Samsung Galaxy Nexus specs leaked

[s44]

SGS2 HD LTE news coming in left and right

Qualcomm 8060, not Exynos?

 

[WelshBloke]

Yes. Pretty much all of them, definitely all the currently shipping ones.

My T-bolt just did it perfectly smooth, once the page loaded all the way. Only 1 bar of 3G here.

Hell my old HTC Desire can do it using opera, there's either a lot of FUD thrown around about Android lag or some people have really jacked up phones.

 

[Fire&Blood]

Qualcomm 8060, not Exynos?

I call your ass fat I don't. I tried to plug it in mind to question idealistic plug.

In mind Qualcomm is not the chicken inside we find out when we raise bump call your ass fat.

 

[s44]

Heh. I really doubt it's Qualcomm in the Nexus, but it may well be in the GS2LTE (making that basically the T-Mo SGS2 in disguise). If that's true, so much for seeing *any* Exynos 4212 this year -- guess those are for SGS3.

 

[soccerballtux]

World phones are more for corporate types who travel frequently and need a single device that will work in as many countries as possible.

yeah. And I doubt there are any of those on these boards.

 

[soccerballtux]

Qualcomm 8060, not Exynos?

is exynos name for snapdragon line or whatever?
exynos was in Galaxy S1 right?

 

[soccerballtux]

Hell my old HTC Desire can do it using opera, there's either a lot of FUD thrown around about Android lag or some people have really jacked up phones.

there's nothing jacked about my OG Droid, just that the CPU is suck even when overclocked to 1.2ghz on plenty of voltage to keep the CPU from having to enter the error correction mode.

 

[Dulanic]

is exynos name for snapdragon line or whatever?
exynos was in Galaxy S1 right?

No, snapdragon is qualcomm and exynos is samsung. Also, exynos is much much faster.

 

[Bateluer]

Hell my old HTC Desire can do it using opera, there's either a lot of FUD thrown around about Android lag or some people have really jacked up phones.

Agreed, pretty sure there's some people here who've royally hosed their phones and blame the OS.

Heh. I really doubt it's Qualcomm in the Nexus, but it may well be in the GS2LTE (making that basically the T-Mo SGS2 in disguise). If that's true, so much for seeing *any* Exynos 4212 this year -- guess those are for SGS3.

The Galaxy Nexus will be using an OMAP 4430, clock speeds to be determined. Its not going to be a Snapdragon. Its not going to be an Exynos. This has been pretty much confirmed, as OMAP4 is the ICS reference platform. Its not going to change at this stage in the game.

 

[Bateluer]

there's nothing jacked about my OG Droid, just that the CPU is suck even when overclocked to 1.2ghz on plenty of voltage to keep the CPU from having to enter the error correction mode.

CPU is fine(old), RAM is the issue.

exynos was in Galaxy S1 right?

Hummingbird powered all the Galaxy S1 devices, including the Samsung Stratosphere, Droid Charge, and the original Galaxy Tab 3G. Its a Cortex A8 design and single core. Exynos is an A9 design and dual core. With a much more powerful GPU, with Mali.

 

[Anubis]

I still don't know an android phone that can scroll up and down a graphic-rich page like Anandtech at 60fps like the Iphone 3GS can, do you?

i can record a vid of my DX or see pad doing it if you really want me to

 

[Fire&Blood]

The Nexus chip isn't exactly a powerhouse but that should be good news for older phones. If OMAP4 can push HD in ICS as Google wants it to, then our older WVGA phones should be fine with ICS. They might make 512MB a mandatory minimum but most phones should squeeze by.

Exynos 4212 for the SGS2 HD version is unlikely but it would seal the deal for me if that was the case. I was lead to think it was possible because the clocking was identical and a bigger screen, LTE chip and the overclock would be too much for that battery. Maybe they are doing the old design on the new silicon and can afford to clock higher even with LTE on board. Barring issues with the pentile screen, it would be the phone to beat for some time to come.

 

[YoungGun21]

Agreed, pretty sure there's some people here who've royally hosed their phones and blame the OS.




The Galaxy Nexus will be using an OMAP 4430, clock speeds to be determined. Its not going to be a Snapdragon. Its not going to be an Exynos. This has been pretty much confirmed, as OMAP4 is the ICS reference platform. Its not going to change at this stage in the game.

4460 I thought?

 

[zinfamous]

is exynos name for snapdragon line or whatever?
exynos was in Galaxy S1 right?

exynos = pimp
snapdragon = crackhead.


(though, the new Qualcom SoC is supposed to be great)

 

[soccerballtux]

i can record a vid of my DX or see pad doing it if you really want me to

that would convince me but I take your word for it.

 

[soccerballtux]

The Nexus chip isn't exactly a powerhouse but that should be good news for older phones. If OMAP4 can push HD in ICS as Google wants it to, then our older WVGA phones should be fine with ICS. They might make 512MB a mandatory minimum but most phones should squeeze by.

Exynos 4212 for the SGS2 HD version is unlikely but it would seal the deal for me if that was the case. I was lead to think it was possible because the clocking was identical and a bigger screen, LTE chip and the overclock would be too much for that battery. Maybe they are doing the old design on the new silicon and can afford to clock higher even with LTE on board. Barring issues with the pentile screen, it would be the phone to beat for some time to come.

Pentile? eh. Droid Bionic screen is horrid compared to the AT&T version (only one I've played with) SGS2. Surprsied that's not a dealbreaker.

 

[soccerballtux]

CPU is fine(old), RAM is the issue.

- . -

 

[Fire&Blood]

Pentile? eh. Droid Bionic screen is horrid compared to the AT&T version (only one I've played with) SGS2. Surprsied that's not a dealbreaker.

AMOLED can't do a non PenTile HD resolution just yet. Some argue that the higher density will offset the effect. I would wait to get hands on first.

If it's an issue, phones with IPS HD screens will be a great alternative.
Some dismiss them as inferior but specs and tests show otherwise, they would compete even if AMOLED HD had a full RGB stripe. Hitachi and LG displays boast the best numbers for SAMOLED alternatives.

 

[Bateluer]

4460 I thought?

Different leaks have claimed both. The 4460 was delayed, so it could be the overclocked 4430, like some leaks have claimed.

 

[poofyhairguy]

AMOLED can't do a non PenTile HD resolution just yet.

Seems like Samsung can only fit in so many subpixels per stripe. From research I think that the SGS2's screen uses basically the same level tech as the Nexus's 720p screen, just one uses the space provided by current tech to fit the full stripe (but then lower res) while the other skimps on the subpixels and uses that skimping to hit a higher resolution.

In fact, I think that the reason the Nexus screen exists is solely due to the Retina Display. I think that Samsung executives knew last year before the SGS1 was released that the improvements in the process would allow the SGS2 to have the full RGB stripe and that seemed the natural direction to go. Without a Retina Display on the market the 720p screen would hit next year when they could be done non-pentile.

But the Retina Display hit and suddenly pixel density is a big deal. Suddenly Samsung executives are asking the engineers- how do we get high density? The obvious answer was to go back to the same shortchanging of subpixels that was a necessity for the SGS1. The SGS2's screen with shortchanged subpixels could be transformed into 720p. Samsung could afford to wait a generation to get rid of Pentile form their lineup, especially when other vendors (Moto) were suddenly supporting that type of displays. And so the Nexus's 720p screen was born.

 

[soccerballtux]

I still don't know an android phone that can scroll up and down a graphic-rich page like Anandtech at 60fps like the Iphone 3GS can, do you?

i can record a vid of my DX or see pad doing it if you really want me to

that would convince me but I take your word for it.

oh yeah. for example the HTC Evo 4G has the same inability to scroll smoothly on a webpage that my droid does, and the status bar pulldown noticeably runs at only 25 or so FPS.

 

[soccerballtux]

AMOLED can't do a non PenTile HD resolution just yet. Some argue that the higher density will offset the effect. I would wait to get hands on first.

If it's an issue, phones with IPS HD screens will be a great alternative.
Some dismiss them as inferior but specs and tests show otherwise, they would compete even if AMOLED HD had a full RGB stripe. Hitachi and LG displays boast the best numbers for SAMOLED alternatives.

SAMOLED+ I don't mind, just the more noticeable pentiles that exist in the Droid Bionic, for example.

I imagine at 1280x720 this will pretty much be a non-issue.

 

[Fire&Blood]

Agreed, OEM's would have been content pushing WVGA for a while longer but the retina display sped up the process.

Both AMOLED and LCD's have similar density limitations while LCD's have the full RGB stripe advantage. The lowest HD LCD display is 4.5", I am sure they would live to squeeze it into a 4" frame but it's not doable, for now.

I remember When I first tried the Nexus S, I looked at the display then immediately thought that screen must have had one of those thick, nasty anti smudge protectors or that it was somehow "foggy" from switching form cold outdoors to warm indoors when I tried it out.

Either way, I hope it doesn't effect Samsung's lineup too badly before they implement SAMOLED+ HD. I think HD will be the standard even longer than WVGA was.

 

[Bateluer]

Had anyone seen a CDMA/LTE Galaxy Nexus go through the FCC yet? I've seen line up items from Cellebrite and inventory systems at VZW/BB, but nothing through the FCC yet.

 

[Fire&Blood]

Had anyone seen a CDMA/LTE Galaxy Nexus go through the FCC yet? I've seen line up items from Cellebrite and inventory systems at VZW/BB, but nothing through the FCC yet.

I haven't seen it yet. Even saw a SGS2HDLTE pass but not the Nexus.