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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tylerdurdin:
Yes, as a matter of fact it was one device over.....if you are Rezound fan great....if you like it great....that does not change the fact that the Rezound is not as good in really any respect that matters to me. I messed with the phone for an hour there. The lag that no one seems to see on the Rezound, I seen it right away....even being fair and killing every running process I could. Benchmarks don't mean ****...comparing a phone with a empty GPU to a phone that renders almost every image through it, is ridiculous...the OS works completely different. I am not staggered by the Nexus either but its better.....much better. The display...C'mon....the Rezound is hardly hanging....is it terrible? No...but its not better. That old qualcom technology has reached the end of its life cycle.

Look I am trying to be fair as I can, but my SGS2 smokes that Rezound so bad, even the Verizon idiot couldn't believe how fast this phone is. Not to mention what's the longevity of the Rezound? Pulling parlor tricks like the iPhone ....stuffing PPI to make a beautiful display only takes you so far....720p is 720p period. The nexus display is beautiful...the Rezound is good. The Rezound display next to my phone didn't LOOK better...I don't care what HTC claims they got in there. I am a phone junky.....I am always looking for the next device that edges out every other phone. I can say the Rezound edges out the Razor but that's it. The Nexus is no speed demon...but its pretty smooth...in the app drawer while scrolling towards the Widgets I did see the hiccups ....but its a BRAND NEW OS.....what's the Rezounds excuse...I was beating the hell out of it and got it to moments of unresponsiveness, I did the same thing to my SGS2 right in front of the sales geek....not a hiccup period.....the Nexus was just consistent....not super fast, not slow....its just a really sweet phone.

The Rezound may be in trouble when it gets ICS....think about the subpar GPU that no longer lays dormant....it now has to render ALL the images you see....I can honestly say that the Rezound and the Razor may be in for a huge amount pissed off owners with laggy ass phones. ICS may not be beneficial to phones with these less than impressive processor.

I will give sickest MP3 player of the year award to the Rezound.....music was sweet as hell.......blows my phone and the Nexus away.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nrfitchett4:
Didn't I just read something about the nfc info being not encrypted on the phones? Crooks will love that. I gave the Starbucks app on my phone and stopped using it because I didn't like handing my phone through the drive thru window. I see nfc going no where in the USA anytime soon. By then I will have had several other phones...

You can keep loving that camera ask you want, but I think you are underestimating the Rezound camera. But you haven't done more than play with it, so I guess that is too be expected.

You call nfc a must have feature yet excuse the no memory card slot.

I'm not the only one that thinks the Rezound screen is better. What you call washed out is really true color representation vs the oversaturation of the amoled screen.

Enjoy your phone, I know I am enjoying mine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nrfitchett4:
Ics has been out 5 minutes, and isn't the point of Android is customization? Though I agree with the locked down phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nrfitchett4:
Curious as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pgcnetza:
I didnt disapoint in my GNexus

It very smooth fast and stable for me

with technology that I immagine of ^^
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mysterioustko:
Not encrypted? You mean like that credit card you tote around that anyone can just pick up and read the number off of? I'm sorry but nfc is a lot more secure than that. BTW the nfc payments portion of the phone is in it's on secure element. I don't know what you read, but it doesn't sound very accurate. Link?

As for the difference in screen. There's a difference between accurate color representation and just washed out screens. And I'll take my oversaturated gorgeous vibrant screen over the washed out grey blacks having screen of the red baron. I'm not into washed out screens and phones with christmas lights. No thanks. When's the next htc retread coming? It'll probably be the same phone as the rezound but with nfc....oh wait that's the amaze (just minus the 720p)..

BTW you may not see nfc going anywhere anytime soon perhaps because your eyes are closed. It's already catching on. Almost every week or so, google adds more offers and partners to google wallet...but you wouldn't know that...considering you're using the red baron.. Nothing wrong with the red baron, if washed out screens and christmas lights are your thing. For those of that don't want to tote a christmas ornament in our pockets, we'll use other more capable devices...like the GNex.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xdafann:
I feel very sorry to see that people are now arguing about android phones ...I mean common guys we should all be one united community and diversity is our advantage . If you own a rezound/gs2 or whatever then enjoy it, you don't have to flame on the Nexus that is also making a lot of people happy .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
Yes it has a better soc vs the gnex.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leenukes:
First two issues sound like a slow network to me.

I wouldn't upgrade from a Galaxy S 2, if you do you have too much money and need to stop and think.

I upgrade from an HTC Desire but even then I could barely justify the upgrade.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
"Subpar GPU" on the Rezound lol? The Nexus has the subpar GPU bro the 540. The Adreno 220 still holds it's own and can keep up w/ the mali in the s2. I could easily imagine a modded oc'd SII running around a fully bloated store demo unit.

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Coming from a super amoled + idk if it was just specific to the Rezound you looked at, but the Rezound I checked out the colors were hardly "washed out". Not as vibrant as the amoled obviously, but not bad either.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] platinumrims:
I have a rezound now, I don't have lag lol and my battery life is great, I upgraded from a desire on CSpire (which turned into a garbage network)

I love HTC phones in the past they just worked better than anything else I've used or had, but I also don't like spending hours and hours and hours modding things even on aosp roms... I want to to check out the Nexus still while I'm in the holliday return bracket. I don't really like it on paper though. That's my biggest turn off.... My front 2mp cam is really good for video calling and the cam on back takes good pictures too. I also like sense but I always end up on MIUI because I can theme it easily and the phone and messaging apps are great so I don't feel like I have to use third party apps... That being said, I want the nexus because its a nexus lol. The Rezound doesn't have root yet though I'm sure it will, but these red buttons wont look right on MIUI.. and the Nexus will more than likely have a larger dev following, plus ICS is vanilla and it will be updated for a while (hopefully as long as the other nexus devices)

But, the things that I'm weary about are

1.) The pentile super amoled display, Samsung screens are always grainy (I Hate that more than anything probably)

2.) No SD card... :-(

3.) The old GPU

4.) Its samsung

5.) They seemed to have fixed GPS but what about the signal?

6.) Odin is a pain

All that being said I haven't seen the screen in person yet, I like low level brightness, and I've read that you can see the lines then :-\ though the lines aren't as bad as they used to be as I've seen on other new samsings. I'm sure the cameras will be fine honestly. I prefer the best obviously but at the same time its a phone, not my cannon 60D lol.

But if any1 could give me insight on the screen and signal deal, as well as camera quality (like maybe posting pictures taken of the front and rear cam), and if they feel like the GPU will get the job done and how it compares in reality to the adreno 220 I would greatly appreciate it. Also any comments on battery life would be cool too. If its as good or better than my phone now it wont be an issue.

Im sure I will be getting another phone at the end of next year anyway so I really only need a phone to last me a year lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] IFLATLINEI:
I agree with you almost 100%. Im still going to mod here and there but im going to do it for fun now. Not out of necessity. I loved my Eris but there was a ton of work put into that phone to get it to handle all my needs. This time around I wanted it to just work out of the box. Plus some room for growth.

I still dont understand why we cant just all get our updates from the source. We do it with Windows every day. All sorts of different hardware combinations all download updates without any need for the pc manufacturer to get involved.

With that being said its in my opinion that this is the first real iPhone killer. Or atleast the beginning. For the first time the hardware and software challenge Apple and iOS. The only thing missing from the package now is some high end materials. Im not thrilled with the plastic chassis myself but I dont hate it. Its solid and sturdy. I just hope it holds up over the long haul.

Im impressed with the Galaxy Nexus but im coming from a Eris. Talk about a jump huh? I can see some people being disappointed with certain aspects of the GN who are coming from or have used other more powerful phones but remember. This is the first phone released with 4.0. Theres alot thats new here and its only going to get better through future updates.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] firsttimer44:
Do you even know what your talking about?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
K, been visiting new york, so haven't had time to look at xda. Went over this whole thread, and I must say, thanks mysterioustko. You are my new best bud. The one point you mentioned and others completely ignored, even though that is the one point which blows every other phone besides the gs2 clear out of the water is the memory bandwidth. It's 7.5btw. The gs2 has 6.4.tegra is 2.5. every other damn phone is just blowing smoke out their was when they say their phone is fast. 3 times the memory bandwidth will hugely improve i/o and all memory related applications. Read up on that guys! Besides, the best thing about a nexus device is that google doesn't have to get it right the first time. They just need to build the perfect hardware combination and a basic software structure. They have done an awesome job of that. The rest of the ics hiccups will get solved automatically(REMEMBER STOCK UPDATES?) and this discussion shouldn't even be happening. WE ARE COMPARING A NEXUS TO A SENSE BASED DEVICE???? WAT ARE WE, SAVAGES?

Ps-I do love sense on my girlfriends sensation, but just for flicking the screens for 5 mins, and saying "ooooh, pretty! "

Sent from my cell phone. DUH
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mysterioustko:
1. The display is fine. It's easily the best display on the market. People really need to stop regurgitating things they heard. So you heard it was pentile...so what? I heard it's a 720p screen on a 4.65" display...you know the same resolution that looks fine on a 36" screen...do you really think you're going to see pixels on 4.65? And considering the somewhat washed out screen you're using now with the rezound, you will see a very clear and definite difference. The rezound's screen isn't close.

2. I'm assuming you use more than 16gb on your past devices. If so maybe should stick with 32gb OR learn to use the cloud. I don't have a single media file on my device, yet I have all my pics, videos, and music there without using a single kb of storage.

3. See above statement about regurgitating information.....people keep saying gpu gpu gpu...You do realize there is nothing that it cannot run right? You do realize that these over powered gpu's aren't being utilized because there's nothing that calls for that much power. The software is a ways from catching up to hardware. What's more important is that you'd be moving away from that underpowered processor you're currently using. The Gnex processor has more than twice the amount of memory bandwidth and it shows. Snapdragon S3 is a subpar chip.

4. Yes it is samsung...which means unlike htc devices, the screens won't be separating, dust getting underneath it, deathgrip issues, power button issues, and other issues htc phones have become known for...

5. Signal is fine.

6. Don't like odin? ok.....DON'T USE IT. Problem solved...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
Yes I do Nexus fan boy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maggot_ff:
I have both a Galaxy S2 and a Galaxy Nexus, and so far, i love'em both, and in day to day use, you really can't tell them apart. As a daily driver, i would probably recommend the Nexus, just because of the screen and the buttery smooth OS.

And to all the people REALLY favoring one of these over the other... wtf? Have you guys even tried the two of them? :p I mean, they are both great phones, and saying that one is light years ahead of the other just doesn't make sense to me. :p

Sure the GPU in the GSII is better on paper, but i can't say i have noticed any difference in the two. I were scared of the pentile screen, but at that resolution, it's the best screen i've seen on a mobile device to date.

Either way, I'm no seeing my self getting rid of either of these until something really groundbreaking comes along.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ashleybabauta:
I'm currently using the galaxy nexus and as of right now I have no complaints. It runs smooth and fast. I too came from the gs2 which I still have. Both phones do have their pros and cons. For the nexus, I love the whole multitasking, the huge screen, the camera may be only 5megapixals but it shoots nice pictures. For the gs2 beautiful screen. Camera does shoot amazing photos. Depending on lighting I have taken some photos that was so hard to believe. It came from a phone. Like I said both phones are fast. They do have cons. Both very rare would freeze to the point you have take the battery out. But that is very rare, but I know some phones do that. It also happen with my Co worker's droid x. Whatever phone you chose you can't go wrong. I have to say this but especially if you r coming from a old phone or iphone. I have been there and ain't going back!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] firsttimer44:
Nexus fan boy? Nice name calling....you stated the rezound gpu is better than the nexus but did not provide a lick of evidence to back it up. It makes me believe you have no idea what you're talking about. Provide some evidence the rezound processor is better and then we'll talk, rezound fan boy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
Well first of all "do you know what you're talking about." is a really nice way to respond, so I'll obviously give you the same courtesy. The 540 is old, and there have been numerous comments about why is it in the gnex. Did I mention anything about the CPU in my post anywhere? I was just talking about GPU's. Google it and you'll see that it gets outperformed by the 220. I never stated "hur hur Rezound is better than Nexus". Now for me to say "get your facts straight." Enjoy.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/16/verizon-galaxy-nexus-review/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tylerdurdin:
Dude I don't know what you are reading but the GPU in the Rezound ain't even comparable. If you are reading the comparisons in the Nexus forum....they are comparing it to the Mali.....another GPU the Rezound does not compare to. Are you going to the adreno website for this stuff? Adreno is way more dated tech than the Omap in the nexus.

The Rezound is a nice phone but at this point if you are buying a phone, just to have the best phone out on the market.....the Rezound is not the phone you're bringing home.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
I am aware that the soc on the Rezound is just a modified A8 vs the OMAP A9. Comparing the graphical power that both can produce the 220 is stronger than the 540. I know that the mali is the best on the market and I'm not denying that. All I am stating is that Gnex doesn't have as much graphical horsepower as the Rezound does. That is all.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mysterioustko:
What difference does it make what gpu has more horsepower? There is nothing out there that can take advantage of that horsepower so it's really a moot point. Software is still substantially behind the hardware in this aspect, so arguing what gpu is more powerful is like bragging about having a rocket launcher for self defense and saying it's more powerful than a shotgun. Sure a rocket launcher is more powerful, but it isn't necessary and the shotgun is more than effective.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tylerdurdin:
I do not believe that the Gnex has the best processor out right now by any means......but one place the Gnex excels is in the overall package.....bandwidth is crazy in the Gnex, its better than the Exynos and with the fact that the OS is built around it has to be an advantage.

The Rezound seemed to perform well and the display is nice....I don't feel that its a "****" device by any means.....but having no vested interest in either device.....messing with the two side by side....I would have no choice but to get the Gnex.....it does everything as well as the Rezound, the display is beautiful and huge.....its fast as hell and I couldn't really make it show any signs of blatant lag, and its AOSP. The Rezound on the other hand has a real nice display...but unfortunately SENSE crushes this phone.....I have never been a fan of sense but on this phone it shows what a resource pig it really is. Unless you flash it.....this will always be a problem....and the OS does not utilize the GPU enough to help off set the burden....this is an area where the bandwidth would show the difference. So even putting AOSP in the Rezound you are likely to see that the Gnex still handles it better. One thing that is for sure, is that the OMAP and Qualcom processors have completely different priorities.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dwang:
go download the 4.0.3 rom in the developers section. The browser is much smoother than 4.0.1 or 4.0.2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
Yes software is behind but once ICS hits the GPU should be utilized nicely. I do enjoy playing the occasional game on my device. I'm sure there will be more 3D intensive apps soon since it should be easier to code now thanks to ICS.

Yeah Sense does cripple the device I agree with that for sure. A De-Sense works wonders on the device along w/ the debloating. I'm sure the Rezound will be better off once it gets off GB and onto ICS with the hardware acceleration. After the de-sense and debloat theres about 430-450 MB of RAM free for usage. I'm pretty sure there will be more free RAM if the device does get AOSP. I am positive once ICS hits the Rezound, and finally takes full advantage of the GPU like the nex does, it should be able to take on the crutch known as sense. I would love to see it on AOSP ICS but since there's no S-off at the moment, just gotta use what you get.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tylerdurdin:
That's a fair enough statement.....but it supports the fact that the Gnex is better out of the box. For the casual user that doesn't flash and debloat the Gnex just seems like the obvious choice, and the phone has longevity.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crossover37:
Thanks for that update. I'm gonna go to Verizon today to test it out since the new 4.0.3 update got released. If it is smooth like you say then I will probably get the Galaxy Nexus. I can't stand lag and wouldn't want to go from a super smooth device to a device that lags, even if occasionally.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mysterioustko:
I'm not saying there aren't enough 3d intensive apps, I'm saying nothing pushes these gpu's to anything close to their full capabilities, so these mali-400's and other super powerful gpu's are really just a waste. BTW hardware acceleration doesn't push the gpu very hard, so again it really doesn't matter if you have the most powerful gpu or not. Right now, having a superpowerful gpu is only good for benchmarks, but in reality it's just overkill.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
In the end it just comes down to personal preference and brand loyalty. All devices now should be supported at least for 18 months. That's assuming of course the manufacturers follow through with that promise.

Well I for one want to see what this hardware can do to some of the current 3D titles out there. Necessary or not, manufacturers will keep pushing out more powerful hardware, not worrying if there's anything out there to challenge it. I mean heck it doesn't hurt to have some future proofing in a world of devices that evolve so rapidly. We just gotta wait and see how it goes :D.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PeXda00:
Was just with a buddy comparing the two models. If you want to get around the inconsistent image quality differences download a full Res picture from a camera forum. Preferably from a hi end Canon or Nikon camera. Same for video. The difference will slap you in the face. Also, like the other dude mentioned, demo models are not the most reliable comparison tools.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cy88:
GNex is Android in it's finest form, with the right hardware. Anyone comes on here and try to find reason to justify not upgrading is out of their mind.

The only reason I would find reasonable for that is - GNex is a bigger phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Beso:
Is every hardware on SGS2 better than on Nexus Prime? Special GPU I mean? Will be even better when ICS comes to SGS2 ?

If I buy today u suggest SGS2 which is even cheaper ?

Wanna use it at least for a 2 year?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 321jurgen:
I got the new firmware 4.0.3 and the newest smallband xxkk6. And it works super fast and it's super high quality. I noticed that after the update it improved very much. I have the GSII to and I think this phone is better.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Beso:
SGS2 is better or Nexus is better?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
Imo Exynos/Mali > current omap4/power 540. SGS2 is a beast and has been the top phone for awhile now. Only thing I really wont like is the lower resolution on the s2. Also if you want pure AOSP out of the box Gnex is the way to go. It really just depends on what you need, both devices are high end and should have no issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stkiswr:
Yeah, the nexus is a nice phone, but the gs2 has better hardware, period. No amount of software can make your hardware just be better...optimized yes, but it won't turn the nexus gpu into a Mali 400 :)

I'm not hating. I own a nexus currently and wife owns a sprint gs2. Plenty of friends own the galaxy Nexus. It is very nice. But mainly its software is what's so nice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 3devious:
My coworker has the Skyrocket and was jealous of my Nexus, I told her to stop trippin'.

We've both got great phones and besides, she got hers for a penny from Amazon.

My husband and I looked at the Rezound and the Razr then the Nexus. We're wary of the lack of SD support (I don't use the cloud because if you've got no connectivity, you don't have your stuff.) As long as I don't have the dropped signal that some people are complaining about, I am completely satisfied with this phone so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bluesnake01:
What I nticed a lot of people go for the Galaxy Nexus is mainly because its slick and smooth! It reminds some users of a Fruit phone, no offense. They are both great devices, I think the Rezound has the better hardware BUT the Nexus also holds its own pretty well. Im keeping the Rezound in hopes of getting S-Off and rooting for ICS, it'll be the better the device in the end IMO. Out of the box however, no question, the Nexus is the better device.