your point is well taken, though I guess rezound could find one in that bin. granted they're from different manufacturers.
I'm glad that Google and Samsung recongnized that a 1.2GHz OMAP would be far superior to a 1.5GHz Snapdragon. Snapdragon clocks higher but it a dog otherwise clock-for-clock, especially on the GPU side. Never been a big fan of Snapdragon. We'll see how thier quad core turns out next year.
I'm talking about 1.5 vs 1.2, not i7 vs 1.2. I understand what you're trying to say about design strategy, and glad that you recognize that compromizes have to be made. That's fine. But let's acknowledge them as compromises instead of saying the gnex can do no wrong. They probably could have found a compromise with a 1.5 or an 8mp camera without losing to much on the other end.
I'll agree completely they are compromises. But I doubt your conclusion that they just could have swapped something else in. 1.5GHz? The OMAP 4460 is a 1.5GHz part, but for some reason, they are chosing to run it at 1.2GHz. Most likely battery life, that's the only thing that makes sense to me. But hypothetically, let's say they needed to get a 1.5GHz part in there to sell this device, and that the OMAP was incapable of doing it. Switching over to Exynos or Snapdragon would require a full redesign of the board, a re-write of all software and updates to all drivers. Not a simple switch as you indicate.
Same with 8MP camera. Honestly, they probably could have put an 8MP camera in there, but would the results have been better or worse. I think worse. I'm very happy they concentrated on user experience rather than specs. Oh no, I sound fruitty.
you're probably right. what do you think the reason was? batt life?
Hard to say, but battery life would be my guess. I've seen reports already that battery life isn't too hot on the GNex (similar to other Verizon 4G phones).
the look at some, just not indepth. i've heard plenty of average consumers touting the megapixels of their point and shoots. Or that they "bought an LED tv not an LCD." and other fallacies like that. they know enough to get themselves in trouble.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. Most consumers don't want to know too much, just enough. I told the story several thousands of posts back about a guy who was convinced his iPhone4 was 4G, because otherwise why would apple call it the iPhone FOUR.
What are you going to do here. This should be the job for marketing departments, but at the same time, marketing is responsible for telling these people they need 3D TV's they'll never use, or how more megapixels is better. So it's a double edged sword. By that same token, OTD made the point that I agree with that this isn't about Google making a lot of money. Verizon honestly doesn't care which phone you get (bloated or not), as long as they make money on the deal.
points well taken. good discussion
Likewise.