Hate To Admit It

[Fabolous]

Yes, indeed, the American market is important. Then again, so is the idea of the Nexus line, which has always been (prior to the NS4G) about unlocked, carrier-free, reference hardware for the newest version of Android (at the time of launch).

So why did Google have the event? Because ICS was ready to be announced, and the GSM version was ready to launch. The only date ever announced was 11/17 and that was met.

Nexus devices have never really prioritized sales, so Google figured the American market could wait. What's more important to them is mind share. They had to act quickly to show that they had a worthwhile competitor to iOS5.

So sure, the launch "could have gone better", especially in our eyes (US market), but you can't really fault them too much. The US launch fiasco blame lies on more than one party.

Verizon only ever said before the end of the year, all these leaks and rumors don't mean squat. If Verizon releases it on or before 12/31, they will have held true to their word.

I think we should all be grateful that, given their track record, Verizon is actually releasing a Google experience device.





As for the person who asked about how the GPU handles the HD screen, it does so very well. Youtube HD (720p) is smooth, and every game I've played has run at high fps, including the most demanding ones available (Shadow Gun, Asphalt HD 6).

Probably due to many optimizations, the SGX540 finds new life in ICS. It thoroughly beats the Galaxy Note (comparable resolution) in An3dbench 37k vs 29k. Also, note, that the GPU is downclocked to 304MHz. SetCPU creator Mike Huang has already said he has OC'd the GPU to 512MHz stable, so expect even higher performance with custom kernels.

The only graphics hiccup I've run into are certain LWP, which don't seem to be optimized. But, as the included LWP's demonstrate, they can be made to have negligible impact on launcher speed (i.e. using Phase Beam, the speed is identical to a static wallpaper).

 

[Wolfedude88]

That's exactly my point: they shouldn't have held the event until they were ready to announce it was VZW. We didn't "assume" it would be VZW, we read the tea leaves, it just that the details weren't complete so neither company would confirm. Which is fine; keep us waiting but, from a marketing/business perspective they shouldn't have held the event until they were ready to launch. And to call the US a "small fry" is completely disingenuous....the US is a MAJOR market for electronics in general and Android in particular.

Regardless, it took a month for the phone to be released elsewhere on the globe.

Attempting to absolve Google of all responsibilty and laying it at the feet of Verizon just reeks of fanboyism. Within days of Apple's event, VZW customers were preordering and they had their 4S's in hand within weeks....that's able to happen because Apple took care of business; crossed the t's and dotted the i's BEFORE officialy announcing the phone to the world.

It appears Google rushed things before all of its agreements were in place, and as a result the launch was bungled.

Like I said earlier, not everything is about America, you do know the event they held wasn't even in the united states right? Not everything is about Verizon in this case, they were never mentioned, so it really is a moot point.

This phone has already been released, just not here in America, cant blame that on Google, that is a Verizon problem. I already have the phone and it works great, google did their job.

 

[rawness]

Like I said earlier, not everything is about America, you do know the event they held wasn't even in the united states right? Not everything is about Verizon in this case, they were never mentioned, so it really is a moot point.

This phone has already been released, just not here in America, cant blame that on Google, that is a Verizon problem. I already have the phone and it works great, google did their job.

Never claimed it was....since you're struggling to understand what I actually said, I'll drop it.

Google botched this launch.