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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Corki2:
I intended to get the Nexus. I bought the Rezound before the Nexus came out, then went to Verizon to test it against the Nexus when it came out, in case I wanted to exchange. Here's why I prefer the Rezound instead. My main interest was the build quality, display and the camera.

Both phones were fast and I didn't notice any lag on either.

I don't like the plasticy look of the Nexus. I owned an Omnia2 and didn't care for that build either. To me, Samsung phones look cheap. I was always afraid I was going to break the back cover of the Omnia because it was so flimsy. It doesn't look like Samsung has progressed much on their builds. The Rezound was a solid looking device and I like the red lights. They are much easier on the eyes than the bright white ones on my Droid X.

Reviews on the camera were mostly, "it's fast, but the pictures aren't good except maybe 1 out of 4 or 5". I found taking shots with the Nexus was fast, but the pics were not good. The Rezound pics were good.

I love the bigger screen on the Nexus, but the colors looked manipulated to the point that they weren't realistic. The Rezound colors looked realistic. I prefer realistic.

My home screen is important to me. I don't understand the search bar on the home screen that can't be removed thing. What were they thinking? I know you can remove it, but you can't use that space for anything else. To me, that's a huge thing.

As for Sense. This is my first time with it. I didn't expect to like it. I upgraded from a Droid X running Liberty3 v2.0. I had to mod that phone to get the setup I like. I was pleasantly surprised to find that Sense 3.5 gave me all the options I was interested in right out of the box. I couldn't be happier with it. It doesn't need any modding to be excellent. I have several paid apps that I no longer need due to the features built into Sense.

I don't like the lock screen on ICS. I love the lock screen on Sense. I also like the popup notifications that come stock. I don't know if the Nexus has that feature.

I decided that in my opinion, the Nexus is a fantastic developer phone and modding enthusiasts are going to love it no matter what drawbacks there may be. (Camera quality, search bar, etc.).

The Rezound is a great out of the box phone. People who just want to sign in to their Google account and hit the ground running are going to like the Rezound in spite of it's drawbacks (no ICS... yet). Of course there will be plenty of modders who will enjoy the Rezound as well once S-off is achieved. Personally, it makes no difference to me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cozzeck:
His has to be the most pointless post ever. Apparently you expect the phone to grow wings and fly you to work every morning. I love the phone and have no issues with it and I'm on att in the US.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droidstyle:
We can keep making comparisons about which is better between the gnex and rezound, but this is what tells me the gnex is better. Go to the rezound section and see how many gnex owners are trolling that section compared to how many rezound owners are in the gnex section trolling....it must account for something /thread
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] [hfm]:
Not necessarily. SGX540 has better geometry, Mali has better fill rate. Depends.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BlackOtaku:
The Nexus phones are the only Android phones I've seen that can truly touch the iPhone out of the box in performance, UI consistency (the manufacturer skins butcher it), software quality, and classy hardware design.

This is why I liked my Nexus S, and why I love the GNex.

Not to mention as a shameless Linux geek, I want full control over the software on all of my devices; and coming out of the box unlockable and full AOSP support opens up so many possibilities.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Corki2:
There are quite a few Nexus and Rezound people going back and forth between the threads actually. With so many people having an exchange option and decisions to make, it's understandable. Trolling, comparing, etc. What better way to find out what people are liking/disliking about their phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droidstyle:
Hmmm thats funny because I was checking out the rezound forum a bit and not alot seems to be going on over there...Especially development! Heck, the sgs fascinate forum has that much activity lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kgbkny:
I'm sure that the Rezound is a great phone. Having owned 3 HTC phones in the past, the most recent one being a Sensation 4G, I can confidently state that they build great devices. HTC phones are built like tanks and have a very satisfying heft to them. If you're into OEM skins, Sense is as good as it gets.

However, I have grown to dislike manufacturer overlays and carrier-curated updates. I want an untarnished Google experience, free from bloat and overlays. I want my updates to come in a timely manner directly from Google, not when the OEMs skin them and when the carriers decide to release them. The GNex is the phone that provides all of the above, and then some. In fact, I doubt that I'll ever buy another non-Nexus device again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deekjx:
That page chops for me as well. Even if I wait for it to be fully loaded. It's smooth at a certain speed but if you want to try really quick scrolling it'll chop. Here are my observations about the page:

1) There are a ton of large photo's on there.

2) Some photo's are larger than they appear. (the file downloaded is a higher res that what is shown in the browser adding to the amount of rendering need to be done. You can see this by right clicking the first photo and displaying image in a new window or tab.)

3) The nexus has a lot more work to do with it's full 720p display. (2.4 times more work).

If the SGSII can tackle it, I think that's great, but this page has more processing that needs to be done on the SGN than the SGSII. The GPU on the SGSII is doing less work. That being said, if browsing this site is critical to you with buttery smoothness, then you made the right choice.

There is nothing I can do to make browsing that page silky smooth on my GNex except scrolling at a moderate pace, at least with the default browser. The page is horribly designed but makes for a great browser scrolling benchmark.

My GNex still rocks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dario3040:
Mmmmm defending the Adreno 220?

The Galaxy Nexus despite the increased resolution gets about the same the the Optimus 3d here, and look, it beats the Mali400MP and the Adreno 220.

I don't want to go into more specific details, but SGX 540 > Adreno 220

also SGX 540 @307 Mhz == Mali400MP4 @ 275 Mhz
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cl1ckclack:
question for you guys. i have a DROID razr now. dont really like it too much. would the GN be an upgrade?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bluesnake01:
The Mali performs pretty weak on this test but in actual gaming benchmarks, it outperforms (almost doubles) any 540. As far as fill rate goes, its not too far from the 540, also the Rezound has a slightly higher clock compared to the Evo 3D.

Now compare this.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

LTE	Samsung Galaxy Nexus HSPA+	Samsung Galaxy Note	HTC Rezound

Quadrant	1,623	2,032	3,998	2,347

Linpack Single-thread (MFLOPS)	44.54	42.85	64.30	52.0

Linpack Multi-thread (MFLOPS)	74.4	69.37	95.66	60.3

Nenamark 1 (fps)	52.02	53.03	56.67	53.5

Nenamark 2 (fps)	24.00	24.26	N/A	35.8

Neocore (fps)	Would not run	Would not run	51.77	59.8

SunSpider 9.1 (ms)	2,256	1,985	2,902	2,961

Noticed a different trend? Despite having Sense. IMO didn't perform as bad and as you can see it beat the Nexus in the GPU department. Having a Vanilla Rom on the Rezound will only make things better. Like I said, out of the box, the Nexus is a better choice but Rezound seems to have more potential in the end.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deekjx:
First off let me start of by saying both the SGN and the Rezound are very nice phones. I won't say one is better than the other as the differences are so small that it is the intangibles that make the difference. ie. SGN users may like software buttons with a minimiumlist look and the Rezound users may prefer the additional real estate they get on the phone when they do get ICS.

Your quadrant scores are worthless. Quadrant has publicly announced that their software isn't optimized for ICS and the results are inaccurate. If you want to use quadrant, use the scores from the LG Optimus 3D which uses a slight slower previous generation of the same chip in the SGN. It clocks around 2700 or so accourding to this source http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s62FN6eQ80. I don't know if that is stock or overclocked. Its just the first one I found and it may be a bad example if most LG's have a lower score than what he posted.

LinPack measures CPU performance, not GPU. Of all the tests listed, it may be fairly accurate since I think they are just crunching numbers.

Nenamark scores for both 1 and 2 are questionable IMO. Why? Because no other benchmark that does GPU based stuff seems to properly use ICS. Notice Neo Core doesn't run and Quadrants formal statement.

I'm not familiar with the last test but will take those numbers at face value. In all honest, you would be better off either comparing the two once ICS is on the Rezound or in directly by comparing the LG Optimus 3D with the Rezound. The LG set uses a OMAP 4430 instead of the OMAP4460 that the SGN has. The LG set also is clocked lower but its test are run on a comparable OS to that of the Rezound.

I'll wrap up with I think they are both awesome phones. While I have the GNex, I'm not self conscience about my decision to own it and understand it may not have the best hardware and phones that have better hardware will get ICS. I'm truly okay with that. :) If you do use benchmarks, I only ask people to do a little research on them prior to using them as evidence of superiority. This goes for any time I see benchmarks run against any device, not just ours.

To the guy that posted the GLBenchmark 2.1 Triangle data, that is a biased result. If you go http://www.glbenchmark.com/ and do a comparison on all the test, the SGN blows compaired to the Rezound and the SGSII. That's just what their results show. Only the SGSII has verified results on that site and I love my SGN regardless. Picking one test out of 20 is showing bias.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KWKSLVR:
+1 the above. Quadrant is worthless on ICS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zeke1988:
weird, the 3 point you said doesnt happen on my GN.... o well.

the only things i dont like about GN is there are no keyboard prediction on the browser, no fixed landscape mode for browser and no fixed desktop view even i did the about:debug.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dario3040:
ok

1. Quadrant is broken, the Nexus S easily scores over 6000 thanks to I/O.

2. Linpack performs better on the Note because of the clockspeed, and better on the rezound because the cpu is better suited for the task. you can have this one.

3. Nenamark 1 is framecapped.

4. Nenamark 2 runs bad on the Galaxy Nexus simply because the workload doesn't fit the GPU architecture, just as you said in your post, still really close to the Note though.

Actually the Galaxy Nexus hardware has more potential when it comes to pure speed, and with no sense and the newest android?

The rezound is dead.

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Barely better fillrate, 1000 MPixel/s vs 1100 MPixel/s.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mohitrocks:
1.) Wat.

2.) Wat.

3.) Ok.

Extended response:

1.) My Galaxy Nexus displays video on youtube in HD perfectly fine, and actually is pretty amazing.

2.) I'm pretty sure the Galaxy Nexus has the best mobile browser to date. If your Galaxy Nexus has a problem, it could be an issue with the phone itself, but I highly doubt it's "choppy" and "stuttery". My Galaxy Nexus is extremely fast, and runs amazingly well.

3.) I don't even.

The screen of the Galaxy Nexus is amazing, no visible pixels despite the pentile display. It's hard to imagine a screen better than the Galaxy Nexus, but I guess that falls into opinion.

Note for browser test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g33w25VTh3A
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mfdemicco:
Having ICS and getting timely updates from Google instead of the phone manufacturer makes the Nexus a better phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bluesnake01:
I was pretty aware about the quadrant scores. I pretty much posted those for the GPU scores, the others are just references. Like I posted before, I expect the nexus to be on top. Im sure even the Rezound on ICS, I still expect the Nexus to be slightly faster. However, it really won't be noticeable, gaming however should be different. I've seen some Nexus owners or even Rezound owners who change from a Nexus have said that games play slightly smoother on the Rez.

I wouldn't say its dead, sure the Nexus is ahead but I wouldn't call it leaps and bounds better. Lets wait till the Rez gets the S-Off so we can actually compare them both on a vanilla Android. Both are great devices, but again, I find the Rezound has the better hardware. Just waiting for the software to truly use it properly.

The fill rate might not be much faster comparing the Nexus vs SGS2 but it still outputs better Frames, almost double what the nexus can. The 220 seems to be in between the 540 and the Exynos.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MMcCraryNJ:
tl;dr the whole thread, but I gotta lol @ the ReZound having a better proc than the GNex.

Do people even research before they talk about things they know nothing about? lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droidstyle:
You go ahead andkeep on waiting for verizon to release ics for the rez...by then your contract will be up and you just might understand why the gnex is a superior device. Again we can keep making hardware comparisons all day...the bottom line is they are both good in that department. I think it all boils down to the fact that myself and a half million other verizon customers are tired of bloat and delayed updates that tend to get pushed back. This is where the nexus shines...its pretty obvious by how much traffic this section is getting.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shankville75:
Not!!

Newest isn't always best. Haven't we learned this lesson already?

Ask yourself that question. Do the research!!

Overly opinionated!!

I have em both and honestly it boils down to what I feel like playing with at the moment. The specs are quite similar, meaning one doesnt have much on the other hardware wise. But I see it like this, when the Rezound does get unlocked, it will have a bunch of pure ICS Roms to choose from. When the user gets bored with ICS, he/she can choose an unbloated version of sense if desired. Whereas the Nexus will be stuck with just ICS. So actually its just a matter of taste. Both are truly awesome phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dario3040:
Pfft.

Any developer can put Sense, Touchwiz, or even Motoblur on the device with enough hacking.

Heck, MIUI is already available.

Also Gnex > Rezound

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Rather think of at showing a smaller picture of reality.

Showing that test is dumbing it as far down as possible, for the Galaxy S 2 morons to understand.

There are almost no benchmarks that showcase the SGX chip's power, all of them are better suited for the Galaxy S 2.

Only games from App Store run great on these chips.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leenukes:
the benchmarks I ran all put my GN above the GS2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shankville75:
Ask yourself this question. Have you ever seen Sense ported to a non-HTC phone? I haven't. MIUI has different framework, thus irrelevant. My point is, that for some people that like sense, that is something that the Rezound has over the Gnex. The ability to run different flavors of Roms other than just pure android. The Gnex is ONE of the best phones out right now. Which is the best? That's all personal opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droidstyle:
If you think Im being overly opinionated, them your simply butthurt. Again the bottom line is, the fact that the nexus does not have to rely on verizon for updates and is not bloated makes it the superior device. Its not opinion its a obvious fact. This is why I would chose it over the other devices. The rez, razr, and gnex are all quality devices, but I prefer to deal with the source directly for timely updates. Look how long it took verizon to release gingerbread and you think ICS is going to be released anytime soon? LOL Is this not xda thats geared toward development? Well newsflash, the gnex is a developmental device,, so expect a slight amount of bias towards it! Also you are sadly mistaken and quite frankly misinformed if you think the Gnex will be stuck with ICS. Guranteed it will have cm9 and miui, not to mention it will probably have Jellybean before the rez even gets ICS Lulz!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bluesnake01:
I'm not waiting for Verizon on anything, I'm waiting for the S-Off, two different things. Once we get S-Off, ICS will be ported over by devs. The Nexus line have almost always been a bit dated in hardware, the Nexus One was faster out the box but the Original Droid had a better GPU. The Galaxy S line were out before the Nexus S was introduced. Fast forward now, people were disappointed in specs, they aren't bad but everyone expected to blow the competition. I agree on the bloat ware but it doesn't kill anyone. I see more threads about the Nexus having problems then being an impressive device, even VZW reps are recommending other phones over the nexus. Not trying to knock it down, its a great device but people are making it seem like its the best thing since sliced bread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mikeacela:
Get the phone man, the store ones r always crappy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droidstyle:
I agree with this but you ignored one important factor that really makes the nexus nice.... it gets its updates from source. Also why do we keep going back to comparing hardware specs? All these new dual core devices are plenty capable, thats the least of my concerns...support and development is my biggest concern when chosing a device! IN THAT AREA THE GNEX CANT BE TOUCHED!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] platinumrims:
^^ this is the only reason I'm willing to deal with everything I don't like about it. So if the rezound doesn't get s-off soon ill have to switch :-\
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PaulG1488:
is that right? because i've been into several vzw corp stores and seen a good amount of employees in each store owning a gnex

Of course your going to see lots of threads bashing or complaining about it, its a hyped device what do you expect?

Happens with video game consoles, games, cameras, tvs you name it there will always be people *****ing and moaning about the device not meeting THEIR standards, having problems, or being overrated.

I been a heavy android user since they been out and i couldn't be much happier with this device not discrediting or bashing any of the others out there
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Guyinlaca:
For what it's worth, I compared the Droid RAZR, Galaxy Nexus, and HTC Rezound side by side at the store.

Speed wise, the Galaxy Nexus and RAZR were much faster when moving from app to app.

Screen wise, the Galaxy Nexus is hands down the winner. The Droid RAZR is slightly more pixelated, but has better viewing angles and color saturation than the Rezound. Although text and images are sharp, the screen on the Rezound looks very washed out.

Interface wise, the Rezound is the most customizable, the Galaxy Nexus is the most user friendly, and the RAZR is the snappiest. When all are moved to ICS, it will be interesting to see how each performs.

Build Quality wise, the RAZR and Rezound feel much more solid in hand than the Galaxy Nexus.

Overall, each of these phones have their strengths and weaknesses. On paper, the Rezound seems the most advanced, but the washed out screen and slowed interface are drawbacks. The Galaxy Nexus definitely has an edge with stock Android 4.0, but the signal issues, weak camera, and cheap feel can detract. The RAZR actually seems to be the fastest of the 3 and the screen maintains strong viewing angles but the lack of removable battery and the lower resolution pentile matrix may bother some people.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KWKSLVR:
Are we still really talking about device specs? Google made ICS to FOR the GN. Comparing hardware specs is right up there with Rednecks comparing belt buckle and truck tire size.

At the end of the day, the GN is about ICS and updates from Google, not hardware specs. If having a smooth experience and ICS doesn't interest you, then don't get a GN. If updates from Google and a longer support life doesn't interest you, then don't get a GN.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shankville75:
Point well made and taken. But ICS will be available for the Rez before Verizon releases it, like you said, this is XDA developers. It doesn't take a genius to know that the new versions of android are going to go to the Gnex first. All I'm saying is that pure ICS can and will get boring after a while and when it does, what other option will the Gnex have? Some people actually like Sense, which will put the Rez over the Gnex being the it can't run it to those peticular people. I love them both honestly so I'm not being biased as I have both devices, the Rez is just crippled right now without S-off, so in a ways, you're absolutely right. But not so much afterwards as the Rez will have more options opened to it.

And by the way, butthurt?? Is that even a word?? My butt doesn't hurt so I guess it doesn't apply to me. It will be tactfully ignored like all the other meaningless attempted insults has been. Happy holidays!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lithoss:
GN is a nexus device.

GN has NFC.

Those two factors made the decision easy for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ugapug:
I had a Rezound. No permanent root. Locked bootloader. No fix for that in sight. I liked the phone even so. Then I bought a GNex on launch day. It was buttery smooth out of the box, and now that devs are attacking it with fervor it just keeps getting better and better. Wait til the benchmark apps catch up to ICS and tell me the Rezound is faster. I don't think you'll be able to based upon what I'm seeing in terms of performance from the Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KWKSLVR:
The BeatsAudioDroid (as I call it) is a nice device. But if there's one thing I've learned as a SGS owner that actually loves the Vibrant, it's never assume anything.

Never assume you'll get:

An unlocked bootloader... eventually

Updates that work

A ton of dev support

Even if the Rezound ends up unlocked. Even if Verizon pays HTC to update it till the cows come home, at the end of the day it still won't have the developer support the Galaxy Nexus has.

The Galaxy Nexus already has all of those things. But a device because you love what it has right now, not for what you assume it'll get. Things change.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] platinumrims:
Agreed. Love my rezound right now, but the nexus might be more appealing as January 15th approaches without the rezound having s-off lol :'(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] modidlee:
Add the thunderbolt to that list of HTC phones with build quality issues. Remember the kickstand peeling?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] modidlee:
Me too. After using nfc it will be a major deciding factor in my phone purchases from now on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] barakoas:
WHY you Rezound owners keep coming on galaxy nexus thread and *****ing and trolling how is yours Rezound better almost on every page of this thread?? i dont get it.. i dont see any other ppl doing the same.. does this mean that Rezound comunity is full of morons and trolls? yes u keep telling how u like nexus aswell..i know.. but based on your posts u know its plain BS! I think i know why u do that.. coz jealous ppl behave the same.. :D

XDA should be one community which sticks together! this is not console war!!!

post number 76 really made me laugh.. "Yes I do Nexus fan boy." LOL using these words on Nexus thread.. what did u think.. 90% of ppl r fans of their own device... but most of them r mature already and dont attack others! exept "i" community.. (u know who im talking about) so please dont behave the same!

PS:Im sorry but couldnt resist... :o

PS2: If u think im wrong or u dont agree with me.. my apologies