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mmmh. I was not impress with the iphone 4 and I am not impressed with this either. I have a nexus one and the only thing that make me jealous with the S is the

mmmh. I was not impress with the iphone 4 and I am not impressed with this either. I have a nexus one and the only thing that make me jealous with the S is the NFC. Are we reaching a plateau in mobile phone development?

jonknee 16y ago
How can you be impressed or not with a device you have not even touched? What about it isn't impressive?
- slashclee 16y ago
  I'm withholding my final judgment until I can play with one in person, but honestly, I kind of see the original poster's point. If you have a Nexus One, what do you get by upgrading to the S? The Nexus One already has the 800×480 screen, the 1GHz processor (though it's an older Snapdragon instead of the newer Hummingbird SoC), the 512MB of RAM... Where's the dual-core CPU? The higher-resolution screen? The extra RAM? There's not a lot of incentive to upgrade here unless you need a curved screen or NFC.
  - jmillikin 16y ago
    The nexus one's screen is actually more like 650x400, since they have some weird tricks to squeeze in subpixels. The Galaxy S line (I have a Vibrant, currently) has a much better screen. Galaxies also have higher-resolution touch detection and better graphics chips; they offload a lot of the UI rendering to hardware, which makes the experience very smooth. Unfortunately, Samsung is dragging their feet on upgrades. Current Galaxy owners are stuck on 2.1, with no news about 2.2. A Google-branded phone, with Galaxy hardware, is exciting. That said, it's a $600 phone; if you've already got last-years $600 phone, do you really need to upgrade?
  - 51Cards 16y ago
    Storage, plain and simple. The Nexus One has a pitifully small internal application storage and everyone I know with one (who chooses not to root it) battles with space for applications. The 16Gig internal would be a dream. (though the lack of an SD slot really sucks... as does the lack of an LED)
- crocowhile 16y ago
  Why do you think touching it would change my judgement? What should be impressing me? The shape? The weight? Snappier display? None of them is worthed 600 pounds over my nexus one. Mobile phones development exploded in the last 3 years, now I have the impression they may just get a bit faster but I don't see anything really innovative coming. It's a legitimate observation, isn't it?
  - chrisbroadfoot 16y ago
    It's fast. It feels great in the hand.
    - crocowhile 16y ago
      I bet most of the speed comes from 2.3 - Moving 2.1 to 2.2 on the N1 gave a gigantic performance improvement. I am looking forward to see what 2.3 will bring. As for feels great in the hand: that's really a minor improvement. I am happy about what google is doing with android. More than happy, enthusiastic. I think we reached that point where most of the difference between competitor mobiles will be played at software level, not hardware.
      - chrisbroadfoot 16y ago
        Not sure how much I can say about hardware, but it feels a lot snappier than the N1.
pxlpshr 16y ago
Contrary, only armchair commentary has plateaued.

jonknee 16y ago

How can you be impressed or not with a device you have not even touched? What about it isn't impressive?

slashclee 16y ago
I'm withholding my final judgment until I can play with one in person, but honestly, I kind of see the original poster's point. If you have a Nexus One, what do you get by upgrading to the S? The Nexus One already has the 800×480 screen, the 1GHz processor (though it's an older Snapdragon instead of the newer Hummingbird SoC), the 512MB of RAM... Where's the dual-core CPU? The higher-resolution screen? The extra RAM? There's not a lot of incentive to upgrade here unless you need a curved screen or NFC.
- jmillikin 16y ago
  The nexus one's screen is actually more like 650x400, since they have some weird tricks to squeeze in subpixels. The Galaxy S line (I have a Vibrant, currently) has a much better screen. Galaxies also have higher-resolution touch detection and better graphics chips; they offload a lot of the UI rendering to hardware, which makes the experience very smooth. Unfortunately, Samsung is dragging their feet on upgrades. Current Galaxy owners are stuck on 2.1, with no news about 2.2. A Google-branded phone, with Galaxy hardware, is exciting. That said, it's a $600 phone; if you've already got last-years $600 phone, do you really need to upgrade?
- 51Cards 16y ago
  Storage, plain and simple. The Nexus One has a pitifully small internal application storage and everyone I know with one (who chooses not to root it) battles with space for applications. The 16Gig internal would be a dream. (though the lack of an SD slot really sucks... as does the lack of an LED)
crocowhile 16y ago
Why do you think touching it would change my judgement? What should be impressing me? The shape? The weight? Snappier display? None of them is worthed 600 pounds over my nexus one. Mobile phones development exploded in the last 3 years, now I have the impression they may just get a bit faster but I don't see anything really innovative coming. It's a legitimate observation, isn't it?
- chrisbroadfoot 16y ago
  It's fast. It feels great in the hand.
  - crocowhile 16y ago
    I bet most of the speed comes from 2.3 - Moving 2.1 to 2.2 on the N1 gave a gigantic performance improvement. I am looking forward to see what 2.3 will bring. As for feels great in the hand: that's really a minor improvement. I am happy about what google is doing with android. More than happy, enthusiastic. I think we reached that point where most of the difference between competitor mobiles will be played at software level, not hardware.
    - chrisbroadfoot 16y ago
      Not sure how much I can say about hardware, but it feels a lot snappier than the N1.

pxlpshr 16y ago

Contrary, only armchair commentary has plateaued.