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

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Maybe the increased storage is one improvement. 16GB is way too small, but apparently the Verizon version will sport 32GB. WHEW! That's fine elbow room for movies, music and all the pics and videos we'll be taking with this thing...
 
Odd that they'd get a new test phone this late in the game. If its a bigger battery, why not just send the testers a battery? And if its enhancing clock speed, why not just update the OS to reflect a kernel change? Seems like the most prevalent reason for a whole new phone would be something hardware related and that's a head scratcher for a mid November release imo.
 
iowabowtech said:
Odd that they'd get a new test phone this late in the game. If its a bigger battery, why not just send the testers a battery? And if its enhancing clock speed, why not just update the OS to reflect a kernel change? Seems like the most prevalent reason for a whole new phone would be something hardware related and that's a head scratcher for a mid November release imo.
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Maybe a redesign to accommodate a larger battery? And the reference to a "slight" improvement in specs could be relative. Maybe its something us tech heads consider a big improvement. My guess though is a redesign to fit a larger battery.
 
zanoodi said:
Your avatar has changed 6 times in the past 30 minutes. Having trouble deciding which one to use? Why not make a poll and have us choose for you?
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Here's your poll. :p

1) Because this is my avatar and not yours.
2) Because I never asked your opinion.
3) Because I won't listen to majority opinion, anyway.
4) Because I don't trust the group's taste in avatars?
5) All of the above.

Seriously, I do crack myself up. :p
 
iowabowtech said:
Odd that they'd get a new test phone this late in the game. If its a bigger battery, why not just send the testers a battery? And if its enhancing clock speed, why not just update the OS to reflect a kernel change? Seems like the most prevalent reason for a whole new phone would be something hardware related and that's a head scratcher for a mid November release imo.
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Maybe just giving them all final hardware and software for one last everything in place gut check. Am in thinking just a bigger battery. Nothing that really affects performance. 32 gb was probably already there.
 
dmiller2007 said:
Maybe a redesign to accommodate a larger battery? And the reference to a "slight" improvement in specs could be relative. Maybe its something us tech heads consider a big improvement. My guess though is a redesign to fit a larger battery.
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If that's the case tho, they'd have to test it, then manufacture several hundred thousand phones all in the next few weeks which seems an unlikely task. Or, we are looking at a significant delay?
 
Steven58 said:
Here's your poll. :p

1) Because this is my avatar and not yours.
2) Because I never asked your opinion.
3) Because I won't listen to majority opinion, anyway.
4) Because I don't trust the group's taste in avatars?
5) All of the above.

Seriously, I do crack myself up. :p
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To the dark side, our Steven has gone. Much disturbance in the force, there is.

Twinkies, he needs.
 
Steven58 said:
Here's your poll. :p

1) Because this is my avatar and not yours.
2) Because I never asked your opinion.
3) Because I won't listen to majority opinion, anyway.
4) Because I don't trust the group's taste in avatars?
5) All of the above.

Seriously, I do crack myself up. :p
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1. True
2. Open forum you don't need to
3. Fair enough
4. Who would?
5. Fine you win
 
Steven58 said:
Here's your poll. :p

1) Because this is my avatar and not yours.
2) Because I never asked your opinion.
3) Because I won't listen to majority opinion, anyway.
4) Because I don't trust the group's taste in avatars?
5) All of the above.

Seriously, I do crack myself up. :p
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i'm gonna take a wild stab in the dark, and say.......#5???
 
zanoodi said:
1. True
2. Open forum you don't need to
3. Fair enough
4. Who would?
5. Fine you win
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And I just want to mention, I am not taking bribes to go in and change Steven's avatar, mkay. Because that would wrong, mkay? So don't even offer me bribes on this, mkay. And for the record, mkay, I'm just glad it didn't even come up.
 
BLD said:
Maybe just giving them all final hardware and software for one last everything in place gut check.
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I'm thinking that makes the most sense. Perhaps they end up with a few different prototypes somehow and not everyone gets updated. Maybe this is the last hurrah to get all testers on the exact same page with the ..hopefully.. final product. If true, perhaps this individual is getting an enhancment that some testers have already experienced. This would keep everything on track date-wise and is therefore the explanation I'm going with. :D
 
iowabowtech said:
If that's the case tho, they'd have to test it, then manufacture several hundred thousand phones all in the next few weeks which seems an unlikely task. Or, we are looking at a significant delay?
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Eh idk how much more testing would be required as long as the other components remained constant. Probably the couple weeks leading up to the release would be enough to make sure everything is still functioning.
 
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