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

[yawdapaah]

Take My Money VZW/Samsung. Take It Now!

 

[sjones765]

P3droid asked a question on twitter. Would you buy if it wasn't subsidized?

From what Ive found. Tmobile and Sprint Offered the nexus S subsidized. At&T followed suit.
Hopefully a non issue.

http://www.gsmarena.com/nexus_s_lands_on_at_t_network_for_a_subsidized_price_of_100-news-2911.php

 

[LxMxFxD]

Either every tech blog is throwing their hat in the ring for the guessing game, or google, Samsung, and Verizon are circulating false specs to keep everyone talking about it.

I believe it is the former. First BGR decided to publish complete bullshit, now GSMarena is following suit, all to get traffic and thus make money from ads.

 

[kastleberg]

Steven, this phone looks so different...you know you're not going to be able to fool her! lol

Sure he can! I've seen him around the DX area. So he can just get a black case and flip it upside down.

 

[UBRocked]

Sorry, UBRocked. Despite the intimidation factor of your big handguns there, I hope you go crazy waiting 2-3 months. I want me some Nexus NOW!!

I don't blame ya...I'd feel the same if I were eligible

EXCLUSIVE: We get the allegedly proper Nexus Prime specs - GSMArena.com news

If this is true...I would envision iPhone enthusiast who were less than excited by the iPhone 4S announcement to have wandering eyes

 

[Homan13PSU]

EXCLUSIVE: We get the allegedly proper Nexus Prime specs - GSMArena.com news

Wow...wow...wow. IF that is true, Apple is going to have a rough year trying to battle this bad boy.

 

[HanSolo]

At least Verizon's CEO will be at the event on the 11th.

Keynote Sessions

But then again, so are the CEO's of the other carriers (except for TMobile).

 

[kastleberg]

Can someone explain to me the importance of GPU to me? I know it has something to do with 3D graphics, but I don't know much more than that.

If I'm not mistaken, it is sort of the mobile version of a video card. Pretty much processes large amounts of data (3D graphics) quicker and more efficiently than a processor made to process general data.

 

[sjones765]

not fast enough I see...

 

[xtop]

EXCLUSIVE: We get the allegedly proper Nexus Prime specs - GSMArena.com news

neither the exynos nor the 4460 have that gpu. once again we're looking at false specs. a shame too, because the 543mp2 would be great to have

 

[huskerkate]

P3Droid just tweeted: "How many of you would buy the NexusPrime if it was not subsidized, and no contract..full retail of 600+"

What if Verizon does decide not to subsidize? Aside from the fact that they'll undoubtedly sell less phones, Verizon doesn't really have a reason to subsidize if, say, they're deal is just to let Samsung/Google sell it and they just let it work on their network. How would everyone feel about paying full price? I would certainly have to think about it, but I'm sure it won't stop me (even though I am a lowly law student, this is something I save my $$$ for!).


P.S.

This thread (rather, my addiction to this thread) has really thrown a wrench into my study plans for my first year of law school. Hopefully it'll all be worth it and this phone can take my exams for me!

i don't think an unsubsidized phone is unprecedented. in fact, given VZW's dislike of open/unlocked dev'r devices, i could easily see this being unsupported by VZW.

but, given what the specs appear to be (regardless of who you believe), i think it would be an epic fail on VZW's part to give this device the "red-headed step child" treatment.

and btw, grading in law school is largely arbitrary. also, it doesn't correlate in any way to how well you'll do as a lawyer.

 

[Thejungle]

Can someone explain to me the importance of GPU to me? I know it has something to do with 3D graphics, but I don't know much more than that.

Do you have your PC? Do you have a graphic card in it? So every graphic card has a GPU which is it's processor. All graphics have own clock. So GPU in fmartphone simply means a graphic card/unit.

 

[dmiller2007]

I believe it is the former. First BGR decided to publish complete bullshit, now GSMarena is following suit, all to get traffic and thus make money from ads.

That's what i'm thinking also. After a certain point, they can just say "well they weren't right either". And avoid the risk involved with the reward of getting traffic. I'm cynical but hopeful. I said earlier that $300 was my limit on a phone, but if the specs keep progressing like this until the 11th, I may end up trading my car in to get it. I'll get a Schwinn for my 30 mile drive to work.

 

[RX-78-2]

I hate to be "that user" but those specs are too good to be true.

 

[rfox54]

I suspect that the Vigor will with HTC's recent statements, and I am not sure I can go S-ON ever again.

 

[giomasterg]

Maybe, just maybe, the exclusive is on the phone sold in the carriers physical store. I don't know. I just want AT&T to get it, expeditiously.

I hope this is the case. Maybe exclusive to Verizon stores and the other carriers can get it from best buy?

 

[HanSolo]

neither the exynos nor the 4460 have that gpu. once again we're looking at false specs. a shame too, because the 543mp2 would be great to have

Maybe, maybe not.

According to our source, the device codenamed Nexus Prime is going to ship with Samsung's own chipset, probably the Exynos, with a blazingly fast dual-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz. But wait, there's more.
On that chipset will also reside a powerful dual-core GPU from Imagination. We suspect it's going to be the PowerVR SGX543MP2, or in other words, the same GPU found in the iPad 2 (and quite probably on the iPhone 4S as well).

Seems like their source simply said that it would use Samsung's own chipset and a GPU from Imagination. They assumed the rest.



Who knows.


Is it the 11th already?

 

[r4yN]

neither the exynos nor the 4460 have that gpu. once again we're looking at false specs. a shame too, because the 543mp2 would be great to have

not exactly... theres this new exynos 4212 chipset with an yet unknown GPU...

Is it the 11th already?

unfortunately not...

 

[kastleberg]

I hate to be "that user" but those specs are too good to be true.

Oh, if you're referring to the gsmarena specs, you aren't "that user" at all. I seriously doubt what they posted. Though, I'm not entirely familiar with how accurate they have been in the past.

 

[kastleberg]

Is it the 11th already?

Fuh real.

 

[xtop]

not exactly... theres this new exynos 4212 chipset with an yet unknown GPU...



unfortunately not...

the 4212 isn't sampling until Q4 2011. so it's not going into anything this year

 

[huskerkate]

I suspect that the Vigor will with HTC's recent statements, and I am not sure I can go S-ON ever again.

yes. if it has Nexus as part of it's name, it will have an unlocked BL. that's largely what makes a Nexus a Nexus. it's known as a developer's device.

 

[UBRocked]

I'm not an iPhone fan (obviously) but I was following the keynote and felt let down by what Apple had to offer up. I think the whole world could use a little bit of "DID YOU SEE THAT"?

I'm not the biggest fan of Sammy...but I'll support them to do my little part to help them fend off the BS Apple law suits!

 

[rfox54]

yes. if it has Nexus as part of it's name, it will have an unlocked BL. that's largely what makes a Nexus a Nexus. it's known as a developer's device.

Thanks, and welcome to the Big 10

 

[r4yN]

hm...

i noticed BGR mentioned the code-name "galaxy nexus" for verizon exclusive

GSM is talking about the "Nexus Prime" and no word on some exclusive stuff...


maybe they're both right... Verizon gets the Galaxy Nexus with the a little bit less impressive specs, and a month (or sth) later the rest of the world gets the Nexus Prime with its impressive specs...

just a thought...