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Specs don't mean much in the Android world, and we both know this. Android phones are outdated within a few months anyway, so what's the point of buying the latest and greatest? The Galaxy Nexus is available from the Play Store right now for $349 contract-free and unlocked. That's a damn good deal for a phone that's considered the ultimate Android phone a few months ago.
Yes, I have the Galaxy Nexus. I also have a Galaxy S3, and an iPhone 4S.
The horrible casing of the Galaxy Nexus? Are you sure you're not talking about the SGS3 as well? Let me tell you think - EVERY Android phone has cheap plastic crap for their cases if it's made by Samsung. The SGS3 isn't ANY better than the GN when it comes to build quality. The ONLY Android phone that has decent construction is the HTC One X.
The horrible camera? Can you show me an Android phone with a GOOD camera then? If you want a good camera on your phone, get the Pureview 808 or even the iPhone 4S, which has a f/2.4 aperture. Yes, the GN has a horrible camera, but are you saying the SGS3 is that much better? Just because it has a few more megapixels doesn't mean it's better glass - because it doesn't.
The checkerboarding issue with Pentile is extremely overrated. It's almost all in your head. And for the matter, the SGS3 also has a pentile display. Yes, the SGS3 has a slightly better screen. I can see this, but this checkerboarding issue is WAY overblown. If you really want a good screen that has good pixel density, accurate color reproduction and clarity, feel free to get an iPhone 4S. But that's not an Android phone, is it now?
LTE can be switched off, and Android phones all have terrible battery life in the first place. Isn't that why you have removable batteries? So you can hot swap them. I don't know about you, but one battery never lasts me the whole day on my Galaxy Nexus OR Galaxy S3.
Overpriced? The GN at $349 is overpriced? Seriously?
First off..cool down a bit.
Secondly,
"Specs don't mean much in the Android world, and we both know this. Android phones are outdated within a few months anyway, so what's the point of buying the latest and greatest? The Galaxy Nexus is available from the Play Store right now for $349 contract-free and unlocked. That's a damn good deal for a phone that's considered the ultimate Android phone a few months ago. "
I totally agree with you that the galaxy nexus is a really damn great deal to buy at the time being. GN is the cheapest/ worth the money to buy if a regular smartphone user or android dev.
Though it's only the software that's special comparing it between the other high-end phones.
Eventually the software gets ported/modded by android devs to include better features than stock rom.
I own the GN but sadly, the hardware isnt up par like the any other high end phones.
As for me I tend to watch 720p mvk files on the GN/ try to play some gpu requiring games/ have gifs(live wallpapers) and widgets running in the home screens which my GN has jellybean installed and the hardware on it yet still shows sluggish performance due to weaker specs while other higher end phones like the galaxy s3 for example performs better BUT, the GN's performance improved a lot thanks to project butter. The software on the s3 is what it's limiting it's performance considering touchwiz is bloated which is why it's better to root and change to a different rom which then performs like a boss and better than the GN.
And saying specs don't mean much is partly wrong, specs take the role of powering the hardware and usually the better the specs, the better it performance.
Benchmarking is pointless if that's what you're trying to point out since real-time performance shows the actually performance on a hardware rather than in some numbers.
Good specs bring better performance follow up by the software running on the hardware.
"The horrible casing of the Galaxy Nexus? Are you sure you're not talking about the SGS3 as well? Let me tell you think - EVERY Android phone has cheap plastic crap for their cases if it's made by Samsung. The SGS3 isn't ANY better than the GN when it comes to build quality. The ONLY Android phone that has decent construction is the HTC One X."
As for the build quality on the SG3, it is quite solid and not terrible IMO. It may be plastic but the phone feels solid regardless just like the Galaxy nexus but no better though the back of the GN is probably feels better due to not be glossy as hell like with the GS3. The front design on the GS3 IMO is gorgeous but the back of the phone is disappointing; all the glossyness makes the phone appear to look cheap. The HOX in the other hand is great in design though however, itis thicker and feels bigger in one hand than the GS3 with no option of removable battery and mircosd.(which damn, no removable battery=deal breaker for me)
Hopefully the next time Galaxy it won't be glossy on the back of the GS3 but rather matte; that is if I decide to get one or not.(Nexus has the best software support though.)
"The checkerboarding issue with Pentile is extremely overrated. It's almost all in your head. And for the matter, the SGS3 also has a pentile display. Yes, the SGS3 has a slightly better screen. I can see this, but this checkerboarding issue is WAY overblown. If you really want a good screen that has good pixel density, accurate color reproduction and clarity, feel free to get an iPhone 4S. But that's not an Android phone, is it now?"
As for the screen comparison between the GN and the S3, both are pentile though honestly due to the high pixel density you can't see any small pixels on both unless you get some microscope but on the G3,
pixel density is higher and the colors are presented better than the ones on the GN which in result SG3>GN in screen. If anything, pentile screens are not horrible considering they consume less battery consumption
.
As for the checkerboarding on the GS3, there should be none if you use a different browser.(touchwiz's browser is the problem as it's not efficient like Chrome/Firefox mobile browsers' performance
. You can find external/third party mobile browsers on the Google Play store which I recommend doing as third party browsers are faster than the ones built in any phones usally. I don't have any problems of checkerboards on the browser/using Chrome on my GN.)
As for the iphone 4s' screen may look sharper and present better colors but that is due to the smaller size with the high pixel density of it.
Smaller screens with high pixel density will always appear to look sharper than the one on a larger screen.
If you get the a screen to expand its size larger than what it is originally is, the screen
will lose its sharpness/clarity that was seen on the smaller screen.
"The horrible camera? Can you show me an Android phone with a GOOD camera then? If you want a good camera on your phone, get the Pureview 808 or even the iPhone 4S, which has a f/2.4 aperture. Yes, the GN has a horrible camera, but are you saying the SGS3 is that much better? Just because it has a few more megapixels doesn't mean it's better glass - because it doesn't. "
As for the camera on the GS3, the GS3 performance/takes sharper pictures better than the one on the GN due to the higher megapixels on the GS3. (GS3 has a f/2.6 aperture, which isn't too far from the iphone 4s)
So the pictures taken on the GS3 is noticeably better than the GN which makes the GS3 being able to take decent pictures for a smartphone.
And really IMO, if someone is that concerned about the quality of the pictures taken, should really buy a dslr and use that to take pictures....(just like how if someone wants better sound on their headphones than the ones currently being used, buy a better headphone.) Smartphones regardless at the time being won't be better than dslrs at taking pictures. (Yes even the iphone 4s)
But otherwise, GS3 isn't horrible at taking pictures but rather takes decent pictures which so does the iphone 4s.
(Info from
http://www.e2save.com/community/reviews/samsung-galaxys3-vs-htc-one-x-camera-features/)
(This videos shows what the SG3 is capable of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_QNBwvBV4Y&feature=plcp)
"LTE can be switched off, and Android phones all have terrible battery life in the first place. Isn't that why you have removable batteries? So you can hot swap them. I don't know about you, but one battery never lasts me the whole day on my Galaxy Nexus OR Galaxy S3."
You must be using the phone quite a bit but needless to say, no smartphone can last longer than a day if used nonstop.(Even the iphone can't last the whole day with it being used nonstop. had the iphone 3gs i would know)
What I know is that the GS3 should last longer than the GN considering the GS3 has a bigger battery.
I in the other hand have pretty decent battery on my GN stock battery. 32 hours standby with 4 hours of screen-on through out regular usage with wifi on. Then on 3G/hspa+ 27 hours standby with the same screen on <- I don't find the battery terrible at all if you ask me..)
But if I start to use it non-stop, my GN dies within 4-5hours.(barely makes any difference weather being on wifi or data connection)
Only way to improve battery on smartphones is to turn off whatever you're not using like data connection/gps/bluetooth and lowering brightness of the screen.
Unlike like ios however, in android roms there are better options saving battery life.
Just by changing your rom and the kernel running on any android phone will show a difference up to twice in amount of much longer lasting battery life can be than the battery life on stock rom/kernel.
There are also apps on Google Play which will turn anything off you may not be using at the moment the screen is off which then can be turned on automatically by the app when screen turns on.(Like juice defender)
As for why there are removable batteries on a lot of android phone is the choice of options.
Sure you can swap out battery if you like but not forced to anyways.
Unlike the iphone or HOX however, can't even swap out a different battery if it dies or if wanted to more extended usage on it.
Any who, I am ending my informative reply with stating that I hope on the next Nexus(lawl tongue twister xD) the hardware will improve drastically which will then make it the ultimate android phone yet in terms of hardware and software although the nexus is already the ultimate android experience already.
Oh and any one wondering on weather to get the Galaxy Nexus or not, it's a steal for the price only $350(exclude tax and no contract) but there will be a new nexus soon probably around December like the past two years soo honesty your call weather to get the newer nexus or the Galaxy Nexus that has been out for last year.(I would wait lol)
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oh and Head-fi still won't let me edit my profile lawl... after all these posts. COMEON MAN LET ME ADD AN AVATAR T-T
. Going to decide after the new nexus comes out.
