Samsung Galaxy Nexus coming soon - could this be the phone of 2011?
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Callum91
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It's called the Galaxy Nexus.
The manufacturers always fuck about with it and add bloatware to their roms. The "spotty geeks" usually make custom roms as clean and close to the source as possible, only with all the bug fixes that the manufacturers sit around scratching their arses and take months to push out to the user.
cliche guevara
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The processor is great, particularly considering it's under clocked and will comfortably run at 1.5ghz once custom kernels are released. The GPU, however, leaves much to be desired. It's an SGX540, the same as in the Nexus S, and a long way behind the iPhone 5. Obviously this only really matters for high end gaming, but it still seems a weird decision and is likely to leave Android lagging behind in this area for some time to come.
skyscraper101
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How come this doesn't have a micro SD card slot? Thats a bit rubbish 
Callum91
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They're trying to ''persuade'' people to use cloud based storage, I assume.How come this doesn't have a micro SD card slot? Thats a bit rubbish
Onket
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skyscraper101
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Great idea, until you want to stuff a bunch of movies and music on your phone for watching on trains and planes and various other places where you've got no 3G or wifi.
skyscraper101
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One thing I'm also a bit confused about. Is this phone intended to be a successor to the Galaxy SII, or a rival, or just another model built by samsung specialising in different requirements?
The fact it doesn't take a micro SD is a negative when weighing up against the S2, but is it intended to be competitive against it? Given their both made by samsung I'm confused.
The fact it doesn't take a micro SD is a negative when weighing up against the S2, but is it intended to be competitive against it? Given their both made by samsung I'm confused.
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The latter. I think the S2 is still a better all round phone.
Chz
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It's meant to be a "target" platform. What Google thinks all high-end Droids should have as a minimum spec going forward from here. Which is why it's 95% the same as the other current high-end ones, but Goog is now pushing the screen res up. The only cutting-edge Google phone was the Nexus One, and I don't believe they even want to have the most cutting-edge phone out there these days. Don't want to undercut their partners.
cybershot
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The 'Nexus' range of phone's are Android 'vanilla' phones. In other words you get plain simple Android on it, no tweaks from the maker or the operator. Originally intended for developers.
I really want to know when that's coming, I get an upgrade on my contract in 19th December, but if the s3's coming befor febuary I'm waiting
also, no micrsd slot? on your bike sunshine
cliche guevara
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The phone doesn't have Gorilla Glass, like Samsung's other offerings, but apparently uses another brand of composite glass.
Callum91
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I imagine the S3 will be out mid 2012.
cliche guevara
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I'm torn, because this will likely be £500 at launch, and I need a new phone within the next few weeks. The SGSII can be picked up for £390 now, but if a SGSIII comes out in six months I'll want to sell and upgrade to that, but the second hand II will probably only be worth about £175 by then, and I'll be £300 out of pocket.
This is why I never end up buying new tech, something better will be along any minute!
This is why I never end up buying new tech, something better will be along any minute!
cliche guevara
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I tried to pick one up today. It was supposed to be on sale at Phones4U and O2. My local branch of Phones4U refused to sell me one sim free or on PAYG, telling me they are only allowed to sell it on contract for the first six weeks. This is clearly bollocks as loads of people have got them sim free or on PAYG from P4U, and they even had a sim free price displayed. Fuck them. So I went to O2, and the girl I spoke to told me they had it, and went and fetched a Nexus S. I told her that it was a year old, and I was after the new Galaxy Nexus. She had no clue what I was talking about, and when I told her they were advertising the phone as available from today on their website she told me that new phones don't get sold in stores for a few weeks because they have to be tested. Wtf?
The moral of today - people that work in mobile phone stores are clueless idiots.
The moral of today - people that work in mobile phone stores are clueless idiots.
skyscraper101
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We all knew that though, right?
cliche guevara
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My little brother being a prime example 
UnderOpenSky
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Cloud storage is shit until we have much faster mobile broadband.
Elvis Parsley
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my contract runs out next week but i'm more drawn to the S2 than the Nexus. Prefer the look of the Nexus but the increased price tag doesn't make it feel worth it.
skyscraper101
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I prefer the look of the S2 to be honest. Flatter, thinner etc. When it gets ICS it will be even more ace. Facial recognition unlock is probably the most useful thing to have. I hate having to tap in a code, or draw a pattern to unlock the phone every time. Unlocking the phone without touching the screen is a massive improvement.
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