Google announces Android 4.2 with new camera features, multiple users support, still called Jelly Bean

7. Reluctant_Human posted on 29 Oct 2012, 12:18 2 41

So far its nothing special. Hope they're saving the best for last..

15. PhenomFaz posted on 29 Oct 2012, 12:44 28 0

dude what else do you want from an update to an awesome OS...a turkey dinner? though that would be nice :)

16. ilia1986 posted on 29 Oct 2012, 12:47 20 0

Are you crazy? This is a relatively small update - a 0.1 update - which adds so many useful features!

Should I compare it to iOS which added almost nothing in 0.1 updates?

21. andro. posted on 29 Oct 2012, 13:12 16 0

Agreed this is actually only a 0.1 update for android but it has many useful changes. If these amount of changes were brought into ios it'd be considered an entire generation jump like calling it ios 7,or ios 8 and apple would be claiming the next generation os is finally here.

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53. Nadr1212 posted on 04 Nov 2012, 08:50 0 0

Yaaay!!!!!

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39. RORYREVOLUTION posted on 29 Oct 2012, 15:21 6 1

The irony of Apple fanboys calling an android update "nothing special".

43. Reluctant_Human posted on 29 Oct 2012, 19:21 0 0

I am currently using the Nexus 7 and Galxy S3 but i guess that makes me an apple fanboy.. I wasn't comparing it to IOS, Windows 8 or anything just expressing an opinion in the beginning of the announcement.. The irony is you guys being as quick to blast me as apple fans do to me on a regular basis so maybe there is some common ground there to build a friendship on :D

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44. someones4 posted on 29 Oct 2012, 19:51 0 0

These are wonderful features. Surely you must admit that Google is bringing new things to the table that no one has ever imagined.

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47. Reluctant_Human posted on 29 Oct 2012, 23:02 0 2

I'll admit I jumped the gun considering its a .1 upgrade but at the same time its not something to go overly crazy about in terms of hype. I have a panorama app and already use swype. The only thing that made me excited is the Google now features being added .

Its just like when people were going crazy about how awesome IOS 6 was going to be. IOS 6 basically took stuff that 3rd party apps already did, integrated Facebook (which I already declared Jihad on Facebook and have been trying to get people to switch to G+ for a while now) and some bug fixes. I give credit where credit is due and not gonna go crazy over an update unless its well deserved but thats just my opinion.

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18. SuperAndroidEvo posted on 29 Oct 2012, 12:50 6 1

My Samsung Galaxy Nexus is ROOTED. I bet that in 3 to 5 days after Google releases Android 4.2 to the masses I will have the lastest & greatest Android OS on my GNex!

Android 4.2 here I come! lol

28. Asasindude26 posted on 29 Oct 2012, 14:04 3 0

Yeah :) Just imagine that the GSM Gnex doesn't even have Android 4.1.2 yet!!! So glad I rooted that sucker!!

41. true1984 posted on 29 Oct 2012, 15:29 0 0

actually it does, i upgraded mine a week and a half ago...

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50. Zarak posted on 30 Oct 2012, 05:49 0 0

i upgraded mine on the same day when the roll out started. :)

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38. networkdood posted on 29 Oct 2012, 14:57 1 0

Yep, I will start seeing CM10 roms for my DROID RAZR and Captivate in about a week and the actual 4.2 for my 7inch N7.

12. -box- posted on 29 Oct 2012, 12:37 6 2

Two different things. You might as well be comparing MLB to NHL

17. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 29 Oct 2012, 12:49 5 0

Well, Android is Premier League which has conquered the whole World.

9. bucky posted on 29 Oct 2012, 12:18 1 11

the one that works 100% of the time.

24. SleepingOz posted on 29 Oct 2012, 13:33 10 0

like apple maps? Keyboard stripes? Purple tint photo? imessage? and all the other new iSsues?

42. bucky posted on 29 Oct 2012, 15:45 0 4

Maps is new. Remember what google maps was like when it was introduced on the original droid/milestone? The other issues are already gone.

What about force closes, lg grade hardware, fragmentation, 16gb max storage, crappy battery, lag, s**tty audio, new androids introduced every week, too huge to take seriously, takes forever to charge and worthless for resale in 2 months. Those are things google needs to deal with somehow.

I was really hoping for a motorola nexus or htc and a 4.3" screen.

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48. someones4 posted on 29 Oct 2012, 23:35 1 0

problem is that apple has really bad reputation when it comes to fixing problems.

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19. fay99 posted on 29 Oct 2012, 12:57 12 1

Apple will add that 360 deg camera to ios9. !$heeps are currently enjoying their innovative panorama feature

22. bucky posted on 29 Oct 2012, 13:18 0 5

im not sure what that has to do with anything i just said.

30. PhoneArenaUser posted on 29 Oct 2012, 14:07 1 0

Panorama feature was even on dumb phones.

29. Asasindude26 posted on 29 Oct 2012, 14:06 2 0

Yeah that annoys me allot :( But at least they go away for youtube :D

31. Asasindude26 posted on 29 Oct 2012, 14:08 0 0

Still p*ssed they didn't add the multiuser fuctionality to phones aswell :( Or the ''theme selector'' that Sense UI has :(

35. MorePhonesThanNeeded posted on 29 Oct 2012, 14:43 1 0

What is the point of that? A cell phone is a personal use item who on earth wants to share a cellphone with someone else?

40. jpmcnown posted on 29 Oct 2012, 15:28 0 0

I think assassindude meant that it's a step up from a simple a basic theme selector. It's not necessarily about "sharing" a cellphone, it's about having multiple profiles for whatever reason you want. I started typing some reasons, but it ended up being a long defense of a feature that doesn't need defending. Use your imagination.

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26. roldefol posted on 29 Oct 2012, 13:50 0 0

Enough with the Apple/Jobs hate. The iPhone stopped being innovative years ago. Now it just has to be the iPhonest phone out there to sell tens of millions.

32. Asasindude26 posted on 29 Oct 2012, 14:09 0 0

Pretty long I guess (probably til'l Christmas) my European Gnex hasn't even got 4.1.2 yet!!

52. Zarak posted on 30 Oct 2012, 05:50 0 0

but i got 4.1.2 really quick.. just because i ported my Gnex to yakju.