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Verizon's Galaxy Nexus To Launch Tomorrow
zacharye writes "Verizon Wireless on Wednesday finally announced the upcoming launch of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The world's first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phone with 4G LTE support will become available beginning tomorrow for $299.99 with a new two-year service agreement. "
My first first post!
Yeah. Uh-huh. Sure.
I've been hearing for a while now about the upcoming release of ICS.
About damn time.
Yea.... Fuck no.
That's all you want to know, right ?? No way, ot's Android !!
Posting from a galaxy nexus, just buy it separately. Or do the usaian plans not work that way? The phone is really great.
Btw what's wrong with the marketing department of Samsung/Google? There is a Nexus, a Nexus S, a Galaxy S and now a Galaxy Nexus. Pretty confusing if you ask me.
-- The Internet is a too slow way of doing things, you'd never do without it.
at 2:55 PST, when I go to
www.verizonwireless.com/galaxynexus
which is at the end of their press release, it simply redirects to a mostly-empty page.
Also, if you simply look for the Nexus in the phones, it's not there either...
0- Eamonman Proud member of DNRC
Surely their dastardly plot to turn Android fans into WP7 ones had *some* effect? Or is the WP7 market share still at the level the telecoms experts class as BD?
(BD = Ballmers Dick: Tiny and shrinking daily).
carrier un-detectable tethering
If your user agent is that of a desktop browser, you will be detected. And even if you use HTTPS for everything, a carrier's tether detector can still see your DNS requests. If you connect to popular PC operating systems' update servers, you will be detected. If you view a lot of popular web sites that have a mobile version without getting redirected to the mobile version, you will be detected. If you visit popular Flash sites (e.g. Newgrounds, Kongregate, Weebl's Stuff, FarmVille) without having bought a phone that supports Flash from the carrier, you will be detected.
In the United States, only T-Mobile itemizes the cost of the device and the service on the bill, and once your 2-year contract expires, the line item for the phone loan drops off the bill. The January 2012 issue of Consumer Reports applauded T-Mobile for its transparency in this respect (p. 36). The other GSM carrier (AT&T) charges the same per month whether you take the subsidized phone or bring your own phone that was bought separately, and an AT&T representative appeared genuinely surprised that T-Mobile would even offer a discount for bringing one's own phone. But I have trouble wholeheartedly recommending T-Mobile for three reasons: its coverage isn't as wide, its 3G data uses a band that most phones bought separately don't support, and AT&T still hasn't fully abandoned plans to acquire T-Mobile USA.
Been looking forward to this device. I'm hoping that ICS devices reign in some of the crud and fragmentation that's kept me away from the platform. It's not there aren't good androids, but not enough for me to stray from the iphone.
I've had an iphone since the original. Loved it. Loved my 3G and I love my 4. I've used plenty of android devices and think they're a fine choice if you need a cheaper device, or a premium device with different features than what the iphone brings.
Here's Andriod's problem, from my experience. I've been doing the smartphone thing for a while, so I've had the following conversation a lot:
Friend/co worker/etc: Hey. Cool phone. That thing you are doing on the phone is awesome and I want to do that too.
Me: It's an iphone! They're kinda pricy, but worth it if you use it a lot. You can get an andriod that does all the same stuff and more, or if you don't like apple.
Friend: Cool, so how do I get an iphone?
Me: Go to ATT and get one, sign up for plan. They're all the same and they cost the same everywhere. Or you can go to an apple store and get great customer service and fell smug and wear a turtle neck. Can't go wrong whatever you do.
Friend:Ok, Andriod?
Me:Since we're in America your best bet is to get a device from your phone provider. In the case of Verizon you have no choice but to buy a Verizon device from verizon. Same with sprint. A GSM provider will work with a carrier unlocked phone. As for what phone to get, you need to do a bit of research to see what devices have the features you want and to make sure that they're current and updated. Also check forums to make sure the device doesn't have any really bad issues. You also need to make sure some sales guy isn't pawning off an old model on you since you want all the new toys in the new OS.
Friend:.. Just say get an iphone.
Me: *sigh* Get an iphone.
Friend: Thanks! I'm off to att/apple store
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/12/14/financial/f150316S91.DTL
"[...] the Galaxy Nexus can record high-definition videos in 1080p — the best resolution you can get on a consumer camera. I had some fun taking sunset videos with a time-lapse feature, and there are some goofy filming effects to play around with, too."
"Generally, though, the Galaxy Nexus is a well-rounded smartphone that serves up a noticeably freshened-up version of Android with sleek hardware. Delicious, indeed."
I tried "find a dealer", but all the dealers were in Hong Kong. Then I realized I was on Samsung's Hong Kong site. I clicked over to Samsung's United States site, searched for the same product name (galaxy s wi-fi 5.0), and got a bunch of 7", 9", and 10" Galaxy Tab models. Did Apple's patent lawyers strike again?
The pros and cons, at least as far as i've heard.
Pros:
It's got ICS, ahead of everything else.
It's a Nexus device, which means it won't have any carrier skins or pre-installed crap (including CarrierIQ) and it will be updated in a timely manner with each new release of Android that it's capable of running.
It's got a high end chip with a dual core, putting it in a small class of mobile phones.
It's got a very large screen.
Cons:
It's got a very large screen. I'm not sure if the phone will actually fit in my pocket.
It's got ICS, which is great overall but i'm unsure about the lack of a global Menu button.
It's made out of plastic rather than a nice metal case like my Nexus One has. Some people have reported it feels kind of flimsy because of that.
It has no expandable memory, you're stuck with the 16/32 GB you start with.
It doesn't have Google Wallet (in the US.) I'm not sure if i want to use Google Wallet to pay for my groceries or whatever, but i'm not sure that i _won't_ want to do that in the future either.
Unknowns:
It is (so far) exclusive to Verizon in the US. I'm currently on T-Mobile and don't want to switch... unless the T-Mobile/AT&T deal goes through that is...
I'm not sure if it's possible to get an unlocked version, unless you're willing to import it from Europe. Which might let me use it on T-Mobile depending on the frequencies but certainly doesn't help with the price.
It only has a 5 MP camera. I don't actually care about the MP per se (it's already greater than the resolution of an HD screen after all) but they don't really give you any other specs to go by so i don't know how else to judge it.
Of course the biggest pro in my personal book is that my Nexus One is getting a little long in the tooth (in particular it has no space left for new apps) and i'm not sure how long i'm willing to wait for the next Nexus device. It's either that or get another high end phone that i can root and install Cyanogen on.
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DNS requests do not carry user agent info,
Most don't, but some do. Why would an Android phone be visiting update.microsoft.com or whatever Microsoft is calling the command and control servers for Windows Update nowadays?
Compared to the original Nexus, the new one has no physical keyboard, no hardware buttons along the bottom, no 4-directional controller, and no SD card slot--just like the iPhone. Now, can people quit whining about how Apple stole Android's notification system?
Dear Slashdot: next time you want to mess with the site, add a rich-text editor for comments.
After the horrific problems with Samsung's Fascinate, I'm going to pass. I don't buy phones from companies who take the fire-and-forget approach with phone launches.
It's not pure profit. England has the third highest population density for major counties in the world. The US has lower density overall, and a lot more rural areas.
Australia has a population density of 2.8/km square, the us has a population density of 33.7/km square.
Australia's most expensive telco, is selling it for A$0 on a two year A$79 contract (A$1896 in total).
So you were saying something about population densities.
The reasons why the US version is more expensive are
1. Telco's put in artificial barriers to competition.
2. Verizon is a CDMA carrier, thus requires a special version manufactured just for them.
3. The coverage of US carriers is crap. None of them can guarantee nation wide coverage.
4. There is no consumer protection agencies in the US, so telco's can have their wicked way with their customers.
Besides this, ultra dense areas actually need more cellular transmitters as well as more backhaul otherwise they get too congested to be used. central London would be as bad as central New York and the UK has more of "central London" type areas.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
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I don't know if I can afford Galaxy Nexus, but I am looking forward to get ICS firmware update for my Nexus S.
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I've been enjoying my Galaxy Nexus in the U.S. for a week now on the T-Mobile network. I ordered it from the UK and got it in 48 hours. Tethering works without issues. So good to be contract-free. It's a great phone, big minus is the lack of SD card slot but everything else is pretty near perfect.
Ceci n'est pas une sig.
You left one part out:
Using both T-Mobile's standard 3G and speedier HSPA+ networks, at least, I got about three hours and 15 minutes out of the Galaxy Nexus for surfing the Web, streaming a movie, sending instant messages, chatting on the phone and other activities. The phone got quite warm with all this use. Over Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network, it's possible that the phone's battery would drain even faster if you're doing a lot of downloading.
-- Never hit a man with glasses. Hit him with a baseball bat.
...with free overnight delivery, if anyone is interested. I want to go play with one before I make a final decision, but for the impatient ones that can't get to a store, there ya go.