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The Nexus S was faster than my Atrix while tethered to the Atrix

Roze

Roze

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Went into the local Telus store (Canada) today and played with the Nexus S this morning. The store’s wifi was having problem, so I took my Atrix out, turned on wifi hotspot and tethered the Nexus S. I then decided to do a ‘browser test’ and open Google search for both of the phones and searched for ‘New York Times’. It took the Nexus S
 
Roze said:
Went into the local Telus store (Canada) today and played with the Nexus S this morning. The store’s wifi was having problem, so I took my Atrix out, turned on wifi hotspot and tethered the Nexus S. I then decided to do a ‘browser test’ and open Google search for both of the phones and searched for ‘New York Times’. It took the Nexus S ½ second to show the result while it took my Atrix 3 seconds -_-;; Boooo. I then select the link to NYT and...it took the Nexus S 2 seconds to load the page up while it took my Atrix 10 seconds...WTF BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *bang heads against the wall*. Scroll to a video and guess what…It took the Nexus S much faster to load the video so I was able to watch the video on the Nexus S while my Atrix was streaming. For the life of me, I don’t understand how was it that the Nexus S got better speed than the Atrix WHILE IT WAS USING THE ATRIX’S DATA!!! I wonder…how much more is GB optimized compared to Froyo…lol. That’s the only reasoning I can think of for the result!

Nexus S is much a nicer phone in person than on paper. Reminds me of how the Nexus One was (better looking irl than in photos). I did find the curved SAMOLED screen intriguing. Didn’t have much time to play with it before I had to jet to work.

I still can’t get over the browser test though. Thought I’d share this with you guys, and maybe get some lol over my abysmal Atrix result.

Cheers,
Roze
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That's very cool. I believe between the gingerbread optimizations and none if the bloat on the nexus it will always be faster. Pure unadulterated android
 
AndreaCristiano said:
That's very cool. I believe between the gingerbread optimizations and none if the bloat on the nexus it will always be faster. Pure unadulterated android
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Sad thing is...my Atrix is rooted and bloat free XD I didn't think much of GB until now. I always thought it was more of a 'pretty' OS update but I might reconsider that. If it's more than that...I want GB :(
 
Roze said:
Sad thing is...my Atrix is rooted and bloat free XD I didn't think much of GB until now. I always thought it was more of a 'pretty' OS update but I might reconsider that. If it's more than that...I want GB :(
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Sell that atrix and by the nexus. I am a true believer all the hardware on the world can't superceed software. The nexus will always be the best all around android
 
AndreaCristiano said:
Sell that atrix and by the nexus. I am a true believer all the hardware on the world can't superceed software. The nexus will always be the best all around android
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Can't, lol, the Atrix is a gift...and I'm in love with the fingerprint scanner. I'm going to say stupid Google for releasing the 850/1900Hertz model so late in the game...after 5 months after the 900/1700 Hertz Nexus S was released. :/
 
Roze said:
Can't, lol, the Atrix is a gift...and I'm in love with the fingerprint scanner. I'm going to say stupid Google for releasing the 850/1900Hertz model so late in the game...after 5 months after the 900/1700 Hertz Nexus S was released. :/
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yeah Roze, I finally saw the light 2 weeks ago and sold my Atrix 4g and bought the Nexus S for ATT, and I`m so much happier, the the whole dual core hype did not live up to its name, the hummingbird processor in the NS does hum, it hums like a mofo :D
 
2003vstrom said:
yeah Roze, I finally saw the light 2 weeks ago and sold my Atrix 4g and bought the Nexus S for ATT, and I`m so much happier, the the whole dual core hype did not live up to its name, the hummingbird processor in the NS does hum, it hums like a mofo :D
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Well this was my buying decision between the Atrix and Nexus S: whichever comes first to Canada. Motorola beat Google to it, which I got to say Kudos for them. I really do like the phone, for all its fault, lol. I went into this marriage knowing all the faults the Atrix has and am very happy that the only thing I have to complain is the OK battery life.
 
I think the real speed increase for the Atrix will come when they release 2.4 with dual-core support for it. The dual-core Atrix will fly then.
 
yeah after having the Droid x and the Atrix 4g I don`t think I will ever own another motorola I`m looking forward to the next generation of Nexus phones:)
 
2003vstrom said:
yeah after having the Droid x and the Atrix 4g I don`t think I will ever own another motorola I`m looking forward to the next generation of Nexus phones:)
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rubiconjp said:
I think the real speed increase for the Atrix will come when they release 2.4 with dual-core support for it. The dual-core Atrix will fly then.
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Yes, my thought exactly! I just need to see how well my patience will last! I hope it comes out june/july like how Froyo did...but I feel like it might come out Dec. There's really no point in Google releasing a dual core optimize OS when their flagship phone doesn't have dual core. And I don't think they'll release a dual core Nexus phone anytime soon...so I am fearing that 2.4 might be coming out in Dec with the Nexus 3 :/ I'm sure if the bootloader is not unlocked by then...'Helloooooooo Nexus 3' ;)
 
Roze said:
Yes, my thought exactly! I just need to see how well my patience will last! I hope it comes out june/july like how Froyo did...but I feel like it might come out Dec. There's really no point in Google releasing a dual core optimize OS when their flagship phone doesn't have dual core. And I don't think they'll release a dual core Nexus phone anytime soon...so I am fearing that 2.4 might be coming out in Dec with the Nexus 3 :/ I'm sure if the bootloader is not unlocked by then...'Helloooooooo Nexus 3' ;)
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Nexus 3 with tegra 3 coming December! !!
 
Roze said:
Yes, my thought exactly! I just need to see how well my patience will last! I hope it comes out june/july like how Froyo did...but I feel like it might come out Dec. There's really no point in Google releasing a dual core optimize OS when their flagship phone doesn't have dual core. And I don't think they'll release a dual core Nexus phone anytime soon...so I am fearing that 2.4 might be coming out in Dec with the Nexus 3 :/ I'm sure if the bootloader is not unlocked by then...'Helloooooooo Nexus 3' ;)
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As much as I was pissed at Samsung for being late with Froyo, and possibly with GB for their galaxy S, at least they are flash-friendly. Now I am hearing that HTC, like Moto, is becoming less flash-friendly too. HTC? That's really too bad.

Hopefully Google will add better camera/recording support for their Nexus line in the future. It's looking more and more like Nexus for me too.
 
The Nexus S is snappy however with optimized software I'm sure the Atrix will be great. The browser on the Xoom for example absolutely wipes the floor with the NS.
 
rubiconjp said:
Cool but hopefully the at&t version will be released at the same time... or maybe there won't be a t-mo version by then.. ;)
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I'd expect it to be pentaband (850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz). It could even potentially be compatible with both AT&T and Verizon's LTE networks at the same time (Verizon's LTE uses SIM technology). Considering AT&T will be nowhere near rolling out their 1700 MHz LTE network until mid to late 2012, I doubt this will happen.


On the original post, I'd expect the Atrix probably gives network preference to tethered devices, hence the much slower speed.
 
rubiconjp said:
I hope so. I think I will wait for the Nexus 3 when all said and done. May buy a used Nexus S in the meantime or just hang onto my Captivate and flash GB ROM on it, when available.
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Believe me I just got the Nexus S 2 days ago after having my Captivate. Software is always more important than hardware. There is really a drastic difference between the 2 phones. Was debating about buying galaxy S2 after trying a Nexus phone I will pick a stock Google phone any-day from now on. You can actually enjoy your phone.
 
Trekk said:
Believe me I just got the Nexus S 2 days ago after having my Captivate. Software is always more important than hardware. There is really a drastic difference between the 2 phones. Was debating about buying galaxy S2 after trying a Nexus phone I will pick a stock Google phone any-day from now on. You can actually enjoy your phone.
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Exactly without all the excess garbage and sluggishness
 
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