Ok... I knew that skins were the major cause of fragmentation, but I was wondering if having a keyboard would cause delayed updates from Google.
Verizon Galaxy Nexus (Prime) Waiting Room
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Ok... I knew that skins were the major cause of fragmentation, but I was wondering if having a keyboard would cause delayed updates from Google.
I've got the droid 2 (which has a pull out physical keyboard) and I'm actually hoping the prime won't have a physical keyboard.
Having a physical keyboard will:
A) Add more overall weight to the device
B) Make it somewhat obsolete since most of us are used to touchscreens
C) Create frustration for those of us used to on screen keyboards.
I only use my pullout keyboard when I'm sending a longer email (which is pretty rare). I really don't need it and the extra weight makes my Droid 2 into a Bryck.
Having a physical keyboard will:
A) Add more overall weight to the device
B) Make it somewhat obsolete since most of us are used to touchscreens
C) Create frustration for those of us used to on screen keyboards.
I only use my pullout keyboard when I'm sending a longer email (which is pretty rare). I really don't need it and the extra weight makes my Droid 2 into a Bryck.
Giant screen, keyboard, LTE, giant battery for giant screen and LTE... going to be monster phone.
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It's going to have a 4.65" screen. It will be LTE, and most likely there will be models with keyboards and models without them. As to battery size, no one has a clue what size it will be. Depending on shape of the battery, you can pack a decent amount of power into a slim design. Sounds like you're just hating a little...maybe hoping the Prime bombs to justify the Bionic?
Okay, no one has a clue about any of it yet. Also, I don't think he's "hating" at all. His post reads to me as excitement for the phone.
No, I want it to be a killer phone. I just don't know how all these parts will come together when I see all the things they are packing into it. Also, at 1.5gz dual core, LTE, and that screen...it needs a big ole battery, no way around it.
Guess how I justify buying a bionic...because I wanted it and I could afford it. Guess how I will justify ditching it for a prime if I end up doing that...because I'll want it and I can afford to do so.
Tempered elation...
I know it will be a great phone, but will it be head and shoulders over it's contemporaries? What trade offs are being made? Is it too much too soon to shove in a phone?
These are my questions
I'm sure it will be a nice piece of hardware, I just think the whole second coming thing is silly. People did it with the GS2 and for a bit with the Bionic. Great phones but nothing that won't be bested in a month.
Zorachus
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So after all these rumors the past few weeks, what have we learned ?
Its sounds to me there will be a phone on Verizon named the Prime. But that is not the same device as the Nexus-Three or whatever it will be named ?
Or is the Prime just a Verizon version with their bloatware and the Nexus Prime will be a similar phone but the pure untouched version released on other carriers.
Its sounds to me there will be a phone on Verizon named the Prime. But that is not the same device as the Nexus-Three or whatever it will be named ?
Or is the Prime just a Verizon version with their bloatware and the Nexus Prime will be a similar phone but the pure untouched version released on other carriers.
Absolutely nothing, other than maybe its getting closer.
BGR said weeks ago in one of their articles that the Prime may not be the new Nexus.
My understanding (I have nothing to back this up other than the rumors everyone else has heard)
Oct. 6th = Samsung Stratosphere, slider, mid-tier
Nov. 3rd = Samsung Galaxy Nexus, non-slider, not droid branded, not a slider, top tier, has ICS
Sometime after Nov. 3rd = Samsung Prime, Slider, top tier, has ICS
Oct. 6th = Samsung Stratosphere, slider, mid-tier
Nov. 3rd = Samsung Galaxy Nexus, non-slider, not droid branded, not a slider, top tier, has ICS
Sometime after Nov. 3rd = Samsung Prime, Slider, top tier, has ICS
Agreed. I think we all need to get some perspective on this phone: the appeal is ICS, swift updates, an easily hackable phone and close-to-vanilla Android. All of those are software-related. I honestly don't care for the extra .3 GHz of processor speed or whatever it will be.
Brandon
There won't be many 720p screen phones, so I think this is a fair hardware upgrade.
Also a new device from Samsung excites me as well as ICS.
Also a new device from Samsung excites me as well as ICS.
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