[Updated] Nexus Prime spotted at Verizon headquarters
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1. remixfa posted on 19 Aug 2011, 20:14 0 6
only a 4 inch screen? its not the prime. If the prime has a 4inch screen its going to be pure FAIL since all the buttons are on screen and not physical.. which would probably make it closer to a 3.7 inch usable screen.
It could just be a future version of a samsung phone that shares the screen... if in fact it was even the screen and not a NexusS (which sounds more likely given the screen size lol).
nothing about the facts in the article says "Nexus Prime" to me.
just hurry up n launch it! :)
6. Thump3rDX17 posted on 19 Aug 2011, 21:51 0 0
actually i don't think they'll use on-screen buttons for ICS phones. naturally it's useful for a tablet but not really on a phone plus what does that say about newer phones with Android function keys?
8. remixfa posted on 19 Aug 2011, 22:03 0 1
the whole point of ICS was that it was going to remove buttons from phones and make it more "honeycomb" like
according to Micheal, older phones will be able to use the old buttons when they get upgraded to ICS and the onscreen buttons should disappear, but phones enabled with ICS from the start will be button free.
11. Thump3rDX17 posted on 19 Aug 2011, 22:31 0 0
yeah, it's going to be more Honeycomb like but nobody said the Android function keys have got to go. i mean, it's cool on a tablet but on a phone it would just be inefficient.
12. MichaelHeller posted on 20 Aug 2011, 00:03 0 0
Sorry, but I gotta settle this: my name is spelled Michael. It's a common mistake, but one that has always annoyed me.
That said, I'm torn about the size of the screen. On one hand, a 4" screen with on-screen function buttons will end up about the same as my Nexus One. But, it's still a 720p screen, so regardless of a few tenths of an inch, the resolution would make up the difference, wouldn't it?
19. remixfa posted on 20 Aug 2011, 07:37 2 1
nope. i couldnt live with a 3.7 inch workable screen.. especially if it has on screen buttons. I accidentally hit the buttons on honeycomb enough and thats on an 8.9 inch screen.
sorry bout the spelling of your name wrong. lol Michael. Google's auto correct likes it both ways apparently. Im not this good of a speller on my own.. lol!!
I dont think they can do 720p at 4 inches or less. Wasnt there an article a month or 2 ago detailing the 720p process and how because of the pixel density or whatever the screen had to be around 5 inches somewhere? I'm pretty sure i remember that correctly.
And anyways, I still say it cant be the NP at 4 inches. All of android flagship phones are 4.3 inches right now. It wouldnt make any sense to have it smaller than that. If you add in space for the virtual buttons thats at least 4.5 inches if not more.
Maybe its just me, but I'll take the screen as big as I can get it since its not increasing the size of the phone much anymore. Just leave in a huge battery.. lol.
21. Thump3rDX17 posted on 20 Aug 2011, 08:47 2 0
xD accidentally touching the buttons on an 8.9" screen? i don't think your problem is screen size buddy...
26. remixfa posted on 20 Aug 2011, 14:23 0 0
lol, im a clutz. and when your playing some of the games that have controls in the lower portion of the screen a lot of times my palm or fat part of my thumb will barely graze the screen and.. woops.. out of game.. lol
thank god android has real multitasking so i can get right back to where i was though. :)
2. Joshing4fun posted on 19 Aug 2011, 20:25 5 0
Sounds good to me. And if it really is a 4inch screen the phone will probably be pretty small since it'll have little bezel and no touch buttons. Which is good. Getting kinda tired of giant android phones and they seem to keep getting bigger.
Plus the resolution on that phone would be insane!
3. dionddc posted on 19 Aug 2011, 20:55 2 0
A 4 inch screen would make me consider this phone again now.
4. Goldeneye posted on 19 Aug 2011, 20:58 0 0
Verizon better get this nexus is way overdue, screw the bionic & SGS2, this is my next phone, not everyone wants a tablet size phone and be the first to get the latest android version, I'm sold!
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7. Thump3rDX17 posted on 19 Aug 2011, 21:52 0 0
i dunno..i remember when an Android Device on Verizon PERIOD was an idea met with much skepticism.
9. remixfa posted on 19 Aug 2011, 22:07 1 1
the first moto droid was a pure google phone.. was it not? so its not like it has "never" happened before. I just dont think the NP is going to be sporting 4 inches. The "flagship" phone needs to be bigger than that... especially if its all screen and no buttons.
people forget that bezels on the new screens are much smaller and there are no physical buttons on ICS if all the junk is true. A phone doesnt have to get bigger to have a bigger screen. There is about an inch of waisted space on most phones because of the buttons, which means u could add nearly an inch of screen and have the phone be about the same size.
a 4 inch phone is now a 5, a 3 is now a 4.. so on and so forth.. the size of the phone isnt changing as much as its using more space within the phone.
maybe its the nexus "mini ICS" :)
13. MichaelHeller posted on 20 Aug 2011, 00:05 2 0
OG DROID wasn't pure because it still had tethering locked up.
