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Galaxy Nexus Review by Joshua Topolsky. Mother of God....
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What did he say that's so confounding? Seemed pretty clear to me. I don't necessarily agree with all of it, but it was an easy read.
I agree with everything except the Display. Isn't Galaxy Nexus' resolution higher?
Nice but....
The iPhone is still the best in quality and build. Theres no way that android software is better than that of the iPhone. Many of you want it because of a larger screen? The grass is not always greener when you get away from the iPhone. I understand that the iPhone is not for everyone but what we see happening in the market is that other cellphone makers are doing their best to copy the iPhone and it's coolness. I have never been impressed with androids software nor the plastic bodies these other phones are made of. I'll stick with apple products and the iPhone.
The iPhone is still the best in quality and build. Theres no way that android software is better than that of the iPhone. Many of you want it because of a larger screen? The grass is not always greener when you get away from the iPhone. I understand that the iPhone is not for everyone but what we see happening in the market is that other cellphone makers are doing their best to copy the iPhone and it's coolness. I have never been impressed with androids software nor the plastic bodies these other phones are made of. I'll stick with apple products and the iPhone.
Ha. How can you agree with everything when you haven't even played with the phone? Its res is higher but not its PPI. And thats just one part of the the screen tech.
Well, first he says the 'problem' w/Android is that there will be another similar phone out soon, if not already out. [I don't even see how that's a problem, ESPECIALLY w/Nexus line, no worries about updates. Like I just said, it's a Nexus, there won't be another out for a ~year and I doubt there will be another 4.65" HD screened device out soon].
Then he goes on to say "it's never been about market share for Apple....Android is everywhere, yeah" and concludes with "Wake me up when this () outsells the iPhone 4 or 4S and there are lines...days before it goes on sale". Huh? Contradictory much?
And in the middle we get the usual "user experience" bit. Which, per all the reviews, has been greatly improved with ICS (oh yeah, then there's the bit ragging on the codename of 4.0...maybe they should name it after zoo animals instead of desserts, would that make more of you happy?).
So what exactly is the problem...sells too many; doesn't sell enough?; bad user experience? It's an Accord and not a M5? Even though the diff between those 2 are specs and build quality--2 things it seems this phone excels at (except the camera it appears). In other words, the poster hates Android but couldn't tell you why.
I don't know how some of these deaf and blind folks manage to type comments here on macrumors.
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So you have played with both? As i said thats just one part of the screen tech. Color saturation and crispness as well as accurate reproduction are also important. All that said, the rezoned screen has received glowing reviews and may indeed be the best but I can't say since i haven't done extensive tests side by side.
PPI Shouldn't matter if it's above 300, which they both are. The Galaxy Nexus display has a higher resolution than the iPhone 4S, which means you can see more on the display at one time for web browsing, email checking and more.
I'm pretty sure the Galaxy Nexus has the better display since the Nexus has a higher resolution than the 4S and also a Super AMOLED Display...
If you venture over to the Galaxy Nexus forums at XDA, you'll see screenshots of the app. Where it should say "uninstalling" it says "disable" only. It's not fully removable. It's bloatware.
The Android community is pretty up in arms about it, as they should be.
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It's none of my business if you want to stick with your iPhone, but this is the definition of being close minded.
Damn, just when I was content on going from android (mid range) to the iPhone 4S, this review and phone has to come out. 
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It doesn't seem like it's coming to AT&T though (family plan), and I've had some crappy experiences with android (still a good OS), so I'm ready to jump ship.
The apps on iOS are much more compelling for me as well.
I'll see which OS is superior in 1-2 years.
. It doesn't seem like it's coming to AT&T though (family plan), and I've had some crappy experiences with android (still a good OS), so I'm ready to jump ship.
The apps on iOS are much more compelling for me as well.
I'll see which OS is superior in 1-2 years.
Damn, just when I was content on going from android (mid range) to the iPhone 4S, this review and phone has to come out. .
It doesn't seem like it's coming to AT&T though (family plan), and I've had some crappy experiences with android (still a good OS), so I'm ready to jump ship.
The apps on iOS are much more compelling for me as well.
I'll see which OS is superior in 1-2 years.
. It doesn't seem like it's coming to AT&T though (family plan), and I've had some crappy experiences with android (still a good OS), so I'm ready to jump ship.
The apps on iOS are much more compelling for me as well.
I'll see which OS is superior in 1-2 years.
Let me clarify:
There are too many Android phones out for people to solely want the Galaxy Nexus. All of the other Android phones will take away from the Nexus sales. If there weren't so many other phones to dilute the android pool, this phone might compete with the iPhone. Techies like us know that this is google's once a year flagship phone, but do you think the general public knows? Ask 10 random people off the street and ask them if they'd rather have an iPhone or a galaxy nexus and I bet most will choose iPhone, any iPhone. If iOS was licensed to other manufacturers, you wouldn't see the lines wrapped around the block to get an iPhone.
It's not about the market share. As far as platform market share, which is what google like to brag about with millions of activations a day, google will always win, hands down. Just like Microsoft is now. But compare single model phone sales (iPhone 4s vs galaxy nexus) and Apple will always win. But no one talks about that number except for Apple.
Google and analysts brag so much about the number of android devices in consumers hands, which is great, they should. But when it comes to user experience, the only way to get that fresh, smooth ICS is going to be on the Galaxy Nexus. You know the other manufacturers and carriers will screw it up and it'll be laggy and messy. And most people who got Android phones within the past few months probably won't see the ICS update for another few months or so, if at all. Even then, only the higher ends phone MIGHT get it. So while ICS is great and all, it won't get experienced in its best form as much as iOS 5 has/will. There's only 2 user experiences for iOS 5: iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch. How many different user experiences do you think there are with android? The fragmentation will detract from more people seeing ICS, which is sad, because honestly it looks awesome running on the Galaxy Nexus.
The Samsung Nexus Prime is curved glass and all screen without buttons so you got more screen real estate. Pretty strange it scores lower than the iPhone 4S since no other Phone has something similar to that.
Great review by Joshua. The Verge video review was epic. Great angles on the phone. Matias Duarte is becoming one of my fav people in tech next to Jony Ive. The Galaxy Nexus seems like a great phone, but I think that score was driven higher by ICS. Sometimes we get great hardware only for it to get criticized because of Android. This time it is reverse and Google is not to blame here for the build quality or camera. Google even revamped their core apps, improved the browser, copy & paste, stock keyboard, and overall look and stability. Give credit where credit is due. Google worked their asses off on this. I find it ironic that Android have better default wallpapers than iPhone 4/4s. I am coming FROM iOS and Android is warming up to me. I was not a fan of Android in the beginning, but I'm getting to the point if my iPhones ever got stolen, I can honestly be fine using Android as my only device depending on the model and firmware. Joshua even stated Android 4.0 has surpassed iOS and WP7. The once ugly duckling eventually became a beautiful swan. Thanks, Matias for giving us webOS and ICS. Alot of my essential apps can be found in the Android Market. Imagine if Google to remove YouTube, GMail, Voice, and Maps off iPhones? That would drive me nuts! I am dependent on their services. I've customized it enough where I feel very comfortable with its minimalistic look that I gave it. This is a horse race now. Who wants to always see some one-sided affair? The score wasn't really based on the Galaxy Nexus. The bigger news is how Android looks all grown up now.
This ++
Best thing that could have happened.
It's tempting to waffle, but for me it's way to much of a hassle to constantly make choices about EVERYTHING.
But the total phone geeks have no choice I guess.
Poor things
You can really some of webOS' influence on ICS. Like the swiping to close things (although horizontal), how to unlock the screen, and revamped Calendar app. If you ever owned a webOS, you can see it. Remember that Matias Duarte has only been with Google for less than 18 months and his first real projects was Honeycomb and then Ice Cream Sandwich. Gingerbread was close to finished when he left Palm.
It is nice seeing all the great ideas from webos die with it after HP screwed it up.
I have to disagree with you. The scrolling in the browser in Android is much better than the scrolling in the browser in ios. On the android platform it scrolls with the speed of my flick, whereas on the iphone no matter how fast I flick, it scrolls the same distance downward. I find this to be incredibly annoying. A long page like engadget takes me several flicks to get to the bottom using an iphone as opposed to the 1 or 2 flicks it would take on an android phone. While this isn't the biggest deal in the world, I do find it to be quite annoying.
