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What's Your Favorite Thing About The Nexus S 4G?

FocusFreak said:
How much storage do you need? I have about 800 songs on my Evo, takes up like 1.5GB. I think people who watch movies on tiny cell phones with bad sound are absurd, but thats just me.
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Who said anything about movies? As posted above, I listen to music. Music takes up space, and a streaming solution isn't a reliable solutions.

By the way, 800 songs @ 1.5GB must be at a super low bitrate, far less than CD quality. Should be around 5-6 GB for 800 tracks at (approx.) 256 kbps, the lowest bitrate I'd ever encode music at.

Lastly - people who watch movies on cell phones are absurd? Or it's absurd to watch a movie on a cell phone? Huge difference, mate.
 
Mongoos150 said:
Bottom line, it's absurd that Samsung omitted a MicroSD slot from the Nexus S.
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If Google wanted the Nexus S to have a MicroSD slot they would have required it. I don't think this is a Samsung issue.

Samsung is just the Manufacturer in the same way Foxconn and Pegatron/Asus make the iPhone
 
Godfather13 said:
I disagree. Thats like saying no one will buy the 60 or 80gb PS3 instead of the 120 or 320gb version. Or that no one will buy a 60hz HDTV over the 120 or 240hz versions. I can tell you, plenty of people have bought the lower end stuff. There will always be someone who likes the phone and doesnt plan to put music on it, so its perfect for them. Then there are those who want all the storage possible. They would sell both easily.

But thats neither here nor there, the phone doesnt offer it so no reason debating on "what ifs".
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You're bringing price point into it. Of course there would be people who would opt for the cheaper device.
 
I'm pretty sure one of the reasons for the memory deal is that Google planned to have their music stream service going by now. Remember Google likes you to use web services as opposed to onboard memory. Docs, chrome, calendar, contacts, everything. You don't need all that storage because the idea is to stay connected. As for me that's a plus. Amazon cloud player is the best damn thing to happen to me. Now I'm unrestricted by my phone under any circumstance.

On topic. The best thing for me is pure Google with updates. That's what I care about and have never had. I was so pissed when they ditched plans for nexus one and then didn't get this. So i ordered mine today and will not look back. I knowbi can be okay with this one for 2 years. Unlike the evo that I had to wait for someone else to update and root to get it when it was done.
 
Back on topic here...My favorite things so far are the keyboard, battery life and the way it looks like an old TV shutting off when you hit the power button. This keyboard is so good and accurate, I dont even feel the need to download Swype as I did with my Evo. The battery craps all over the Evo as well. When I plugged in my Nexus after 7 1/2 hours, I was still at 51%. My Evo would have been about dead, probably 20% and thats with an extended 1750MAH battery in it. I have a 1750 on the way for the Nexus, we'll see how it works!
 
FocusFreak said:
Back on topic here...My favorite things so far are the keyboard, battery life and the way it looks like an old TV shutting off when you hit the power button. This keyboard is so good and accurate, I dont even feel the need to download Swype as I did with my Evo. The battery craps all over the Evo as well. When I plugged in my Nexus after 7 1/2 hours, I was still at 51%. My Evo would have been about dead, probably 20% and thats with an extended 1750MAH battery in it. I have a 1750 on the way for the Nexus, we'll see how it works!
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My favorite thing is also the keyboard, the off screen animation, awesome battery life (9hrs and still have 85%) left, gtalk w/ video, super smooth gb.... etc.... I'm truly loving my EVO.....
 
D_Droid said:
Yes...... I got confused.... Everything Focus Freak was describing met my EVOS description... ;)
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Why are you posting in the Nexus forum in a thread about favorite things on the Nexus when you dont even own one? Mad you dont have a new phone?

I had an Evo for a year and with an 1800MAH extended battery. The only way in hell you will see 85% battery after 9 hours is with the phone shut off for 8 of those hours.
 
FocusFreak said:
Back on topic here...My favorite things so far are the keyboard, battery life and the way it looks like an old TV shutting off when you hit the power button. This keyboard is so good and accurate, I dont even feel the need to download Swype as I did with my Evo. The battery craps all over the Evo as well. When I plugged in my Nexus after 7 1/2 hours, I was still at 51%. My Evo would have been about dead, probably 20% and thats with an extended 1750MAH battery in it. I have a 1750 on the way for the Nexus, we'll see how it works!
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Point.

D_Droid said:
My favorite thing is also the keyboard, the off screen animation, awesome battery life (9hrs and still have 85%) left, gtalk w/ video, super smooth gb.... etc.... I'm truly loving my EVO.....
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Counterpoint.

FocusFreak said:
Why are you posting in the Nexus forum in a thread about favorite things on the Nexus when you dont even own one? Mad you dont have a new phone?
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Or because you brought it up and he's responding.

I had an Evo for a year and with an 1800MAH extended battery. The only way in hell you will see 85% battery after 9 hours is with the phone shut off for 8 of those hours.
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And now you're asking for the argument to continue.

Move along - this is not the Evo vs. Nexus thread.

If Nexus owners want to say why they like their Nexus over their old phone, that's their business, no need to argue.
 
With so many gingerbread devices planned Google should be announcing ice cream soon which is sure to send many new buyers looking for Nexus phones.
 
NOMster said:
Remember Google likes you to use web services as opposed to onboard memory. Docs, chrome, calendar, contacts, everything. You don't need all that storage because the idea is to stay connected. As for me that's a plus.
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It's a great idea, and works well in many cases, but it presents two issues. One, more battery is being used to stream things that could be held locally (like music playback). Two, if you're like me and work in isolated areas without constant wireless coverage (or live in Los Angeles with hilly terrain), a streaming solution isn't always feasible. Pandora cuts out constantly while driving in LA, for example.

Moving to wireless solutions makes sense. Restricting the option to use local storage (not putting an SD card slot in the phone) doesn't.
 
After a few days of use, so far my favorite feature is the speed and responsiveness.

It's the only android phone that feels like it comes close to having the level of responsiveness as iOS, WP7 and WebOS.

The user is experience is very good for android, which 99.99% of the time feels kinda laggy and sluggish on all phones irrespective of manufacturer and carrier. Not true for the Nexus S.
 
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