Nexus Excitement Dying Down?

[stdeane]

I never understood the "excitement" in the first place. It's just another phone, not sex. Relax everybody. It'll come out when it does. Find something else to do in the meantime. Is a phone really the most exciting thing to happen in your lives in a long time? Pathetic.

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[mechapathy]

Atleast with htc they seem to keep 1 high end per carrier look at moto who had the x2 then droid 3 with different blur, then bionic and then the razr less than 2 months later. The thunderbolt is only one of 2 lte devices on verizon and it isn't like htc has anything right around the corner for verizon. They all should slow down and work on keeping the phones up to date and fixing the bugs asap rather than pushing 10 phones all with similar issues.

Agreed. Motorola is saturating the market with garbage, and wondering why they aren't selling phones. The Razr should have been moved up, and the Bionic dropped altogether, IMO.

 

[Akuma]

I don't see why the excitement should be dying down. If it had come out 4 days ago would it be boring to you already? , if it comes out in January I will still be
just as excited since I planned on having it in January
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[Akuma]

I never understood the "excitement" in the first place. It's just another phone, not sex. Relax everybody. It'll come out when it does. Find something else to do in the meantime. Is a phone really the most exciting thing to happen in your lives in a long time? Pathetic.

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I agree with you. But I have to laugh at you...You're on a forum about phones trolling posts...nothing better to do?

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[SoulWeaponry]

A great thing about the Nexus is if you buy one, you will have Google's best phone for a full year. Not like, say, HTC, where if you buy a phone in a few months a much better spec'd model is released with better software that your phone may never get (Sense on Thunderbolt vs Sensation, anyone?).

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I know you're talking about "lines of phones", but even if you buy the nexus today it will be technically "outdated" very soon, so whether you get an htc or a nexus doesn't matter. If you really care that much about being outdated, you shouldn't get a phone at all.

Considering HTC has been the best about upgrading/supporting their phones, i think getting an HTC phone right now is a safe bet.Sensation is getting old, it's getting ice cream sandwich. Even the thunderbolt, at the very least rooted, will get ice cream sandwich. Hell, i was pretty shocked at the 1st gen incredible getting gingerbread.

Personally? I buy my phone for what it does now and not for what i fear it may not do a few months down the line. Consumers get so upset when they buy a phone and a new one comes out a month later with slightly better specs. So? Slightly better specs doesn't change the fact that your phone does what you bought it for. I don't expect the entire industry to slow down because i want to say "i have the best specd phone" for awhile longer.

Seems like all we ever focus on are numbers on paper and not the fun/experience we actually have with the phone. Nevermind the fact that most people play basic games like angry birds or don't even shoot 1080p cell phone video. We need quad cores soon. Right?

The nexus will only be outdated soon if you completely erase the "experience" of the phone from your brain and only focus on jerking off to numbers on a sheet of paper. Or well, unless you really need that much power in your phone. In which case, you're probably a power user and upgrade every year anyway right? Can we ever just sit back and enjoy our god damn phones without being envious of whatever comes next? . My first phone couldn't even handle mp3 ringtones

 

[stdeane]

I agree with you. But I have to laugh at you...You're on a forum about phones trolling posts...nothing better to do?

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Sorry to say anything disrespectful. The fact is, I'm a noobe and don't even know what trolling means.




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[Nakrohtap]

I never understood the "excitement" in the first place. It's just another phone, not sex. Relax everybody. It'll come out when it does. Find something else to do in the meantime. Is a phone really the most exciting thing to happen in your lives in a long time? Pathetic.

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I agree with you. But I have to laugh at you...You're on a forum about phones trolling posts...nothing better to do?

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My thoughts exactly. If this was a forum for fantasy football, it would be "why does everyone just talk about football? Doesn't anyone care about getting laid?"
I am not trying to pile on, stdeane. I just thought it was funny. No offense.

This phone is what brings everyone in this forum together...for better or for worse.

 

[TrendyProfessional1]

I never understood the "excitement" in the first place. It's just another phone, not sex. Relax everybody. It'll come out when it does. Find something else to do in the meantime. Is a phone really the most exciting thing to happen in your lives in a long time? Pathetic.

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Exactly; everyone just needs to go and get some........
Whatever some is......

 

[ragnarokx]

I know you're talking about "lines of phones", but even if you buy the nexus today it will be technically "outdated" very soon, so whether you get an htc or a nexus doesn't matter. If you really care that much about being outdated, you shouldn't get a phone at all.

Considering HTC has been the best about upgrading/supporting their phones, i think getting an HTC phone right now is a safe bet.Sensation is getting old, it's getting ice cream sandwich. Even the thunderbolt, at the very least rooted, will get ice cream sandwich. Hell, i was pretty shocked at the 1st gen incredible getting gingerbread.

Personally? I buy my phone for what it does now and not for what i fear it may not do a few months down the line. Consumers get so upset when they buy a phone and a new one comes out a month later with slightly better specs. So? Slightly better specs doesn't change the fact that your phone does what you bought it for. I don't expect the entire industry to slow down because i want to say "i have the best specd phone" for awhile longer.

Seems like all we ever focus on are numbers on paper and not the fun/experience we actually have with the phone. Nevermind the fact that most people play basic games like angry birds or don't even shoot 1080p cell phone video. We need quad cores soon. Right?

The nexus will only be outdated soon if you completely erase the "experience" of the phone from your brain and only focus on jerking off to numbers on a sheet of paper. Or well, unless you really need that much power in your phone. In which case, you're probably a power user and upgrade every year anyway right? Can we ever just sit back and enjoy our god damn phones without being envious of whatever comes next? . My first phone couldn't even handle mp3 ringtones

Everyone chooses a phone for their particular reason(s). Those who like HTC frequently cite building materials and/or Sense UI as their reasons. If those were my reasons, and I bought a Sensation 4G on launch day, then less than two months later the Amaze 4G was released, I would feel like a chump for not waiting. There's no way of knowing if the next flagship phone is coming out 1 month or 10 months after the current one is released, so there's no way of knowing which phones to pass up.

My reasons for buying a phone are having a pure/direct Google OS and updates, unlocked bootloader and custom developer support. This is why I choose the Nexus. It's comforting to know that Google puts everything they've got into a phone once a year, so I can easily plan on where to spend my hard earned bucks. I don't have to worry about a better Nexus being released 6 weeks later, with some great developers going with it.

If I did buy the Sensation as in my above scenario, should I just be happy with the phone I've got and not worry about what's coming out in the future? You bet. But I'm messed up in the head like that, and this is the best strategy I've found to cope

 

[stockandroidguy]

I have a bionic so no excitement for not a bionic hasn't died down yet

 

[stdeane]

My excitement is gone. My money is now earmarked for gift giving. The company I work for "adopts" families every year who are struggling financially, and helps give them a gift-filled Christmas. This years families have especially harsh stories, so my $300 is going to charity instead of a phone.

Will I get the GNex? Hard to say now. I'm not swimming in cash like a lot of people around here seem to be, so I have to budget in advance for things like this. Opportunity missed, Verizon. Thanks for zero information. I'll just keep dealing with my little Samsung Rogue. The worst part is losing my $50 gift card, which will expire at the end of this year.

You are good people.

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[Dustindejohn]

My excitement is gone. My money is now earmarked for gift giving. The company I work for "adopts" families every year who are struggling financially, and helps give them a gift-filled Christmas. This years families have especially harsh stories, so my $300 is going to charity instead of a phone.

Will I get the GNex? Hard to say now. I'm not swimming in cash like a lot of people around here seem to be, so I have to budget in advance for things like this. Opportunity missed, Verizon. Thanks for zero information. I'll just keep dealing with my little Samsung Rogue. The worst part is losing my $50 gift card, which will expire at the end of this year.

Don't be fooled it's a verizon conspiracy to get you to hold of buying a phone until the Razr 2 comes out
ITS ALL AN ELABORATE PLOY TO GET YOU TO BUY BLOATWARE!
:-!

Ok, maybe not, but your selfless acts are sure to make you loved by those around you
I'll be busy loving the Nexus so much that those around me will think i'm dead.

 

[jbecerril]

I'm going to say this nicely - we all know how you feel about this phone. You think it's underspeced...that's fine. That isn't what this thread is about. I'm directing it at people who feel, largely due to the delays (yes, delays) that have occurred, the Nexus has lost some of its shine.

If you'd like to discuss what you feel are technological shortcomings, by all means, create and devote a thread to it. It's a legitimate topic of conversation for many. But please stop injecting those comments where they don't belong - you sound like a broken record.

Delays? what Delays show me one article just one that shows the gave a release date. there havent been any delays because there hasnt been a release date. BUT my excitement has gone down considerably because of big reds lack of communication to its consumers. im sure they have a reason for waiting so long to give a date for this device but id much rather wait for a solid date than be told a date just to be told its going to be pushed.

 

[ManBearPig618]

Delays? what Delays show me one article just one that shows the gave a release date. there havent been any delays because there hasnt been a release date. BUT my excitement has gone down considerably because of big reds lack of communication to its consumers. im sure they have a reason for waiting so long to give a date for this device but id much rather wait for a solid date than be told a date just to be told its going to be pushed.

Please not again. This debate is tired.

 

[pr0crast]

Getting G-Nex regardless... But every day that this phone does not come out is one less day I'll get to feel like I'm on the "cutting edge" before something bigger and better comes out. With new Android phones coming out so rapidly, that window is very small -- unusually so, for new tech. I'm a bit disappointed for this reason -- and feel like I've been robbed of that rare pleasure by VZW. The real winners here are the folks overseas who have had the SGSII since July, and have gotten to enjoy being relatively close to the top for an unusually long amount of time. That's one thing I do envy about iPhone users as well, is being able to enjoy being at the top for a full year.

 

[hmackenz]

Yeah I was dead set on the SGS II but then it never came out. Then the Nexus, but the excitement has pretty much worn off. I've waited this long, and I've gotten used to the Tbolt (and it's doing much better on Gingerbread than it was on Froyo), so I think I can make it until something even more amazing comes out. Definitely leaning towards Samsung for my next phone. Hopefully ICS phones with a similar form factor to the Nexus aren't too far off.

I think I'd prefer to just get a Transformer Prime and enjoy ICS on that until I've had the Tbolt for a year and can upgrade to whatever's out then or soon after. I'm sure whatever Samsung comes out with next is going to be sweet. I'm sure the Galaxy S3 is far off, since the S2 just recently came out here, but I read an article about a quad-core exynos that includes this:

One of our regular tipsters informed me that Samsung has a few devices coming in early 2012 that will “blow minds” and they were a “big step past the Galaxy Nexus class, in every way.” Based on that description, I believe Samsung will likely go with a quad-core processor that includes a few surprises. (Quad-core Exynos 4412 could power Samsung Galaxy S III | Android and Me)

 

[humpagardengnome]

Yeah I was dead set on the SGS II but then it never came out. Then the Nexus, but the excitement has pretty much worn off. I've waited this long, and I've gotten used to the Tbolt (and it's doing much better on Gingerbread than it was on Froyo), so I think I can make it until something even more amazing comes out. Definitely leaning towards Samsung for my next phone. Hopefully ICS phones with a similar form factor to the Nexus aren't too far off.

I think I'd prefer to just get a Transformer Prime and enjoy ICS on that until I've had the Tbolt for a year and can upgrade to whatever's out then or soon after. I'm sure whatever Samsung comes out with next is going to be sweet. I'm sure the Galaxy S3 is far off, since the S2 just recently came out here, but I read an article about a quad-core exynos that includes this:

I think that's a slight understatement, it's a galaxy far, far away, kind of, Q2 2013 at the earliest, time frame. It's rapidly evolving tech. but it's a long way off from being utilized in a cell phone on a US carrier if it does happen. Do we really need quad core in phones?

 

[pr0crast]

Are you kidding? I thought quad core was on roadmaps for mid 2012.

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[pmugghc]

I think we'll have quad core phones in 2Q 2012.

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[E.T.]

The Samsung Galaxy S initially launched in Singapore on June 4, 2010. Wiki here. The US carrier versions released July-August.
The Samsung Galaxy S2 release launch dates began May 2011. Wiki here. The US carrier versions released September-October.

What's to say the Galaxy S3 line couldnt launch around May-June of 2012, with a slightly later release for US? Even if they're delayed from the previous two cycles, I think that would just be late 2012, not Q2 2013.