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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."
And thus my increased agony - I could have stayed with T-Mobile had this been announced just a bit earlier :)
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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.
Wow. I ordered an HTC One S a few days ago but it hasn't shipped yet. It was $549- $399 is a lower enough price that it is sorely tempting. And it's a Nexus device. The only issue I have is the size of the thing. Hmm. Are there any GNexus owners our there that can tell us about the size of the device? It's the one real sticking point I have with it. EDIT: For anyone else that's wondering, I looked up the refund polic…
The Nexus name doesn't mean as much as it used to. Not all Nexus devices offer a pure Android experience - the Verizon version of Nexus will not have Google Wallet. In term of timely updates, the HTC Sensation received ICS update in March 2012 while the Sprint Nexus S 4G was not updated until early April. So take that for what its worth. Don't be surprised if Google ends up allowing carriers and manufacturers to prov…
Just recently it started malfunctioning - it somehow thinks there is always/intermittently a USB charger attached, even when there isn't. This wrecks havoc on battery life since the screen lights up every time it thinks there is a USB charger attached. This does not seem to be a very uncommon issue. (Google "galaxy nexus always charging".)
I am moving to Sweden in less than a week, and average repair time seems to be two weeks judging from online reports from other victims.
And.. this is the kicker: Samsung doesn't offer worldwide warranty repair for their mobile devices. :/
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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.)
Add the language you don't want to see to the preferred content languages in your browser settings and then make sure it's the last one in the list. Works with most Google services and many others to stop the automatic language selection based on IP.
It feels so weird because I rely on Google Translate a lot. All from the same company :)
EDIT: Just tried it. It still feels weird. I'm in italy right now, and Google leads me to "Google Italia", but then the UI is in English. Ah well, solves my problem I guess. Thanks man!
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I seriously doubt NFC will matter anywhere other than US very much.
We have tons of NFC-enabled terminals in Italy, at least in the bigger cities. They're already used by Mastercard PayPass and Visa PayWave. If I could use my Italian credit card with Google Wallet (or even recharge the Google prepaid card) I would be doing half of my purchases via NFC.
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Even though gouranga is being downvoted for saying the same thing I'm about to, it bears repeating. Specs matter in the Android world. The faster the phone, the better your experience. This is a tradeoff of an open, general purpose mobile OS. In iOS and Windows Phone, the software is catered directly to the hardware. Faster hardware does not mean you're going to ever notice an increase in speed inside the OS. So when…
It sounds like you're saying MS just didn't implement any features that would take advantage of faster hardware, which is kind of sad if true.
It sounds like you're saying Android has something special that needs more hardware, which isn't true. The _base system_ needs faster hardware, because it's general purpose. An Xbox can run faster than Windows on the same hardware because it's designed for just one implementation.
In short, troll more.
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The Nexus name doesn't mean as much as it used to. Not all Nexus devices offer a pure Android experience - the Verizon version of Nexus will not have Google Wallet. In term of timely updates, the HTC Sensation received ICS update in March 2012 while the Sprint Nexus S 4G was not updated until early April. So take that for what its worth. Don't be surprised if Google ends up allowing carriers and manufacturers to prov…
The lack of Google Wallet on the VZW is not because of a carrier restriction. It's a hardware issue with the VZW CDMA model of the phone.