The best Android device without question? Don't let the Galaxy S II owners hear that.
Secretly they are green with envy but will never admit it.
***** The Official Galaxy Nexus Thread *****
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Secretly they are green with envy but will never admit it.
Soldato
i have a confession to make, as much as i raged on about getting the nexus i was a little sad at first, as i had kind of got used to the SGS2 and loved those bright colours, i sold it anyway and fell in love with the nexus. had a go on my mates SGS2 the other day and found the colours to be way over the top and the font and text to be massive, the nexus screen is quite fantastic
Soldato
yeah i agree but only now, coming from a SGS2 it felt like the nexus had been through the washing machine
but going from a nexus to a SGS2 you can see they are over saturated
Associate
Going phone shopping this weekend, and i'm more or less decided on getting a Nexus, but I just want to try out a few different phones before I commit to a 2 year deal. I mostly like to browse the internet on my phone when away from home and i'm thinking the high res screen of the nexus would deal best with that.
Yes, the only phone that would beat this at browsing is the Galaxy Note, and the jury is still out on whether it's even a phone - it's huge!
I think there was talk of it being added in 4.0.3.
Edit: Nevermind, it was added in 4.0.2? http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=21012420&postcount=4802
It is very good for browsing, so good it fact that Tesco's didn't have "Killer Elite" on the shelves and ordered it from Amazon then and there.
Soldato
Most of that Anandtech review is raving about ICS and not the Nexus. I guess it shows you how good ICS is and also how amazing the Samsung Galaxy S II was.
The point of owning a Nexus has always been about getting the updates first, besides it's not like the hardware of a Nexus or a GS2 will be struggling any time soon.
The Nexus is pretty future proofed with a 720p screen, NFC and OTA Google updates.
If anything I'm a little surprised no other phones have got ICS so far.
Soldato
I know, a lot of people didn't believe me when I was saying it would be 3 or 4 months before other phones got it...
And 3-4 months is a looooooong time in the phone market.
Yep. It reminds me of this article I read yesterday. Just the amount of choice in phones and the updates they receive is overwhelming.
Associate
Well this morning my Galaxy Nexus which is unlocked decided it didn't want to be unlocked any more, and as such I've spent the last hour explaining to some 02 monkey about the issue and finally they have filled in a form to re-unlock the phone which may take several days.
I'd understand if there was a firmware update over night.. but there wasn't? so what the heck happened.
I'd understand if there was a firmware update over night.. but there wasn't? so what the heck happened.
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Soldato
Blocked, or locked? They are two very different things.
Who did you buy it from?
Who did you buy it from?
Associate
Ahh cheers, was a typo. I meant Unlock. I got it through O2 on there £10 a month for 2 year contract. I have been using my sim only T-Mobile sim card in it pretty much since a week after I got the phone. Leaving the O2 sim card for the parents.
T-Mobile sim works in my spare phone so it's not too bad, just an annoyance as I currently can't access my GalaxyNexus unless I pick up an 02 simcard.