Comments on: Galaxy Nexus benchmarks show device to be near Galaxy S II

By: DeJaVu

DeJaVu — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:31:00 +0000

And you would also know that the ‘ROM’ has nothing to do with over-clocking.

By: Bolon3761

Bolon3761 — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:53:00 +0000

ive owned the best phones…by far…galaxy nexus is smoothest…need tegra 3 and ics together to top it!

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:15:00 +0000

Comparing benchmarks with the Galaxy Nexus running on ICS while the Galaxy S2 is running on Gingerbread?

By: 현중 주

현중 주 — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:37:00 +0000

I’m pretty sure Quadrant is just being stupid considering I can get 2500 on my Fascinate…

Edit: OC’d of course

By: Nicolas Scott Howell

Nicolas Scott Howell — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:47:00 +0000

agreed, my Nexus S is a far better phone than my Galaxy S was.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:51:00 +0000

You need to get your facts straight – just because the Rezound features a 1.5 ghz processor, doesn’t make it the most powerful – the 1,5 ghz S3 isn’t better than the TI OMAP 4460 or the Exynos… check some benchmarks mate

By: Bluskell

Bluskell — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:58:00 +0000

If you go to Texas Instrument’s website you will see the 4460 clocks at 1.5 ghz for all ghzfreaks. That being said it is underclocked probably for battery. So if your concerned about benchmarks overclock it to a stable 1.5 ghz and enjoy :) No phone w similar specs will outperform this phone on reliability and performance while maintaining decent battery life. It’s pure google.

By: Guitarmanjoe

Guitarmanjoe — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:21:00 +0000

My GS2 (A real one with a 1.2ghz Exynos not the crappy one with the 1.5ghz qualcomm soc) scores 3500-3600 on quadrant stock. That destroys the rezound’s measly 2400-2600.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:32:00 +0000

sunspider and browser marks are terrible way of measuring hardware performance over different OS/browsers. SGS2 with opera/ff supposedly gets sub 1500ms in sunsipider

By: Birdnest NYC

Birdnest NYC — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:25:00 +0000

Even ConsumerReport does a better comparison

By: AppleFUD

AppleFUD — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:33:00 +0000

Maybe. . . but you are going off rumors at this point. And let’s say that it does come out next month but has terrible battery life, would you still want it?

And how’s the battery life on most of HTC’s LTE phones? Total crap!

Not to mention that clock speed isn’t everything. The old version of this OMAP processor is in the PlayBook and it pushes 1080p video while multitasking while the ipad 2 & Tegra 2 chips can’t compete.

It’s about over-all performance not just GHz. And from the reviews I’ve seen of the gNexus, it looks like Google put together a very good over-all package.

By: AppleFUD

AppleFUD — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:28:00 +0000

I’ve seen that else where as well. And is seems to be a very valid argument especially considering some of the battery life issues we are seeing–the OMAP 4 still gets good battery life on LTE.

Not to mentions, the processor will most likely handle anything thrown at it over the next couple of years. The older version of this processor is in the PlayBook and that is (soon was) the only tablet that could output 1080p directly AND do something else–the great iPad 2 can’t do it and the Tegra 2 can’t.

Sometimes I think there’s people spewing all this FUD about the Nexus not having THE top of the line specs just to detract from the reality that it’s an “all around great device”–no software updates to worry about, optimized by Google for the hardware, all around good performance, etc.

I don’t see the need for the “fastest processor” in a phone if it’s going to kill the battery life. I would much rather have an all around great performing device. Specs only count for so much.

And TI are making some great SoC.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:40:00 +0000

Wow, the demo is so AMATEURISH…

By: Arsalanzhd

Arsalanzhd — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:31:00 +0000

hey stupid bench marks dont mean shit, didnt the 4s get a 6000 if not more and it has dual core 800 mhz with 512 mb ram, thats sad isnt it

By: Nobody

Nobody — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:03:00 +0000

Benchmarks on AnandTech shows a score of 1879ms in Sunspider 0.9.1.
And 98272 in browser mark. Highest out there.

By: Hafiy92

Hafiy92 — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:34:00 +0000

htc phone no as good samsung phone.

By: Jerëmy

Jerëmy — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:50:00 +0000

trackball is old technology. please go back to 2008.

By: Jerëmy

Jerëmy — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:47:00 +0000

i read they might have chosen TI because of radios… just like Tmo and ATT LTE S2 aren’t Exynos..

By: Jerëmy

Jerëmy — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:46:00 +0000

umm. do u work for HTC? who says it’s complete? jeez.

By: Corwin1681

Corwin1681 — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:11:00 +0000

samsung makes tvs. Google put HTC on the map. and with LG – google could’ve have a lot more input on what the phone should be… because i’m sure samsung did everything they could to make nexus phone inferior to their TouchWiz line

By: Corwin1681

Corwin1681 — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:08:00 +0000

and i wont. HTC is better anyway.

By: Damon4799

Damon4799 — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:43:00 +0000

…better than buying an overrated iphone.

By: Trob6969

Trob6969 — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:19:00 +0000

The htc edge is already complete although there is no release date. For those who don’t know, it’s a quad core phone with DOUBLE the processing power of the most powerful smartphone out now (the 1.5 dual core htc rezound)!

By: Trob6969

Trob6969 — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:09:00 +0000

Have you seen the YouTube video where the gs2 quadrant score got CRUSHED by the htc rezound?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 04:27:00 +0000

Well there is a huge difference between A8 model 1.5GHz from Qualcomm and A9 Cortex model 1.5GHz from TI. Huge.

By: D16001014

D16001014 — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 04:03:00 +0000

What about the battery life? Every Samsung I’ve ever owned I’ve had battery issues with. They don’t last very long. 6 months at most. That would be my concern with ANY Samsung device?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:58:00 +0000

The problem is, by the time someone comes up with an o/c kernel, the GS2 will have one, it already has a 1.5ghz dual core (I have the T-Mobile version), pushing both equally hard, the GS2 will still leave it behind. There’s already a ROM available with a 1.6ghz o/c for the GS2.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:54:00 +0000

Google didn’t choose LG because they wanted a phone worthy of the nexus moniker. LG should definitely stick to TVs and refrigerators, let real tech companies make smartphones.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:47:00 +0000

Aside from the screen size and screen resolution, the GS2 is really the way to go. The GS2s 1.5ghz dual core and 4.52in screen still push it right to the top. I just benchmarked my GS2, after a long day, with several apps currently open, it benched at 3047 on quadrant standard. My phone is 100% stock, only rooted so I can use titanium backup and root explorer. I can only imagine what this phones capable of with a clean and vanilla copy of ICS. I came from a vibrant, rooted and pushed to a stable 1.6ghz, this phone makes my vibrant look like it’s standing still. The Nexus is an impressive piece of hardware, but not enough so to topplethe GS2. Samsung never ceases to amaze.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:44:00 +0000

except lot of these tests are graphics tests and it won’t impact the score as much. As much as people justify lower scores with resolution on tests like quadrant, it accounts for very small portion of the test score

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:43:00 +0000

Please do not buy samsung phones and let the rest of the world purchase them

By: Corwin1681

Corwin1681 — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:07:00 +0000

CyanogenMod already said that it will have ICS MOD in 2 months.

By: AppleFUD

AppleFUD — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:00:00 +0000

uh. . .because the OMAP4 4470 won’t be out till the first half of 2012. . .
So, my guess is Google wanted the device out before the holiday season in 2011.

There are other reasons Google chose the OMAP. . . phonearena and others have written some good articles about that. All in all, from what I’ve read it’s a great chip for this device at this point in time. Of course in a few months there will be phones supporting more powerful chips but that’s the world of mobile tech right now–it’s advancing at a very fast pace thanks to the open competitive nature of the ARM architecture = good stuff. Nonetheless, this chip should give this device very good performance along with good battery life while supporting high-speed data.

By: AppleFUD

AppleFUD — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:51:00 +0000

precisely. . .
However, GS II may do even better once it gets ICS. We’ll have to see. Nonetheless, gNexus is looking pretty darn good with those benchmarks and supporting 4.6″ 1280X720 res.

By: Mike Blurton

Mike Blurton — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:41:00 +0000

Aren’t they both made by Samsung?

By: Vincent Nguyen

Vincent Nguyen — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:34:00 +0000

Sadly it was google’s decision to use TI as hero chipset in Galaxy Nexus.

By: Bon K

Bon K — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:31:00 +0000

It is doing as well or slightly better than GS II with many more pixels to push around. Is this a right way to take it?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:26:00 +0000

i am still convinced that Samsung did not want the Galaxy Nexus to kick the crap out of there Flagship Galaxy2 i know for a fact that the specs on the Nexus are Mediocre do not get me wrong the Nexus rocks and i plan on buying it but Samsung made damn sure it was not to par. if you comment against what i am pointing out which is fact than tell why is this phone using a 3yr old GPU and why not the better Omap4 4470 chip this phone should be rocking the house, but the specs are just barley above the Galaxy2 specs which has been out for over a year now.. and what makes this even worse the Galaxy Nexus has not been released yet on Verizon and by the time it is released, Samsung will suddenly have a phone that will trump this phone by January WTF! and with a SD Card slot inside.

By: Kiran Konathala

Kiran Konathala — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:10:00 +0000

Nice review of the Nexus Prime. I am wondering how long it takes the mods to churn out a ROM for Galaxy family!

By: Rimfire

Rimfire — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:10:00 +0000

Had a Samsung phone already. Pretty good computer to carry around, but in weak coverage areas, a pretty lousy phone. Are there any tests to look for the sensitivity of the phone receiver?