Next Galaxy Phone Unveiling - May 3rd

[vshah]

this is a ton of fluff and almost zero substance. fail.

 

[Dominato3r]

God I don't like the oval, egg-shapped like design.
Like when the 4 carriers got the GII and started making them rounder except for ATT, I hope when the US carriers get it this time and make it squarer.

Yea. These Android manufacturers need to invest in some better design. Every phone is a derivative of another... the Lumia is the only fresh design in the mobile landscape today.

 

[vshah]

does anyone care about all this nature fluff?

 

[SAWYER]

"Highly regarded TW" LOL

That woman could be a Bond villan

 

[dguy6789]

Yeah, the One X looks WAY WAY better. And a better screen too since this one is still Pentile (I know it's not a huge problem at 720p but objectively the One X still has better PPI).

On the other hand, the S3 has a microSD and Samsung is more friendly towards the mod community.


Either way, I'm LMAO at those who though there'd seriously be a 1080p screen. We didn't even get a 720p Plus screen.

OLED > LCD any day of the week. LCD is outdated; companies need to quit clinging to it. It's the CRT of today.

 

[kaerflog]

Same here. I was wondering if the added size of the Nexus would affect how well I could navigate the phone but I've had no issues at all adjusting to it.

If you hold the Evo and Nexus side by side, most of the additional screen real estate goes to the soft buttons, effectively making the usable space on the screens the same size.

We're not talking about wanting smaller screen size.
We're talking wanting smaller screen size only so that the physical size of the phone remain small.
I'm all for manufacturers making phones with 4.8" screen if they can keep the physical size of a 4.3" phone but thats not possible.
The Galaxy Nexus is bigger physically than a 4.3" phone but the usable screen size is about the same. Dumb design if you ask me.

 

[vshah]

lady hasn't heard of the touchstone i guess?

 

[joshhedge]

The phone looks disgusting.

 

[vshah]

lol, car dock. fucking samsung hasn't even shipped the galaxy nexus car dock yet. fail.

edit: Social Gamerz!

 

[AznAnarchy99]

The phone looks disgusting.

Yea Im not liking it at all.

 

[ChronoReverse]

OLED > LCD any day of the week. LCD is outdated; companies need to quit clinging to it. It's the CRT of today.

Looks like you're the one that needs to learn to be objective.

I own a Galaxy Note so it's not like I'm screaming that Pentile is a blight and all that.

But it really seems this panel will be like the Galaxy Nexus one and the One X panel is known to exceed it in pretty much every stat.

 

[epidemis]

Pentile and bland feminine design (except the thinness) - didn't samsung learn their lessons from galaxy I?

 

[Dominato3r]

The phone looks disgusting.

Yeap.

 

[SAWYER]

Man this pentile garbage bandwagon is going full force. Most people will not care or notice

 

[dguy6789]

Looks like you're the one that needs to learn to be objective.

I own a Galaxy Note so it's not like I'm screaming that Pentile is a blight and all that.

But it really seems this panel will be like the Galaxy Nexus one and the One X panel is known to exceed it in pretty much every stat.

The One X screen is only better than the GN screen in pixels per inch. Pretty much every single other measurable metric(colors, viewing angles, contrast, response time, etc..) is considered better in SAMOLED displays than SLCD.

 

[Dari]

OLED > LCD any day of the week. LCD is outdated; companies need to quit clinging to it. It's the CRT of today.

lol. I prefer real whites to the strange whites of OLED...

 

[RedRooster]

Question from an Android newb. Is the Nexus line the only line where you can install the latest update of the OS the quickest and doesn't require waiting months and months?

 

[MoxJr]

iPhone wins again

 

[obidamnkenobi]

Question from an Android newb. Is the Nexus line the only line where you can install the latest update of the OS the quickest and doesn't require waiting months and months?

yes. Don't buy anything else. I've been waiting since the nexus one for the perfect phone..

 

[Deeko]

Question from an Android newb. Is the Nexus line the only line where you can install the latest update of the OS the quickest and doesn't require waiting months and months?

Pretty much, yes, unless you do custom ROMs.

 

[zerocool84]

The phone looks fine to me. Only letdown was Pentile. Other than that it's a great phone. I don't understand the hate.

 

[mcveigh]

whats the resolution? I haven't seen that anywhere.

 

[RedRooster]

Thanks guys! Guess I'll be looking to upgrade from my Nexus S to a new Nexus today! Although this phone looks decent enough, if not for that fact.

 

[vshah]

whats the resolution? I haven't seen that anywhere.

1280x720

 

[ChronoReverse]

The One X screen is only better than the GN screen in pixels per inch. Pretty much every single other measurable metric(colors, viewing angles, contrast, response time, etc..) is considered better in SAMOLED displays than SLCD.

Really.

Colors it is true that AMOLED has a wider gamut but we only use the sRGB range (and in fact, because the AMOLEDs tend to be badly calibrated, people even use custom work to bring it back into line). So there's no advantage there since the OneX screen is more accurate out of box.

In terms of brightness, the One X easily wins so you'll be able to view it outside more easily. It absolutely destroys current AMOLED panels.

Contrast ratio naturally AMOLED wins but it's not like the One X is lacking in that department since it's top of class. In fact, in terms of contrast difference instead of ratio, the One X panel exceeds any AMOLED.

Finally, viewing angles of LCD's are already at 178 degrees. That's far beyond what anyone would need so even if AMOLEDs had 180 degrees (which they actually don't, even AMOLEDs have a little bit of fade on the AMOLED screens I've owned) it'd be a non-advantage.


So we only have marginal victories for a Pentile 720p AMOLED while the sLCD has a clear-cut victory in PPI and brightness. If this had been a Super AMOLED HD+ panel then it's an entirely different story.