Samsung Galaxy Nexus coming soon - could this be the phone of 2011?

[skyscraper101]

Bond has been posted, and Samsung has had to stop selling the Nexus in the US... for now.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18705285

 

[editor]

What a triumph for Apple!

 

[skyscraper101]

The irony is, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the best phone for the US is you travel a lot. It's one of the few phones which doesn't carry different specs for different parts of the world.

As I'm constantly travelling between the US and the UK I need sim cards for both places - not so much for calls, but for data. The only way to feasibly do this without breaking the bank is to use a Galaxy Nexus with a GiffGaff £10/month goodybag in the UK and a T-Mobile 30$/month sim only plan in the US which gives you virtually unlimited data at 5GB/month, unlimited txts and 100mins calls (there isn't a better plan out there for data at this price).

The only phone which makes it possible to use both O2's UK HSDPA frequency and T-Mobile's 4G (1700Mhz/2100Mhz) frequency is the Galaxy Nexus. The S2, S3, and the Note are all regionalised not to work in both places on 4G - and the iPhone makes life a pain in the hole because you need to make a micro-SIM which then makes it impossible to swap phones around (I put the T-Mobile Sim in a Orange San Francisco when in the UK and vice versa.

Another lame victory for Apple which serves to help nobody. I'm glad I never bought into iOS. I love my ipod classic and macbook, but the iPhone and iPad do nothing for me.

 

[skyscraper101]

Google voice search pwning Siri on the Nexus

 

[editor]

Apple's shitty ban got lifted.

Samsung scored a victory against its technology rival Apple this week as a judge ruled that its Nexus smartphone could go on sale in the U.S.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2170805/Blow-Apple-US-lifts-Samsung-Galaxy-Nexus-ban-STILL-sign-iPhone-5.html

 

[skyscraper101]

Blimey the American courts don't hang about do they. I note Apple's claim against the Galaxy tab got thrown out in the UK too after the judge said it was obviously "not as cool" as the iPad. A complimentary bitch slap if ever there was one.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/09/uk-judge-says-galaxy-tab-not-as-cool-as-ipad-awards-samsung-w/

 

[editor]

Blimey the American courts don't hang about do they. I note Apple's claim against the Galaxy tab got thrown out in the UK too after the judge said it was obviously "not as cool" as the iPad. A complimentary bitch slap if ever there was one.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/09/uk-judge-says-galaxy-tab-not-as-cool-as-ipad-awards-samsung-w/

I bet Samsung are really *smarting* from that. Not.

 

[Redeyes]

Android 4.1 Jellybean is about to roll out to the Nexus HSPA+ handsets

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/18795711

 

[skyscraper101]

Having seen the previews I can't wait. I really like Siri on the iPhone, and Google Voice Search looks even better.

*looks at phone impatiently*

 

[skyscraper101]

My Nexus has finally upgraded to Jellybean.

I've already asked Google Voice search loads of things to test it out. So far, so good. The notifications are more pleasing to the eye, Google Now I haven't tried much yet but I'm sure it will come in useful at some point. The interaction is a lot more smooth. Overall, a nice improvement.

 

[Redeyes]

Just this minute got the Jellybean upgrade too.

 

[skyscraper101]

Bollocks. Viber doesn't work on 4.1(yet)

Aggggh..... the app I probably use the most too.

 

[elbows]

Finally got my Jellybean upgrade last night. Been too tired to investigate it fully but the UI smoothness now more than meets my expectations

 

[Redeyes]

Just got the 4.2 update. Loving the photosphere feature added to the camera! Swype style keyboard too!

 

[skyscraper101]

Photoshere is nuts I agree. I took some cool pics the other day. Will post up soon.

 

[elbows]

I'm getting random reboots multiple times per day since updating to 4.2. Apparently its a known issue.

Thats it, I'm done with android, I gave it a shot for a year but I cant be doing with this bollocks and I still hate the overall app quality compared to iOS apps. I'm sure there are millions of other users who are happy with it so I'm not going to turn into an anti-android crusader, its simply a personal decision. Unfortunately I have no idea when I may be able to afford to get a non-android phone.

 

[elbows]

Here is an article about reboots along with some possible ways to mitigate the problem whilst waiting for a proper google fix. I've not tried any of them yet.

http://www.androidauthority.com/android-4-2-random-reboots-getting-google-fix-soon-136835/

 

[skyscraper101]

My handset has slowed down something chronic lately. So much for the 'butter' like interface of Android 4.1. My wife's older S2 seems well zippy in comparison.

@elbows how is yours performing?

 

[elbows]

Sorry only just noticed the question. Mine seems to be fine, though I only really use it as a phone, alarm clock & mp3 player at the moment. Certainly no UI smoothness issues, and I sorted out the reboot problem via an update to HD widgets.