Samsung GALAXY Nexus Pre-Release Thread

**sk33** · 10-19-2011, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by dimachka

Yesterday was the launch of the operating system Android 4.0 and the associated developer platform, the Galaxy Nexus. You are thinking about a specific device announcement which is sure to come from Verizon soon.

Didn't they launch the Razr (as a product yesterday) without letting us know when it would actually be available?

**dimachka** · 10-19-2011, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by sk33

Didn't they launch the Razr (as a product yesterday) without letting us know when it would actually be available?

Well they announced the beginning of preorders on October 27, I know for sure. I was under the impression they also confirmed general availability on Nov. 10 but I could be wrong on that.

When the galaxy nexus is announced by vzw, they will announce a price and some sort of date, at least for pre orders. It was not google or samsung's place to do that at the Hong Kong announcement.

**FAUguy** · 10-19-2011, 02:19 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon or Samsung has a US Press Event in the coming weeks to show the phone here and give more details.

Even with 16 or 32GB of internal memory, I still like the flexibility of a memory card. But if the Galaxy Nexus only has the internal memory, it would be nice of it also supported USB 3 for faster file transfers.

**sk33** · 10-19-2011, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by dimachka

Yesterday was the launch of the operating system Android 4.0 and the associated developer platform, the Galaxy Nexus. You are thinking about a specific device announcement which is sure to come from Verizon soon.

Fair point.

**ronaldheld** · 10-19-2011, 03:01 PM

Does any smartphone use USB 3?

**Schmiggy_JK** · 10-19-2011, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by FAUguy

Even with 16 or 32GB of internal memory, I still like the flexibility of a memory card. But if the Galaxy Nexus only has the internal memory, it would be nice of it also supported USB 3 for faster file transfers.

Don't get your hopes. Intel doesn't even support it yet on their own motherboards and they are one of the manufacturers of the spec.

We probably won't see mainstream adoption until later next year.

**FAUguy** · 10-19-2011, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by Schmiggy_JK

Don't get your hopes. Intel doesn't even support it yet on their own motherboards and they are one of the manufacturers of the spec.

We probably won't see mainstream adoption until later next year.

I have six USB 3 ports on my new ASRock motherboard that uses the Intel Z68 chipset.
I purchased a 16GB thumb drive that is also USB 3. It gets 60-70MB/s reads ans 22MB for write.
My other 4GB thumb drive that is USB 2 gets 35MB reads and 19MB writes. So there is a noticeable speed difference on the read times.
Im sure eventually USB 3 will make its way to smartphones.

**Schmiggy_JK** · 10-19-2011, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by FAUguy

I have six USB 3 ports on my new ASRock motherboard that uses the Intel Z68 chipset.
I purchased a 16GB thumb drive that is also USB 3. It gets 60-70MB/s reads ans 22MB for write.
My other 4GB thumb drive that is USB 2 gets 35MB reads and 19MB writes. So there is a noticeable speed difference on the read times.
Im sure eventually USB 3 will make its way to smartphones.

Yes, but that is an Intel chipset and not an Intel OEM board. What other OEMs do with their boards is their business. Was just trying to point out that until the guys behind the spec and major hardware vendors start using it wont see widespread adoption. This sucks because there has been a lot of twiddling of thumbs when this could have been pushed out sooner.

Having it on a phone would be pretty damn awesome however.

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/10/19...arriers-later/

What is with the hush-hush on availability? Is Verizon and Samsung just being mum on Nexus in hopes of not affecting sales of the Razr and Bionic or something?

**huskerkate** · 10-19-2011, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by FAUguy

The two thing that has bugged me in the past about Samsung phones is their cheap plastic feeling, and their not so good signal reception. With the Samsung Droid Charge, it is all slippery and cheap plastic feeling. It was also the only one that continually dropped the 4G signal the most and would stay stuck on 3G, requiring the Airplane mode to be turned on/off to get it to pick-up 4G again. If the Nexus has these issues, I don't care how good the display is or if it running ICS. What good is all that if it can't stay locked on 4G?

http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Mo..._id2820/page/2

We should also point out all four of these smartphones from time-to-time would occasionally drop from 4G to 3G (but we made sure it didn’t happen during our testing). What was interesting is that it would only last for a few minutes (at the most) and would return back to 4G, except that the Samsung Droid Charge would stay fixed on 3G and required us to turn the Airplane mode on and off so that it would go back to 4G.

looks like you might be onto something with your concerns: http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/a...axy-nexus.html

it's being rumored that LTE connectivity issues are causing some problems behind the scenes between Sammy and VZW (or LTE connection may be the stated (but not real) reason vzw is stalling on announcing/releasing). hope the egos get checked quickly.

**Artimis** · 10-19-2011, 08:31 PM

While I am excited for this phone, there are so many things that have not been answered that are causes for concern.

1) Gorilla Glass -- there has been no mention of this as a feature. And from what I've read, having a curved screen makes gorilla glass not possible to use. So what material is it then? Is it comparable in terms of scratch resistance? It would be a shame to have such a nice display without adequate protection (and I for one, hate screen protectors).

2) Video out.......there is no HDMI on this phone. So are they using MHL? or is there some other proprietary cable needed for that 3 pin port?

3) Non-removable memory. Is anyone concerned about this? I've always felt comforted knowing that if my OG Droid was smashed, I could always remove the SD card, stick it in a replacement and have access to all my content (not to mention flash my last nandroid backup). What happens if you drop your Nexus and need a replacement?

4) Placement of the 3 pin prong........did anyone watch the demo when they show it placed in a dock? There is no access to the power button. Does this mean that if you put it in a car dock without a charging cable, you have no way to power on/off the screen to conserve battery power?

5) Accessories? Will there be a multimedia dock available? Car dock? Tablet or Laptop dock?

6) RAM. They mention it is 1GB of RAM but is it DDR2 RAM like Moto is using? Not explicitly stating DDR2 makes it think it is not.

**tjmonkey15** · 10-19-2011, 09:21 PM

I have the same concerns regarding #1, 3, and now 4 (didn't realize the power button was covered while in the dock).

**Western_Son** · 10-20-2011, 01:44 AM

From this wired article...

In addition to the fresh version of Android installed on the phone, the Galaxy Nexus spec sheet checks off all the important boxes. The new phone is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor backed by 1GB of RAM, and coupled with 16GB of on-board storage (expandable via microSD to 32GB).

**Schmiggy_JK** · 10-20-2011, 02:17 AM

Originally Posted by Western_Son

From this wired article...

"Oddly enough, we're being told by Samsung that two models will be available in terms of capacity -- a 16 gigger and a 32GB sibling -- but neither will have a microSD slot for adding your own expansion."

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/s...exus-hands-on/

Seems we have some contradictory reports.

Could it be something to do with the 16GB and 32GB versions? Maybe the 16GB is expandable and the 32GB isn't? Maybe its something to do with the variation between the LTE version (not on-hand yesterday) having it and the HSPA+ one (that was demo'd) having it?

**burtonrider** · 10-20-2011, 08:49 AM

You make a good point on if something happens to my phone. Unless I can back all my pics to the cloud or something, I'm going to have to keep every pic on my phone on my computer. I wasn't concerned about not having a memory card at first, but I don't like the thought of losing hundreds of pictures on my phone.

**Schmiggy_JK** · 10-20-2011, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by burtonrider

You make a good point on if something happens to my phone. Unless I can back all my pics to the cloud or something, I'm going to have to keep every pic on my phone on my computer. I wasn't concerned about not having a memory card at first, but I don't like the thought of losing hundreds of pictures on my phone.

All that can be backed up to the cloud.