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

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Maybe the only mystery left will be the exact processor specs: GSM seems to be pretty much on with their source. Might be the real specs.


GSM Arena says it was contacted by a tipster from inside Google that claims to be familiar with the Nexus Prime phone. This source supposedly 'put the other specs to sleep' and gave the site a new set of mouth-watering specs to drool over. According to him, the phone will pack one of Samsung's own chipsets, a 1.5 GHz dual-core affair that will work alongside the same dual-core PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU that's found in the iPad 2. Instead of the 5-megapixel camera BGR's source promised, GSM Arena's guy is saying the phone will have an 8-megapixel camera in the back. What's more, the source says that the phone will actually boast a 2050mAh battery. Yowza! Both sources seem to agree on the 4.65-inch, 1280x720 pixels screen.

Nice to know the browser will be tabbed. Sure sounds like Chrome, which I use now on my MacBook Pro.( I am an equal opportunity front runner )
 
jimbo1mcm said:
Getting ready to download some of my old friends from Droid X days: When I get the Nexus I need to download these, plus more I can't think of:

1. Real Signal- shows db strength
2. Better Cut- Easy way to put widgets on home screen
3. MyBackup Pro- Not sure if this works, since it used to make copies of everything, including the OS, onto the SD card.
4. Keep Screen- keeps the screen on while you are in an app, bypassing the auto screen off settings.
5. Notification program- kind of forget what it was, but it allowed me to color code the led for email or text etc.
6. MixZing- pretty good player
plus the usual suspects, Rhapsody, Pandora, Skype.

Will I miss my IP4?
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Really useful, I'm moving from iPhone 4 to Prime after the disgrace that was the 4S, but I've never been on Android, so a list of "essential" apps would be great, although prob not a good idea to clutter up this thread.
 
If you are on Verizon and just have to get this phone, no matter what, even if you don't have an upgrade, and you want the subsidized price,( $299?) instead of full retail, do what I did for my last phone. I added an extra line to my Family Plan. Yeah, it costs me $9.99 a month for 2 years and I know the math, but I got the phone and for a member of the Instant Gratification Hall of Fame, that is important to me, not the extra $9.99 a month. This time, I do have an upgrade available to me, which I will use. Not sure how other carriers work.
 
jimbo1mcm said:
Getting ready to download some of my old friends from Droid X days: When I get the Nexus I need to download these, plus more I can't think of:

1. Real Signal- shows db strength
2. Better Cut- Easy way to put widgets on home screen
3. MyBackup Pro- Not sure if this works,on the Nexus with no SD card, since it used to make copies of everything, including the OS, onto the SD card of the Droid.
4. Keep Screen- keeps the screen on while you are in an app, bypassing the auto screen off settings.
5. Notification program- kind of forget what it was, but it allowed me to color code the led for email or text etc.
6. MixZing- pretty good player
7. Google Voice Actions
plus the usual suspects, Rhapsody, Pandora, Skype.

Will I miss my IP4?
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Good advice for a start point, like a few people here I am also moving from an iPhone, looking forward to android!
 
Is it Tuesday yet my brain hurt's. I have been waking up in the middle of the night just to check in on this thread. I have to sign up for AFA now.
 
jimbo1mcm said:
If you are on Verizon and just have to get this phone, no matter what, even if you don't have an upgrade, and you want the subsidized price,( $299?) instead of full retail, do what I did for my last phone. I added an extra line to my Family Plan. Yeah, it costs me $9.99 a month for 2 years and I know the math, but I got the phone and for a member of the Instant Gratification Hall of Fame, that is important to me, not the extra $9.99 a month. This time, I do have an upgrade available to me, which I will use. Not sure how other carriers work.
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I actually did this for my wife's new D3, basically broke even on the upfront costs after the dumbphone $100 trade in credit promo and selling her old blackberry. Just have the $8/mo (after corp. discount) for 24 months. So ~$200 for her phone, as opposed to $450. Thinking about doing it again for the GNex. $299 + $192 in service charges = $491 which is about a $100 savings, plus the $192 is not all up front. Be aware, you will need a dumbphone to put on the extra line.
 
i know everyone is probably excited by the specs we're hearing about, but i thought it was worth posting these comments by jcase..

Galaxy Nexus has the goods... : Android

Based on personal experience the specs listed above are wrong. The unit I had access to does not match the specs above.
-jcase TeamAndIRC
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Particularly the CPU is a 4460 that is clocked down 1.2ghz, atleast in this build (Easy change in kernel, and could be changed with with a few keystrokes). The camera app shows 5MP not 8mp and the battery states 1750.
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take it for what its worth
 
I have been wondering about the rumored tension between Google/Samsung and Verizon (sorry to bring that back up). What if VZW and Moto were going to surprise us and announce that the RAZR was actually going to release with ICS? How would that work now that their event is proceeding the G/S event?
 
Good morning, excited GNexers! :D

I guess I have a question/concern about this phone:

If I buy it at a subsidized price, say $299, and lock into a new 2-year agreement so Verizon can recoup the difference over time, I understand I'm paying full rate and why.

But if I buy it RETAIL - at full price - won't I still be paying the exact same monthly phone bill? If so, what's the point of shelling out the extra money, except to have the peace of mind knowing I can do what I want with the phone at will?

Seems to me that I should get a break on my line's cost, since they're not re-couping that cost anymore.
 
metasin said:
I have been wondering about the rumored tension between Google/Samsung and Verizon (sorry to bring that back up). What if VZW and Moto were going to surprise us and announce that the RAZR was actually going to release with ICS? How would that work now that their event is proceeding the G/S event?
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Could be, but considered the Galaxy Nexus event is after the RAZR announcement, I doubt they would announce a phone with ICS before announcing ICS... Also, the G-Nex is the developer phone, Moto won't have it released before the Google phone (yes, I know, Google now owns Moto, but they didn't when the RAZR was being developed...). Only Sammy will have had that code in advance.
 
The_Chief said:
Good morning, excited GNexers! :D

I guess I have a question/concern about this phone:

If I buy it at a subsidized price, say $299, and lock into a new 2-year agreement so Verizon can recoup the difference over time, I understand I'm paying full rate and why.

But if I buy it RETAIL - at full price - won't I still be paying the exact same monthly phone bill? If so, what's the point of shelling out the extra money, except to have the peace of mind knowing I can do what I want with the phone at will?

Seems to me that I should get a break on my line's cost, since they're not re-couping that cost anymore.
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It's just the way things "work" in the US. I wish it was the other way as well, but it is what it is. Given that the ETF is about the same (give or take) as the difference between the subsidized and retail price of the phone, and it goes down $10/mo, you can still break contract if you want and end up paying what you ideally would have if you had bought it retail. So, in this case, the ETF isn't the deterrent you make it out to be, if you're considering retail anyway.
 
The_Chief said:
But if I buy it RETAIL - at full price - won't I still be paying the exact same monthly phone bill? If so, what's the point of shelling out the extra money, except to have the peace of mind knowing I can do what I want with the phone at will?
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The idea is that, throughout your 2 year contract, you will eventually pay back whatever amount they subsidized on your phone.

However, if you buy a new phone, they're not making that money back.

Consider the scenario that I buy a subsidized GNex. Turns out it's got a crappy camera, so I then decide to buy a RAZR. If they sold me the RAZR for a subsidized price as well, now they've lost all the money they were hoping to make back from the GNex. Now, suppose the kevlar on the RAZR is giving my hand a rash, so I then decide to just get an X2. If they again sold me the X2 for the subsidized price, now they're down almost $1000, with only the hope of getting ~$400 back from my 2 year contract.
 
Travillion said:
Could be, but considered the Galaxy Nexus event is after the RAZR announcement, I doubt they would announce a phone with ICS before announcing ICS... Also, the G-Nex is the developer phone, Moto won't have it released before the Google phone (yes, I know, Google now owns Moto, but they didn't when the RAZR was being developed...). Only Sammy will have had that code in advance.
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That was my point actually. IF VZW and Moto were planning on announcing ICS it may have been fine under the initial circumstances where ICS would have been announced a week earlier. I could see how Google postponing the ICS reveal and scheduling it after the Moto event could have caused some frustration in the Moto/VZW camp.

Of course you are correct that Google would have had to let Moto have the ICS code in house prior to the release and I am not sure how likely that would have been. Just thinking out loud.
 
The_Chief said:
Good morning, excited GNexers! :D

I guess I have a question/concern about this phone:

If I buy it at a subsidized price, say $299, and lock into a new 2-year agreement so Verizon can recoup the difference over time, I understand I'm paying full rate and why.

But if I buy it RETAIL - at full price - won't I still be paying the exact same monthly phone bill? If so, what's the point of shelling out the extra money, except to have the peace of mind knowing I can do what I want with the phone at will?

Seems to me that I should get a break on my line's cost, since they're not re-couping that cost anymore.
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Good luck getting them to buy into that theory! :D

But to put it in contractual terms, what you signed up for the first time probably says something along the lines of "...at the end of said contract, said customer agrees to continue to pay original monthly rate until cancellation or change of service by customer..."
 
takamarou said:
The idea is that, throughout your 2 year contract, you will eventually pay back whatever amount they subsidized on your phone.

However, if you buy a new phone, they're not making that money back.
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Welcome to the forums and my point exactly!

If I pay full retail for the phone, my bill should go DOWN substantially because they're not subsidizing anything. If my bill doesn't drop, there's no reason to pay them TWICE for the phone by going the full retail route.
 
I am a little confused. TI posted last month that the 1.5ghz OMAP would not be available in volume until early next year. Is this supposed to be an overclocked 4460? I know that the 4430 gets very warm and drains the battery quicker when at a constant 1ghz. Seems an overclocked OMAP would get hot and drain the battery even quicker than the 1ghz does at stock.

Per TI, the OMAP chips are not simply overclocked versions of each other. There are different designs of the SoC to reduce heat with the CPU and GPU. I guess we will know tomorrow, but I call bunk on 1.5ghz unless some wild and crazy overclock option in settings that has some obvious disclaimer.
 
The_Chief said:
Welcome to the forums and my point exactly!

If I pay full retail for the phone, my bill should go DOWN substantially because they're not subsidizing anything. If my bill doesn't drop, there's no reason to pay them TWICE for the phone by going the full retail route.
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There has been some rumors that Verizon is going to roll out national pay as you go plans. In theory that would cost you less if you buy the phone at retail. Of course that depends on the price and services that those plans would offer.

Although, like insurance and medical costs, I believe if there were no subsidized plans the actual cost of the equipment would be less at retail.
 
The_Chief said:
If I pay full retail for the phone, my bill should go DOWN substantially because they're not subsidizing anything. If my bill doesn't drop, there's no reason to pay them TWICE for the phone by going the full retail route.
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You're looking at it the wrong way.

Signing a two-year contract is your payment for that subsidizing of the phone.

You aren't paying twice for the phone. You're either paying the full price, or paying the subsidized price PLUS locking yourself into a contract. Haven't you ever signed a contract or seen pricing for other businesses? Cable companies do this all the time - lock into a two year agreement and we'll <give you something/discount your bill/whatever>. That's because they're not really subsidizing it - you're paying for it by giving them a guaranteed revenue stream for two years, which is a LOT different from having a bunch of capricious customers who could walk away at any time.

Accounting and revenue numbers look MUCH better when you have guaranteed revenue. So they're willing to give up something for that. Conversely, paying full retail for a phone is the payoff for the ability to own your phone and walk at any time. You aren't paying twice - you're either paying once for the phone, or taking a discount but trading off your options.
 
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