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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oilfighter:
I've owned the Nexus S, I don't know from a structure point of view, a curved screen is any better, but I do like how the phone hugs my face when i talk on it, and the thicker chin at the bottom makes it a lot easier to grab the phone out of my pocket, because you have something to hold on to.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xManMythLegend:
MobilePhysicsReview ran a study after Nexus S.....If you drop it and it lands on the the top or bottom it actually bounces right back up into your hands.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tjotte:
I imagine this curved glass also helps disstort light reflexes making it easier to use in bright light. This is nothing i can confirm, it's just a thought :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheBiles:
It's dead sexy.

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Sent from my Droid Bionic.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] schriss:
If you google for the new Nokia E9 you will see that a not perfectly flat screen can look great. Its getting great reviews, but its all just the looks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kidd_Funkadelic:
Well one thought I had (just speculating) is that when you use the speakerphone and put the phone on the table, the curve will allow the speaker output on the back to sound better because it's not directly against the table surface?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pukemon:
Thats a good thought but the backs of these phones still tend to be generally flat. The atrix speaker is angled outward a little and helps reflect a little bit of the sound but away from the user.

I voided my warranty and your nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aviatorarun:
It may give you a nice feeling as you are holding a landline phone when making a call..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nebucatnetzer:
If I remember correctly Google advertised the curved screen with to major advantages.

1. Better ergonomics while you're doing a call or sharing a little bit love with your phone.

2. It reduces the reflections by 75%. But the website isn't clear about this point it could be because of the glas but it could also be because of the screen itself.

I found the Swiss version of the page. Here's the quote and the link. Unfortunately it's on German so you have to trust me or use Google Translation.

Nexus S

German Text

Translated by Google

German Text

Translated by Google

What needs to confirmed is this point here.

Nexus S doesn't have curved screen it's just the glas.

I don't know yet if it is the same case with the Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ruthlesset:
I heard women get turned on when they see a phone with a curved screen. Only time will tell...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alpha-dog:
it also stops the screen from scratching when you have it lying screen first on a table or something
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zlatty:
Why would you want to put it on your face? ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pukemon:
When data networks, you can still play finger pong on your screen with a marble.

I voided my warranty and your nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jay_993:
Had a sgs sgs2 and nexus s. Curved screen looks better in design. Sgs2 is like a brick.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheBiles:
I can confirm this. Panties drop.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zlatty:
i keeed i keed

There are no women at GT... your statement is thereby invalid :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheBiles:
I had to import one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jspradling7:
So...

Here it is two years later and the next curved display phone is about to come out. Boy, that took a while. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blackhand1001:
Its too bad they curved it in the wrong direction. I like the curved screen on my galaxy nexus and wish more phones had followed its example.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zook79:
GNEX Screen vs. Others

I know this is an old thread, but i wanted to show the benefits of the curved screen and why I wish more (read: all) phones had it, at least to some degree.

The first 2 pictures are of my Galaxy Nexus with two years of use. I never used a case. The first year, I went through 2 screen protectors. the first one got a decent sized scratch from dropping it, but other than that was spotless. the second one had no damage after about a month of use, so I took it off. It hasn't had a screen protector on it since last Christmas.

20131208_181549 by zook79, on Flickr

20131208_181541 by zook79, on Flickr

The other 2 pictures are of my Galaxy S4 that I picked up a week ago. It does have a screen protector on it, but only because there was a scratch on the screen the first day I had it. Also, not visible in the pictures, is the GS4's home button, which has a few scratches on it.... and I'm pretty sure its made of some type of metal.

IMG_20131208_182243 by zook79, on Flickr

IMG_20131208_182332 by zook79, on Flickr

The only reason the S4's scratches exist is because i have my screen face down a lot (in my car while I'm driving, in school on the desks, and in my room on my desk.) However, i had my Gnex face down a lot too. The curve of the screen kept it from touching the surface, so it never developed scratches, not even on the screen protector.

I almost want to bring my S4 back and just use the Gnex. If i have to live with constant scratching, i don't think I will be able to use the device.

Also, f*** TouchWiz.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dannyman3819:
Also if you take apart the GN, the bottom part of the screen is alot thicker than the top part. Which makes it so if it falls out of your hand in use then it will probably won't crack. Downside though is that I dropped mine on the top front corner of the screen and it cracked. :( But I seem to crack any phone anyway
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] lancer123:
I have owned the samsung galaxy 10.1 for approx 2 weeks. I sold my IPAD 2 to purchase as I have always been a fan of android phones. So far, I find the galaxy to be very unpolished. For example, the screens lag when navigating and apps force close to much. When I scroll up and down on the UI, its not smooth as butter like the IPAD. When I change the screen orientation, its very choppy. The IPAD runs circles around this device. I wish it wasnt the case as I wanted to like it. Even the on screen keyboard is hard to type on. Try copying and pasting a sentence. The arrows you use to drag across the words never line up with what is being clicked. I am not sure how anybody finds this device to be a pleasant experience unless you are in denial and I am not talking about the river. Maybe Ice Cream will fix some of the issues. For now, the tablet serves as a perfect example of what happens when technology is rushed to the market without consideration of quality.

I feel better now.

Lance
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] sendan:
Take the time to tweak your device with everything available on these forums, it becomes an entirely different device.

Sent from my Samsung Fascinate
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] MMcCraryNJ:
Not sure if you are trolling here, but eh, I'm bored so I'll bite.

Those of us who find the Tab to be a pleasant experience must be in denial huh? Don't you think that's a pretty presumptuous and arrogant statement? How do you know what my experience with it has been? Or anyone else's for that matter?

I would usually sit here and try to help you solve your lagginess issue, maybe seeing if you have some sort of rouge process going on or if you are even on the latest firmware. Maybe point you to some of the great custom ROMs the developers here have given us. But, nope. You speak for everyone and everyone must be having the same ****ty experience as you, and if we say we don't we must be lying.

I will tell you though that my experience has been fantastic. The only time I get lag on the homescreen is when I have a live wallpaper up. I've never had any browser lag or lag anywhere else. I have a ton of widgets on my screens too. No lag. Of course though I'm totally lying, but you knew that already right?

I'm finished being sarcastic. Honestly if you aren't happy with the device, go sell it and get an Ipad again. Nobody is stopping you. The Tab is a fantastic product and I would go so far as to say it is the best tablet on the market as of this very moment. But it is not for everybody, especially for people who have no idea what they are doing.

Posting threads like this serves no purpose other than being a troll and drawing the ire of members like myself.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] pngface:
I bought mine a couple weeks back too, and my experiences are similar to yours. I still can't understand how a dual core device can be this laggy! I'm hoping its all due to the Samsung bloatware, so I'm going to load up a custom ROM over the weekend and see how that goes... you should try it too

I really like the additional screen space coming from a 4.2" Xperia Arc, and Honeycomb is a lot zippier now than it was back in April when I had the Xoom for a couple of weeks. I still believe its a better tablet than the iPad2 though. That thing seems so zippy because all it is is a magnified iPhone. There's almost nothing running in the background which gives it the appearance of being a lot quicker and better battery life. Load it up with widgets and lets compare them then.

My biggest problem though, is the lack of a good pdf app. I've tried tons of them and they are all really slow to load, very jerky pinch to zoom, and slow scrolling. Hope this improves with ICS

And to the poster above this, I don't get why you even bothered posting if you're going to be so incredibly unhelpful
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] ButtonBoy:
Lance,

I have watched my brother in law's ipad closely, and you are right. It is faster and more responsive (once tweaked) than my SGT was out of the box. However, the others are right too.

I have rooted and tweaked my SGT and it now makes my ios friends raise their eyebrows. You happily partied all over your ipad, making many changes suggested on user sites like this one. Now you need to do the same with your SGT. If you are unable or unwilling to do that, you are not an idiot or a molester of small animals, you are just one of those people that the ipad was designed for. So get another one, and enjoy it.

I prefer my Android gadgets, because they are more flexible. I am not locked into iTunes, and I have access to my 650GB music library that is not as compressed as AAC. I have a FREE SDK that works rather well, when i want to write my own apps. There are a few paid apps that I depend upon for day to day stuff, just like I would for iOs devices. For me, and many of the others in this form, that is what they want.

Sent from a distant planet with the aid of my towel.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] bigbrovar:
I understand how you feel, and I felt the same way when I first handled the SGT 8.9 the UI lag was horrendous .. I felt the product manager of the device should be sacked (or worse done to him) for ever allowing such a device out the door in such state. To make matters worse for me, there was an ipad close by and the UI flow was like watching man utd beat arsenal 8-2 .. I promptly returned the device.

However my opinion has since change since coming here lots of people have filled me in with some tweaks and work around which resolves most of the laggy issue. (You can check out the SGT 8.9 Q & A section its a sticky under this section for people experience with the device)

First of if you can't be bothered to root your device, try the ADW launcher ex, everyone who tried that said its greatly improves the performance and eliminates the lag issue.

You can also if you are feeling adventurous root the device. And install some of the numerous roms around.

just try and take advantage of the open nature and make it yours. Soon ipad owners would be looking at your tab and feeling the envy.

Just my 2 cents
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] SeanHacker:
Please go get your ipad back dude. I have none of the issues you speak of. This thread is a total waste. I don't even believe you own a tab.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
By saying "you like Android phones" I'm assuming you mean in comparison to the iPhone. Most of the same issues you’re experiencing in an Android vs. iPad tablet comparison apply to a phone comparison also so your statement's kind of confusing.

iOS is so "buttery smooth" because it's locked down like a prison with Apple exerting Orwellian control over the entire eco-system. I bought my G-Tab and paid more than an equivalent iPad because, for what I do, the collection of individual apps works better than the homogenous equivalents on the iPad. And I did that knowing the iPad had a better display and that the UI and navigation were smoother and more mature.

This forum is fascinating because of the disparity in experiences everyone has. I've had two G-Tab's (Wi-Fi and 3G) and never had a force close on either and I have over 50 apps installed. There's occasional stutter and lagginess but I'd say it appears (for me) less than 5% of the time. One huge difference between iOS and Android is that Android, with its limitless ability to be tweaked, can get hosed by people using badly written apps and the use of memory managers, task killers, battery monitors and the like. Every XDA forum I participate in has people *****ing about some function being hosed and then go on to elaborate about all the crap they've done to their device and ****ty low-rent apps they're using. And they don’t understand why their phone’s getting crappy battery life and has tons of issues no one else seems to be experiencing. I guess freedom comes at a price and it can be abused.

I've had a G-Tab in one form or another since August and have been really satisfied with it. I took my new 3G version on a trip over the weekend and it performed flawlessly and got fantastic battery life with 3G active continuously and download speeds of 8MB in TX (vs. less than 1MB for an iPad). I sat across from someone using an iPad on the flight home last night. The local video he was playing was gorgeous. Compared to mine, his WSJ app looked like crap as did Solitaire and a bunch of other stuff I saw him use. Meanwhile, I was streaming Hulu, HBOGO, and TV shows from my home server using the planes Wi-Fi. I can also play music I have stored on my home server, the Amazon cloud, or from the 2K songs I store locally using my $9.99 Rhapsody monthly subscription. All while reading magazines and newspapers using Next Issue and Press Reader. I’d gladly trade options and versatility for “buttery smooth” any day. iOS is great for a subset of device owners because of its constraints and consistency. But those restrictions are why I chose Android. Android can become smoother through s/w and h/w evolution but iOS will never become more open. Hopefully OP bought his G-Tab somewhere with a liberal return policy so he can return it.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] bigbrovar:
The stuff you speak of is why I have ran Linux exclusively on my PC for close to 5 years now. Yet I think the OP has a point and was just letting out steam. I too was extremely disappointed when I handled the galaxy tab (in my case it was the 8.9) right from boot the experience was horrendous and the UI lagged SOO much it was embarrassing. This first impression was a real turn off for me and I can understand the feeling of someone who gets a device with such awesome hardware only be bugged down with software. Sure you can always improve with tweaks and mods but if android is ever gonna replicate its success on mobile on tablets. Then the out of the box experience most be killer. Having and awesome out of the box experience and ability to further tweak should not be mutually exclusive. The experience I got on my galaxy s2 even with default rom was exquisite. Just breath taking. Even without Modding or installing a custom rom. That's what I expected from honeycomb. Hopefully most of this out of the box issues would be fixed with honeycomb 3.2 and ICS.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] nickwarn:
I must agree with OP. Its a f****g ambaresment how a product can be released in the state it was when it was in the box. Now after tweaking and rooting and flashing and using it for a couple of months its useable. But it still lags, not all the time , but try installing something form market and then go to homescreen, right then its laggy as hell.

But we all know this by now, so i agree with the rest of you that we have no need for this thread. And if OP just read a little before buying he would have found this info about the tab. Anyways welcome hope you get your tab sorted.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Klk450:
Same experience here.... I've even rooted my tab and it did improve but not as much as I would of liked, this was a month ago though, so i don't know if anything better has comed out. I've thought about getting an iPad but..... I just can't if it can't play flash.... How the hell could you own a tablet and not watch a simple flash video. So if anyone can give me advice on how to make my 10.1 as smooth as some of you have said, then please do tell me how. I love my Gtab but the lag does really bother me enough to have had to remove all my widgets....
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] slack04:
shoo troll.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] joiwoo:
Root your tab is only the first step. You need to flash custom rom after you root your tab, then only you can feel the difference.

I just got my tab last week, wifi only version. I can say I'm really satisfied with the performance and I love my tab. The basic steps are:

1. root your tab

2. flash custom rom

That's all you need to do to feel the difference. You can ignore some of the gimmicks, for instance supercharger, overclock kernel and etc that have been mentioned if you have no freaking idea what they are about at the moment. You will pick them up along the way just like I did.

The one tip that everyone here would tell you - READ THE FORUM!

For instance, the first sticky post in the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development is a good read and good resource to get you started. Here's the link if you have no idea where it is (Seriously?): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1171089
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] seltaeb:
I agree with you on most counts, except that I don't have any issues with the onscreen keyboard and don't get force closes. There are some things you can do to improve the user experience (alternate launchers, overclocking etc), however it still won't feel like the iPad.

That being said, there are things you can do with the tablet out of the box which you can't do with an iPad:

- Adobe Flash support

- Emulation apps availability (SNES, DOS, Scumm)

- File / Directory browsing

- UI customization

- Non-market / store applications installation

While I would love the overall UI performance to be on par with the iPad, given a choice between the two I would rather have the above functionality instead. There is also the possibility of Android's UI performance improving in the future with all this functionality retained. In case of Apple, apart from limited UI customization perhaps, the other stuff is just not going to be available ever.

PS: And all that's just out of the box, if you root your device there's some far more interesting stuff you can do with the tablet!

---------- Post added at 01:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:57 PM ----------

You have probably tried it already, but EZ PDF is pretty good. I am comparing it to GoodReader on the iPad and I don't have any issues with loading / scrolling / flipping / resizing.

Of course, this maybe dependent on the size and content of the PDFs you are using, so YMMV -- I mostly read book-sized documents, mostly text, and it works fine for me.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Isilmalith:
I recently bought a GalaxyTab and I have to confirm, it is quite laggy - In comparison to an iPad.

There are several things which can drastically improve the situation:

Use ADW Launcher EX

Custom ROM, Like Task650/Phantom Extreme Stock

Overclock (although, this didn't change a lot)

I found that the first two points are the most important. ADW Launcher makes the whole Homescreen and Applauncher absolutely smooth, just like on an iPad. And no, the stock launcher isn't.

It's great how many possibilites we have with Android, but be honest - I'd rather have ICS without any new features, but just great performance increases. Thats why I switched to Windows Phone in the first place - I don't want apple, but I want smooth scrolling, smooth transitions. And now, just because Android has much more possibilites doesn't mean it has the right to be slow and choppy. Take a look at the Windows 8 Developer Preview. My god, this isn't even an ALPHA and boy it's SO SMOOTH, I cried almost when I saw that.

The only reason I bought my Galaxy Tab is, that Microsoft still needs about a year until their first tablets are out - And I hate waiting :D

So please Google, get your Team together and tell them to START OPTIMIZING.

PS:

ezPDF is quite good - But the UI is horrible, and I miss the feature to insert Pages into a PDF. Mandano seems a lot more polished and faster, but misses a lot of annotation features.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] pcm2a:
I agree with the original poster. My tab is rooted, custom rom, adw, etc. My wife's ipad is a far smoother experience than this tablet. Would I switch back to the ipad prison? Not in a million years. My tablet does so much more than the ipad. If an example is needed, how about my choice of swype or thumb keyboard.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] .torrented:
root your tab and wait for an ICS port... ICS is said to have hardware acceleration. That is the only thing Honeycomb lacks and that is why its not as smooth as the iPad...

OR

Flash a custom ROM such as Overcome 1.2.1 (didnt like 1.2.2 or 1.2.3) or w/e other one suits you and then come back edit the OP with the overall news... don't judge this book by its cover and remember its NOT iOS
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Cpt Streamline:
A newbie when rooting is involved but i was wondering if you could give me an idea of what tweaks you have made? i'm considering rooting my device but unsure of what i could do to make it better.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] rlowens44:
Flashing a custom ROM is the big one, will make a huge difference. I am using Task650 & Phantom's "In Paris V4". I also installed pershoot's kernel and overclocked.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] cmscritic:
The experience

I love my Galaxy Tab in comparison to my previously owned iPad but the reason is simply because I like playing with roms and hacking to get the most of my device. On my iPad, I felt too restricted and forced to use software I didn't like. Yes, some of the apps are better on the iPad and yes, the interface is a bit smoother but it's nowhere near as attractive and it's far too limiting.

A friend of mine equated the iPad experience with being put in a padded room where he can't hurt himself and everything if fluffy and safe feeling. It made me laugh but somewhat sums up the experience. Personally, I'd rather not be spoon fed the experience but would rather create my own and make it about me.

My hope is that ICS will be a significant jump. realistically, Android tablet manufacturers should be trolling these forums for employees who can tweak up their software.. Why they don't do this, one will never know.

Either way, I don't think attacks on the Op are warranted. These forums are here for people to both vent and discuss like the adults we are.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] hegemytouch:
Hey guys...i was wondering what the most recent update was for the att usa infuse...i rooted my phone and had different roms but i decided to back to stock...my firmware is 2.2.1...i997uckh1...can anyone tell me whats the most recent please? Thanks guys...

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Samsung Infuse 4G] xIC-MACIx:
Nothing official yet, but we have leaks for 2.3.6. Go to the development section, its on the first page of threads....
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bronk93:
Uckj2 is the latest unofficial 2.3.6 leak and its flashed via Odin.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ltilt2:
You have the most recent official

Update.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] hegemytouch:
Thanks man...just wanted to make sure...just waiting for gingerbread now

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gclawson:
Under minimal use i ran for 36 hours on single charge. Running eagle blood 1.0. Using some tweaks and stuff.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Und3r6r0und:
What tweaks did you used?