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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ap3604:
I would assume that Samsung sells more Galaxy S models than they do Nexus models as well as makes more $$$ on each one sold than they do a Nexus.

Why would they choose to dumb down their money-maker (Galaxy S) and cost themselves sales, just so they can make a Nexus phone that doesn't make them as much money? :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] civicstyle01:
I guess ill have to wait of upgrade either this s3 or EVO LTE!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reference.phone:
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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ap3604:
My eyes burn after watching those videos on samsungs "flagship" :(

Ugly ugly ugly...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rayiskon:
the world is happy to not have u in sales :P not everything is in money, there are a lot of other under the table deals, i think samsung would be happy to get their hands on the new android before their competition, and a lot of marketing stuff, and probably deals not even related to mobile industry, u know samsung makes a lot of other stuff :P so u gotta take all aspects into consideration.. anyways, even if there was such a google-samsung deal, the GS3 is the "strongest" android phone at the moment, which will not lead them to sell less :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ckoadiyn:
I'm shocked Google would go with Sammy for the next nexus after they just sold out to Google wallets competition....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ericshmerick:
It will be designed to Google's specs, so they don't care who makes it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] randomnameftw:
Yup.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tibere86:
Per your theory, the Nexus S should have been on par with Galaxy SII which it was no where near.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thepawn:
I just can't believe the phone is even BIGGER then the nexus...stop the madness. go back to 4" screens.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
Hopefully the next Nexus will feature the new OMAP's and PowerVR 543/5. The exynos benchmarks disappoint me and so does the looks.

Boo Samsung, I'm starting to like where HTC is going now. However, I will still recommend the GSIII to people like my mother. It just works for them and it isn't the iPhone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eman3316@optonline.net:
I just can't imagine anyone's mother using a 4.8" screen, lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rayiskon:
geez people is it really hard to put a lil effort and understand correctly what u read, if u extrapolate my theory on the nexus s then the GS I9000 would be in the position of the GS3 today.. anyways nevermind :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Man, the ti omap chipset is a damn good all arounder. Still need an sd card or bigger internal. But the 5 series does look to be a heavyweight basing it off the 4460.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ap3604:
Some women would tell you more inches matter ;):D:p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vash1053:
I'm good with the GNex's screen size. I wouldn't want to go back to 4".

Also, I'm good with never having to deal with SD cards/partitions again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] triStateMindgate:
Totally agree, keep the pentaband going as well, sell it directly like they just started doing.., no gimmicks

Wonder what peoples opinion is on the T989 design, because to me the SGS3 looks exactly like it, other than having more rounded edges and a longer home button....It's basically a T-Mo S2 and GNex fused....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] irishrally:
My GN screen has been cracked for months. I'm ready for a new phone and the s3 looks the best. I've always wanted a Exynos phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] triStateMindgate:
I know all of this... This is why I was questioning the post that I quoted, which had the link to the article saying otherwise, again, if it's the case then Samsung has a variant of the Exynos that's gonna support T-Mo's band, I haven't heard anything about it tho other than that article...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ap3604:
If you want an exynos I take it you don't worry about not having a warranty in the states?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thegtfusion:
I will buy the galaxy nexus in september. Doesnt matter if there are greater quad core phones. Its the best Dual core phone in my opinion. And ICS will run the best onn it as ics was made for the GN :D

My first quad core phone will be the next nexus!! :D

Nexus line for the rest of my life :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Is this thread locked or no?

let it be.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xHausx:
locked? :confused::D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] irishrally:
I bought my GN through Expansys USA. It has a full Samsung UK warranty, honored through them. They offered to send my cracked GN for warranty repair for ~$160 but I haven't bothered, waiting to see of it's worth it.

I'll probably buy through them again and get the S3, use for 6 months, sell it and get the next Nexus ... and jelly bean. Not being to tied to a carrier (tmo EMP) gives lots of freedom.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] birkholze:
Manufacturers still using physical buttons is a perfect example of what's wrong with android. Google tries to push the os forward but manufacturers hold it back by loading it with their own interface and still using buttons. Software devs don't help with their reluctance to update their appsbto the holo interface. The fragmentation problem in android has nothing to do with Google at this point. Every manufacturer should just release an aosp ICS rom for all of their capable devices.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
It was locked for a minute.

let it be.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kwiggington:
One word touchwiz

Sent from The Darkside of the Force
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wordlywisewiz:
It is ugly I bet the carrier varrients will be better looking and might not have physical buttons
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sinergie:
So together with the GS3 release, Samsung is finally gonna release the official car holder for the GN?

It's really ridiculous that Samsung showed this accessoire in december (which was a big selling point for me) and now maybe they release it 6 months later and if you try to contact Samsung about it nobody can tell you **** why that is.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] randomnameftw:
Agree.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Wouldn't hold my breath.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Expansys is saying of the month, possibly earlier. But I doubt they're holding their breath also.

let it be.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] irishrally:
Second word ... XDA.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] E15i:
SGS3=Flop, ****ing nexus looking device, but more, a way more ugly, hope apple show some innovations, for me..soon get myself the Galaxy Nexus, **** Sammy with that POS..ohh don't forget..we get same old PenTile but in 4.8" ,why why why Samsung..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] archkiller:
Hope Galaxy Nexus 2 will be the first to come up with HD Super AMOLED plus display.:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] esuohe:
Cyanogenmod: making your hardware awesomer since 2009.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rollyfingaz:
GS3 is nice but i love my nexus. To any who gets the GS3, please extract Flipboard and post it. Lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thepawn:
I'd also just be happy if they could keep the stats at least the same but triple the stupid battery life before "improving" everything else...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DroidDavi:
I can't believe they didn't go harder on the mah that's a big ass phone you could have packed way more in there ( that's what she said) couldn't pass that up :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Luuthian:
Looks like the rumors that the S3 wouldn't be a huge upgrade turned out to be true... Too bad :/. And the phone still has physical buttons. Such a wasted opportunity IMO.

Whelp. Next big announcement is the next iPhone. Lets hope they impress. In the mean time I'm going to wait on the next Nexus announcement. At this point I'm not blown away by what Android is offering. The One X and the S3 turned out to be negligible IMO. The Nexus with ICS was a game changer. These recent phones... not so much.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
Huh? what you're talking about are two different things,

1) Phone announcements.

2) OS announcement.

Apple can do both because they are very strict when it comes to what they offer, they make the phone and OS. Samsung is not going to make Jelly Bean or Android 5.0, so why are you calling out Android as a whole?

The next biggest announcement will be Google I/O which will most likely be Jelly Bean, Nexus tablet announcement.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KeithRVA:
I was getting ready to post about how great my gnex is, when it did a random reboot. Not making that up. The S3 looks ok, but I'm tiring of Samsung and their weak radios and slow gps. My next phone will be a Moto Razr HD.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mr mystery:
Enjoy the locked bootloader ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] arzbhatia:
SIII is one of the ugliest phones I've seen :-\ The hardware is amazing tho.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] YoungAceAtlanta:
I was highly disappointed in the GS3 design ... Who told them to pick that ugly blue ? And that horrible design ... It looks like the GS2 had a baby with a Palm Treo and this is what it produce

I'm glad I jumped on the One X
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rayiskon:
i wonder what ur baby will look like , ziiiing :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beeboss:
Front side looks very similar to Nexus, but back side looking worse than in Nexus. I was surprised to see that Samsung made an emphasize on software not hardware. Cool! And please gyus don't be in a hurry judging that plastic. From what i know it has some special coating whitch changes it's properties a lot. So let's wait for full test ! Also don't understand why blue colour ? And no classic black?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] irishrally:
Just throwing it out there ... the HTC One X is made of the same plastic (PC) as the S3.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] triStateMindgate:
Moto Blurrr....Yum....:rolleyes:

My last Motorola was the i860...Iden....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vash1053:
One X, S3? Tt doesn't really matter. They're both very typical Android phones, and neither will get the official support they deserve for more than 6 months as usual. I hate Sense and I hate TW. Seriously, is anyone NOT turned off by how much Samsung butchered ICS with the TW overlay??

Meanwhile, the GNex will take you all the way to Key Lime Pie.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] triStateMindgate:
What's to say that hasn't been said already. I totally agree with you tho, If Samsung puts so much emphasis on the "design" with seamless curves etc... and then you unlock it to that green Gingerbread colored icons, with the blocky UI it's really pathetic. There was a time back in the day that these overlays added something special and unique, they were ahead of vanilla android perhaps. ICS imho changed that, every overlay now looks worse that stock Android...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
At least we can say Motorola is doing something right,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1599964
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] triStateMindgate:
The closest to stock out of all, but still too cartoonish for my taste. Props that they're actually retaining the stock look kinda while adding their own touch on Blur, but it just looks like a poor ICS-like theme to me. If they're gonna go this close might as well stick to vanilla. Although I'd probably use this over TouchWiz /Sense.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Enhanced:
+1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SupaDupaFly24:
Motorola tried it with that ICS update, but they made ICS look ugly! But I like that they are trying to somewhat keep the stock ICS feeling!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] boe:
Everyone will have their dream phone specs and not everyone's will match.

Things I would like to be different on the SGSIII

1. I'd like Verizon to get it as soon as the Europeans.

2. I'd like a 5" screen

3. I'd like it to be Super Amoled plus

4. I'd like the camera not to have a bump in the back

5. I'd like a textured back.

6. I'd like them to say we concentrated on the radio to make sure you have the strongest signal possible instead of concentrating on camera gizmos.

7. I'd like a dual flash as while I never use my camera, I use my phone as a flashlight at least once a week.

8. As for looks - I like round edges for my pocket but not rounded sides.

That being said I'm not as impressed with the GN as I was with my EpicTouch4G so in the end I'd rather have the SGIII over the GN even though there is still plenty of room for improvement.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SocialReject:
Damn. I haven't taken notice to any new phones since I bought my nexus in December.

I'm slippin'

Sent from the future.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] barondebxl:
Galaxy s 3 looks amazing, snappy, has expandable memory, micro sd card. Plus things like pop up play ( amazing), big file share in matter of minutes, this phone is gonna be a beast!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
(Edited) After owning this Gnex I really don't think I could go back to anything else. Such an amazing phone!! I was seriously thinking about getting one but now I think I'll stay Nexus!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nory82688:
I feel ya, I was actually impressed by the phone. Im definitely going to buy the international version (I want guaranteed exynos four quad!) to keep my galaxy nexus company. I'm not going to sell my nexus for a long time, but I still would like new phones lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jan-willem3:
Lol no reason to choose gs3.

The gs3 is a nexus with quadcore and an ugly design and software.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] YoungAceAtlanta:
+1 there..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] politiclaw:
I'm rather surprised at how ordinary and dare I say, generic even, the design of the S3 is. It seems almost tired and lazy, with it's overly plastic look (and I'd imagine, feel). The screen is large but, unfortunately... pentile, something that is almost universally reviled in the mobile tech world. There's both physical and capacitive buttons (which I didn't expect, what with Samsung having worked so closely with Google on the GN). Oh and not to beat a dead horse here but, it'll still carry Touchwiz. And we all know almost every last one of you here would prefer stock ICS and for good reason.

Now, yes the quad-core processor seems nice to have (if still unnecessary) and I'm sure the camera is quite good if not much, much better than that of the GN. And hey, you get a micro-sd slot, and who doesn't appreciate those? But, that's about where the appeal ends, no? Compared to this (physical) design overall, I'd say the GN handily beats it. The all-glass buttonless front looks great. And the shape is rather nice as well, I'd say. And the screen size may perhaps be just right.

Compared to Samsung it looks like HTC did a generally good job with their latest and greatest, huh? I think the design of the One X is thoughful and, whether or not it uses the same plastic as found on the S3, it sure doesn't look like a phone made of cheap plastic. Do I wish HTC did away with the capacitive physical buttons? Sure. Do I wish they also did away with Sense? Of course. But those issues aside (a lack of micro-sd slot may or may not be an issue as well depending on who you ask), I still think they've handily outclassed Samsung here.

Oh, and did you hear about the screen on the One X? Not only is it not pentile and gorgeous, some say it's even better perhaps than that of the new iPad.

Make no mistake, Samsung got lazy and cocky and it shows with this design. It's unfortunate then that no matter our opinions here, the S3 will still sell like hot cakes nonetheless.

tl;dr The S3 looks terrible and uninspired and generic. Touchwiz is still Touchwiz. Pentile is still Pentile. HTC's "One" series of phones at this point have no competition.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cHarOn99:
i think it is a awesome phone but as many said it is not a nexus, so for sure i won't get it, but that was clear before they anounced it :).

But what i really don't understand wth are they including a menu button, i really can't understand that :), so on the s3 they have to press and hold again the home button, to get the beautifull tasklauncher pffft.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Serious_Beans:
I'm hoping when it comes to the US it will have a revised design like the S2 did for each carrier and IMO the T-Mo S2 looks nicest out of all of them. Hopefully T-Mo will get the nicest one again :). I don't plan on upgrading though at least not until the next Nexus. I've learned my lesson...no more non Nexus devices, every time I switched phones I went back to the Nexus One, and the Nexus S, and now I'm sticking with the GNex until the next one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darkgoon3r96:
Why are you guys so much against the Non Nexus phones? I mean, considering the hype for the SIII, surely there are going to be great Cyanogenmod and AOKP ROMs for you guys who love stock so much... then why Nexus?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NIK516:
Well looks like I will be getting the gs3, the screen is the same as the gn, but has a quad core and back illuminated sensor. Sure the design is a little bland but I'm gonna get some skins for it.

Also I have a Samsung smart TV and want to view web on it, and now I can yayyyyy.

May give my gn to my brother in law and sell the gs2.

Can't wait.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mobilebuddha:
i'd say by the time Samsung saw HTC One X, it was probably too late. I honestly think they butchered this one. Seriously.. plastic back? AGAIN? The exterior design does not excite me at all. Rehashed GNex is all it is (except for the processor, of course).

And another Pentile display? Not that I'm having issues w/ my GNex's display, but com'on.. 6-7 months after GNex/Note and the CPU was all you could come up with as an upgrade and the Samsung flagship phone of 2012?

GTFO.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
CM9 =/= stock

AOKP =/= stock

..... ......
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mcgon1979:
Seems to me that Sammy did not learn from the mistakes that HTC made over the last year. Don't release a high end phone on a yearly basis especially if it doesn't have anything new or radical about it. Who would want to upgrade to this phone after spending money on an S2 less than a year ago? Not me.

They should have waited till at least there was an AMOLED RGB screen in HD. That would have been an upgrade worth having. Everything the S3 offers is just fluff. Same as Nexus technology. It's just profiteering releasing the "S3" name and trying to cash in during this successful Sammy spell.

I don't think the S3 will sell well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darkgoon3r96:
How so? I mean AOKP functions and looks like stock except it is so much more customizable using ROM Control
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fushla:
This is really true, in my opinion.

Beside that, I prefer the design of the GNex, looks much more elegant.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gee2012:
I`am sure it`s a great phone and once it is rooted and debloated it`s going to fly .

Considdering the hype sammy created i guess people expected more in terms of design and specs.

But atm i prefer nexus phones for the quick updates (jellybean 3rd quarter), design and the clean look :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AciDB:
+1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NIK516:
Owwww and its also got a notification light, that's actually color coordinated lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FC1032:
I'm not impressed, but not really disappointed.

* I was hoping to see a HD SAMOLED+. The Gnex screen is fine, but we strive for the best right? Right now, it's essentially the same. You get a slightly larger screen, in about the same size phone. If you are hardcore about ppi, the you lose a bit of that.

* Quad core seemed like a give, at least that was "right"

* IMO, the whole package is let down by the design. IMO it looks cheap and tacky for the "flagship" android phone from Samsung. Looks like the galaxy w or whatever they are called.

It's not BAD, but it could (and IMO should) have been better. From what I see so far, I think the S2 and Gnex look far better than the S3. They haven't learnt from user feedback about the "plasticy" feel. The Gnex and S2 was already "plasticy", this goes all the way back to S1 high gloss plastic.

* I was hoping that Samsung would focus a bit on the camera hardware, you know, boast a little about "OH we have a 2.0 aperture lense too! slightly larger sensor bla bla bla"... at least they added some nice software for the camera.

* the videos of the new touchwiz look horrible. The clock widget looks like those horrible beautiful widget themes (there are nice ones, but this one falls under ugly)

TL;DR essentially, a gnex on Roids... with an ugly body and ugly touchwizz. Would have been nice if the Gnex originally came with these specs, in our current body, with stock ICS.

I'm sticking with the Nexus line.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
HW: decent

Design: ok(ish) if you like that design (i dont)

SW: WHY take a perfectly good UI from google and make it... whatever samsung thought when making it. Statusbar, statusbar items etc etc look like android 2.x.

Laucher etc -> dont need that. If I have to tolerate a custom UI, sense is the only one that is ok, TW is extremely ugly to the point of "WFT where you thinking!"

May appear to the masses (i.e people that believe in marketing hype without doing their proper research ie. soccer-moms or similar), but not to a Google android enthusiast.

Hence: No thank you.

PS: I somewhat feel like sheldon now.

"My new computer came with Windows 7. Windows 7 is much more user-friendly than Windows Vista. I don't like that." :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darkgoon3r96:
Hahaha loved the Sheldon Cooper's reference ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eman3316@optonline.net:
Don't really understand what people were expecting from the SGS3. It has everything you would expect a high end phone to have with some cool new features.

Also why are people still talking about it having Touch Wiz like it is a shock. Were people this shocked that the new HTC phones have Sense?

I think everyone is trying not to like the phone to make themselves feel better about the GN. Will I get rid of my GNEX for it, no. Is the SGS3 a great device, yes. What would the SGS3 had to have that would have made me jump ship, nothing because I really like my GN.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
lol. keep reading these posts and it's like 'oh, what could've been' in your girly dreamy voice. i think you guys read too many romance novels or something.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Luuthian:
Should have been clearer. I meant the hardware of this phone vs. the hardware of the S2. Not the OS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stromvap:
Seems like a lot of people who prefer the Nexus are those who already own one. Would be interesting to see what the comments would be by those who have neither.

I am one of *them, im gonna get a new phone in June and i choose between the Galaxy Nexus and SIII.

GN pro: Vanilla.

SIII pro: Quad + bigger battery (which really doesnt say anything, for all i know it might consume 50% more...).

For me the real question is this: How do they both relate to playing mkv video files?

I currently have a Galaxy S and Xvid works good. x264 is laggy.

So does anyone know how x264 - 480p, 720p and 1080p works on both the Nexus and S3?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
You mean viewing them on the phone? My Galaxy Nexus can play anything that I throw at it. 720p MKVs, x264 etc all work. Combined with DICE Player.

My old Galaxy S can handle this as well. I'm sure that both phones will be fine.

In my own opinion, if Samsung just sticked to Ice Cream Sandwich theme + those apps that they made (eye feature, etc etc) and those small little tweaks. This would be a really good phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stromvap:
Then i am not really in need of a Quad Core..

These mkv files, are they from Scene releases or created by yourself or used in any sort of converter?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Simba501:
Agreed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mello9119:
I agree if you make the screen big enough, it should be made to accommodate soft keys. Much more efficient in my opinion. Why wire buttons when you can just place the buttons in the screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wordlywisewiz:
To steal apples customers duh look at the center button

It's all about market share my friend