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Which Nexus Prime rumor is fake?

So there have been 2 reported people going hands on with the Nexus Prime, yet they have different information. Which one is fake?
Source 1:
TI dual-core OMAP processor (most likely OMAP 4460)
8 MP rear-facing camera
2 MP front-facing camera
NFC support
MHL support
HDMI support
Verizon first followed by others
No hardware buttons except for home, power, and volume
Android 2.3.4
Source 2:
Android 2.4.1
The phone looks similar to the Sprint variant of the Galaxy S II, with a round-edged body, but also similar to the Nexus S with a curved screen
Verizon passed on the SGSII to have an exclusive deal with Samsung to stock the Galaxy Nexus
The SGN will run on Samsung’s Exynos dual core CPU clocked at 1.5 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Super AMOLED Plus 4.65-inch 1280 x 720 HD display, 16 GB internal memory (with SD card slot). It's 8.8mm thick with a metal body and a 2000 mAh battery (the same as the new one that’s being released for the Galaxy S II
Similarities:
Curved Display
Verizon 1st, but one says exclusive other says other carriers later
I personally want source 2's to be real except for Verizon only part
Source 1: http://androidandme.com/2011/09/new...-a-taller-nexus-s-is-coming-to-verizon-first/
http://thedroidguy.com/2011/09/exclusive-samsung-prime-is-nexus-phone-headed-to-all-carriers/
Source 2:http://androidandme.com/2011/09/dev...s-on-with-the-nexus-prime-ice-cream-sandwich/

Definitely not 1.
How can it be 2.3.4 when it's a Gingerbread update?

ToonXW said:
Definitely not 1.
How can it be 2.3.4 when it's a Gingerbread update?
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They said it was in beta I believe 2 I just hope if isnt a verizon exclusive and I hope the exynos supports hardware acceleration like the OMAP for ICS
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ToonXW said:
Definitely not 1.
How can it be 2.3.4 when it's a Gingerbread update?
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yeah it's for sure not no. 1 when i use gingerbread 2.3.4 on my phone..

Hopefully its 2 without the verizon exclusitvity
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Now I say 2 is false, omap has been said to be lead platform
http://www.androidcentral.com/notio...-reference-platform-says-adam-will-update-nov
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Definitively not the first.

Both are probabaly fake lol
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EDIT: I was wrong.
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Duke4eva said:
1 is fake, it was confirmed to launch with ICS.
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nothing was confirmed the device has not been announced lol but 99.9% percent it will come with ICS, and google said today OMAP is the lead and tegra would take longer so google did not mention exynos or snapdragon so I say both are fake
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[Q] Sensation or Galaxy S Plus?

Hello folks, I have a budget of £31 monthly and the minimum requirement of a contract would be 600 minutes and a free phone. So with vodaphone I have identified two top class phones, the HTC Sensation and the not so well known 'Samsung Galaxy S Plus', which is an uprated 1.4ghz galaxy s essentially.
So I'd like to hear everyones opinions and pros and cons of each device, as at the end of the day I don't want to regret buying it as it's a lengthy two year contract.
Thanks in advance!
Galaxy S Plus
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Tenpin said:
Hello folks, I have a budget of £31 monthly and the minimum requirement of a contract would be 600 minutes and a free phone. So with vodaphone I have identified two top class phones, the HTC Sensation and the not so well known 'Samsung Galaxy S Plus', which is an uprated 1.4ghz galaxy s essentially.
So I'd like to hear everyones opinions and pros and cons of each device, as at the end of the day I don't want to regret buying it as it's a lengthy two year contract.
Thanks in advance!
Galaxy S Plus
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Go for the htc man! It is awesome and it will get sense 4! Go for it.. Samsung is crap!
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What's faster tho, 1.2 ghz dual core or single core 1.4ghz?
The galaxy plus also has 256MB less ram than the sensation: s
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I say get the sensation, a 1.2ghz dual core processor more ram then the galaxy S plus and it's on HTCs ICS update list. A Galaxy s plus would be foolish in 2012.
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HTC Sensation Has a dual-core processor

Tenpin said:
What's faster tho, 1.2 ghz dual core or single core 1.4ghz?
The galaxy plus also has 256MB less ram than the sensation: s
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Put it this way. The Sensation is a highend phone and the Galaxy S Plus is a mid-end phone.
•Difference between dual vs single core
1.2ghz Dual core processor vs 1.4ghz Single core processor is somewhat equivalent to a Turbocharged Corvette vs a non Turbocharged Corvette.
1.4ghz single core is already fast, but a 1.2 dual core is even faster.
•What is RAM?
The more ram you have means the more apps you can have running in the background before Android automatically starts closing running apps. So once you start to run out of for example 512mb Android will automatically close an app that has been inactive to help allow the software to run smoother, battery life to last longer etc.
The more ram you have then that means the more apps you can have running at the same time. For example 512mb of ram might only be able to run 4-5 apps in the background before it starts to close apps automatically and 768mb of ram might be able to run 7-8 apps beforeit starts to close apps automatically.
Keywords: DUAL CORE and SINGLE CORE
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Right thanks folks, it seems a no brainer then. I guess I'll have to go for the sensation
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Also,dont forget the Adreno 220 Vs Adreno 205.Huge diffrence between these two
its obvious Sensation is better.

Right last minute decision, found the galaxy 's2' for 31 quid 600 minutes with vodaphone. Bargain bucket, thanks for the help guys, oh and btw it's an online exclusive only, in store it's £36.
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get sensation and oc to 1.5ghz as this is the original speed of chipset (htc underclock cpu on sensations to 1.2ghz)

beware though, some sensations have the dust under the screen problem, some get very very warm
just a heads up

quad core coming soon?

Any idea quad core smartphone will be release this year? heard recent mwc 2012

Given that its been all over the net for the last week google will be your friend
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why do you want a quad core when they have barely optimized dual core in the OS?
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I think so and can you tell a guessed price for it

Made2Last said:
why do you want a quad core when they have barely optimized dual core in the OS?
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I'm guessing you haven't laid your hands on ice cream sandwich yet
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firebird112 said:
I think so and can you tell a guessed price for it
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HTC one x €700 ( euro )
( should be available in April this year)
The HTC one x is a monster i tell you.
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HTC one X, LG optimus 4X, XTE era all quad core phones that will soon be released.

Too bad the One X is only available for AT&T...

omgi0wn said:
Too bad the One X is only available for AT&T...
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Solution: don't get it from AT&T. It's a weaker version, anyway.

Made2Last said:
why do you want a quad core when they have barely optimized dual core in the OS?
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Lol prolllaaaay
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Quad core moto is my next
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incredible

Made2Last said:
why do you want a quad core when they have barely optimized dual core in the OS?
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Really? *Face palm* smh
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shockem said:
I'm guessing you haven't laid your hands on ice cream sandwich yet
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Yeah have it on Nexus S and Tab 10.1. Its great. Not sure what quad core has in advantage on everyday use other than benchmark scores.
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SGS3 just released in 28 countries.

Just saw the breaking news on android spin. Although it's not yet released in the United States, it's good to see that Samsung is sticking to their promise of releasing the SGS3 world wide this summer. I'm thinking that the T- Mobile release date in June may actually be true.
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Ya after they **** up everything.
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dave2metz said:
I'm thinking that the T- Mobile release date in June may actually be true.
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June 20, per Tmonews

subzerold said:
Ya after they **** up everything.
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Lol, that's right, after they T-Mobilelize it
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subzerold said:
Ya after they **** up everything.
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Trolololol. I don't mind the bloat as long as I can get rid of it.

aranurea said:
Trolololol. I don't mind the bloat as long as I can get rid of it.
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let's not for get it may have the screen issues because of the processor... it won't have exynos .
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iloveandroid16 said:
let's not for get it may have the screen issues because of the processor... it won't have exynos .
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You mean, the fine ladies and gentlemen at T-Mobile will release a version of the long awaited sgs3 that's TOTALLY different from what Samsung released to the wild?
What if the [email protected]#%!
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lawalty said:
You mean, the fine ladies and gentlemen at T-Mobile will release a version of the long awaited sgs3 that's TOTALLY different from what Samsung released to the wild?
What if the [email protected]#%!
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Every big USA carrier will have it then because no one is getting the exynos pocessor. All lte versions.
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Killbynature said:
Every big USA carrier will have it then because no one is getting the exynos pocessor. All lte versions.
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Personally I'm not getting the g3 because I think it's a rip off but if I were to get one. I would get the international one...
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iloveandroid16 said:
Personally I'm not getting the g3 because I think it a rip off but if I were to get one. I would get the international one...
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Btw... what really did Samsung upgrade????? The camera.......same 8 megapixel as we have... the screen.... um it uses pentile which is horrible for clarity..... the processor... US carriers will get the quadcom s4 which is still duel core... if anyone buys a g3 I think their an idiot... I'm waiting for the iPhone 5 because Sammy has disappointed me.
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S4 krait snapdragon is a15 which has 40% more per core performance than standard a9 in exynos. The gpu in the exynos is better. But the CPU is weaker. Performance will actually be the same now unlike last year Samsung galaxy s2 fiasco. All phones will have vsync on so you will be locked at 60 fps regardless of what processor you have. Development should be unpar with the exynos since the USA will have s4 and international exynos. A15 dual core has the performance slightly Better than quadcore a9. Regardless of benchmarks.
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aranurea said:
trolololol. I don't mind the bloat as long as i can get rid of it.
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so true!! +1 to that.....

Killbynature said:
S4 krait snapdragon is a15 which has 40% more per core performance than standard a9 in exynos. The gpu in the exynos is better. But the CPU is weaker. Performance will actually be the same now unlike last year Samsung galaxy s2 fiasco. All phones will have vsync on so you will be locked at 60 fps regardless of what processor you have. Development should be unpar with the exynos since the USA will have s4 and international exynos. A15 dual core has the performance slightly Better than quadcore a9. Regardless of benchmarks.
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Unless Samsung uses the Exynos 5 dual core. That thing is a beast. I prefer that rather than a quad core Exynos 4.
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let's not for get it may have the screen issues because of the processor... it won't have exynos .
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Who said they won't use an Exynos 4 dual core or an Exynos 5 dual core. The late problems were only with the Tegra based processors. Exynos 5 is based off the Tegra but it is vastly different and barely even resembles it.
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aranurea said:
Who said they won't use an Exynos 4 dual core or an Exynos 5 dual core. The late problems were only with the Tegra based processors. Exynos 5 is based off the Tegra but it is vastly different and barely even resembles it.
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No way it can be based of tegra because nvidia is closed source almost everything. Tmobile will have a s4 krait and 2 gigs rams Samsung Canada has confirmed it so has tmonews. The 2 gigs ram and a15 processor. Make the phone a beast.
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Then I call bullsh*t. Why would I buy a barely upgraded phonr.?
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iloveandroid16 said:
Btw... what really did Samsung upgrade????? The camera.......same 8 megapixel as we have... the screen.... um it uses pentile which is horrible for clarity..... the processor... US carriers will get the quadcom s4 which is still duel core... if anyone buys a g3 I think their an idiot... I'm waiting for the iPhone 5 because Sammy has disappointed me.
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that's stupid. tmobile is changing their towers to include the 1900mhz spectrum, just buy the int'l version of the s3, problem solved. Cpu makes a big difference in how clear the screen is/photo quality. I had an Epic 4G Touch with Sprint (has the dual core Exynos) before coming to T-Mobile and it was a lot better than this phone in just about every way, the screen's colors were more vivid, there was less noise in photos, image quality was incredible, battery lasted longer, even images taken with the front facing camera were nicer, response times were faster. Cpu makes a big difference. Have fun with the iPhone, not that anyone cares about how Samsung disappointed you.
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aranurea said:
Who said they won't use an Exynos 4 dual core or an Exynos 5 dual core. The late problems were only with the Tegra based processors. Exynos 5 is based off the Tegra but it is vastly different and barely even resembles it.
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because exynos cpus lack the LTE support that the qualcomm chipsets have.

Does T-Mobile plan to have LTE?
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aranurea said:
Does T-Mobile plan to have LTE?
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Eventually they will.

encrypti0n said:
that's stupid. tmobile is changing their towers to include the 1900mhz spectrum, just buy the int'l version of the s3, problem solved. Cpu makes a big difference in how clear the screen is/photo quality. I had an Epic 4G Touch with Sprint (has the dual core Exynos) before coming to T-Mobile and it was a lot better than this phone in just about every way, the screen's colors were more vivid, there was less noise in photos, image quality was incredible, battery lasted longer, even images taken with the front facing camera were nicer, response times were faster. Cpu makes a big difference. Have fun with the iPhone, not that anyone cares about how Samsung disappointed you.
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because exynos cpus lack the LTE support that the qualcomm chipsets have.
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The difference was no one seems to get this Samsung actually optimized the software around exynos. The Samsung Galaxy S2 with qualcomm processor was ported software. Not as well optimized as the exynos. Samsung was in a rush to get the phone released in the states. Samsung knowing LTE is the big thing in the USA. Will optimize both phones equally now. Especially if the phones are being released so closely towards each other. Even the developers in the Samsung Galaxy s3 forum are saying that the 2 gig krait cpu is the better phone. A9 dual core to a9 quad core is not much of an improvement. Krait actually is and it keeps up with the best with less cores. Until true a15 cores come out.
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So the GS4 wont have an Exynos 5?

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/144778-atom-vs-cortex-a15-vs-krait-vs-tegra-3-which-mobile-cpu-is-the-most-power-efficient
Just been reading this, are we expecting too much from the GS4 to have this chip in it?

slannmage said:
http://www.extremetech.com/computin...-which-mobile-cpu-is-the-most-power-efficient
Just been reading this, are we expecting too much from the GS4 to have this chip in it?
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Samsung does a great job keeping secrets. Tomorrow we will know for sure
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I'm looking forward to the news about the S4 tomorrow. It's only my 2nd chance at an android phone. The S3 is sweet so far, I see it everyday as my gf has the phone.
I think samsung is going to surprise everyone tomorrow or I will just go with the the Note 2 lol
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If it's a snapdragon and an adreno 320 then it's already failed because there are loads of phones like that.
They surely wouldn't advertise the octa chip if it wasn't going in the GS4. However the A7 mixed with the A15 seems like a little bit of a cheat, I bet it uses the A7 95% of the time or the A15 cores are heavily throttled because it looks like they drain battery like mad, especially in a smart phone.

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If it's a snapdragon and an adreno 320 then it's already failed because there are loads of phones like that.
They surely wouldn't advertise the octa chip if it wasn't going in the GS4. However the A7 mixed with the A15 seems like a little bit of a cheat, I bet it uses the A7 95% of the time or the A15 cores are heavily throttled because it looks like they drain battery like mad, especially in a smart phone.
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Hey its a huge step up from my current phone the HTC ThunderBolt. I just don't want to pay more than 200 for it though
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ShapesBlue said:
Hey its a huge step up from my current phone the HTC ThunderBolt. I just don't want to pay more than 200 for it though
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Well With the carriers thinking about removing the subsadised phones that may be cheap coming real soon.

zelendel said:
Well With the carriers thinking about removing the subsadised phones that may be cheap coming real soon.
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I'm hoping so. My upgrade is due late June/July.
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The international version of the S4 will have the 1.6GHz octa-core exynos processor and the US version will have a 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor
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itzkpanda said:
The international version of the S4 will have the 1.6GHz octa-core exynos processor and the US version will have a 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor
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No surprise that they will have different processors.
Normally the USA tends to get the lesser or not the best available
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ShapesBlue said:
No surprise that they will have different processors.
Normally the USA tends to get the lesser or not the best available
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Yeah :l
1.9GHz quad isn't bad, but when comparing it to the octa-core, it feels like we're being left out. And i believe the exynos octa-core is supposed to be substantially more battery efficient(?)
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Yeah :l
1.9GHz quad isn't bad, but when comparing it to the octa-core, it feels like we're being left out. And i believe the exynos octa-core is supposed to be substantially more battery efficient(?)
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Haven't done my research on that. Sounds about right
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I'm not gonna bother upgrading, both HTC and Samsung aren't exciting, was just disappointed between them.
Exynos = 3G only
Snapdragon s4 pro = LTE
Only LTE isn't coming out till the end of the year in this region.......... wtf were they thinking?
The HTC One is another no micro sd, no removable battery, ****ty camera, sense mess of a boring phone. People say how good it looks........ looks like any other boring HTC phone to me, just like the GS4 looks like another boring Samsung GS3 variant.