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Keep the Nexus or Trade it in for Rezound
- Thread starter juggjiggler69
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For zero shutter lag, may or may not make it to ICS when it gets to the Rezound, who knows. The rezound camera is superior in quality, no doubt. As for NFC I'll use it mostly to "beam" another Nexus, but for now I'm the only one I know with it
Great post (I just quoted one line for brevity). That gets to the meat of some "real" differences. That's what I'm trying to understand, like battery life or poor call reception, etc... Point taken about the skins and UI an everything, but is that still relevant now that it's unlocked.
Maybe we are arguing past each other. These are all valid points for an UNROOTED/STOCK Rezound, but if I intend to root and flash roms on my Rezound, what will I really be giving up vs. the Nexus? I guess we really have to hold-off judgement until we see an ICS rom on the Rezound. I don't expect any major issues, but I'm certainly not trading today.
Like you said, "subtle differences". That's the key thing I'm trying to flesh out, and maybe we just won't know until we get an ICS rom on the Rezound.
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How many phones has CM supported? Do you really think it won't come to the Rezound? I give that about a 99% chance. And if CM doesn't come, if there isn't much developer support, a top developer WILL step-in to fill the void and port most if not all those same features. You can bet on that.
Myself I am loving running stock rooted ICS no custom ROM at all
There is that! Easy to overlook, but a valid point. Stock rooted myself.
Yup go with what makes you happy now because in a few months all these phones will be replaced. New hardware comes out at a lightning pace these days.
I agree, we are arguing past each other
. It's hard to debate this topic because we're talking about a current phone vs a phone that "could be". This topic will definitely be revisited once ICS drops to other devices, but for now the Nexus is a unique device that it's hard to argue with. If there is one thing you'd be giving up when it comes to going to the Rezound is support from Google, that is the one key thing for me about this phone, though that may not be so important to you. As for flashing the Rezound, I'm sure their ROMs will have differences compared to the Nexus, what those differences are, I don't know. To me this is a bit of a premature argument as the Rezound isn't even updated to the latest OS. For now GB is definitely more polished, ICS is still growing and that's part of owning the phone, the growing pains. Both OS are great, though I've grown bored of GB personally and ICS is a great change, like I said it still puts a grin on my face when I pick it up. For now I propose a truce and as a fellow Nexus owner can't we just get along?
edit: as for battery life and poor reception, I believe these are two things Google should've gotten right, not the developer community. Considering how long this device was "delayed", these are issues that should've been worked on, but that is part of adopting a new OS.
Like its been said all along, it all comes down to personal preference. I prefer Sense over Blur and Touchwiz, and yes the GNex is running the vanilla ICS But i personally prefer to have a lil bit of extra, so i like the MF skins over android. Now lets talk something real... Samsung is and has always been known for not really supporting their devices like how many samsung phones are actually running the latest version of android besides the Gnex? None, the charge is still running 2.2 (Officially), I'm not talking about the dev community because not everyone roots their phones so lets get away from that for a min.
So how long do u think samsung will support the GNex? I wouldn't put money on them updating the current ICS version. Because heres the thing, samsung has always been about pushing new devices not new software, they are already working on the GS3? why not update the s2 with ICS? Because thats how they roll, now that may be different with the GNex, but I'm not putting my money into samsung ever again. HTC seems to push more software updates than any other MF.
So for longevity purposes the Rezound is prolly better for that, but like i said it all comes down to PP, but if your a rooter and all that then yes u can keep ur phone updated with custom roms but like i said NOT everyone does that.
So how long do u think samsung will support the GNex? I wouldn't put money on them updating the current ICS version. Because heres the thing, samsung has always been about pushing new devices not new software, they are already working on the GS3? why not update the s2 with ICS? Because thats how they roll, now that may be different with the GNex, but I'm not putting my money into samsung ever again. HTC seems to push more software updates than any other MF.
So for longevity purposes the Rezound is prolly better for that, but like i said it all comes down to PP, but if your a rooter and all that then yes u can keep ur phone updated with custom roms but like i said NOT everyone does that.
Wrong. The Gnex is directly supported and updated by Google! Not Samsung. The Gnex is unique in this regard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Nexus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooting_(Android_OS)
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That wasnt the question.
You dodged all the points I made...so I take that as you don't know how to or can't answer them...but you can make a claim that nex roms borrow from other phones. Hmmm.
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Yes i did kinda figure that Google would be taking the reigns on updating the GNex, but my whole point is that samsungs support is horrible and how much longer until there is a new Google nexus device that will be better than the current GNex? a whole year? I doubt it. Im only saying that i think they made a mistake by putting samsung at the head of the Nexus, because not only did they fail but their hardware specs are pretty much behind most of the current devices anyway.
I do like the GNex, but honestly the only reason is ICS but since the Razr and the Rezound are getting it, that doesnt even factor in. However i also like the fact that it doesnt have the capacitive buttons, thats unique as well, but I'm pretty sure in the coming couple months we will see more devices with those features so i personally wouldn't jump on the GNex bandwagon at this point, or really the Rezound as i would wait to see the new phones that are introduced.
But the major point is Android falls behind apple in one major way, Apple supports all of their most current devices at the same time, with the software releases. Which is why we will see samsung, HTC and Moto all start trying to do the same by making less devices as thats the smartest decision they could have ever made. Now i do agree that that is also a selling point on the current devices as well, because everyone wants the latest software.
I do like the GNex, but honestly the only reason is ICS but since the Razr and the Rezound are getting it, that doesnt even factor in. However i also like the fact that it doesnt have the capacitive buttons, thats unique as well, but I'm pretty sure in the coming couple months we will see more devices with those features so i personally wouldn't jump on the GNex bandwagon at this point, or really the Rezound as i would wait to see the new phones that are introduced.
But the major point is Android falls behind apple in one major way, Apple supports all of their most current devices at the same time, with the software releases. Which is why we will see samsung, HTC and Moto all start trying to do the same by making less devices as thats the smartest decision they could have ever made. Now i do agree that that is also a selling point on the current devices as well, because everyone wants the latest software.
what do u like about ics. Razr and rezound ics will be way different
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ICS will be less fragmented, at least that's their goal. The difference is Apple controls EVERYTHING about their products, Android is open-source and companies are free to do what they please (hence the skins). Not only that, but Verizon also has control of pushing the updates out to each different manufacturer of the phone, the Incredible GB update was delayed numerous times for this reason. I don't think Google will ever control Android as closely as Apple controls iOS, but I do see it being less of a fragmented of an OS and that's certainly a good start.
IDK man I'm not really sure what your point or points is now... but hey carry on...
There will always be new phones/devices and operating systems. As for Google Nexus phone releases read the links I posted may give you some insight.What did I dodge? I quoted your entire post with regards to what guarantees do I have it will get CM? My response is looking at past history and using common sense, virtually 100% guaranteed.
The Rezound will have developer support (umm, the fact that it's been unlocked already confirms that), certainly not as deep or robust as the Nexus, but the marginal value with regard to the Nexus is rather dubious. More choice of the same. Not real beneficial. This entire argument in support of the Nexus pretty much bit the dust 24 hours ago when Rezound got unlocked. Fact. Granted, the hardware and design is more tightly integrated with ICS, but it remains to be seen if that makes material differences.
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