Galaxy Nexus now on sale in Google Play • Hacker News Board

Re: Galaxy Nexus now on sale in Google Play

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Post by ojilles » Tue, Apr 24, 2012, 4:26 PM UTC

Khao wrote: post #3

When I go to the link in the article I get the famous "We're sorry, the document you requested is not available in your country." from the Play Store. I encounter this page so often it's not even funny anymore. Even worse, google keeps sending me emails about music albums in the Play Store and all the links in these emails show me this error.

And then there is Google's insistance of showing their interfaces in the languages that happen to be your outward-facing IP address. Sigh.

(For search, hitting up https solves this, but G+ keeps switching languages on me.)

Re: Galaxy Nexus now on sale in Google Play

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Post by ecspike » Tue, Apr 24, 2012, 4:26 PM UTC

sjs382 wrote: post #32

cleverjake wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Sprint & Verizon are NOT GSM. Are all of those others?

Probably not as well. Sprint has a crapload of MVNOs.

Re: Galaxy Nexus now on sale in Google Play

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Post by bconway » Tue, Apr 24, 2012, 4:26 PM UTC

gcb wrote: post #44

billsix wrote: post #20

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" The unlocked Galaxy Nexus requires GSM compatible service provider for voice calling. In the United States this includes AT&T and T-Mobile. Phones purchased from devices on Google Play are not compatible with Verizon or Sprint."

Gotta love how they treat GSM devices like some sort of weird plug that only fits a few operators, and completely leave the consumer hunting for frequencies and what-not that would actually mean something for international travelers.

It's says right on the Play page:

This Galaxy Nexus is an unlocked GSM phone that will operate on more than 200 GSM providers worldwide, including AT&T and T-Mobile in the US.

Even if you don't know what a Pentaband phone is, that's pretty straightforward.

Re: Galaxy Nexus now on sale in Google Play

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Post by bconway » Tue, Apr 24, 2012, 4:29 PM UTC

sjs382 wrote: post #21

Which network does this work on, for 4G? And what are the other GSM providers in the US?

There are a ton of MVNOs that sell via AT&T and T-Mobile at superior pricing (and no contract), here's a good thread that covers most of their pricing and features:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455014

Re: Galaxy Nexus now on sale in Google Play

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Post by gilrain » Tue, Apr 24, 2012, 4:30 PM UTC

tjoff wrote: post #46

huggyface wrote: post #36

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It is nothing more than a widget and can be removed at will. EDIT: Whoops misunderstood the question and gave a completely wrong answer. See replies.

No. You can remove (with a bit of fiddling) it but to my knowledge you can't reclaim the space it takes (even if you could it would present other issues since it is much smaller than a 1-height widget). How to remove it (not without complications): http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-disable-hide-goog...

You can indeed reclaim the space with, for example, Nova Launcher. My home screen has 5 rows, as a result, and no spacing issues or anything.

Re: Galaxy Nexus now on sale in Google Play

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Post by cleverjake » Tue, Apr 24, 2012, 4:31 PM UTC

sjs382 wrote: post #32

cleverjake wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tru, Simple Mobile, T-Mobile USA, Wal-Mart Family Mobile, Cincinnati Bell Wireless, Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular, Shaka Mobile, Locus Mobile, 7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless, Commnet Wireless, TerreStar, Immix, i wireless, Indigo Wireless, Airfire Mobile, Alaska Wireless, Amerilink Wireless, Cellular One of East Central Illinois, Cap Rock Cellular, Broadpoint, call4care, Cellular One, Pure Prepaid, Plateau Wireless, Asse…

Sprint & Verizon are NOT GSM. Are all of those others?

You are incorrect. They support GSM, since their 4g rollouts. The HTC thunderbolt was the first phone on verizon whose gsm features were supported. That being said, I copied the list from (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_wireless_...), a line wrapped on TracFone Wireless's MVNO explanation and it included those by mistake. Sorry for the misinformation.

Re: Galaxy Nexus now on sale in Google Play

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Post by Ineffable » Tue, Apr 24, 2012, 4:33 PM UTC

bishnu wrote: post #17

Is this being sold at a loss? An unlocked 16GB iPhone 4S is costs $650. If not, I'm impressed at the price point Samsung is able to achieve given the Galaxy Nexus's feature parity with the iPhone 4S. Which begs the question, why not spend an extra ~$150 per unit to really blow it out of the water, specs wise?

Because it's a developer phone. If the developers are all using the highest end devices they can't test how their app works on an average device, performance wise.

Re: Galaxy Nexus now on sale in Google Play

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Post by jsnell » Tue, Apr 24, 2012, 4:39 PM UTC

gouranga wrote: post #22

bishnu wrote: post #17

Is this being sold at a loss? An unlocked 16GB iPhone 4S is costs $650. If not, I'm impressed at the price point Samsung is able to achieve given the Galaxy Nexus's feature parity with the iPhone 4S. Which begs the question, why not spend an extra ~$150 per unit to really blow it out of the water, specs wise?

You can get a Nokia Lumia 710 for less than $200 unlocked without a contract in the UK. Why the the iPhone 4S/Galaxy Nexus cost what they do I don't know...

Because the 710 is basically 2 year old hardware. It's absurd to compare it to modern flagship devices.

Re: Galaxy Nexus now on sale in Google Play

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Post by gikrauss » Tue, Apr 24, 2012, 4:39 PM UTC

eli wrote: post #19

snippyhollow wrote: post #16

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An HTTP _NOT_ S proxy, for those of you going too quickly on the sign-up page... ;)

Having an "S" wouldn't add much unless you really trust uswebproxy.com

Yep, I wouldn't sign in to my google account using that link, it was just meant to give quick access the that particular page

Re: Galaxy Nexus now on sale in Google Play

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Post by ConstantineXVI » Tue, Apr 24, 2012, 4:39 PM UTC

gouranga wrote: post #22

bishnu wrote: post #17

Is this being sold at a loss? An unlocked 16GB iPhone 4S is costs $650. If not, I'm impressed at the price point Samsung is able to achieve given the Galaxy Nexus's feature parity with the iPhone 4S. Which begs the question, why not spend an extra ~$150 per unit to really blow it out of the water, specs wise?

You can get a Nokia Lumia 710 for less than $200 unlocked without a contract in the UK. Why the the iPhone 4S/Galaxy Nexus cost what they do I don't know...

The 710 is running on year-old components (which still manage to make a surprisingly decent phone); that helps drive the price down a bit. I paid HTC $500 for a phone with nearly identical components to the 710 over a year ago.