Some more rumors to chew on, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy SIII,

[Bateluer]

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/09/1...eam-sandwich-as-2-4-and-galaxy-siii-revealed/

Galaxy Nexus
The device was called the Galaxy Nexus, not the Prime (something that has most likely been a codename). Looks similar to the Sprint Galaxy SII, but with a curved screen similar to the Nexus S. It’s headed “exclusively” to Verizon which is the reason they passed on the Galaxy SII. It has a 4.65″ HD display (1280×720), 1GB of RAM, 16GB internal storage, SD card slot, is 8.8mm thick, and has a 2000 mAh battery.
Odd thing here, is that he said the phone is running an Exynos processor clocked at 1.5GHz. We all know now that the next Nexus will run a TI OMAP chip, so he is either wrong, or this Verizon edition is going to be a lot different than the actual Nexus device that will likely head to other carriers. Also, the Exynos as far as we know, does not work with LTE.

Ice Cream Sandwich
The Galaxy Nexus that he used was running Ice Cream Sandwich and showed a version number of Android 2.4.1. It “works like Gingerbread” but has undergone a major face lift with smoother menus, better animations, and a “glassy” look to everything. The app drawer appears to be customizable with folders (like the new Blur) and has sections for Apps, Games and Widgets – feels a lot cleaner than any other build.
There is a preview mode for widgets, that allows you to see how your widget will look on a screen before you actually place it on there. Icons appear much more “shiny” than in the past and there are blues and purples all over rather than the green we saw in 2.3.
The Gmail, calendar, and browser apps have all been re-done. Gmail includes panels in landscape view like in Honeycomb. Calendar app apparently received a similar overhaul with blue color scheme. Browser has also been completely re-done with tabs at the “bottom” of the screen, better pinch-to-zoom and a new icon that features Bugdroid.

Galaxy SIII
According to this report, Samsung is currently planning to unveil the SGS3 at MWC in 2012, similarly to what they did with the SGS2 this year, but with hopes of doing a worldwide release rather than the slow country-by-country rollout.
The specs are certainly “subject to change”, but will apparently look something like: 2.0GHz Sammy-developed processor, 1.5GB of RAM, 32GB internal storage, SD slot, and a 4.65″ “Super AMOLED III” display that can do 352ppi. It will also have a 10MP camera that can shoot 1080p video at 60fps, 2250mAh battery, NFC chip, and Ice Cream Sandwich with TouchWiz 5 over top of it playing a “minor” roll.
No demo phone was available while Samsung continues to finish off the screen technology.

Take it how you will. Discuss?

 

[Red Storm]

If the Verizon Nexus doesn't have LTE that is a load of fail.

I wonder when the GSIII is going to be released? Probably doesn't matter, it's not like Verizon will rush to get it on their network.

 

[bonkers325]

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[JeffreyLebowski]

Great now we can listen to people bemoan purchasing a new phone now because something OMG so much better is just a year away.

 

[Oyeve]

Great now we can listen to people bemoan purchasing a new phone now because something OMG so much better is just a year away.

This.......Its sad how in the last 6 months everyone stopped buying phones waiting for the ip5/sgs2. Now when these phones actually come out they will have buyers remorse instantly. Which is the intent of the companys involved. Me, I use my phone until it either dies or my contract is up and I can get whatever good phone is out at the time.

 

[Fire&Blood]

I follow Eldar Murtazin on twitter and some of the things in this rumor are in line with what he says, in particular about the SGS3 which was to be timed to counter iphone5.

At least they stated that the source is "some random dude at 4chan", a few specs mentioned do strike me as carelessly made up.

Me, I use my phone until it either dies or my contract is up and I can get whatever good phone is out at the time.

True, but when you know you will keep the phone for 2 years, if one is well informed and lucky with timing, you can wait some more to get a significantly better phone for the next 2 years.

I saw quite a few 2010 tech level phones come out as 2011 phones only with slight cosmetic changes, so I guess some of these 2010 phones are holding their value better than others and some 2011 phones are doing even worse.

 

[Dulanic]

Also, the Exynos as far as we know, does not work with LTE.

What would the CPU type have to do with radio? The radio is separate.

 

[MrX8503]

This.......Its sad how in the last 6 months everyone stopped buying phones waiting for the ip5/sgs2. Now when these phones actually come out they will have buyers remorse instantly. Which is the intent of the companys involved. Me, I use my phone until it either dies or my contract is up and I can get whatever good phone is out at the time.

What I usually do is if I know there's a phone I want, I buy it close to its launch. Use it for a year or two without buyer's remorse.

I would have buyer's remorse if I bought a 6-12 month old smartphone.

 

[ImDonly1]

Galaxy S3 won't be out until probably April in Europe. And again end of summer or fall for the US. If you plan on buying one at release I'd expect to pay $1000.

I hope the next nexus is not exclusive to verizon. Kind of goes against what google does. I thought google was for having it on all carriers.

 

[shabby]

Galaxy S3 won't be out until probably April in Europe. And again end of summer or fall for the US. If you plan on buying one at release I'd expect to pay $1000.

Samsung said they want to switch to an 8 month cycle compared to the currently yearly one, so that would put the sgs3 basically at xmas/new year.

 

[Fire&Blood]

What would the CPU type have to do with radio? The radio is separate.

Not in a SoC, it's not a simple mix and match, where everything is bundled into one package.The industry will solve the issue with the next gen ones but it's an issue for existing chipsets.

I wouldn't be surprised if the SGS3 launches in Q1 2012

 

[ew915]

Wow just wow, if the rumors are accurate, that would put the new iphone to dust, right now is not like android in the 2010 where the nexus one struggled to keep up with the 3gs.
Now is all about who can crank up the fastest devices in a shorter cycle, I wonder what apple is going to do. They had so much time between iphone 4 to now that it seems like the A5 is already getting outdated with 512 mb of ram.

 

[Anubis]

If the Verizon Nexus doesn't have LTE that is a load of fail.

for you maybe


IMO its full of win. no battery sucking 4G to deal with that i cant use anyway

 

[AznAnarchy99]

for you maybe


IMO its full of win. no battery sucking 4G to deal with that i cant use anyway

I dont know.. those Verizon speed tests shown in major cities look amazing.

The Nexus One struggled with the 3GS? Im using a Nexus One as a temporary hold out until Verizon gets the Prime and its still holding its own VERY well. My Epic 4G, which came out in August 09 is still only bested by the few top of the line phones today such as the Bionic and the SGS2.

 

[Bateluer]

for you maybe


IMO its full of win. no battery sucking 4G to deal with that i cant use anyway

I'd still consider a fail on Verizon's part. Its not difficult to give the user the ability to turn off 4G, if they desire. Community devs have done it for every LTE phone released. I would think that Verizon would want only the best, most powerful, most capable phones for their flagship LTE network. Instead, they've got the peak of 2010's technology right now. Excluding the Bionic.

 

[Mopetar]

If the Verizon Nexus doesn't have LTE that is a load of fail.

I wonder when the GSIII is going to be released? Probably doesn't matter, it's not like Verizon will rush to get it on their network.

What would the CPU type have to do with radio? The radio is separate.

Unless it's a yet unreleased Exynos based on a 28nm process, there's no way that they could cram a 1.5 GHz chip in there alongside LTE without expecting the device to burn a hole in anything it comes into contact with.

 

[Mopetar]

Not in a SoC, it's not a simple mix and match, where everything is bundled into one package.

As far as I'm aware the SoC and baseband chip usually aren't on the same package. I believe the issues have more to do with power draw and handling the heat dissipation from a hot and powerful SoC and a hot and powerful baseband chip.

IMO its full of win. no battery sucking 4G to deal with that i cant use anyway

I was under the assumption that on most devices you could turn off the 4G radio independently of the 3G and/or WiFi radios. If this isn't the case, I can see that there's ample reason to complain, but why any manufacturer wouldn't allow you to do this is beyond mind boggling.

 

[mnewsham]

I'd still consider a fail on Verizon's part. Its not difficult to give the user the ability to turn off 4G, if they desire. Community devs have done it for every LTE phone released. I would think that Verizon would want only the best, most powerful, most capable phones for their flagship LTE network. Instead, they've got the peak of 2010's technology right now. Excluding the Bionic.

Samsung phone going to verizon, verizon's fault the phone doesn't have 4G radio. 😕

 

[Mopetar]

Samsung phone going to verizon, verizon's fault the phone doesn't have 4G radio. 😕

Verizon has the final say about what devices end up on their network and often times the carriers have a close relationship with the manufacturers, requesting certain features for devices sold on their network.

It's also possible that these rumors are just a load of crap designed to drive hits to the website that spawned them. If there was one thing that I wish Android hadn't borrowed from Apple it would be the fevered, unrestrained, speculatory circle jerk over unreleased products.

 

[Bateluer]

Verizon has the final say about what devices end up on their network and often times the carriers have a close relationship with the manufacturers, requesting certain features for devices sold on their network.

It's also possible that these rumors are just a load of crap designed to drive hits to the website that spawned them. If there was one thing that I wish Android hadn't borrowed from Apple it would be the fevered, unrestrained, speculatory circle jerk over unreleased products.

Second. /Scruffy

 

[honkydory]

So do i buy a captivate for 200 flat and not burn my upgrade and hope that the GSIII comes out in spring and i can use my upgrade to get that? Or do i just get the GSII and live with it for (probably) two years... why do they do this to me!

 

[zerocool84]

So do i buy a captivate for 200 flat and not burn my upgrade and hope that the GSIII comes out in spring and i can use my upgrade to get that? Or do i just get the GSII and live with it for (probably) two years... why do they do this to me!

GSIII won't be out in spring, just be announced in Spring.

 

[s44]

So do i buy a captivate for 200 flat and not burn my upgrade and hope that the GSIII comes out in spring and i can use my upgrade to get that? Or do i just get the GSII and live with it for (probably) two years... why do they do this to me!

Buy a GS2, sell it, and buy a Note. 😀

Besides, even AT&T gives you an upgrade at 18m.

 

[MrX8503]

Wow just wow, if the rumors are accurate, that would put the new iphone to dust, right now is not like android in the 2010 where the nexus one struggled to keep up with the 3gs.
Now is all about who can crank up the fastest devices in a shorter cycle, I wonder what apple is going to do. They had so much time between iphone 4 to now that it seems like the A5 is already getting outdated with 512 mb of ram.

The A5's GPU is 2x as fast as Exynos. Devices get updated all the time, Apple just updates less frequently, but they'll still be fine. Every iPhone release has been on par or better than what was out spec wise.

The A5 is old cause it was released last summer, but make no mistake, Apple wasn't joking when they said it's GPU was ~9x the speed of A4. Anand's review of the A5 found that stat to be mostly true.

 

[jiffylube1024]

The A5's GPU is 2x as fast as Exynos. Devices get updated all the time, Apple just updates less frequently, but they'll still be fine. Every iPhone release has been on par or better than what was out spec wise.

The A5 is old cause it was released last summer, but make no mistake, Apple wasn't joking when they said it's GPU was ~9x the speed of A4. Anand's review of the A5 found that stat to be mostly true.

The A5 in the iPad is different from the A5 that will be in the iPhone 5.

The A5 in the iPad 2 uses a PowerVR SGX 543MP2, while by all indications, due to thermal and battery considerations, the iPhone 5 will use a PowerVR SGX 543 -- 4 SIMD units vs 8 in the iPad 2.