I've been looking forward to the GNex for quite awhile, but frankly, I'm starting to cool on it. After hearing about mediocre specs, average camera, flawed display (reported slight but noticeable banding and discoloration with pentile), no flash out of the gate, no gorilla glass (or proof of equivalent scratch/shock resistance), no expandable memory, and reports of bugs/issues (volume bugs, first run dev copies, limited reports of "less than smooth" UI), it just seems like it's somewhat less than ideal.
It seems that the only big difference between the GNex and most phones coming into the market is really just the fact that it's pure google and will get updates first, considering most of the modern phones will probably have ICS within the next 4-5 months anyway. Other than that, in a lot of ways, it seems like inferior hardware.
Just comparing the specs, the Nitro HD looks pretty good to me right now, and I'm excited about the non-pentile HD display. IPS and OLED both have their advantages, but non-pentile is non-pentile. On top of all that, it'll actually be an AT&T phone, as opposed to an unlocked phone I have to pay a fortune for and get limited support from AT&T on.
I dunno, maybe I'm just disappointed that it's taken so long to just get this thing to market.
Anyone else?
It seems that the only big difference between the GNex and most phones coming into the market is really just the fact that it's pure google and will get updates first, considering most of the modern phones will probably have ICS within the next 4-5 months anyway. Other than that, in a lot of ways, it seems like inferior hardware.
Just comparing the specs, the Nitro HD looks pretty good to me right now, and I'm excited about the non-pentile HD display. IPS and OLED both have their advantages, but non-pentile is non-pentile. On top of all that, it'll actually be an AT&T phone, as opposed to an unlocked phone I have to pay a fortune for and get limited support from AT&T on.
I dunno, maybe I'm just disappointed that it's taken so long to just get this thing to market.
Anyone else?