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

[Namrak]

I REALLY hope its metal instead of plastic. Plastic would be terrible.

And was black man x being sarcastic on his last tweet? I couldn't tell. The first part sounds serious and the second part sounds sarcastic

 

[the7nd]

another pic taken with Nexus:

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kr-ax6XizfAHmq84Nh6MtA?full-exif=true

Colors look good!

I agree! I wish they weren't re-sized. I would love to see it in full resolution.

We gotta hunt this guy down now and get a hold of this thing. We know he is a Buccaneers fan...

 

[gilgehmesh]

Eight more days??? Will Andy Rubin and Samsung Unveil Ice Cream Sandwich on October 18 from Hong Kong? - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

Sounds good to me!

 

[HanSolo]

Indeed, looks like it's a solid camera.

Also, I just might've missed it, but where'd you glean that it would be plastic and not metal?

I asked on that chat page and they answered it. Don't know who answered it, but according to people here, it's gospel!

 

[TheRoosevelt]

While that's somewhat disappointing, I would rather have a 4.65 inch plastic phone that fits into my pocket than a metal brick which doesn't

Edit:

Eight more days??? Will Andy Rubin and Samsung Unveil Ice Cream Sandwich on October 18 from Hong Kong? - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

Ooooohh, the first rumor that actually seems believable. Except it coincides with the Moto event, doesn't it?

 

[gilgehmesh]

I asked on that chat page and they answered it. Don't know who answered it, but according to people here, it's gospel!

This wouldn't surprise me too much knowing Sammy's history. Hopefully it'll be good quality plastic.

 

[BlueBiker]

I would like to see a 100% crop of it? Please? View it @ 100% and crop a section out and post it for me? Say, just his head?

View this page and then click on the magnifying glass (near the top right) to bring up a Flash viewer of the whole photo.

EDIT: Photo's been removed. Oh well.

 

[ajdroidx]

Just getting ready to post that there was not much news today on engadget then seen this:

Samsung, Google's Ice Cream Sandwich / Nexus Prime event back on for the 19th? -- Engadget

EDIT:

Looks like a rehash from droid life posted a few post earlier here

 

[Mannequins]

I asked on that chat page and they answered it. Don't know who answered it, but according to people here, it's gospel!

idk people on irc are sometimes worse than 4chan. irc lost a LOT of credibility over the years.

 

[Greeninferno]

Why are they all calling it the galaxy nexus? i thought Andrew Glass leaked the name nexus prime?

i think everyone is referring to the EXIF information on the pictures which says "galaxy Nexus"

 

[Namrak]

idk people on irc are sometimes worse than 4chan. irc lost a LOT of credibility over the years.

So basically guys we have nothing again!

Edit: besides the name and possibly processor

 

[TheRoosevelt]

Looks like something IS "imminent" after all

 

[HanSolo]

idk people on irc are sometimes worse than 4chan. irc lost a LOT of credibility over the years.

You mean like me asking when the announcement will be made and you answering

 

[Grandmadroid]

I REALLY hope its metal instead of plastic. Plastic would be terrible.

And was black man x being sarcastic on his last tweet? I couldn't tell. The first part sounds serious and the second part sounds sarcastic

He's starting to get on my one-remaining nerve.

 

[metlcat]

While that's somewhat disappointing, I would rather have a 4.65 inch plastic phone that fits into my pocket than a metal brick which doesn't

Edit:


Ooooohh, the first rumor that actually seems believable. Except it coincides with the Moto event, doesn't it?

It could be that Samsung is looking to take the wind out of Moto's sails and Google is trying to prove it isn't going to favor Moto. I, of course, base this on nothing but my own thoughts.

 

[gilgehmesh]

The only thing about the new date is that it's not in the US (Hong Kong). I don't really care. Just announce it. It could be on Mars for all I care.

 

[HanSolo]

View this page and then click on the magnifying glass (near the top right) to bring up a Flash viewer of the whole photo.

Thanks. Zooming in, you can see how hairy and ape-like his hands are. Good enough for me!

 

[bouchigo]

hey man you come here often?...lol thx for the info now mosey on back to the DX forum

^^^kidding people lol

I think this is only my second time visiting this thread......lol

 

[iowabowtech]

There's a lot of dorks on IRC but usually it starts out with some knowledgeable users, then gets flooded with idiots. I got on there when it was just getting started and I trust much of the info that was posted early. I would bet my bottom dollar that they did in fact get this info from a test phone. The only question is...was it the final product? Makes sense that it probably would be since otherwise there's no real reason to test in the first place. They admitted "older" firmware but unlikely that the hardware is going to magically change unless they updated the phone's internals and left them out of the loop which once again doesn't make any sense other than an intentional deception campaign which is reaching bigtime.

 

[VTarantino]

aren't these essentially just the BGR specs?

Similar, but if we remember, vz_wired said there were four incorrect specs from BGR.
Comparing this new set of specs to BGR, we find the following differences:

1) TI OMAP4460 with dual-Cortex A9 cores clocked @ 1.5GHz (BGR claimed 1.2GHz)
2) 2MP Front facing camera (BGR claimed 1.3MP)
3) Rumored SAMOLED+ display (just because it's samsung, not actually confirmed) (BGR claimed regulard SAMOLED, not SAMOLED+)

Which would leave just one more difference. My guess would be the battery (BGR claimed 1,750mAh).

However, I'm a bit skeptical about the SAMOLED+ screen, which would then leave an additional difference...

 

[TheRoosevelt]

In case anyone cares, the photo's definitely legit, the guy who took it is a Google Product Manager, i.e. definitely an employee likely to be in a position to handle the device

Edit: Ugh, always late to the party.

 

[Mannequins]

You mean like me asking when the announcement will be made and you answering

 

[gilgehmesh]

It could be that Samsung is looking to take the wind out of Moto's sails and Google is trying to prove it isn't going to favor Moto. I, of course, base this on nothing but my own thoughts.

I hope this doesn't become like a love triangle. Sometime they end tragically.

 

[dmiller2007]

another pic taken with Nexus:

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kr-ax6XizfAHmq84Nh6MtA?full-exif=true

Colors look good!

It does look good.

that appears to have been taken at the best game of the day Sunday. I like the choice of testers.

 

[HanSolo]

Similar, but if we remember, vz_wired said there were four incorrect specs from BGR.
Comparing this new set of specs to BGR, we find the following differences:

1) TI OMAP4460 with dual-Cortex A9 cores clocked @ 1.5GHz (BGR claimed 1.2GHz)
2) 2MP Front facing camera (BGR claimed 1.3MP)
3) Rumored SAMOLED+ display (just because it's samsung, not actually confirmed) (BGR claimed regulard SAMOLED, not SAMOLED+)

Which would leave just one more difference. My guess would be the battery (BGR claimed 1,750mAh).

However, I'm a bit skeptical about the SAMOLED+ screen, which would then leave an additional difference...

Interesting. Either battery or the device's name....

hey! I said best guess. and then confirmed with a "no one really knows" either way still proves my point that you cant trust irc

lol