What's the selling point for the Prime?

[delco714]

I really really hope it has led notifications... The charge doesn't and that still peeves me!

 

[davey11]

I hear lotsa folks crooning over the SGS2. Granted it's a super phone, but when you've experienced 25+ mbps download speed on vzw's lte network it's no comparison.

So it's all the cool features everyone has mentioned along with vzw's lte.

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[deV14nt]

720p screen (as if the other SAMOLEDs weren't killer enough), brand new OS, unique design.

I could care less what GHz it is. I just wish it were Exynos. Exynos 1.2 GHz would have been fine. Maybe Samsung will continue their tendency to have like 50 different variations of each phone.

 

[ChillFactorz]

I like that the ICS OS is hardware accelerated, now we can actually use both cores of the "dual-core" CPUs. This should theoretically save batteries because the CPU will not be working as hard or as long. 720p and the exterior design of the Prime also are great selling points.

 

[nat72sherman]

So Samsung makes good phone nowadays? I remember years ago I had a few Samsung flip and slide phones, and the call quality was horrible, the build not so good either.

 

[phantomash]

So Samsung makes good phone nowadays? I remember years ago I had a few Samsung flip and slide phones, and the call quality was horrible, the build not so good either.

um, Android has basically propelled Samsung to great success, over a year time Samsung has improved from a second rated phone manufacturer to being one of the best.

Mobile Choice UK has just announced their Phone of the Year 2011, guess which phone it is? Galaxy SII. 2010 being HTC Desire. You can see the contrast from here.

 

[Bearly]

Yeah, I've noticed that. Not sure if it's just because they are prototypes, or if the earlier rumors were just wrong. I'm not opposed to plastic for plastic's sake, so as long as the build quality feels premium I won't hate on it based on the number of protons and neutrons on the atoms in its chassis

If it was metal the signal would be less than ideal. The metal would act like a Faraday cage (from what I've read about cell phone chassis design).

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[oxymoron]

I don't know... Motorola arguably has the best call quality/signal strength, on a consistent basis. They also typically have some type of metal frame on their recent phones. I think it has more to do with antenna design than anything else. I know that the OG Droid and Droid X have had the best call quality of any smartphone that I have personally owned. I have had HTC, Samsung, and Motorola.

My opinion, but that's been my experience anyway.

It does make complete sense that metal would interfere with the antenna. It has to. I guess it's the software enhancements/algorithms that Moto uses that make the difference?

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Really looking forward to this Galaxy Nexus though! !! Wooooo!!!! :-D

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[meth68#AC]

I have a bionic and want this phone, I am just waiting to hear about the battery because if it's worse then my bionic, I'm going to pass.

 

[gdbjr]

Since when is a duel core 1.2Ghz processor and a 720p screen "very modest"?

You guys are either seriously hard to please or just down right unrealistic in your expectations.

I'll give you the screen, but the processor doesn't mean anything. I just leave this here.

It is going to depend on how ICS handles the hardware. Gingerbread and Honeycomb aren't doing it yet.

So in other words I get tired of the specs wars and want it to end. We shouldn't care what processor we are running or which one is coming next, we should care that the apps and the OS are optimized to run on the hardware we do have.

 

[koolbon]

Well, I think the selling point is that you are going to have the latest device with the latest OS no other devices will have for a while. People are buying iPhone 4S probably not because of the specs, but the fact that it is the "latest". It comes with some things other iPhone users won't have. How useful those news things are to them is irrelevant. They would be buying them even more if they'd changed the design of the phone instead of what's inside and called it iPhone 5.

 

[gdbjr]

Well, I think the selling point is that you are going to have the latest device with the latest OS no other devices will have for a while. People are buying iPhone 4S probably not because of the specs, but the fact that it is the "latest". It comes with some things other iPhone users won't have. How useful those news things are to them is irrelevant. They would be buying them even more if they'd changed the design of the phone instead of what's inside and called it iPhone 5.

This I can fully get behind. I have bought so many devices just because it was the latest and at the single moment in time "the greatest". Most of these turned out to be crap. (Thundebolt I am talking to you!) But there were a few good ones in there.

 

[CynicX]

The reason I want one is because its a phone that will have an os that simulates my tablet more (Honeycomb). So yeah, OS mostly.

 

[Froalskiner#WN]

Pure Android, contact charging, and large battery. That being said, I would gladly take a single core, 3g phone with an updated camera for improved battery life. By improved battery life I'm wanting to have something that lasts me 12+ hours with moderate to heavy usage. A smaller screen would be nice as well. I may have to pass if the 4.6" screen is unweildly though.

 

[joelmic24]

Stock android

 

[ottscay]

If it was metal the signal would be less than ideal. The metal would act like a Faraday cage (from what I've read about cell phone chassis design).

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Depends where the antennae are, what the metal is made of, dimensions, etc. You're right though that a lack of care with metal bodies can lead to wave interference.

 

[ottscay]

I like that the ICS OS is hardware accelerated, now we can actually use both cores of the "dual-core" CPUs. This should theoretically save batteries because the CPU will not be working as hard or as long. 720p and the exterior design of the Prime also are great selling points.

Just to clarify: the hardware acceleration means the GPU (the graphics processor) does most of the work to render the UI, it has nothing to do with utilizing the dual core CPU. ICS being fully multi-threaded is what would let the OS take advantage of both processing cores. But you're right that both should increase battery life (hopefully offsetting the larger screen size and the LTE radio).

 

[Tripsyk]

It's got a bigger than normal stock battery, so it should offset the 4G LTE radio a little bit as well as handle that massive screen display being on. Once custom kernels come out for this to improve battery life, this thing is going to be a monster. Stock Android running ICS with a multi-threading supported dual-core with UI hardware acceleration is enough to make me stay up at night.

 

[SpaceHippie]

The selling point will be that i wont have to disable blockbuster updates from boot up.

 

[giograves]

So, will wifi tethering be available on the prime? It is pure google, but it is also VZ.