---2012 Nexus Phone facts/rumours/info thread---

[kona786]

^^ Nice mrk. What else goes on in that dark room ¬_¬

would you guys be happy if this were final?

 

[kona786]

The effect on the back is neat and modern.

I too like that - different and sparkly

 

[kona786]

Why does the back appear so glossy? A layer of clear plastic? That would be awful.

Glass back.

 

[kona786]

looks wider than the gnex?

Probably is - 4.7" 16:~9.5 vs 4.65" 16:9

Almost as bad of an idea.

I'd be happy with glass.

 

[kona786]

There's a good reason Apple dropped the glass back from the iPhone.

This would be much worse given the sheer size of the pieces of glass relative to the iPhone 4/4S. Far easier to crack.

I couldn't care less about dropping a phone and have it smash - front is glass like on all phones anyway so the possibility for cracks are still there.

 

[kona786]

More pictures of the LG phone

With that being the final design and 16/32GB max storage, I can't help but feel Google are shooting themselves in the foot.

Interesting that there's no GNex2 news around.

 

[kona786]

I said news - that info is old hat. Pictures like we have of the LG would be a start.

 

[kona786]

Three of those links are less than two days old...

with old news from 6 weeks ago just recycled

 

[kona786]

I'm all for on-screen buttons aslong as there isn't a big bezel below it - GNex is ok - that LG above is wayy off the mark.

I also like HTC's One series layout of capacitive buttons...and when you hold the multi-task you get a menu popup.

 

[kona786]

This is a real dilemma for me. Both my sister and my other half got optimus 2x's when they came out . The hardware is beautiful (screen is excellent, general feel in hand etc) but the software is beyond terrible. The software is so bad that I swore I would never touch an lg phone again. These phones are still on gingerbread 2.3.4. Totally terrible. The phones crashed, reception disappeared until the battery was removed, the phones overheated when charging (these symptoms were present across multiple replacement phones).

Now lg look like having the nexus concept. I have my heart set on the next nexus; it looks like the good LG hardware with awesome Google software.

On the other hand this could be like the horrific O2x brother; the GS2. That was an o2x with vanilla android released on t mobile. This could be the quad core version of that concept and the brother to the optimus g. The gs2 was just and shocking as the o2x.

Rest assured LG will be ok software side on this phone...and only this phone . Googles in charge on this one.

He hopes


LG 2X was the most suckiest phone I used - such a let down!

 

[kona786]

Edit: oh oooo http://m.cnet.com/news/lgs-13-megapixel-optimus-g-camera-stumbles-in-early-tests/57529658

Please don't let that be then nexus camera. Those samples are shocking.

ewwwww...

The final reviews will be the decider. Same happened with the S3 and that was pukka.

 

[kona786]

8Gb internal storage and no memory card slot...............are they smoking crack!?

They must be if that storage is true. The phone design itself is a bit lacklustre.

 

[kona786]

That pattern would be interesting if it didn't look so faded.

I think that maybe a mk1 dev model and the release one's will be shiny-er and more sparkly.

 

[kona786]

That's not bad. Did you shop that one?

Negative, though I wish I had the skills to do so.

 

[kona786]

8GB! - you just can't make that shizz up!

GNex2 pls.

 

[kona786]

Not bad but not as good looking as the GNex. GNex2 news makes me sad.

 

[kona786]

I think it looks brilliant.

Me too. A slight curve would have made it awesome. Still the front is nice enough.

 

[kona786]

just hate the way LCD screens look when there off.

Nothing to do with it being LCD afaik - it's some sort of sub layer that makes it look black when the screen is off.

iphone 4 + 5 look black when the screen is off. the OLED desire was very grey when off.

The above photo's look as good as SAMOLED's in bright light.

 

[kona786]

Stuff I still want to know:

- Battery capacity
- Dimensions + Weight
- Different storage capacities?
- Is the camera any good?

What else am I missing....hmmm.

15 days to go until the unveiling.

 

[kona786]

I think the Gnex looks a lot lot sexier. The LGnex looks too wide.

will be as wide as an S3 or HOX I think.