Samsung used low cost chip for Samsung GALAXY Nexus
0. phoneArena posted on 07 Feb 2012, 21:07
A breakdown of the Samsung GALAXY Nexus reveals that the Korean manufacturer used a cheaper LTE baseband chip that has the same high speed data performance as the higher priced older model; the cheaper chip costs half of the more expensive model's $23...
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1. aztaxia12295 posted on 07 Feb 2012, 21:11 6 2
thats a very interesting report...
MY NEXUS IS COMING TOMORROW I CANT WAIT!!!
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5. theBankRobber posted on 07 Feb 2012, 21:27 8 0
Yes I agree, customers won't get any kind of discount because of this. Its all about profit. Just look at how Apple over charges for their iPhones vs what they actually cost.
6. sgogeta4 posted on 07 Feb 2012, 21:38 8 0
It's expensive because it gets taxed by Apple to help subsidize their phones. If Apple didn't have any subsidizing, Android phones would be cheaper and their iPhone would be more expensive.
8. bossmt_2 posted on 07 Feb 2012, 21:52 6 1
The phone is the same price as the same memory iPhone 4s, with a much bigger screen that's HD, a faster processor, more RAM, worse rear camera though a higher MP front facing camer, a barometer, and of course LTE. It's not "too high" it's just right.
10. PAPINYC posted on 07 Feb 2012, 22:32 1 9
I agree, you're limited to 32 GB on-board memory; really less because you have to adjust for formatting and the memory reserved for OS and operation. Then, this: inferior chipset. Not to mention all the reported bugs and the much expressed disappointment in the rear camera. This is a sad day for Android and, basically, GN owners have iPhonez (after all)??????......
15. belovedson posted on 07 Feb 2012, 23:08 4 0
if you upgrade the screen size and make it high rez the iphone 4s would definitely not be as quick as it is on benchmarks compared to the android.
however i believe android is far superior tech wise i mean the iphone 4s without the os is inferior in every way now compared to the latest and greatest android.
the point and click style camera function of the 4s isn't always beneficial especially to people with a background in taking pics.
off course the noobiness of alot of apple users wouldn't be able to tell a difference between a shot from a 4s and a dslr especially if you consider the retarded journaling and dslr and 4s comparison this site tends to throw up
16. sgogeta4 posted on 07 Feb 2012, 23:21 2 0
Are you retarded or did you just not read the article and have never actually used the GN?
4. AndroidShiz posted on 07 Feb 2012, 21:27 0 0
Got one around launch from Amazon for 150 when Verizon was at $300, now they're 99 on the Am. Not sure why everyone isn't buying all their cellphones from Amazon?
