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Originally Posted by testacon
I wouldn't say impressed per say, but it's a better phone then the Nexus S. I got the Epic over the Nexus S because of the hardware keyboard but the lack of software updates just left a bad taste in my mouth. I also couldn't justify the Nexus S on Sprint because it's the same freakin' phone that was out months earlier on TMobile, and there was no price change. Usually when a phone is closer to EOL the price lowers, Sprint charged to much for a phone that was months behind in technology.
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Well yeah its better then the Nexus S, but I was expecting it to be above all other phones. It has some interesting features but not enough to distinguish itself from the rest. Again, I was just expecting too much I guess...
As for updates, we just need to dump the carriers and get updates from manufacturers :/..If it gets to the point where sprint is 100% LTE and has sim cards I'd just buy full price an international version.
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The next pure Google phone isn't coming anytime soon I would think, hopefully at least 8 months down the line, possibly a year away so I can't see the downside, as long as the components WORK properly. Synthetic benchmarks are not everything...
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A year like always.
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Sure it only has a 5 Megapixel camera, but they say it's the width of the lens and not how long the Megapixels are!
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What makes this camera stand out is not the quality but 0 shutter photos. That is a hard to come by feature even on dedicated cameras, for a cellphone that is pretty good and uniqueu.
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The graphics chip is similar to the Nexus S but has a higher frequency, I'm sure someone will run the most demanding programs currently out on it during the reviews due to come.
What concerns me is the extra screen resolution, 720p might very well push the graphics chip and tear and make games craw to a few fps. And again will just wait for the reviews, someone is bound to throw an emulator or 2 at this in a review.
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Not to mention GPU is relies on hardware acceleration. I mean they could have at least put in a newer TI OMAP. It just makes it feel empty, the Galaxy S2 HD LTE has similar specs but the LTE chip is integrated into the new Exynoss aka no need for 2 separate radios.
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Ok, NOW I'm worried...
The Galaxy Nexus' Super AMOLED display is a minus, not a Plus -- Engadget
I'm starting to see a pattern with Android phones. You either have excellent hardware with horrible software support or adequate hardware with timely updates.
Samsung is either a hardware hording whore, or Google is just being very cheap and overpriced. $299.99 with this many shortcuts in the hardware doesn't seem very price competitive in my book... |
I think its a technological limitation. Trying to cram that high resolution is beyond AMOLED tech atm. By the time the Galaxy S3 comes out, the situation might change.