Comments on: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich / Galaxy Nexus Launch Wrap-up [Videos]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:20:00 +0000

I wish google would release the phone already 😁

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:12:00 +0000

I agree with you up to a certain point. Where I disagree is, if we were to compare the Galaxy Nexus to the Galaxy S II with a magnifying glass, then the GS2 would look a lot worse, because it’s a 480×800 resolution stretched to a 4.3in screen. So yes, if the GN had a 480×800 resolution display, then it would look worse, but since the resolution is so high, it’ll still look better than all variants of the galaxy s 2 out today.

By: jivemaster

jivemaster — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:44:00 +0000

If you think about it, you realise it’s actually in the best possible position. It makes far more sense starting at the bottom than the cable starting at the top and coming down to the bottom of the phone anyway from natural headphone hang.

By: Terrence C. Cort

Terrence C. Cort — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:19:00 +0000

The Nexus S had the same placement for the head phone jack. It’s really not that big of a deal. At least it never bothered me on the Nexus S. Plus when I have it charging I don’t have cords coming out of different ends. *shrug*

By: Dmitry Smirnov

Dmitry Smirnov — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:21:00 +0000

I’m always carrying my phone upside down in the pocket. So it looks very reasonable. Also I’m not using wired headphones at all, it’s archaism.

By: darkhawk

darkhawk — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:11:00 +0000

Well, hey, bad info is bad info….

If you need a magnifying glass to see the subpixels, guess what? Pointless. My current phone is pentile and in all honesty, it’s just as good as anything else. Falling into the apple trap much? Retina is nothing but a marketing ploy. Plus, read into what Pentile is before commenting. There’s (atleast) 3 different types of Pentile displays, some of which may have different issues. But to say it’s only a 200 DPI screen is like calling AT&T’s network 4G. It’s just a flatout lie.

Also, the SGX540 used in this is circa 2010, not 2007. The one used in the original Nexus was from 2007 running at 200 MHz. The one used in this SoC is running at 384 MHz. But you probably just felt you’d spread more FUD, being an apple fanatic. Did you even bother looking at the specs for OMAP4? Probably not judging by all your incorrect information. Plus, I enjoy how the Iphone 4S uses that SGX543MP2, oh wait, it doesn’t. It’s more GPU than what’s needed. I’ll gladly take this over the Iphone 4S. And I’ll take the LTE speeds to go with it. Where’s the Iphone’s 4G? Waiting for the Iphone 5 probably…..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:35:00 +0000

why is the head phone jack on the bottom stuped…. wtf were they thinking…

By: Ktismael

Ktismael — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:16:00 +0000

Wait, I see where you’re talking about. *Could* be, but still I’ve only heard 16GB onboard no SD, so I think it is just a handhold.

By: ktismael

ktismael — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:13:00 +0000

Everything I’ve heard is that there is no SD on the GN, 16GB on board and maybe a 32GB version. Looks like a SIM slot to me, too big to be microSD anyway, and has the 6 pins sticking up corresponding to a SIM.

By: Smarty87s

Smarty87s — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:49:00 +0000

Im using Android 2.3.3 now and my life evaluation is Iphone is iphone. Android jst can copy his thngs. So finally im goona buy iphone any version very soon.

By: BrianB13

BrianB13 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:27:00 +0000

Here’s the deal. The Nexus uses a Super AMOLED display which is based on PenTile technology as opposed the the Super AMOLED Plus display found on the SGSII which is full RGB technology. PenTile technology uses 2 subpixels instead of 3 subpixels to reduce power consumption which can cause the display not to look as crisp and have more green and blue color saturation. If you compared the Nexus to a SGSII, you might find that the SGSII display is a little better. So instead of the Nexus really having a PPI over 300 like the iPhone Retina display, it is really more like 200 PPI.

The bottom line is simply how the screen looks to you. The Nexus has a beautiful display. But it you look real close or get out a magnifying glass, you might discover that it isn’t quite as good as the Apple Retina display or the Super AMOLED Plus display.

The clock speed on the TI OMAP processor can be increased so no concern there. The other issue with the Nexus along with the Razr is that they use an old school GPU circa 2007 which is the PowerVR SG540 instead of the much faster PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU that is in the iPhone 4S. Unless you are a gamer, you probably wouldn’t notice much of a difference.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:50:00 +0000

only thing that confuses me is that the one on the Galaxy Nexus doesn’t have the SD logo on it

By: $ WhKoop~WhKoop $

$ WhKoop~WhKoop $ — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:29:00 +0000

question engadget has been bashing the galaxy nexus alot first they say the screen is very vivid and crisp and simply beautiful then they say the screen is actually 300 ppi and retina display is way better can u comfirm if this is a complete lie or what my thoughts are that the 1280 by 720p hd super amoled is pretty gorgeous …..people need to stop spreading false stuff to bash android well as the processor its TI omap 4460 and i kno for a fact its optimized to run beautiful very smooth like butter and its underclocked but to consume better battery this phone is nice

By: The_flatland

The_flatland — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:34:00 +0000

I can say that the picture shows a micro sd slot in both phones. The one on the right (to which you referred) is populated.

Easily seen on my windows phone! (My apologies for the shameless plug. I LOVE this phone!)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:58:00 +0000

somebody please tell me that the rectangular depression below and to the left of the camera in the last picture (possibly extending under the battery) is a micro SD slot (like the GS2 next to it), and not just to make removing the batter easier.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:39:00 +0000

Can’t wait to get my hands on this..

By: Maxx

Maxx — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:17:00 +0000

What I mean was pixel per inch ddpi. :) we it has bigger screen. LCD is a thing in the past. May be was 2009 break through but not currently

By: Jeremy Washington

Jeremy Washington — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:56:00 +0000

wrong the new nexus has way more pixels packed it

By: Javad

Javad — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:01:00 +0000

Thank you “Chris”
Can you with/or your team prepare a FULL review on GNote! (video)
I was wondering if you ,,,

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:59:00 +0000

Well I stand corrected!

By: Chris Burns

Chris Burns — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:57:00 +0000

You never know – certainly it’ll be upgraded asap after its out if it comes with Gingerbread

By: Chris Burns

Chris Burns — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:56:00 +0000

http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-note-headed-to-usa-on-att-says-fcc-30184411/

By: Chris Burns

Chris Burns — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:55:00 +0000

It WILL be available in the USA, availability only outside the USA was a rumor.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:43:00 +0000

It’s going to be released with gingerbread, and just in case you’re wondering, it may not be available in the United States.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:08:00 +0000

retina is just an add trap… its nothing more than LCD with higher pixel. Nexus screen is amoled HD screen and higher pixel

By: casandrasdream

casandrasdream — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:22:00 +0000

Goodnight Nokia

By: Maxx

Maxx — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:24:00 +0000

Retina display is LCD and whereas Galaxy Nexus is Super Amoled. Same pixel counts and more vivid in sun light and brighter contrast. LCD is not as good and quite pale.

By: Maxx

Maxx — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:22:00 +0000

I am wandering if the NFC is a component built onto the battery part. Battery is the only place that have NFC wording and antenna. So I guess all GS2 have NFC but without antenna to activate it because it was equiped with a none NFC battery. hmmm.. can someone proof this theory?

By: JoePa

JoePa — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:36:00 +0000

So how does the screen compare to the IPhone retina display?

By: Javad

Javad — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:21:00 +0000

does anybody know is it possible that Galaxy note will be released with Android Ice cream sandwich instead of Ginger bird OS?

By: Chris Burns

Chris Burns — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:43:00 +0000

you can see the back in the images above

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 05:35:00 +0000

does anybody know if the device will rest flat on a table without wobbling, or is the back curved too