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Galaxy Nexus or Rezound?

jamor said:
Here is a good comparison for the 2 for dimensions and display:


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pretty solid review:

HTC Rezound vs. Galaxy Nexus vs. Droid Razr: specs showdown ? Cell Phones & Mobile Device Technology News & Updates | Geek.com
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Good comparison of dimensions of three phones. The only thing is 7.1mm thickness of Razr is probably at thin middle, not at thick top hump like that figure.
 
jamor said:
pretty solid review:

HTC Rezound vs. Galaxy Nexus vs. Droid Razr: specs showdown ? Cell Phones & Mobile Device Technology News & Updates | Geek.com
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Thanks, for the link, although I will say the second pic is deceiving in the sense that the Rezound looks bigger (length-wise) than both the GNex and Razr when that clearly isn't the case. Also, the Verizon GNex will be slightly thicker than shown.

But I agree with the writer, each phone has its strengths and weaknesses. Which one is better for you depends on your preferences and needs. Like Steve said, 4 awesome phones to choose from makes me a happy Verizon customer--for now;)
 
jamor said:
Does Beats greatly enhance the audio quality of songs?

Does Samsung have any decent music software to enhance quality?
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From what I read it does seem to noticeably enhance audio quality, but I think it's mostly bass. So if you are a big fan of bass heavy tunes (like me), the rezound may better suit your needs. To me it more about the headphones than the beats tech. I've always wanted a pair but refused to pay $100 for earbuds. With the rezound, I don't have too. Plus, I'm hoping that the one year warranty will cover the buds as well. From what I hear, beats buds sound great but aren't the most durable.
 
Steven58 said:
Personally (and I know you'll all think less of me for saying this), I've always loved sense. I had it on my Incredible for two months until I gave it back to Verizon for the Droid X. Loved the droid X, missed the sense.

At this point, I'd have to say I'm going with the Nexus because HTC batteries in the Verizon packages are too small and because in the last year and a half, I've become a voracious modder. I'd like to take a look at the HTC when it comes out, though.

Right now? We're in a win-win-win situation. Four great phones debuting at the same time. It's a win for the Verizon customer. Yes, I include the iPhone as a great phone, even though I think without 4g, it's so "yesterday." ;)
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I like sense as well. Also, since many of us will probably flash a custom rom, you'll be able to get rid of it if you don't like the hit to battery life it causes. But I agree, battery life is also my greatest concern. It probably won't be as bad as the T-Bolt since the battery is bigger. And I'll likely underclock as I think 1.5ghz is overkill for my current needs. Battery life doesn't have to be great just good enough. However, if it really, really sucks, I may have to reconsider.
 
All things being equal between the two phones (and I know they aren't) I'd very much opt for a pure Google phone. It really saddens me that there are so few options for an Android phone w/o blur, sense, touch wiz, etc..

I'm really pulling for this phone to out sell expectations and maybe knock some sense (no pun intended!) into these manufacturers -- their consumers want the option of a pure Goog experience.

I can dream, can't I??
 
I'm deciding between the Rezound and the GNEX. The big sticking point is that I have not seen a Samsung phone that I like the build quality of- they feel extremely cheap and plasticy. I'm rocking an Evo right now and it has held up remarkably well, over the time I've had it. I'm overall happy with HTC as well. I'm anxious to see the screens on both the GNEX and the Rezound- if either of them are pentile, that particular phone is OUT!
 
0837s said:
I'm deciding between the Rezound and the GNEX. The big sticking point is that I have not seen a Samsung phone that I like the build quality of- they feel extremely cheap and plasticy. I'm rocking an Evo right now and it has held up remarkably well, over the time I've had it. I'm overall happy with HTC as well. I'm anxious to see the screens on both the GNEX and the Rezound- if either of them are pentile, that particular phone is OUT!
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Well it looks like you made your decision.
 
0837s said:
I'm deciding between the Rezound and the GNEX. The big sticking point is that I have not seen a Samsung phone that I like the build quality of- they feel extremely cheap and plasticy. I'm rocking an Evo right now and it has held up remarkably well, over the time I've had it. I'm overall happy with HTC as well. I'm anxious to see the screens on both the GNEX and the Rezound- if either of them are pentile, that particular phone is OUT!
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Have you watched any videos of the nexus? It has pentile but you cant tell. quit buying into the false info that pentile is bad. Moto uses dif pentile which sucks. but if you are that way hope the rezound is a nice phone for you.
 
kishin14 said:
I like sense as well. Also, since many of us will probably flash a custom rom, you'll be able to get rid of it if you don't like the hit to battery life it causes. But I agree, battery life is also my greatest concern. It probably won't be as bad as the T-Bolt since the battery is bigger. And I'll likely underclock as I think 1.5ghz is overkill for my current needs. Battery life doesn't have to be great just good enough. However, if it really, really sucks, I may have to reconsider.
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You'd better keep close eye on battery if you go with Rezound. 1620mAh is just marginal increase from Tbolt battery considering HD screen, 1.5Ghz dual core.
I also hope HTC addressed the 3G/4G radio issues that crippled Tbolt on connectivity, battery. Seems like it's using 1.5Ghz MSM 8660 + MDM 9600 combo which means both chip has 3G. So it remains to be seen.
 
Sandroidfan said:
You'd better keep close eye on battery if you go with Rezound. 1620mAh is just marginal increase from Tbolt battery considering HD screen, 1.5Ghz dual core.
I also hope HTC addressed the 3G/4G radio issues that crippled Tbolt on connectivity, battery. Seems like it's using 1.5Ghz MSM 8660 + MDM 9600 combo which means both chip has 3G. So it remains to be seen.
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I dont know if it is even a marginal boost over the tb. I mean higher clocked processor, hd screen with only a 220mah increase doesn't seem like it will be better than the tb in the battery dept.
 
Anyone want to take a guess at what type of display the Rezound will have?

Really would like to see a side by side comparison of displays of GNex and Rez...
 
Which phone would you recommend for the general consumer? I keep reading everything I can here but am still undecided. I have pretty much eliminated the Razr because I don't like the way it looks. I am down to these two phones or the iPhone. Please excuse my ignorance, but what is a skin? What is the advantage of not having one? I have a Droid X and love my phone, but I like the look of my son's Incredible better. I have no idea what a phone without a skin would look like. Also, I don't even know what it means to root a phone, let alone have any desire to do so. I think ICS sounds great, but would I notice a big difference with that? Also, all my music is on my iPod. How difficult would it be to format it to work on the Rezound? (Something dh would have to do for me) Which phone will actually be clearer when making calls or using the speaker phone? Both are very important to me since it will be my only phone. One last question, any idea when there will be a 4G iPhone?
 
Galaxy Nexus vs. Rezound
Processer: T.I.4460 1.2GHz Dual (1.5GHz stock) > Qualcomm S3 dual 1.5GHz
Screen: 4.65" SuperAMOLED =Your preference= 4.3" SuperAMOLED
Size: Nexus is smaller, thinner, curved, and more sleek
Battery: 1750mAh > 1620mAh
Memory: 16gb or 32gb, no SD Card < 16gb SD Card
Camera: Optimized 5mp > 8mp
other: Stock ICS > Beats Audio

IMO, the nexus is the much better device here. The specs are almost the same across the board. The nexus has a bigger screen, the rezound has a smaller, higher pixel density screen. Nexus has the 4460 (Said to be best for ICS, 1.5ghz underclocked to 1.2GHz), the Rezound has the S3 at 1.5GHz.

The Biggest differences to me: The nexus is MUCH thinner, and will have much better battery life due to the differences of the batteries. It also comes with stock ICS, and no HTC Sence UI. The nexus is the best phone of 2011.

Beats Audio is a gimmic IMO. Watch this video below and look at what it does (for the PC at least).
 
TI's OMAP chips are quality stuff and usually my ideal choice in term of ARM's licensed variation, the OMAP Cortex-A9 in the Nexus should be newer generation than the version in found in the Rezound (which I assume will be the Qualcomm S3, which is the same one in the current T-Mobile's Galaxy S II).

On the graphic side, looking at the benchmarks, the Adreno 220 GPU in the Rezound can hit pretty high framerates, it should make a great gaming device. The PowerVR SGX540 GPU come close.

Though I'm new to high end smartphones, I've had used gaming devices with previous gen Cortex-A8 & PowerVR SGX530 which turns out to be a great experience. Also the OMAP CPU from what I gathered are great overclockers.

Not a programmer, but I still think its going to be up the apps to take advantage of the GPU driver and the multicores.

But lastly, I think an HD Super AMOLED LCD is just too tempting.
 
someguy43210 said:
TI's OMAP chips are quality stuff and usually my ideal choice in term of ARM's licensed variation, the OMAP Cortex-A9 in the Nexus should be newer generation than the version in found in the Rezound (which I assume will be the Qualcomm S3, which is the same one in the current T-Mobile's Galaxy S II).

On the graphic side, looking at the benchmarks, the Adreno 220 GPU in the Rezound can hit pretty high framerates, it should make a great gaming device. The PowerVR SGX540 GPU come close.

Though I'm new to high end smartphones, I've had used gaming devices with previous gen Cortex-A8 & PowerVR SGX530 which turns out to be a great experience. Also the OMAP CPU from what I gathered are great overclockers.

Not a programmer, but I still think its going to be up the apps to take advantage of the GPU driver and the multicores.

But lastly, I think an HD Super AMOLED LCD is just too tempting.
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S3 snadragon in Evo 3D, sensation already scores worse than OMAP4430 in D3, Bionic in most graphic benchmarks. Now it has to move more HD pixels in Rezound and Nexus got faster 4460 with faster clocked SGX540 GPU. So Rezound will be the slowest phone among three verizon superphones coming this month. Also Sense seems to hinder snapdragon in extracting best performance possible.
 
Jonezilla said:
I don't mean to second guess you, but how do you know this? This is a concern of mine as well.
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Over the past week or so I've seen multiple articles discussing how ICS will hide the on screen buttons if hardware/capacitive buttons exist. I didn't book mark them but if you look around you will see them as well.
 
What's going on with these on-screen buttons? Where is the menu button? What if my phone already has buttons and I get ICS?

Honeycomb displays a menu button for applications that require a menu button. We expect ICS will operate the same way - they will need it for backwards compatibility. Don't fret, there will be a way to access the menu when needed.

If your phone already has buttons, there will be no on-screen buttons for you.

Buttons can be hidden for apps that do not require user input. A quote from the SDK:

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The SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION is a new flag that requests the navigation bar hide completely. Be aware that this works only for the navigation bar used by some handsets (it does not hide the system bar on tablets). The navigation bar returns to view as soon as the system receives user input. As such, this mode is useful primarily for video playback or other cases in which the whole screen is needed but user input is not required.
Obviously, in the future it may be that you can hide the nav bar even for user input - but consider that it may not be optimal to do that. You really want those buttons to be there all the time if they're going to be a primary navigation mechanism. You don't want something to hide them so it's hard to get them back.

Source = http://androidforums.com/samsung-ga...ture-something-you-read-check-here-first.html
 
mountainlover said:
Which phone would you recommend for the general consumer? I keep reading everything I can here but am still undecided. I have pretty much eliminated the Razr because I don't like the way it looks. I am down to these two phones or the iPhone. Please excuse my ignorance, but what is a skin? What is the advantage of not having one? I have a Droid X and love my phone, but I like the look of my son's Incredible better. I have no idea what a phone without a skin would look like. Also, I don't even know what it means to root a phone, let alone have any desire to do so. I think ICS sounds great, but would I notice a big difference with that? Also, all my music is on my iPod. How difficult would it be to format it to work on the Rezound? (Something dh would have to do for me) Which phone will actually be clearer when making calls or using the speaker phone? Both are very important to me since it will be my only phone. One last question, any idea when there will be a 4G iPhone?
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skin = something they put over the android (which is called vanilla android). it's things like animation effects. it makes it prettier, but slower and uses more juice

root= gain access to root directory allowing you to install custom roms and apps made for rooted phones and free tethering, amongs other things

there's videos comparing ICS to GB on youtube

don't know about music on Ipod. I formatted my iPod to windows and never had to deal with any of that "iCrap"

don't know anything about call quality, it's gonna be my only phone too. seems like HTC has a history for poor reliability. Moto is known for best clarity of calls.

i'd recommend the nexus between the two simply in that if you won't root it, you'll benefit from timely official updates. I feel like if you were to root it, you could slap roms on the rezound that would fix any issues without waiting for official updates.

I don't know about iphone, i get the sense that it's easier to use for average consumers and is more reliable, but has a tiny screen, can't multitask, no flash, easy to physically break, not customizeable. The upshot is that everyone seems to have one and it's sort of a social thing - people talk about them outside of internet forums and play games together, like words with friends, and in general seems to have a ton more social status than android phones
 
The iPhone multitasks now.

I'm going to catch flak for this but, as far as "skins" *(i.e. sometimes called UI overlays- sense,motoblur,etc)

PRE- ICS, most average consumers preferred phone with skins, sense for example provided the same polished feel as iPhones, it had widgets and such built in, in a easy to use form, for Vanilla Android you had to go download several 3rd party apps to get that polished feel. ICS is a lot more polished from what I hear so the "gap" is much smaller.

Note: if your response to the above is "YOU JUST GO DOWNLOAD beautiful widgets, adw launcher, etc" you are NOT a "average" consumer. The avg. consumer downloads angry birds and that is the extent of their "upgrades" to their phone. Unless a little pop-up tells them to upgrade they wouldn't have a clue there was a newer version of android.

Personally, I'm torn between the Rezound and the Nexus. I like Sense, but ICS is a lot closer to polished now. The thing that is swaying me to the GN is actually the size of the developer community, The Dinc had a huge community, it looks like all or most of those people are going the GN route which means less ROMS and variety for the Rezound... But I'm NOT a average user.
 
Crashumbc said:
The iPhone multitasks now.
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Yes, but only if Apple approves of multitasking with the specific apps. It's still limited.

However, I'm not that impressed by Android "multitasking" either since the OS will just kill apps for the resources even if you want to go back to it. I liked the BB multitasking better. You killed the apps you were done with and kept the ones you wanted to go back to open. Android could do something better where the user can "kill" an app (really just makes it a low priority). If they don't "kill" it, it stays at a higher priority so that the OS doesn't kill it unless absolutely necessary.
 
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