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Buy Galaxy Nexus now or wait for new Nexus phone?

mightymoose02

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Oct 13, 2011
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I am currently using a Galaxy Note on AT&T but after watching some reviews and hands-on videos of Android Jelly Bean OS, I am really impressed. Most of the feedback has generally been very positive. Personally, I like the Google Now feature and the improvements they made for the widgets. I also saw that the Voice Search is equal to Siri if not better (according to some videos). Of course, the constant updates from Google to these Nexus phones is a huge plus.

As for the hardware, is it a good choice to buy the Galaxy Nexus from the Google Play Store NOW ...or wait maybe 6 months for the Galaxy Nexus 2 to be released with Android 5.0? Is Jelly Bean that awesome that it's worth it to pull the trigger with the new low price?

Do you guys think that the specs for the new Galaxy Nexus phone will be similar to the Galaxy S3?

Thanks for any tips. :)
 
I'm only hesitant because it has no SD card slot. I wonder what the warranty is.

http://www.amazon.com/Aftermarket-Product-Mobile-Reader-Samsung/dp/B007H5O6SS/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Satellite-Wireless-External-STBF500101/dp/B004Z0S7K6

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Wi-Drive-External-WID-16GBZ/dp/B00576APBQ/ref=pd_cp_e_1

Those will fix your problem. Than you can also share the the data across devices.

Personally, I like my Galaxy Nexus, and the lack of SD card doesn't bother me. However, if you feel you would prefer a quad core+ device. Than you could wait, or buy a Nexus 7.
 
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Personally, I like my Galaxy Nexus, and the lack of SD card doesn't bother me. However, if you feel you would prefer a quad core+ device. Than you could wait, or buy a Nexus 7.

Yeah lack of SD card doesn't matter to me. I am not planning on putting loads of data on my phone anyway. 8-16 GB is plenty for me. I believe my Galaxy Note is 8 GB.

So you mentioned QUAD CORE. Does it actually make a huge difference between a dual care phone? It seems like a lot of the lag and smoothness is mostly based on the UI. For example, I've read that Google's Project Butter has made everything smoother. What that tells me is that it's more of a software issue than a hardware issue in terms of speed and smoothness of the phone?
 
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