RANT: Nexus "the developers phone" and updates argument
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Actually, the point of the GNex is to be a phone first. It was sold at retail to the general public.
What are the bugs that make this phone so unworthy compared to other phones? I'm pretty sure it works quite well as a phone and as far as a data exchange device, it seems it is acceptable to good compared to other 4G devices (with the exception of the Rezound). So what are all these bugs that people are using "developer phone" and "fastest updated phone" as an excuse for? A few people tend to blow things out of proportion and then the masses flock behind it in fear. There are so many electronics device that are released and the forums BLOW UP with complaints for a few weeks to a few months and then all is forgotten. No doubt, this release is just like that.
Ask at a Verizon store how many of the Galaxy Nexus buyers presented their developer credentials to buy it. None. The Galaxy Nexus is a consumer product. Google does not call it a "developer phone". We are the ones who made up "developer phone" as an excuse.
Some of the issues are bugs. Some are by design.
Is it fair to assume that the latest and greatest "Pure Google Experience" would at least have all the basic features? No.
Some techies will buy it for the "Pure Google Experience" and then will immediately strip out the Pure Google ROM and replace it with a new one to get their features back. Others know to replace key pure Google experience apps with market apps to restore the missing functions.
But the typical consumer may not understand that her new $300 phone does not have the features her two year old phone had. There is nothing that a ROM or app can do about the microSD or 5MP but there are great great workarounds for other things. But will she know what to do to fix it?
Pure Google Facebook does not sync contact photos
? Get Friendcaster and you can sync again.
Pure Google Dialer Lacks Speed Dial
? Get a contact or dialer app like Go Contacts or TouchPal Dialer to assign contacts to numbers 1 to 9.
Pure Google Dialer Lacks Smart Dial
? Get a current dialer to T9 dial ( like 2 for B, 7 for R to see names beginning "Br")
Pure Google Dialer Search Limits
? TouchPal Dialer lets you dial initials for instance dial 2 for B, 6 for O for Barack Obama.
Pure Google Contact Search Limits
? Go Contacts & TouchPal Dialer can search contacts for "Pen" for contacts on Pennsylvania Ave or "Wash" for Washington.
Can't set up a shortcut to a file
? Get File Explorer etc. to be able to put a shortcut to a file on a homescreen.
Pure Google Launcher 5 Page Limit
? Get a current launcher like Use LauncherPro or ADW.Launcher for more home screens.
Remove Pure Google Search Bar
1/5 of home screen space is lost to the search across every screen.
? Get a current launcher like Use LauncherPro or ADW.Launcher to remove it.
Pure Google Messaging Limits
Messaging is missing the return key, etc.
? Get a current app like ChompSMS.
There are a list of other apps that can replace missing features like caller photos in Visual Voicemail, email, clock, etc.
Google is making profits of $4M an hour. Why not spend $100K on each of the 10 key apps they need and just include the code they lack?
Some of the issues are bugs. Some are by design.
Is it fair to assume that the latest and greatest "Pure Google Experience" would at least have all the basic features? No.
Some techies will buy it for the "Pure Google Experience" and then will immediately strip out the Pure Google ROM and replace it with a new one to get their features back. Others know to replace key pure Google experience apps with market apps to restore the missing functions.
But the typical consumer may not understand that her new $300 phone does not have the features her two year old phone had. There is nothing that a ROM or app can do about the microSD or 5MP but there are great great workarounds for other things. But will she know what to do to fix it?
Pure Google Facebook does not sync contact photos
? Get Friendcaster and you can sync again.
Pure Google Dialer Lacks Speed Dial
? Get a contact or dialer app like Go Contacts or TouchPal Dialer to assign contacts to numbers 1 to 9.
Pure Google Dialer Lacks Smart Dial
? Get a current dialer to T9 dial ( like 2 for B, 7 for R to see names beginning "Br")
Pure Google Dialer Search Limits
? TouchPal Dialer lets you dial initials for instance dial 2 for B, 6 for O for Barack Obama.
Pure Google Contact Search Limits
? Go Contacts & TouchPal Dialer can search contacts for "Pen" for contacts on Pennsylvania Ave or "Wash" for Washington.
Can't set up a shortcut to a file
? Get File Explorer etc. to be able to put a shortcut to a file on a homescreen.
Pure Google Launcher 5 Page Limit
? Get a current launcher like Use LauncherPro or ADW.Launcher for more home screens.
Remove Pure Google Search Bar
1/5 of home screen space is lost to the search across every screen.
? Get a current launcher like Use LauncherPro or ADW.Launcher to remove it.
Pure Google Messaging Limits
Messaging is missing the return key, etc.
? Get a current app like ChompSMS.
There are a list of other apps that can replace missing features like caller photos in Visual Voicemail, email, clock, etc.
Google is making profits of $4M an hour. Why not spend $100K on each of the 10 key apps they need and just include the code they lack?
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Well, actually do some more reading around here and you will find out that lots of us have problems with using it as a phone. Speaker popping/crackling, mic cutting off, dropped calls when data switches between 4G and 3G.
I usually stay pretty up to date on all this stuff but I haven't heard of "Jelly Bean..." is that the codename for Android 5.0? 4.1?
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I think it's funny when people read something on the internet and believe it's true for everyone and everything. I heard someone on this forum has black lung, I bet by tomorrow all of north america will have it! GASP! Also milominderbiner, I didn't know that "typical consumers" were only female...
They aren't.
If I were talking about people blowing ROMs, I think we can agree that it would be overwhelmingly a male hobby.
What is strange is when people say that the Galaxy Nexus is a "developer phone". They have sold over 1.5M. And no one was asked to show their developer credentials to buy it.
It is even stranger when people say that they want a "Pure Google Experience". Have you ever heard of anyone who wanted a Pure Google Experience who really did want a Pure Google Experience?
They blow ROMs or download non-Google launchers, email, messaging, dialers, clocks, keyboards, and other apps. I cannot name one person claiming to have a Pure Google Experience who actually has a Pure Google Experience.
The only people I have met who were stuck with a Pure Google Experience were ones who bought a Nexus and had no idea how to do ROMs or even download apps.
The few times I have encountered pure Google, the first thing I do is show them how to download apps.
Funny, that list has been torn to shreds as BS in another thread. Why you feel the need to copy and paste it from somewhere else is beyond me.
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I have to say I think it is interesting to see that because the Nexus is a developers phone you seem to believe that it isn't because anyone can buy it.
To me that leads me to believe you don't understand what it means when google classifies a device as a developers phone.
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Guys, please dont forget that this thread was just about the EXCUSES that some used, nothing else. All phones have bugs - that's a fact, it's just when some, instead of providing informative feedback or help, reply with the "developer phone" BS.
I would really, really, REALLY, like you to enlighten us HOW Google CLASSIFIES a device to be a developer one. Please point to a link where Google says "this phone classified as a developer platform/device" or ANYTHING to that matter.
What does it even mean "classifies as a developer phone"? What other classifications are there?
I would really, really, REALLY, like you to enlighten us HOW Google CLASSIFIES a device to be a developer one. Please point to a link where Google says "this phone classified as a developer platform/device" or ANYTHING to that matter.
What does it even mean "classifies as a developer phone"? What other classifications are there?
Amen brother!
Cell phone that actually works as a phone.
pauldroidr2d2
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Who exactly are you speaking for? If the above wasn't intended to be a snotty response please let me know.
pauldroidr2d2
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Please tell me what other Android phones include developers tools. Do you think it is by coincidence that Google does one phone per year that has their OS on it and developer tools if not so developers have a device to assist them with that type of endeavor?
Oh and the phone does work. I'm sorry yours had problems.
Well if it is in Wikipedia, it must be true. It is not like just anyone can edit Wikipedia. *snickers*
This is my second GNex just to clarify. The first had the crackling/popping speaker and mic cutting out. This one has the screeching. I am sorry, too.
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Sure if by developer phone you mean a phone that doesn't actually work as a phone. IOW, a phone that actually works as a phone is one in which you can actually hear what the other person is saying and they can hear what you are saying reliably and there is no crackling/popping/screeching and dropped calls are infrequent.
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