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

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So we have lots of OG Droid, Droid X and Droid Incredible owners looking to upgrade.

Who else has something different they are looking to upgrade from?
 
crt134 said:
If it gets passed the 8th I think that would have to be caused by some kind of problem. Anything much later than that and they will be missing the christmas shopping binge and that would make no sense
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Anything much later, and I may have to re-evaluate how much I want this phone. I'm patient, but my patience does have an expiration date.
 
nj02vette said:
Which is why I'm quite surprised by the Rezound, with it's smaller battery getting favorable battery life reviews. And this from an HTC product, which historically (out of the box) have never had great battery life.

Must be the LTE radio causing the difference. Can't think of any other thing.
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I think that anyone in a fringe reception area, that might bang on a particular model's weakness to hold a signal under those conditions, may easily find they've got a battery eater on their hands.

Without full info on what the radios were doing, I'm unable to determine if this sort of report is a model issue or a mismatch for that user's reception environment. I strongly suspect the latter, but that's nothing more than what seems to me to be a reasonable guess without all the facts.

So many factors. :confused:

PS - Why be surprised at the Rezound? I reported my battery life on my newer 2 core HTC.
Trust the EarlyMon. :D :D :D Srsly - couldn't resist - I kill me. :)
 
So guys i was pretty much on the edge for getting the rezound.

Then i had a talk with my mom about the nexus getting pushed into December, she said " didnt you say the nexus was the best phone on the market dont settle just to get something new " she saved me now im patiently waiting.
 
jkc120 said:
Just how bad is the battery life? It has a comparably battery (1780 vs. 1850), but what would contribute to it having worse battery than the Gnex? The screen? Moto bloat? I'm worried the Gnex will have just as bad of battery life as the Razr on 4G/LTE. That seems to be par for the course with LTE.
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Many report that RAZR overheats like a toaster, which may be the result of bad circuitry and its inefficiency. Motorola really tried to pack up a lot of stuff in that 7mm of thinness, and I suspect they had enough room to properly design the internals. I may be wrong, but I'm just throwing this out there.
 
abraham420 said:
So as the release date slips further into the future, is there any consideration for just waiting for the next round of Verizon ICS phones?

What is the next big phone on the horizon?
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Yep. The next one on ATT because I'll be done with Verizon.
 
BlueBiker said:
We don't know for sure if the nominally 1.5GHz-capable 4460 is clocked down to 1.2GHz on Nexus solely due to battery or whether there were yield and reliability issues.



Good points. I think a recent examination showed Nexus was often running under 400MHz when the phone wasn't working too hard, so raising the upper limit would have minimal effect on battery life for such usage. But then, who cares if your Ferrari can hit 180mph or 200mph if you're only driving it 65mph?



Doesn't work that way. Your Thunderbolt was an A8-based Qualcomm Snapdragon, while Nexus is an A9-based TI OMAP4. I suspect that many Nexus' will run fine at 2GHz, but we won't know until someone tries.
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Yes, the processor runs at basically 4 different speed points. Probably 400, 600, 1000, and 1200MHz, or something similar. For most operations, the phone will run at the lower bound to save battery. It can be sped up as processing power dictates, to the maximum level. When overclocking, you can run at different setpoints, including a lower idle and higher max. So battery life would only be really affected for heavy useage scenerios.
 
dawnierae said:
Anything much later, and I may have to re-evaluate how much I want this phone. I'm patient, but my patience does have an expiration date.
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I can't see it coming to that unless samsung screwed up and built the phones wrong. Verizon wants to make money and they won't miss the holiday window barring a big problem
 
EarlyMon said:
I think that anyone in a fringe reception area, that might bang on a particular model's weakness to hold a signal under those conditions, may easily find they've got a battery eater on their hands.

Without full info on what the radios were doing, I'm unable to determine if this sort of report is a model issue or a mismatch for that user's reception environment. I strongly suspect the latter, but that's nothing more than what seems to me to be a reasonable guess without all the facts.

So many factors. :confused:

PS - Why be surprised at the Rezound? I reported my battery life on my newer 2 core HTC.
Trust the EarlyMon. :D :D :D Srsly - couldn't resist - I kill me. :)
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Ha, don't make me dig up the post where you were surprised by an HTC device on Verizon getting good battery out of the box without rooting and tweaking. ;)

And I do trust you. :p
 
nj02vette said:
So we have lots of OG Droid, Droid X and Droid Incredible owners looking to upgrade.

Who else has something different they are looking to upgrade from?
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I had a Thunderbolt but sold it on Swappa about a week ago in anticipation of getting the SGN soon. Looks like I'm gonna have to deal with my sister's old OG Droid for a little longer :/

Speaking of which, if your whole family is on smartphones it's always a good idea to keep a spare in case you run into a situation like this :P
 
crt134 said:
I can't see it coming to that unless samsung screwed up and built the phones wrong. Verizon wants to make money and they won't miss the holiday window barring a big problem
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I'm not quite to the point where I believe it will be delayed too far into December...but if it is, I'm going to consider looking at other options.
 
EarlyMon said:
I think that anyone in a fringe reception area, that might bang on a particular model's weakness to hold a signal under those conditions, may easily find they've got a battery eater on their hands.

Without full info on what the radios were doing, I'm unable to determine if this sort of report is a model issue or a mismatch for that user's reception environment. I strongly suspect the latter, but that's nothing more than what seems to me to be a reasonable guess without all the facts.

So many factors. :confused:

PS - Why be surprised at the Rezound? I reported my battery life on my newer 2 core HTC.
Trust the EarlyMon. :D :D :D Srsly - couldn't resist - I kill me. :)
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I had horrible battery life on my T-bolt in MN while there last week, maybe even half as good as when I am at home. My signal was much poorer too. So my experience was location can matter a LOT.
 
BLD said:
Yep. The next one on ATT because I'll be done with Verizon.
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I'd prefer a delayed phone that works, as opposed to having a phone that can't keep a call.

But that's just me. :D

Seriously though, too many people I know have issues with AT&T, so not going down that route at all. Sprint right now would be my #2 carrier choice.
 
I finally caved today and rented a Rezound. I am not the kind of person that normally desires to create an unneeded refurb, but I have my limits. I have been on an extremely beat up LG Dare for a month now waiting on the Nexus to come out. Its nearly impossible to text my friends, and the battery life was hideous. I picked up a Rezound this evening and so far I like it a lot. Its not what I want, but it is a million times better than what I was using. My question is did we ever confirm that the phone can be returned up until January? I remember that someone thought that maybe that policy is only for inactivated phones, so I wanted to check and make sure I'm in the clear. Also, in the unlikely event that the Nexus isn't released until after the return period has ended, can I return the Rezound and just get my upgrade eligibility back without getting a different phone?
 
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