Samsung Nexus Prime with Android 4.0 ICS-Now launched as Galaxy Nexus

Heard this is a beast. Many of my friends are going in for a contract for the Iphone 4S here. Would you guys recommend this phone over the iPhone? How good is ICS in direct comparision with iOS- Without modding, straight out of the box?
 
^ Going by the reviews, the phone is super fast, super cool lot of +ve's to talk about, but there are -ve's too
1) Battery, all reviews claimed it to be a one dayer, which dont work with all the guys out there.
2) camera, Better sensor agreed, but definately not comparable with Iphone 4S atleast looking at the test shots in various websites
3) Music : Iphone definately has an edge

People can pour in their thoughts :cool2:
 
red dragon said:
What about HWA in ICS?

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Hardware Acceleration

Beginning with Android 4.0, hardware acceleration for all windows is enabled by default. Hardware acceleration generally results in smoother animations, smoother scrolling, and overall better performance and response to user interaction.

Source: Android 4.0 Platform | Android Developers
funjabi said:
UPDATE

It will be released in mid-november and the price will be approx $850 :huh:

That is crazy....42k for a phone!!

Btw no mention of india...so maybe have to wait till new year :(

SOURCE Galaxy Nexus Pricing and Availability - Sammy Hub
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avi said:
42k ? total phail.
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Let is launch first!! indian pricing for samsung products is always better than European prices.
 
^ there should be a samsung phone with similar screen soon..
HD Super AMOLED is their tech.

And then S2 prices have to fall..

PS: Its all wishful thinking ;)
 
honest1 said:
Almost complete list of Android ICS features:

Virtual buttons in the user experience free up display space

Create folders by dragging apps on top of each other

A new tab for thumbing through your widgets

Calendar app now supports pinch-to-zoom

Gmail gets offline search (nice), a two-line preview, and gesture support for swiping between conversations

The revamped Gmail user interface has an action bar for composing a message, searching, and accessing labels

Take screenshots by holding power and volume down buttons (finally!)

"Request desktop site" in the Chrome browser opens the full version of a Web site and syncs with your bookmarks

Save Web pages offline and use up to 16 tabs in the browser

More keyboard error correction and an inline spell check

Access apps directly from the lock screen

A recent applications icon

"Roboto" is a new typeface

Delete individual notifications by dragging them off the notifications menu

Improved voice integration and copy and paste

Face Unlock is a facial recognition service that use your face to unlock the phone

New Data Usage options in the Settings menu will notify users when they near a data use limit and disable the feature when the limit is reached

You can kill off apps that are using data in the background

Open the camera quickly from the home screen

Camera has no shutter lag, continuous focus, zoom while recording, panorama photos, time lapse settings, and 1080p recording

Face detection in the camera

Integrated photo editor including focus and exposure and "hipster filters" (we don't want to know)

New gallery layout, organized by location and person

People app brings together high-res photos, social media information, and status updates

Phone app lets you swipe between favorite friends with integrated visual voice mail

New photo gallery layout for organizing by location and person

Speed up and slow down voice mails

Quick message sends canned response text message when you decline a call

Android Beam, an NFC feature for exchanging information between two phones by tapping them
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nice compilation

Wont be priced for 40k sure

It will be around 30-32k

what will be minimum hardware requirement to update to 4.0 ?
 
^ Why? The RAZR will be released on GB, and will take quite some time to get an ICS upgrade. Also the Galaxy Nexus has a higer res display which has a ppi of > 300.
 
Why are people taking it for granted that the Galaxy Nexus will be priced at 40k? As it has often been mentioned here, European or even US prices are not an indicator of Indian prices. IME, the Galaxy Nexus will be priced at ~32k during launch and will slowly drop to ~28k within 3-4 months just like the Galaxy S2 and many other top end phones released in the past. Other than the iPhone 4, which mainstream phone was launched at 40k in the last few years?

Build quality is subjective. Some prefer tank like phones which weigh a ton and have a non plasticky body, while some prefer plastic builds which are light, despite the huge displays. Constant official OS updates is far more important than things like build quality for most people.
 
But with Motorola phones now being under Google, shouldn't we be expecting updates sooner for it as well? What are the expected prices for Razr?
 
Not necessarily. Eventually, yes. But for now Google's top priority will be (and should be) the Nexus line of phones as they are marketed as a developer's phone. I guess the next Nexus phone would be built be Motorola or LG (if Google wants to appease LG). Also, if the Droid RAZR has the Motoblur interface, it won't recieve updates as fast as the phones which run on a vanilla version of Android.
 
I think Android 4.0 looks like a very exciting step up especially from the current UIs persp. It will be very interesting to see how TW4, sense etc get revamped. Exciting times ahead and hopefully soon.
 
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