Samsung Nexus Prime gets full frontal exposure, Android Ice Cream Sandwich too

12. bobfreking55 posted on 07 Oct 2011, 05:33 5 0

Too elongated!! The icons are not appealing but other than that, that is the most sexiest and most fluid UI i have ever seen. AND I WANT ONE NOW!!!

22. KEVlN posted on 07 Oct 2011, 06:06 0 0

Same here... Not a big fan of the new icons but everything else is blowing my mind! And I have a feeling that other non-amoled displays aren't gonna look good with ICS (on screen buttons). With superamoled, the blacks kind of blend in with the plastic so it looks good and meshes well together... but with a LCD display i don't think it will look too good. C'mon HTC, trust samsung and go back to amoled!

25. iankellogg posted on 07 Oct 2011, 06:22 1 0

Theme it up baby!

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63. Lucas777 posted on 07 Oct 2011, 09:31 0 5

idk doesnt the metro influence and the photorealism look a little funny together?

10. lemenade posted on 07 Oct 2011, 05:25 0 0

i feel for you my brother.I my sprint premire upgrade was about to expire so i had to get the galaxy s2.The very next day the leaked the video for the prime.

20. engwee (unregistered) posted on 07 Oct 2011, 06:00 0 0

I don't feel for you, everyone knew nexus prime was coming out next week, this video changes nothing in a decision to buy a phone or not.

64. remixfa posted on 07 Oct 2011, 10:00 2 0

who said it wasnt for sprint? there is a RUMORED VZW exclusivity window. If that is true or not, that has nothing to do with it coming out on other carriers. I got a feeling this phone will be on all carriers. Who would pass it up??

77. p0rkguy posted on 07 Oct 2011, 12:12 0 0

Hopefully it becomes available when my 2 contract is up.
I got the Evo 2 months after it was released.

70. Commentator posted on 07 Oct 2011, 11:15 0 0

Don't fret, it'll probably only be exclusive to vzw for a while. Other carriers could get it by the holidays, or if not, at least by January.

39. justme (unregistered) posted on 07 Oct 2011, 06:47 2 0

Not looking to bribe, but it looks as fluid as my G2x running 2.3.3. I'm loving the looks of ICS though, and the Nexus Prime's shape and AMOLED+ICS combo make for a very sleek phone.

49. Knicknevin posted on 07 Oct 2011, 07:55 0 0

Not looking to bribe?? It appears as though a different word was meant there.

52. NeXoS posted on 07 Oct 2011, 08:21 0 0

Not looking to brag

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88. justme (unregistered) posted on 07 Oct 2011, 13:56 0 0

Bingo. Gold star to NeXoS.

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18. KEVlN posted on 07 Oct 2011, 05:57 1 0

You mean search?

16. ledbetterp3 posted on 07 Oct 2011, 05:54 0 0

its 4.65 inch screen, that was the rumor

17. ayephoner posted on 07 Oct 2011, 05:57 1 0

it doesnt? does it just look small in the video?

so the row of "buttons" on the bottom is actually part of the screen, right? do they ever go away? (like when watching video or playing full screen games?) if not, wouldnt that mess up the screen ratio? i dont think they would do that.

26. roldefol posted on 07 Oct 2011, 06:23 2 0

That's my ligering question. With a 1280x720 screen it'd be silly not to be able to watch video at full 720p width.

54. NeXoS posted on 07 Oct 2011, 08:23 0 0

True, that's one thing I hated about Honeycomb, the UI bar wastes the screen and you can go into true full screen.

I hope the UI bar auto hides and you can make it reappear with a motion swype over the screen.

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62. roldefol posted on 07 Oct 2011, 09:04 0 0

It's not so bad with a Honeycomb tablet though. Most are 1280x800 and thus have extra lines available for the bar.

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65. remixfa posted on 07 Oct 2011, 10:02 0 0

yes, part of that 4.65 inch screen is the bottom row of buttons which probably takes around 0.3inches give or take.. which means the actual usable screen is around 4.3 inches.

28. roldefol posted on 07 Oct 2011, 06:27 0 0

Keep in mind that this is a 16:9 screen where most phones (except newer HTC and Motorolas) are 15:9. The screen is no wider than the current crop of 4.3 inchers, and the bezel is pretty narrow. The phone doesn't look that big overall.

30. iankellogg posted on 07 Oct 2011, 06:28 0 0

Yeah this phone looks somewhat smaller than a GS2.

33. roldefol posted on 07 Oct 2011, 06:35 0 0

Certainly more manageable than the 4.5" Galaxy SIIs on T-Mo/Sprint.

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32. roldefol posted on 07 Oct 2011, 06:34 0 0

If they didn't have some gap between the top/bottom of the screen and the top/bottom of the phone, there'd be no room for speakers, microphones or antennae.

34. protozeloz posted on 07 Oct 2011, 06:36 0 0

I can't see the camera on this device well, but it looks like its far left that the S but if this is the S then im even more impressed

37. roldefol posted on 07 Oct 2011, 06:41 0 0

This is definitely not the Nexus S. The shape isn't as rounded and there are no capacitive buttons. The resemblance is there, but that's not surprising given they're both Samsungs. I believe we are looking at the real Prime... and I like it.

40. protozeloz posted on 07 Oct 2011, 06:53 0 0

same here, I only wish they already added the screenshot mode, those pics where taking using the classic USB debug method

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38. sojizy posted on 07 Oct 2011, 06:42 1 0

Yeah me too. Love my nexus one. Super amoled hd is the best tho

42. roldefol posted on 07 Oct 2011, 06:58 0 0

Those screenshots threw out my reasons for wanting the Vigor/Sense. Apps on the unlock screen, smooth looking interface... this is my next phone.

41. protozeloz posted on 07 Oct 2011, 06:55 0 0

lol I bet you can tell bro, didn't your teacher had an S? but again no physical buttons and leaks tell it will resemble the S, One way to tell for sure, a picture of the side

44. protozeloz posted on 07 Oct 2011, 07:00 0 0

postponed? source please

EDIT: found it
http://thisismynext.com/2011/10/07/samsung-google-postpone-galaxy-nexus-launch/

:( wonder why

maybe jobs death?

45. roldefol posted on 07 Oct 2011, 07:10 1 0

Best case scenario....late emerging bug fixes. I'd rather they fix them before launch.

46. protozeloz posted on 07 Oct 2011, 07:11 0 0

Or Steve jobs death, many guys at Google respected him a lot

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48. roldefol posted on 07 Oct 2011, 07:15 1 0

Could be. It would take something pretty significant to delay such a major Android launch.

Actually, best case scenario is they wanted to be able to announce it November 2 and start selling it the next day on Verizon. :D

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