Re: How will you feel if VZW Galaxy S3 & HTC get Jelly Bean first
Explain to me how being able to flash custom ROMs would benefit an application developer?
The point of the Nexus line is to be the crowned jewel of Android, a central authority to be the definitive Android experience and to represent the OS as a whole. The stock image being great for developers as it is untainted and neutral.
Definition of nexus:
"1. a form of connection
2. a connected group
3. the center of something"
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Couldn't agree more.
Based on all the responses here, I think it's fair to say that the Galaxy Nexus is many things to many people, and I think that's a good thing. What I can say for sure (and I don't imagine I'd get too much disagreement here) is that the
Verizon Nexus experiment, has proven to be sort of a big FAIL in the sense that it is the stepchild of the Nexus family, and despite Google's best intentions, doesn't (or can't) receive the same love as other Nexus devices.
To those that suggest that the Galaxy Nexus is probably not right for me because I would consider switching to an iPhone over this debacle, you may be right - in the interest of full disclosure, may last phone
was an iPhone. I switched to the Galaxy Nexus because, unlike what seems like most people these days, I am not a cell phone bigot and the Galaxy Nexus came along at just the right time... I was frustrated with all the things my iPhone
couldn't do and was tired of jailbraking to get it to do what I wanted (which introduced a whole other set of headaches) and felt that I had suffered the crappy coverage of AT&T long enough. I knew that if I really was going to make the switch, it HAD to be a Nexus device because I wanted the PURE Google experience, didn't want to have to deal with waiting interminably for updates, or rooting my phone to get rid of all the crap most Android phones are shipped with. For these reasons, the Galaxy Nexus on Verizon was a complete no-brainer (or so I thought). Other than the fact that I'm on my second handset (first one up and died out of the blue with no warning), had to sideload Google Wallet because my carrier felt threatened by it, had to wait like six months to get the 4.0.4 update that corrected things that made it incredibly frustrating to use up until then because I was not interested in rooting/flashing it (I can hear the root zealots out there rolling their eyes), and am now faced with the same scenario - root or wait - other than all that, it's been a great experience! (Sorry for the sarcasm, I'm just pissed is all.) In fairness, coming from iOS and testing the Android waters has been a really great experience in some respects, and I'm sad that being a lab rat in the botched VZW Nexus experiment has somewhat tainted it for me. But I'm an engineer and a computer geek, so I can still really appreciate the nuances of what makes each OS special and unique and what advantages one has over the other (and make no mistake - each is inferior to the other in some ways that are immediately obvious, and also in ways you can only appreciate after living with them day in, day out). Why am I bothering to say all of this? I guess just to put my comments (and my frustration), in context. And because I wish more people to got experience living with both, or at least got to hear a (hopefully) unbiased take from someone with no allegiances, for what it's worth.
Sigh. For the moment, I'm a disgruntled Verizon Galaxy Nexus owner and Android fan, but who knows... I may go back to the golden handcuffs. If nothing else, at least I'll know when I'll be getting my updates. I may have to get a Nexus 7 to help ease the pain. :-]
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