What are you disappointed in so far with the GN?

[sushiglobster]

I've noticed lots of threads just filling up with why they don't like this or that about the phone. So I figured instead of filling up all the threads with what you're disappointed in, just fill this one up instead.

Think of it as a central point to talk about and discuss what is so disappointing so far about this new Galaxy Nexus.

Keep in mind though, that these specs are just numbers and words on paper. Once it's in your hands you might be more happy than you thought about the hardware.

Anyways...

I say, list what you are unhappy about then talk a bit about it if you want to.

I am disappointed with the GPU/CPU

I would have loved to have seen 1.5ghz on there rather than the oh so common1.2ghz. The upside is that can be adjusted and overclocked soon with kernel updates and the likes.

That's all. Other than that, I think the HW will support ICS quite well thus allowing for a great user experience!



HERE ARE THE SPECS:

Silicon
CPU: Texas Instruments OMAP4460, 2047.7 BogoMIPS Clocked at 1.2ghz
GPU: Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX 540 (same as the Galaxy S and Nexus S) Clocked at: 300mhz or so (think I saw 384mhz somewhere)
WiFi / Bluetooth module: Broadcom BCM4330 (same as in the Galaxy S II)
Audio codec: Texas Instruments TWL6040
HDMI: Silicon Image MHD SiI9234 transmitter over MHL (same as Infuse 4G and GSII)
USB Switch: Fairchild semiconductors fsa9480 (industry standard)
Framebuffer controller: Samsung S6E8AA0 MIPI LCD with Gamma correction driver
Sensors
Geomagnetic sensor: Brand new tri-axial Yamaha YAS530
TouchScreen sensor: Melfas MMSxxx touchscreen
Optical / proximity sensor: GP2A (same as Galaxy S and Nexus S)
Barometric pressure sensor: BOSCH BMP180 (first of its kind in a smartphone)
Triaxial acceleration sensor: BOSCH BMA250
Triple Axis MEMS Gyroscope: InvenSense MPU3050
Fuel Gauge (algorithm to track battery's state of charge): MAXIM MAX17040
Misc. internals
Facial recognition elements (Face Unlock): left eye, right eye, nose base, head, face
Available resolution for standard apps: 720 x 1184px
Refresh rate: 60Hz
LCD Density: 320
Gorilla Glass: Yes
Default display color depth: 32bit
Camera uses OMAP Ducati Subsystem, on-screen preview size is 768 x 576
Linux kernel: 3.0.1 compiled for SMP with voluntary kernel preemption for best interactivity
Android ROM: version 4.0.1, built October 13, 2011
Device name: Maguro
Main input/output type supported: Headphone, Speaker, Microphone, Bluetooth, Voice, FM, S/PDIF over HDMI; USB Audio DAC (digital-to-audio converter with USB input and stereo outputs) should also be supported



SO FAR, people seem to be not happy with,

Case design
No SD slot
No launch date (in time though)
Verizon Exclusive (a waiting game for everyone else)

 

[Poopai]

Case design.

 

[LeanNSupreme]

Really happy with the hardware except for the fact that there is no SD card slot. Also, does anyone know if the Galaxy Nexus will have gorilla glass?

 

[sushiglobster]

Really happy with the hardware except for the fact that there is no SD card slot. Also, does anyone know if the Galaxy Nexus will have gorilla glass?

Yes. It does have Gorilla Glass.

 

[th0r615]

Nothing. I've not had the phone in my hands so theres no way I can be disappointed.

CPU/GPU debate? I dont think its an issue because this phone will be able to handle everything I throw at it. 1.2 vs 1.5 is nothing more then "mine is bigger then yours"

No SD card? I don't need anything greater then 16GB anyway. Google music solves that problem for me.

 

[Csdaytona]

No launch date.

 

[Zorachus]

Verizon exclusive. Wish Sprint or T-Mobile was getting it soon too, not in 2012. If Verizon gets it first for awhile, then I will just wait for the Galaxy S3 due in Spring. Not gonna leave my carriers for one device.

 

[EggoEspada]

Im disappointed that its not in my hands right now.

Sent from my ADR6400L

 

[ace0187420]

Everything that I've read says what this article says.


http://www.extremetech.com/computing/100457-samsung-galaxy-nexus-prime-revealed-slower-than-the-iphone-4s-galaxy-s-ii

 

[th0r615]

brb testing benchmark software on an unfinished firmware then telling the interwebz its slow

 

[Lakhota]

GPU, although TBH, I probably won't keep this phone past July/August when all the quad-core cpu/gpus will be out. By then, higher resolution non-pentile displays will be out and graphic intensive games should start rolling out. Honestly though I think the GN will hold its own until then for me. The main seller for me is that huge, sharp screen. Most of my uses will be browsing, watching movies, and listening to music anyway so it beats out all the competition in those departments. Gaming is secondary as I don't have much time to game on a phone unless I'm traveling or at home. Tablets and xbox 360 got me covered in those departments

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

brb testing benchmark software on an unfinished firmware then telling the interwebz its slow

LOL

Sent from my Thunderbolt

 

[sushiglobster]

GPU, although TBH, I probably won't keep this phone past July/August when all the quad-core cpu/gpus will be out. By then, higher resolution non-pentile displays will be out and graphic intensive games should start rolling out. Honestly though I think the GN will hold its own until then for me. The main seller for me is that huge, sharp screen. Most of my uses will be browsing, watching movies, and listening to music anyway so it beats out all the competition in those departments. Gaming is secondary as I don't have much time to game on a phone unless I'm traveling or at home. Tablets and xbox 360 got me covered in those departments

I think you make a pretty good point here.

Gaming on a mobile device is improving and we are seeing that now. But if you are truly in to gaming, then I say leave that up to the consoles/PC.

Do other phones perform better with games? Probably. It depends on how you use your device. I have yet to play any games on my phone. I use it mostly for web browsing and music. More so than phone calls even haha. So for me, gaming is way down on the list and if this phone does gaming badly, then I'm fine with that, if it does it well and OK then that's great too.

You really have to think about how you use your device and find something that will deliver on all parts of that.

 

[kharrigan]

The only thing that I'm disappointed in is that there's nothing that's obviously revolutionary. So far everything has only been evolutionary.

I thought that the next-gen Nexus "flagship" would revolutionize mobile phones with it's larger HD screen. I also expected ICS to crush iOS5. Right now all of us can say that Apples eggs are in the Siri basket to move 4S phones. For ICS, even WE aren't clear; is it... a larger screen? A faster network (if on Verizon)? A barometer?

ICS and GN are interesting - but not compelling - to most people (especially iPhone users). In the tablet space, there's nothing that goes after the ipad2 directly.

I think that the greatest challenge facing the Android consortium is NOT technical; it's marketing. America wants a clear winner and will go into debt to buy it. So far the winner has been iOS (by media coverage)... but this and the next battles are the ones that matter.

So far, Apple has been lazy with the iPad2 and 4S. I sincerely hope the Android consortium simply out-innovates AND out-markets them in the next 18 months.

 

[MarcVH]

Native Qi (wireless charging) would have been nice but is really unrelated to what GN is about, so it's a minor issue. Maybe it'll come later.

 

[Alucardsyco]

SD card is pretty much a must.

 

[greydarrah]

So funny...a "disappointment" thread for a phone that doesn't even have a release date yet.

 

[pco45]

The size, particularly the top and bottom portions of the bezel, although ideally the side could be maybe 2mm smaller. That's the only specific quality of the phone that I'm not really excited about.

More generally, I'm disappointed that it's not by far the leading edge in technology on every single category.

Maybe I sound ridiculous and unrealistic, and I realize that, I am most likely going to get this phone and be very happy with it (unless I get the Razr instead), I just wished it was something that was so much better than everything that I would have no desire to even check the phone sites for a huge chunk of my contract.

 

[sushiglobster]

So funny...a "disappointment" thread for a phone that doesn't even have a release date yet.

This thread is here so people can at least talk about what they would have liked.

I think the phone, once in hand, will be great! Till then, people would like to discuss.

 

[djwyman]

my only disappointing so far is the fact that none of the carriers have came out and said anything about it...give me a date and list f for sure carriers already cause I want this phone in the worst way. I disagree that iphone has any advantage over this phone what so ever...iphones have not stepped up to any "4g" technologies what so ever so they are lacking in that already...also ios to me is just now catching up to android in many aspects but still looks boring as it did in all of the previous versions. Siri is just very gimmicky version of many of the things us android users already have and I barley use anyway.