Samsung Galaxy Nexus specs leaked

[Mopetar]

Tech Radar says the launch of the Galaxy Nexus is delayed:

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...nexus-prime-ice-cream-sandwich-launch-1032490

That article doesn't say anything about changes to the launch date. The only thing that has moved is the product announcement date. Then again, as far as I know, the actual launch date isn't public knowledge yet either, so it's possible that's changed as well, but unless it's a drastic change, we'd never know for sure.

 

[zinfamous]

That article doesn't say anything about changes to the launch date. The only thing that has moved is the product announcement date. Then again, as far as I know, the actual launch date isn't public knowledge yet either, so it's possible that's changed as well, but unless it's a drastic change, we'd never know for sure.

I think it was linked in the thread about the postponement, or some other thread, anyway, several confirmed google and samsung sources that nothing has changed about the launch date.

 

[Zaap]

Pretty sure Google and Samsung had no way of predicting that Steve was die when they booked their event.

That's the whole point that is has nothing to do with Steve Jobs' death. If the timing has anything to do with Apple, it was about the announcement of the next iPhone. They were probably expecting to have to counter a serious contender like a truly updated iPhone 5, so even though they weren't really going to be ready, get the announcement in ASAP after Apple's announcement so they don't seem like (from the POV of a fickle public) they're falling behind.

Now, with the 4S, what's the point of any of that? There's no rush. The media isn't going to salivate and act like retards over any Andrioid announcement like they do with Apple, so why rush out a half-baked product to compete with the an updated same ol' same ol' from Apple? Just go back to whatever a more realistic announcement date would have been from the start. The fact that it won't also be eclipsed by anything to do with Jobs' death is probably just a side-effect, if it has anything at all to do with it.

 

[Bateluer]

That's the whole point that is has nothing to do with Steve Jobs' death. If the timing has anything to do with Apple, it was about the announcement of the next iPhone. They were probably expecting to have to counter a serious contender like a truly updated iPhone 5, so even though they weren't really going to be ready, get the announcement in ASAP after Apple's announcement so they don't seem like (from the POV of a fickle public) they're falling behind.

Now, with the 4S, what's the point of any of that? There's no rush. The media isn't going to salivate and act like retards over any Andrioid announcement like they do with Apple, so why rush out a half-baked product to compete with the an updated same ol' same ol' from Apple? Just go back to whatever a more realistic announcement date would have been from the start. The fact that it won't also be eclipsed by anything to do with Jobs' death is probably just a side-effect, if it has anything at all to do with it.

Good points.

 

[Mopetar]

I think it was linked in the thread about the postponement, or some other thread, anyway, several confirmed google and samsung sources that nothing has changed about the launch date.

Considering there's nothing to compare whatever date they eventually give us against, there's no way to tell whether any of these sources is actually telling the truth.

If they're going to claim that the announcement delay is due to Jobs's death when that most likely not the case, I don't think they'd have any problems fibbing about whether or not the launch date has changed.

 

[slayer202]

Considering there's nothing to compare whatever date they eventually give us against, there's no way to tell whether any of these sources is actually telling the truth.

If they're going to claim that the announcement delay is due to Jobs's death when that most likely not the case, I don't think they'd have any problems fibbing about whether or not the launch date has changed.

Well a while ago they said that ics would be out in October or November, and people assumed that meant on the nexus. First week in November seemed like a date many people reported. I'd give them until the end of November. If it's not here by then, I'd say they definitely pushed it back.

It's pretty likely they don't want to have to compete with the Steve jobs coverage combined with the 4s launch. With the announcement delayed, would they push back the release as well? You would think they had the timeline between the two planned very carefully, not sure what a change will affect

 

[OBLAMA2009]

are there supposed to be any other high end phones on verizon coming out besides this one any time soon

 

[OBLAMA2009]

how does cancelling nexus show respect for steve. what does galaxy nexus have to do with steve. did apple cancel iphone 4s to show respect for steve? oh wait, they did cancel iphone 5. is microsoft now going to cancel windows 8 to show respect for steve? is anandtech going to shut down the pc forums for a day to show respect for steve?

 

[Medu]

how does cancelling nexus show respect for steve. what does galaxy nexus have to do with steve. did apple cancel iphone 4s to show respect for steve? oh wait, they did cancel iphone 5. is microsoft now going to cancel windows 8 to show respect for steve? is anandtech going to shut down the pc forums for a day to show respect for steve?

They cancelled the unveiling, not the launch of a product. These presentation spend 1/2 the time mocking the competitor to show how much better ones own product is which isn't appropriate less than a week after the death of Steve Jobs.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

They cancelled the unveiling, not the launch of a product. These presentation spend 1/2 the time mocking the competitor to show how much better ones own product is which isn't appropriate less than a week after the death of Steve Jobs.

I believe Apple started that. The iPad 2 launch was full of zings. The 4S launch had some of it too, but a little toned down. Either way, these products used to be less about dissing the competitor.

Apple and Google both boast in the beginning with numbers, but Apple's gone a little aggressive the recent two launches.

 

[slayer202]

I liked when Steve Jobs would tell lies and deliberately misleading things. What a great man

 

[Ravynmagi]

I don't think it's the content of the presentation. Talking about how Android does things better than iPhone wouldn't be disrespectful to Steve Jobs.

I think the problem is these events are celebrations of new products. And the mood in the tech industry is just too somber right now to be holding a celebration.

There were probably concerns about the day the funeral would be on. You want to be sure your event doesn't cause scheduling issues for people that want to attend the funeral and the date was still unknown at the time.

I'm disappointed at having to wait two weeks longer. But I think it was the obvious decision.

 

[alent1234]

There is a video at macrumors with someone running browser benchmarks on a 4s. The numbers kill the sgs2 and will probably kill this phone as well

 

[slayer202]

There is a video at macrumors with someone running browser benchmarks on a 4s. The numbers kill the sgs2 and will probably kill this phone as well

how can you even see anything on that tiny screen? :sneaky:

 

[Anubis]

There is a video at macrumors with someone running browser benchmarks on a 4s. The numbers kill the sgs2 and will probably kill this phone as well

and?

every phone since the origional Droid X has been fast enough to do everything, benchmarks are pointless

 

[zinfamous]

I believe Apple started that. The iPad 2 launch was full of zings. The 4S launch had some of it too, but a little toned down. Either way, these products used to be less about dissing the competitor.

Apple and Google both boast in the beginning with numbers, but Apple's gone a little aggressive the recent two launches.

well, Jobs has been doing that since the beginning. Always bitter over losing to the superior nerds. ...at least he had better hair. :\

 

[zinfamous]

I don't think it's the content of the presentation. Talking about how Android does things better than iPhone wouldn't be disrespectful to Steve Jobs.

I think the problem is these events are celebrations of new products. And the mood in the tech industry is just too somber right now to be holding a celebration.

There were probably concerns about the day the funeral would be on. You want to be sure your event doesn't cause scheduling issues for people that want to attend the funeral and the date was still unknown at the time.

I'm disappointed at having to wait two weeks longer. But I think it was the obvious decision.

I think more than anything, though, it's giving some time for the media to forget about the Jobs broo-ha-ha. Now they have "Steve Jobs day" this Friday, which is ridiculous.

But I do think that several of those involved were shaken up a bit, and do want to be able to participate in whatever events they can--not sure how private the funeral was last week. Many of these guys were actually "professional friends" of Jobs (I suspect that he had very few real friends--or people that didn't fear him to some degree, anyway), and I imagine that in private, they were all more cordial to each other than the way they present themselves in public.

 

[shabby]

Forget the nexus prime, here's the sgs3

1.8ghz dual core exynos soc
2gb of ram
4.6" samoled plus hd display
12mp camera

 

[Bateluer]

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/10/1...dimensions-new-render-and-usable-screen-size/

New pics and measurements.

 

[Ravynmagi]

I'm assuming the SGS3 US launch will be way too far off for me to wait for. I managed to skip the SGS2 and wait for the Prime. But if I don't get a new phone by November, I'll probably explode.

 

[Sheninat0r]

are there supposed to be any other high end phones on verizon coming out besides this one any time soon

Motorola DROID RAZR? Verizon and Motorola are holding an event on the 18th October.

 

[zinfamous]

Forget the nexus prime, here's the sgs3

1.8ghz dual core exynos soc
2gb of ram
4.6" samoled plus hd display
12mp camera

lol.

the only problem I have with this is the 12mp camera.

seriously? wtf good does that do? 8mp is already waaaaay too much on a dinky cell phone CCD. what the heck kind of CCD can they cram in there, anyway? You would think on a phone that can hold a 4.6" display, they would be able to cram a slightly larger CCD, reduce the MP and increase the tangible quality, for once.

screw the consumer that is wowed by simple numbers. They were easily-enough misled in thinking that MP was so damn important, time to re-educate them and start touting the actual size of the CCD. "Ours is Bigger!" is easy enough for most market-duped consumers to swallow.

 

[s44]

Plus = no Pentile

But remember, Europe in Spring, US in late summer/fall. I hate our carriers.

 

[ImDonly1]

Plus = no Pentile

But remember, Europe in Spring, US in late summer/fall. I hate our carriers.

Also, going by the release of the Galaxy S2 overseas, people were paying close to $900 USD at launch for the phone. Then it settled down to $800 or so I think. I would buy an international phone, but no way I am paying $800 for one.

 

[zinfamous]

Also, going by the release of the Galaxy S2 overseas, people were paying close to $900 USD at launch for the phone. Then it settled down to $800 or so I think. I would buy an international phone, but no way I am paying $800 for one.

well, it's currently ~$560.00 on Amazon.

...are you guys talking about the SGS3 in that pic? must be--this talk of euro-first release with the Nexus/Galaxy Prime makes no sense.