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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droidstyle:
My Fascinate was a turd out of the box, thanks to some kick ass roms/kernels it keeps up with the newest devices. Point is, If you bought the gnex to leave stock, then you should of bought the Iphone. Put a custom rom/kernel on your gnex then report back! If your still unhappy Ill gladly take it off your hands. Funny I have said this to multiple posters that are so unhappy with the gnex yet they dont respond lolz.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lambda30:
Pwhahahhahahahahhahahahah. That definitely takes no. 1 spot on the list "the stupidest things I've read on xda". Java to linux :)))) It's like saying monkey to Sun conversion :)))

Android dev ? You're a disgrace... no wonder... iPhone user.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] radiohead14:
this doesn't make sense. yea it's got 2 vzw apps in there, but it's still pure android, which is in most cases, preferred by most users. why should someone who likes android get the iphone when they prefer stock android...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ericc191:
Once again, Apple vs Android.. I think the most important thing to go on first is how much you have invested in either side. For example, I've spent a lot of money on my android apps. My friend, on the other hand, wants to get away from the iPhone but he is heavily invested in all his apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droidstyle:
that post was targeted at folks who complain about the gnex in stock form. Let me be more clear...If your unhappy with the genx performance in stock form and not willing to flash a custom rom/kernel, then possibly the iphone will suit you better! Does this make more sense? If not perhaps comrehension is not your strong suit. I fully understand the gnex is not bloated stock...alot of folks are complaining about lag in stock form... not bloat. A custom rom/kernel would fix that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gnath9:
All I have to say is ... its not fair to judge the Android OS on anything other than a vanilla device... eg: the OG Droid or any Nexus ....

Motor Blur ... HTC Sense ... Samsung Touch Wiz or whatever skin is applied does more harm than good.

So far I love my ICS Nexus with that being said ... yes it has some querks (very few) but I know it won't be long before we get updates.

Any skin on top of any OS will cause some problems ... after all a skin is a program running and altering its performance and appearance.

The galaxy nexus with ICS is a step above all others. I like where Android is going and happy to be a part if it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Guitarfreak26:
I own both phones.

I absolutely love my nexus it's my main device and the screen and customization is amazing. But the iphone is good for simply, install and it works. It's annoying that we can't play real racing or gta 3 straight away
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brian85:
iphone is the most boring "smart" phone I have ever owned. I couldn't get rid of it fast enough.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] radiohead14:
calm down. insulting people just makes you sound immature. at least spell correctly
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droidstyle:
Im not insulting you...if you took it that way than thats on you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PaulG1488:
Its my 2nd most first would be a blackberry for me

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zakth:
I cannot speak for the iPhone 4s... never owned one and don't plan to. What I can say is the Galaxy Nexus is amazing. There is already a lot of development going on for the phone and plenty of ways to customize the UI to make it your own. The colors and images look stunning. I have found no issue with the camera. If you take photos in good lighting conditions then you won't have any problems. For those that like the idea of Siri google is working on a project code named Majel which is said to give Siri a run for her money.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] michaelkahl:
I've owned the iPhone 4 on Verizon after a year with Android. Its great if you don't want to tinker with your phone and just want it to work.

Love my gnex and think its great if you don't want to tinker or if you do want to tinker. This is a huge stride for Android and Apple needs to do bug things for iOS 6 if they want to stay viable. I'm very happy with my choice and have a Canon 7d that I use for photos. So the Nexus camera I'd fine for why I do.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spywhite:
Hahahahaha Yeeeeeeah! Good point.

Like Randall from Clerk's said : "You can't rent here anymore!"
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zeke1988:
what do you mean? GTA 3 running smooth on my GN...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PaulG1488:
Couldn't have said it better myself :)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tedmm:
Long time iPhone user - I have both right now.

I have both phones right now - I bought the 4S but was intrigued by the larger screen on the GNex. Overall, the GNex has a somewhat better screen and is a better phone (Apple has never put an ear speaker with sufficient volume in an iPhone), and the 4S has a better camera and better battery life. None of these is absolute - the 4S' screen has some advantages over the GNex's screen, and while the 4S has better battery life than the GNex, they're both pretty miserable in this respect and neither of them has half the battery life that my old iPhone 4 did. Seriously.

Aside from that, it's iOS vs Android. Android is way more customizable, but I can tell you from experience that after pimping-out whatever gadget/computer you have to the point of instability, stock configurations sometimes look attractive again. A lot of stuff in the iOS world /Just Works/. iCloud, for example, seems to be a much better experience than the Android equivalents (Titanium backup / Dropbox). And iOS 5 is really, really nice in a lot of subtle ways. But so is ICS - it's a huge improvement over Gingerbread.

Anyways, I've decided that I'm going to keep the GNex and sell the iPhone. So that should tell you something, I guess.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nbeebe24:
As pathetic as it sounds, I LOVE to see iPhone users make the switch to Android. Its a beautiful thing :-)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
I don't like to see people make choices that aren't the best for what they want/need. I like to see people use the device that works for them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] radiohead14:
how much more battery life are you getting with the 4S than the Gnex? also, could you tell me more about your opinion regarding the Gnex camera compared to the 4S? thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GrillMouster:
If you want to fairly compare battery life of the Galaxy Nexus and the iPhone 4S, then turn off the 4G on the Nexus. That way you're comparing 3G to 3G.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] macfre:
You can't be serious. I also have both, and both ear speaker and normal speaker on iPhone is *MUCH* louder than the one on Galaxy Nexus. As a matter of fact, if I were listing physical shortcomings of Galaxy Nexus, speaker volume would be topping that list. One of the biggest advantages of iPhone 4S over GNex for me is much better, both ear and normal, speaker volume, especially for in-call voice.

Another possibility is that my Galaxy Nexus model is broken, or your iPhone 4S model is.. ;)

For me it's mostly screen size. That's the main reason why I'm using Galaxy Nexus. I guess I prefer 4.6" to 3.5", but would love to have something in the 4-4.3" range if I had such option.

As an user I stopped really caring if I use Android or iOS: I have tons of apps bought on both ecosystems, I'm happy with any of those devices. I'm missing a few Apple-only things like iMessage on GNexus, but that's only because many friends of mine have iPhones and sharing pictures is so much more convenient with iMessage than it is with MMS.

As a developer, I prefer one of those platforms greatly over another, but that's another story ;) - Whatever, I disgres, just wanted to comment on that speaker volume thing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tedmm:
I have the international GSM/HSPA 3G Galaxy Nexus - not the Verizon 4G LTE version. The HSPA 3G GNex has somewhat worse battery life than the HSPA 3G iPhone 4S. And that's working and living in the same area (ie the same distance from cell towers), and doing roughly the same thing (few voice conversations, lots of web browsing).

I kind of expected the GNex to have slightly worse battery life than the 4S, but what I didn't expect was just how much worse the 4S was than the iPhone 4! Apple's figures are 300 hours of standby time vs 200. In real-life use I noticed that I could sometimes go about 2.5 days without charging my iPhone 4 (2 nights of forgetting to plug it in). With the 4S I can forget to plug it in one night and there will still be some charge left in the morning. The GNex can last most of the day, but if I forget to plug it in in the evening it'll be dead by the morning.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] senatortom:
I kept waiting for you to say "jk" at the end of your post or something
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cirian75:
I had the 4s for 12 days

after 10 I was ready to smash it

I thought it was slow, and the silly transitions where there not to look nice but to hide app loading lagg

Plus its WiFi hotspot was plain garbage

worked great on USB tether but what phone don't

I swapped to the GN and are now all :D:D:D:D:D:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tedmm:
Yup - quite serious. I've had an iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4, and now a 4S, and I've never been happy with the iPhone's ear speaker volume. I've always had to either put the conversation on speakerphone, or frantically plug in a pair of headphones. The GNex just seems to me to have a much louder and clearer earpiece. Maybe I've got weird ears, or I'm deaf to some critical chunk of frequency ranges? :-)

Absolutely - 1280x720 at 4.6" seemed like it would just be a superior web browsing experience, and indeed it is - especially with the improvements to the stock Android web browser in ICS.

++

I can imagine having a device with either OS. The 4S is a fantastic smartphone, and so is the GNex. For me, with it's larger, higher-resolution screen, the GNex makes a bit more sense.

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Battery life:

I mentioned in a previous post that my metric is whether or not I can forget to plug it in at night. Assuming I'm unplugging it from the wall at 8am in the morning, I could use the iPhone 4 all day, forget to plug it in that night, wake up, use it another day, forget to plug it in again, and have a bit of charge left the third day. Not much - it wouldn't last through that third day, but there'd be something left.

With the 4S, it's about a day less - I can use it the first day, forget to plug it in in the evening, and wake up with a bit of charge left. Not enough for the day, but some.

With the GNex, if it lasts through that first night, it'll be near death. I've since installed juice defender and with jd's default profile it *seems* to have improved the battery life somewhat. Not sure if it's better or worse than the 4S at this point though. I think it's probably comparable.

Camera:

I'll try to post a couple of photos that I took with both cameras. To my eye, the GNex photos look a bit washed-out compared to those on the 4S. I haven't compared them closely, but my guess is that the GNex camera is similar to the iPhone 4 camera.

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Really? I've used bluetooth, wifi, and USB tethering on the 4 and the 4S and it worked flawlessly.

For the record, my GNex tethers on wifi and bluetooth quite nicely too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cirian75:
would not work properly after 2 minutes

and the 3G mast is 50 meters away clean line of sight

so could only be the WiFi hotspot function

Ive gotten as high as 10meg in the exact same location on my GN

same network, same everything

http://www.speedtest.net/android/117345030.png
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] radiohead14:
thanks. looking forward to those comparison photos. my upgrade is due now, and i'm really having a hard time deciding between the two. battery life and camera are two of the most important deciding factors for me. i do prefer android more tho, so if you guys know of anything being introduced at ces, then maybe i should just wait a bit? how long do phones launch after ces announcements?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Buddy Revell:
Please see the Droid Bionic for the worse case scenario.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MysteriousDiary:
If you care that much about camera the Sony Experia Arc (S) might be worth a look too - better than iPhone 4s when it comes to details but it will get ICS in a few months :/ I would really think about what you do with the cam. Most people use the cam just for web presentation so most pictures get reduced to 800-1000px. Then the one of the Galaxy Nexus is more than enough.

Will post a lot of Nexus pictures soon since I plan to do next years 366 Photo Project with the Nexus.

Battery life is pretty fine for me, but using GSM version.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vash1053:
The GNex is dissimilar from most Android devices, but typically Android phones suffer from a severely crippled update cycle. Example: I bought my Droid Charge in June when it was a flagship model, and it was ineligible for an update announced only a few months later (ICS).

Android is also less pleasing from a tactile point of view. It typically lags between transitions, or lacks some transition animations that are otherwise present on WP7 and iOS. ICS has done a bit to alleviate this when dealing with the OS, but animations in apps typically "chop" far more than the other two big platforms.

It should also be noted that many big developers, particularly game studios, much prefer iOS to Android. Apple's development tools are far more refined and powerful than what Android uses, not to mention the hardware itself has much less variance between handsets.

If you want to do mobile gaming as a primary focus, there's no contest. The 4S is a better device. It has superior hardware and runs apps natively; also, the selection and quality of game titles is superior on the Apple app store.

If you want customization and freedom, Android is the clear winner. There are things I can do on Android that an Apple device simply cannot do (or is impractical to do), even when jailbroken.

I typically use an iPad for my tablet and iOS app testing needs, as I need SOME sort of Apple device to archive and deploy my apps on. I feel that my need for freedom on a tablet is less than what I need from my phone.

I will always use an Android device as my phone, but I think the iPhone is still a great choice for some people.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] X-Ter:
You really can't go wrong with either phone. I was originally planning on buying a 4S after a pretty horrible Android experience. I had an HTC Hero and there was no way of changing it so I was stuck with it for 2 years! This year has been particularly painful as it's slowed down so much that I barely used it. So I was pretty sure I was going to switch to iOS, especially since I love my iPad and iPod Touch.

Anyway, before I had a chance to buy it I read the review of the GN on The Verge and it completely changed my mind. Just reading that review convinced me to buy it and I couldn't be happier with my purchase :D

I still think the 4S is a better overall phone but I see so much more potential in Android now that they have unified the experience. My Dad has a Nexus One and stock Gingerbread is quite bad. But with ICS I feel that Android has a solid base to work on and I can't wait for the innovations it brings in future releases.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MarkGbe:
Iphone - crap

Galaxy Nexus - awesome

Might be a bit biased....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lambda30:
Do you have any idea of what the hell you just said ? Or you just kept on going rambling about without thinking and with no solid proof ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] juliano_q:
Your entire post is pure BS, but this point is even worse. I have a Nexus S and I am considering to buy a GNexus, but the NS is running ICS so well that I am having a hard time to convince myself to spend $700 in a new device.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lambda30:
I can totally confirm that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] woldy2:
lol...this has to be qoute of the year
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
The iPhone 4 had insane bqtrry life to the point of silliness it was so good. I'm surprised the 4s got so much worse. But my galaxy nexus seems to get superb standby time finally. Its just that big screen gets beat by the iPhone tiny screen in terms of power draw.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ranova:
My answer to most people who ask me:

http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/17/...should-i-buy-and-other-unanswerable-questions
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
But that big beautiful screen is so worth it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] flintfirewalker:
Self-test will help

So I've used Iphone (3g and then 4) before switching to the Xperia (borrowed a second hand from bro) and then finally, my first android purchase, the GNex. I was referred to as the apple guy 2 years ago (some asked if I get paid to market for apple), and now ppl call me the android guy (or other not so pleasant names, such as google b**ch, or just a techi with apple-angst). To be quite honest, I just bought my wife the iphone 4s and myself the gnex (both my decision, my wife just wanted a good phone). So now that I have painted a picture here for you, hopefully I will come across as unbiased.

So lets get the obvious out in the open first. It’s a subjective call. Its your decision, play with both phones and make a decision. But u know that. You still want some new perspective, and I understand that.

So let me tell you why I went to apple and then moved to iphone. I was a palm treo person before apple, and didn’t want to give up on hard keyboard, but the wow factor of iphone when it came out (and palms journey to self destruction) pushed me to get Iphone. I loved it, it was awesome, new, sleek and just so smooth. It was truly a marriage between new software and ease of use. But over the 3 – 3.5 years I spent with the two iphones, I got BORED, and finally moved over to android. Like most phone users, there’s a need to justify that the decision you already made is good. So you tend to be unwilling to switch over. But I had to give up and did switch over.

Now, in retrospect, I can see clearly what I was doing, and why I switched over. This is the self test you should take:

1.	I was constantly reading blogs and tech articles, looking for rumors of “whats next” both in hardware and software. Do you?

2.	I was constantly changing my background (hoping to get the phone to be just the way I like it – it’s a pointless exercise, coz its tech, nothings ever perfect, there’s always an improvement) but i still did it. I made folders, i moved things around. Its just what i like doing. Do you?

3.	I went into my settings in iphone once every couple of days (although, I really didn’t need to, I knew everything and made every change I needed to the first month I had the phone) but I still couldn’t help going into settings just so I can mess with it more. Do you?

4.	I did want my phone to work fine as a phone, but I always wondered how I can push my phone to be more than just that. I wanted it to be super computer (i actually used remote desktop client on my treo to man my home desktop). So that’s the kind of person I am. Are you?

5.	I always read about all the jailbreaking possibilities with iphone, coz I hate being limited. Do you feel that too?

I can go on and on, but really , this should be enough. I asked these questions to my wife, she said no to all, I bought her an iphone 4s, and she’s really happy. I answered yes to all, I bought myself a GNex, and I am really happy.

Good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] IFLATLINEI:
I think we have reached a point where these kinds of threads are useless and unnecessary. Apple and Android have both differentiated themselves enough to make this kind of decision easy. If your having trouble making the decision then you havent done any or enough research.

Seeing as though your an Apple user now I sure as hell wouldnt recommend you move to Android. Your already spoiled by having decisions made for you. You dont want the hassles of Android in order to get the things like freedom over your own data and OS. Freedom to customize,etc... you just want it to work. If you do want those things then make the switch. Why are you asking us?

Besides Ive learned my lesson in the past with iPhone users who ask if they should switch to Android. Time and time again ive seen the outcome and they should have stayed with Apple. Apple users really have no business with an Android phone its too much for them. Thats why they are iPhone users. I dont mean to offend (Well maybe I do just a bit) its just the way its been in my experience.

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Well done! I also obviously chose the Galaxy Nexus. My girlfriend would have chosen the iPhone which was my first indication she needed to have the decision made for her so I chose the Galaxy Nexus again. I was only confident in this rational because of Ice Cream Sandwich. Funny seeing her iPhone friends drool over the Galaxy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] flintfirewalker:
Well thats all good, but is your girlfriend utilizing the gnex to its fullest? Thats why I got my wife the iphone. It looks exactly the way it was the first day she got the phone (just more apps). Coz she doesn't tweak with it. She still drools over my beautiful screen, and wishes she could use swype, but in the end, happy with her iphone, Coz it works with her personality.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordo_99:
here's my list of pro/con:

iPhone 4S

+ Trendy

+ Camera is better than most but not the best -- 8.5/10

+ Siri is pretty cool for about 5 minutes and the worlds best entertainment for drunk college kids

- Siri is gimmicky and going to be more annoying to those nearby than useful to users.

+ iOS 5 is hard to break, runs fast/smooth on their hardware

- iOS 5 is kind of like being in a playpen. Sure there's toys around to have fun but once you get out of it you realize that there's a lot out there you'd been missing out on.

- no 4G/LTE and the 4S was released 9-10 months after LTE was implemented!?

+ more accessories than any other phone

- imbedded battery

Galaxy Nexus

+ Best screen

+ ICS is far superior to iOS (widgets are the most noticeable to the average user...having a phone that you can control how it works compared to a phone that controls how you work it makes a big difference)

+ Gets latest updates

+ Slightly better hardware than 4S

- Camera leaves something to be desired but is still decent for a phone -- 6/10

+ LTE is blazing fast (video chat and streaming is very doable without WiFi now)

+ more features (NFS, Google Wallet...etc)

+ removable battery

Both my roommates have the 4S and I was very close to getting one as well. I really don't care about being trendy and I don't see much difference between the camera quality...it's just my opinion but if I wanted to take good pictures I'd go out and buy a dedicated camera for it.

My good friend photographs for National Geographic and said (talking about the iPhone 4S specifically but generalizing all phones with it) "No self-respecting photographer would use a phone's camera unless they didn't have other options or are using it as a publicity stunt."