes to see the announced tech arrive in a product released to the market.

The technology is announced, then the chips begin sampling (hitting acceptable manufacturing yield), then it goes to phone manufacturers to build devices. It's a lengthy process.

Some of you are comparing tech announcements to actual phone releases (market availability), and that's unfair.
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Agree. They are 2 different perspectives. Tech that is being discussed today will be "old" come November December but the physical devices themselves upon release will be the "latest and greatest"

Thats the trap. If one constantly chases specs they will never end up buying. The trick is to find that sweet spot. I think buying Dual Cores pushing 1 + GHZ is that "sweet spot" before the new wave of processors hit.
 
cereal killer said:
Agree. They are 2 different perspectives. Tech that is being discussed today will be "old" come November December but the physical devices themselves upon release will be the "latest and greatest"

Thats the trap. If one constantly chases specs they will never end up buying. The trick is to find that sweet spot. I think buying Dual Cores pushing 1 + GHZ is that "sweet spot" before the new wave of processors hit.
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I agree. The sweet spot for me is Dual Core 1.2Ghz+, 1GB RAM, 720p screen and top quality digital camera. So far the only phones out that meet that is the SGS II which isn't hitting VZW, sadly. So I'm looking at the iPhone 5, HTC Vigor and Droid/Nexus/Samsung Prime. Whichever one is the best gets my money. Anything after that I won't care for a while.
 
i wish verizon wouldn't put all that garbage bloatware on the Prime

and we all know the horror story that was the galaxy and waiting for verizon to release the froyo update

how do we know that wont happen again with the prime???
 
We don't. I mean, we've seen the app list for the Prime and it contains NO bloatware... but that MAY be the Prime BEFORE it gets to Verizon, and not the final release. Who knows what VZW will do to it?

All indications, however, point to a pure Ice Cream Sandwich experience with no bloatware getting in the way. We can only hope it actually drops in such pristine condition!
 
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