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

[HanSolo]

havent see anything else like this posted.... this guy put up a short hands on review of the nexus, but hes russian so i cant understand anything hes saying but it does show off some terrific viewing angles. shortly after he put up that hands on, he uploaded this video simply titled video01 that i believe was taken with the nexus as an example. looks good imo

video01 - YouTube

Can you link to his review showing off the terrific viewing angles?

 

[zx10droid]

RAZR will get ICS probably next February, which isn't too far off, but it won't be pure ICS. It'll be Blurred up the wazoo, and with a locked bootloader, you'll never be able to have pure ICS on it. That, to me, is the clincher right there.

by the time razr gets ics 4.0.1 or whatever it ships with, nexus will likely already be on 4.0.2 or 3

 

[Medion]

CBS, NBC, CW tend to broadcast in 1080i (not always), Fox and ABC are in 720p, and Blu-ray is 1080p at 24 fps, and cable/sat channels can do all three as well (and also 480i).

As implementations of the ATSC standard varies, I would expect that the Gnex will record in 480p as well as in 720p or 1080p in order to match up with the wide variety of sets out there and owner recording preferences.

Just an FYI, they don't broadcast 1080p yet due to bandwidth constraints. However, if you have ethernet or wireless hooked up, you can get VOD @1080p, but it's horribly compressed, moreso than their normal channels.

I mean, err, make a mistake like that again and I WILL hump your leg.

 

[gapi]

I guess if you want to hound CK you will have to go to the RAZR forum. I peeked over HanSolo's shoulder at him over there.

I would have never guessed he would be swayed by cosmetics over specs.

I cannot get over the non-replaceable battery and to me the RAZR is not pretty.

Personally, I just want to see all screen when looking at a phone.

 

[zx10droid]

Can you link to his review showing off the terrific viewing angles?

could just go to his account, but for the youtube challened, here it is its mostly just the first ~45sec, and although it doesnt seem intentional, i think it shows them pretty well

Galaxy Nexus hands-on.mp4 - YouTube

 

[th0r615]

Am I the only person on Earth that thinks the Razr is the most lackluster phone announced in a long time?

Its a Bionic in a smaller case. NFC? Nope. HD screen? Nope. Stock Android? Nope. Fastboot oem unlock? nope.

 

[TheRoosevelt]

Has anybody else been seeing the Galaxy Nexus ads that are popping up all over the interwebs? Brings a smile to my face everytime It's coming gents and ladies...

PS: Man "Galaxy Nexus" does not roll off the tongue at all...frankly it is an abuse of the English language to pair these two words together. I guess it will help it sell to the simpletons, who know the Galaxy brand well, and the techies, who love the Nexus and what it stands for.

I've seen them too, and I click on them every time

Also this may be a bit slow of me, but I just figured out why Galaxy Nexus doesn't roll of the tongue at all. There's too many x's in the name
Seriously, words with x's in them are hard to say in quick succession!

 

[nexusprimepls]

Agreed. I like the .mkv container myself, and those are huge. I'm really hoping for 32 Gigs.

Does anyone know whether the 1080p on the video recording is the only setting, or can you downgrade it to 720p?

I'm not sure why they decided to go for the max resolution, since I believe most TV owners have 720p instead of the higher res, although I could be wrong (I'm basing my assumption on the fact that tv shows in HD are at 720p, and that played a huge role in my decision to go with that resolution).

I don't know for sure about the resolution being able to be scaled back or not, but I know that my tv shows HD channels @ 720, but blu ray and dvd @1080. So I think that HD is broadcast in 720 to save bandwidth or along those lines, even though the tv has the capability of the higher resolution.

I also seriously doubt the human eye can differentiate between 720/1080 on a 4.65 inch screen. I hope it is an option though, because I am fine with the way 720 shows up on my screen unless I am watching a Hollywood Blockbuster, and I doubt I'll be making any of those with my SGN

 

[HanSolo]

could just go to his account, but for the youtube challened, here it is

Galaxy Nexus hands-on.mp4 - YouTube

That first part, with it introducing him, is pure SNL skit. lol

 

[mangopositive]

The razr does look nice but the thing making me lean towards the nexus is updates straight from google and not having to wait months after the update is out. If the razr got updates close to when the nexus did I may consider it but until then i will stick with nexus.

That is a huge consideration, but my theory would be that by December, Motorola will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Google.

 

[BabyBlues]

Good Morning All! So who's taking off work on 11/10? (Holding my hand high in the air)

I am lucky enough to have a boss that understands when I get a new phone almost no work gets done for at least 2 days. So I don't need a day off for it.

The razr does look nice but the thing making me lean towards the nexus is updates straight from google and not having to wait months after the update is out. If the razr got updates close to when the nexus did I may consider it but until then i will stick with nexus.

And razr will have motorola and verizon bloat added. Same as the vigor. I've never kept a vanilla rom on my phone for long but I'm thinking ICS is going to be my foray into vanilla territory

Has anybody else been seeing the Galaxy Nexus ads that are popping up all over the interwebs? Brings a smile to my face everytime It's coming gents and ladies...

PS: Man "Galaxy Nexus" does not roll off the tongue at all...frankly it is an abuse of the English language to pair these two words together. I guess it will help it sell to the simpletons, who know the Galaxy brand well, and the techies, who love the Nexus and what it stands for.

I love the ads popping up! My panties do a little twist and shout each one I see.


Please don't hang me for this question ..... What's the Nexus stand for?

 

[gapi]

Can you link to his review showing off the terrific viewing angles?

I hope that was with the GN. The absence of motion distortion looked nice as he panned.

 

[nexusprimepls]

CBS, NBC, CW tend to broadcast in 1080i (not always), Fox and ABC are in 720p, and Blu-ray is 1080p at 24 fps, and cable/sat channels can do all three as well (and also 480i).

As implementations of the ATSC standard varies, I would expect that the Gnex will record in 480p as well as in 720p or 1080p in order to match up with the wide variety of sets out there and owner recording preferences.

That's a much better answer than I had, lol.

 

[TheRoosevelt]

could just go to his account, but for the youtube challened, here it is its mostly just the first ~45sec, and although it doesnt seem intentional, i think it shows them pretty well

Galaxy Nexus hands-on.mp4 - YouTube

Is it just me or does his phone have the old (solid) softkeys instead of the new (outline) ones?

 

[bcltoys]

But nature I'm a pessimistic person, I hope this work's out for everybody would be a nice change with all the crap that is going on around world. Not that I'm saying this will save world.

 

[jasaero]

Except Glocks are almost all plastic.

That's true. He mentioned other brands though also and a gun ends up being a lot of metal even if there is a lotta plastic to lighten it. Should go find the post. The RAZR has carbon/kevlar also. It really is a much more premium built phone. Not sure it's fair to say it's built BETTER without messing with both, but definitely more premium materials.

 

[HanSolo]

. . .
I love the ads popping up! My panties do a little twist and shout each one I see.
Please don't hang me for this question ..... What's the Nexus stand for?

I always thought it was their "Star Trek" answer to the Droid's "Star Wars" theme. . .could be wrong though.

 

[kcs7272]

yayyy we hit 15k!

Unbelievable! I actually got it!

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[gapi]

That's true. He mentioned other brands though also and a gun ends up being a lot of metal even if there is a lotta plastic to lighten it. Should go find the post. The RAZR has carbon/kevlar also. It really is a much more premium built phone. Not sure it's fair to say it's built BETTER without messing with both, but definitely more premium materials.

I would expect Moto to have a strong build excluding the OG battery door and some of the sliders going sloppy lose.

 

[Kaddoble]

I love the ads popping up! My panties do a little twist and shout each one I see.


Please don't hang me for this question ..... What's the Nexus stand for?

I would love to hang you from those panties, but I won't.... to the guillotine instead for you young sir.

No, seriously, it stands for an android experience as Google intended it (without skins or bloat) and quick updates to future versions of the OS (Jellybean--->Kit Kat--->Lemon squares, etc).

 

[BabyBlues]

I would love to hang you from those panties, but I won't.... to the guillotine instead for you young sir.

No, seriously, it stands for an android experience as Google intended it (without skins or bloat) and quick updates to future versions of the OS (Jellybean--->Kit Kat--->Lemon squares, etc).

I am not a sir.

But thanks for the explanation.

 

[Trent Reznor]

Show me. Here's the link to P3Droid's pic;

You dont get all 16 gb of storage

Interesting... looking at that back of the phone in the other picture it has more of a "wood grain" look vs the textured look on the Gnex press release photos.

I like it... really hope thats the look of the VZW version.

 

[EarlyMon]

Just an FYI, they don't broadcast 1080p yet due to bandwidth constraints. However, if you have ethernet or wireless hooked up, you can get VOD @1080p, but it's horribly compressed, moreso than their normal channels.

I mean, err, make a mistake like that again and I WILL hump your leg.

It's true that DirecTV will provide 1080p thru VOD via the internet. It's also true that they broadcast a limited set of PPV at 1080p via the satellite downlink - I watch them sometimes. Sometimes they're ok, sometimes they skip frames - but that's a matter for a different forum.

The ATSC standard allows for 1080p broadcast (OTA), but I suspect that the reason they don't is more a matter of economics, from program supply thru transmitter upgrades thru consumer demand.

Checking... yep, my leg's pretty safe here.

 

[HanSolo]

I would love to hang you from those panties, but I won't.... to the guillotine instead for you young sir.

If you live in a world where "young sir"s can be hanged by their panties, I'm worried.

Interesting... looking at that back of the phone in the other picture it has more of a "wood grain" look vs the textured look on the Gnex press release photos.

I like it... really hope thats the look of the VZW version.

Personally I don't like it. I love the hyperskin look, and the Windsock's nexus looks bloated. The three connector dots are way down against the edge, whereas the one unveiled in HK has them straight smack in the middle.

 

[gapi]

I am not a sir.

But thanks for the explanation.

OK! When girls come in here talking about their panties, I'm sold on what ever phone it has to do with.