Samsung and Google have a huge press conference on October 11

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited October 2011 in Science & Tech
Android people, you know what this is.
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  • WinfreyWinfrey waddafuh Missouri Icrontian
    edited September 2011
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    Actually I don't know what this is.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited September 2011
    I'm going to guess it's the official announcement of the Nexus Prime including hardware spec's, carriers, and OS loadout.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2011
    Ding. And likely a tell-all on ICS.
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    And the Sprint Nexus Prime? plz?
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    Most likely. They've had a Nexus device before, and it's been on multiple carriers.

    I really hope the Verizon version is a Nexus and not a Droid.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    I'm still predicting that any Nexus device Sprint gets will come very late. They skipped the Nexus One, and were like ~8 months late to the party on the Nexus S. We'll see, but I'm not confident. Google has an obvious trend of preferring GSM carriers and devices.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    I'm interested to see what comes out of next week's announcement, particularly since AT&T and Verizon both have 700MHz LTE networks now.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    Verizon and AT&T spectrum are incompatible, because they use different parts of the 700-800MHz band, and AT&T also uses channels in the 1700/2100MHz (AWS) band that VZW doesn't.
  • UPSLynxUPSLynx :KAPPA: Redwood City, CA Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    We're on the final stretch, boys.
  • PirateNinjaPirateNinja Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Samsung-Nexus.png
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    That's what she said.
  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    Sorry... I was just released from the hospital from a head injury after falling FROM THIS NEWS! :D

    I swear I will march down to this event and punch every Samsung employee in the babymaker if they exclude T-Mobile. :rarr:
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited October 2011
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    http://theandroidsite.com/2011/10/05/nexus-prime-allegedly-caught-in-the-wild/
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    If this report is accurate, this will be huge (and my next phone): http://www.bgr.com/2011/10/06/samsung-galaxy-nexus-full-specs-revealed-verizon-wireless-exclusive/
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    This gets curiouser and curiouser. Now a competing site is claiming BGR is off on their specs (except for the screen):

    http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/10/06/more-nexus-prime-specs-leak-strongly-disagree-with-previous-information/

    I could get down with an 8mp camera, Exynos processor, etc.

    Though I wonder if the Exynos is correct, depending on carriers. If it's TMo, then that's def not it, since last notice was that it wasn't compatible with TMo's 42Mbps HSPA+ radio.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    Those specs are saddening to me. I prefer these ones.
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    Snarkasm wrote:
    Those specs are saddening to me. I prefer these ones.
    Unless I am blind and crazy... ADG's link is that exact link?
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
    9mm thin
    4.65-inch 1280 x 720-pixel Super AMOLED HD with curved glass
    TI OMAP 4460 dual-core Cortex A9 processor clocked at 1.2GHz
    1GB of RAM
    32GB of built-in storage
    5-megapixel camera on the back, 1.3-megapixel in the front
    1080p HD video capture support
    LTE/HSPA depending on carrier
    Wi-Fi a/b/g/n
    NFC
    1,750 mAh battery

    VS.

    1.5GHz dual-core processor, most likely Exynos
    PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU (the same one that's in the iPad 2)
    8MP rear shooter with 1080p video capture
    2050mAh battery
    Global-ready
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    Technically, we were composing our messages at the same time. Mine was the later of the two, apparently. I blame the speed of light and fiber junction boxes in the Atlantic.

    Either way, 1.5GHz, larger battery, 8MP camera, and global. *That's* my phone.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    I'd be surprised if a unit was global, as that would put SO MANY RADIOS into one chassis, it would probably end up being 3" thick. More likely, they're going to launch LTE/CDMA, CDMA, and GSM variants at the same or similar times.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    Isn't quad-band GSM sufficient for "global" use? Generally speaking, people don't consider CDMA global, since something like 80-90% of the world uses GSM tech for their cellular phones. When I lived in the US and bought "world" phones, it just meant SIM-based GSM.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    The term they usually use is "World Phone" which encompasses the major GSM bands (pretty much global) and CDMA 2000(?) (the US, a good portion of Japan, S. Korea, and India, among others). Those tend to be pretty hefty due to the huge number of radios, and that's only when talking about the 3G. There are also now different LTE bands in the US and S. Korea.

    I think we'll see a standard global 3G phone (CDMA + GSM, ala Droid2 Global) and a separate LTE run for Verizon.
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2115571/android-ice-cream-sandwich-outing?WT.rss_f=Home&WT.rss_a=Android+Ice+Cream+Sandwich+gets+an+outing
  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    JK GUISE WE CANCELED
    http://www.cnet.com.au/google-and-samsung-cancel-october-11-event-339323919.htm
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    Yeah. They cancelled the announcement because next week is going to be 100% Jobs' funeral stuff. Last scuttle was that the release of the phone/ICS will still happen at the end of Oct.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    Fuck, just release this thing somewhere so I can fucking buy it. TI OMAP4 or Exynos... don't care. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY. (1700MHZ PLS)
  • RootWyrmRootWyrm Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    Even more battery draining goodies than existing phones! But with a battery of approximately the same capacity as ones where the top complaint is battery life! And it's cuuuuuuurved!
    I'll let a feline friend handle this one.
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    At least freaking give it some -battery- guys. Please?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    Buy a bigger battery and get over it.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    Thrax wrote:
    Fuck, just release this thing somewhere so I can fucking buy it. TI OMAP4 or Exynos... don't care. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY. (1700MHZ PLS)

    This... I was sold at OMAP. Exynos would just be a bonus.

    Here's hoping TMo/AT&T get OMAP because of the HSPA+ radio thing and Verizon gets the Exynos.

    Also: The 4460 OMAP's stock clock is 1.5GHz, but it seems to be clocked at 1.2GHz. Not sure on the Exynos. Either way, your 1.7GHz number is definitely not unreasonable.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2011
    The 1.5Ghz OMAP part is allegedly delayed. But I was referring to AWS band support so I don't have to give up my spectacular plan to use this phone.
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