What would it take to get you to upgrade to the new Nexus?

SandersJC64 · Sep 12, 2012

brandonhutch said:
Ewww ...

... I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

If the next Nexus was a can and string, with Motorola radios, I would buy the hell out of it.

Duncs · Sep 13, 2012

All i would need for a new nexus is a release date, dont care who makes it or whats in it as i think it will be good regardless

GandalfTehGray · Sep 13, 2012

Trooper said:
When its made by Motorola.

I like how almost all the likes are former Dx'ers.

That being said, being made by Moto/Google would probably be perfect. I want the battery life of a Razr Maxx, a better screen "true white", and better connection. I shouldn't lose a bar or 2 of 4g walking inside my house.

I imagine Moto alone would fix 2/3 of my wants. If this did happen I would be saving all money to buy it off contract and keep that unlimited.

jreed2560 · Sep 13, 2012

Duncs said:
All i would need for a new nexus is a release date, dont care who makes it or whats in it as i think it will be good regardless

sounding a little iCult-ish there

Skyroket · Sep 13, 2012

vikingjunior said:
A $350 price tag!

Yes $350! dont care what it is going to be.. well abusively it should be better than previous Nexus

But me likes $350 price tag or at least $400 but not anymore

mogelijk · Sep 13, 2012

It would likely take a very cheap price for a very nice phone, or my accidentally breaking my current Nexus. I am happy with my current Nexus and will likely skip a generation before buying my next phone, especially as the current Nexus should get Android 5.

g_patrick15 · Sep 13, 2012

What I really want is a nexus phone made of premium material like the iPhone. Not a big fan of iOS on phones (love my iPad though), but I love the excellent aesthetic design of the iPhones. Give me a nexus made with the premium aesthetic in mind. Also, I really hope we see Nexus devices from ,ultiple manufacturers like was rumored in the past. Give us more choices. I'd love an HTC nexus again, but I'd consider one from Sony (used to be a Sony Ericsson fan back in the dumbphone days) Motorola, Samsung again, and generally any company besides LG. LG would have to really blow me away for me to consider.

blahblahyoutoo · Sep 13, 2012

mattywalnuts said:
Droid Razr M has those qualities it appears...too bad it's not a Nexus.

if it had a 1280x720 res, i would be all over that bad boy.

g_patrick15 · Sep 13, 2012

Am I the only one that finds it a bit odd that there has been nearly no Nexus news lately? It's a bit unnerving. When did that massive Galaxy Nexus thread start last year? Around this time right? I know we got news a few weeks ago pertaining to the names from each manufacturer (Xperia Nexus, Optimus Nexus, etc), but there hasn't been anything to go on lately.

ben7337 · Sep 13, 2012

Is anyone here also afraid of what the next nexus will bring? If the i9300 is the galaxy s3 and 9250 is the current nexus, and 9260 is the upcoming one, is it possible it won't even get a decent cpu upgrade? It might not even come to verizon and/or sprint which also worried me, but even if it does, if it doesn't get the qualcomm chip it could be just as bad with signal as the current nexus, just with a slightly faster cpu and maybe even the same gpu.

g_patrick15 · Sep 13, 2012

ben7337 said:
Is anyone here also afraid of what the next nexus will bring? If the i9300 is the galaxy s3 and 9250 is the current nexus, and 9260 is the upcoming one, is it possible it won't even get a decent cpu upgrade? It might not even come to verizon and/or sprint which also worried me, but even if it does, if it doesn't get the qualcomm chip it could be just as bad with signal as the current nexus, just with a slightly faster cpu and maybe even the same gpu.

There will allegedly be nexus devices from multiple manufacturers. So even if the Galaxy Nexus 2 is just an incremental update, there will be other alternatives. I'm personally not married to Samsung or any manufacturer so I'll just go with whichever one offers the best upgrade from the current Galaxy Nexus. And that second issue you describe is one of the few remaining reasons I have to not go with Verizon or Sprint. I don't want to be locked to a carrier that has to have phones tailored to their network. I couldn't do CDMA because most phones announced are initially for GSM based networks. I think that'll all change in the future, with everyone going to LTE. But the convenience of buying a phone from wherever and popping my sim into it will keep me away from both Sprint and Verizon for the foreseeable future.

ben7337 · Sep 13, 2012

Yeah, I don't like being locked to verizon, but they are also the only carrier who will get 4g lte to my area any time in the next couple years most likely, and I am on a family plan with unlimited data, and pay very little a month. Can't afford the 3-4x price increase for limited data. I need 4g lte to stream 720p youtube and stuff which is what all decent smartphones do now.

I'm also no tied to samsung for a manufacturer, but I really love their amoled displays, black border letterboxing disappears on those phones and makes the image look like it was designed for the phone even if the resolution is wrong. I don't know if I can go back to LCD technology again, and definitely not a screen smaller than 4.5". Sadly it doesn't seem like verizon will get a nexus like that.

Xuthus · Sep 25, 2012

As many people have said a better camera and better battery life would be worthwhile improvements but even so I am very happy with my Galaxy Nexus. Over the weekend I saw a Galaxy S3 in a shop and that wasn't very tempting.

I live in the UK so the whole thing with carrier specific versions and poor 4G performance is completely avoided by simply not having 4G available at all. One network operator has announced they will soon have a 4G network and apparently the iPhone 5 is supposed to support it but the others have yet to buy radio spectrum for it. Once we have 4G that may be the next cue to upgrade but until then I will wait and watch.

Demache · Sep 25, 2012

Xuthus said:
As many people have said a better camera and better battery life would be worthwhile improvements but even so I am very happy with my Galaxy Nexus. Over the weekend I saw a Galaxy S3 in a shop and that wasn't very tempting.

I live in the UK so the whole thing with carrier specific versions and poor 4G performance is completely avoided by simply not having 4G available at all. One network operator has announced they will soon have a 4G network and apparently the iPhone 5 is supposed to support it but the others have yet to buy radio spectrum for it. Once we have 4G that may be the next cue to upgrade but until then I will wait and watch.

From what I understand, its not the Nexus' 4G radio that's bad (I guess its not great either, but its pretty meh). Its the 3G radio that's terrible (proven by the fact that it uses the same radio as another Motorola phone that also had notorious signal issues). And since CDMA networks are held together by paper clips and duct tape. Seriously, having constant 2G connectivity is fundamental to how the network works even on 4G phones, since 3G and 4G are for nothing but data and 2G handles everything else so you must be connected to it at all times. Its also partially why 4G CDMA phones are battery hogs, because you are maintaining two different signals.

So if you even drop signal on the 2G/3G radio even for a bit, you lose 4G signal. Fortunately, in most cases, your 4G signal will degrade before you notice this, but I've seen a few cases that switching from 3G to 4G actually improved signal strength by about 10 dBm.

magicconcept · Sep 25, 2012

Like everyone else, better battery life and an improved camera are key. As for industrial design, I would appreciate it being just a tad smaller; at least in width. Would love to see a nearly bezel-less design. I'd also like it if it didn't get so bloody hot that I can barely touch the screen. My friend calls his Gnex the "Samsung Pop-Tart Toaster".

Radeon962 · Sep 25, 2012

The only complaint I have is the camera. The camera/video on my Galaxy S2 takes much better quality. Gnex is somewhat improved using Camera Zoom FX, but still not as good as the stock S2 camera quality.

Other than that, I don't really have complaints. I'm using the OEM Samsung extended battery and make it through a day with no issue.

Kookas · Oct 23, 2012

magicconcept said:
Like everyone else, better battery life and an improved camera are key. As for industrial design, I would appreciate it being just a tad smaller; at least in width. Would love to see a nearly bezel-less design. I'd also like it if it didn't get so bloody hot that I can barely touch the screen. My friend calls his Gnex the "Samsung Pop-Tart Toaster".

Bezel less doesn't look as good as you might think. Imagine a photo hanging on a wall without the frame.

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