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Android for all and the new Nexus 5

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Re: Android for all and the new Nexus 5

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Post by canistr »

Grognak wrote: post #15
bsimpson wrote: post #5

I'm sad that the Galaxy Nexus isn't supported. My phone has increasingly been running out of RAM lately for reasons I don't understand - hearing Google boast about how KitKat has been optimized for memory had me hoping that it would support more than just the latest-greatest.

Galaxy Nexus isn't supported? Got a source on that? If so, that's really disappointing :\.

Android 4.4, KitKat, which comes on Nexus 5, will also soon be available on Nexus 4, 7, 10, the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Play edition devices in the coming weeks.

Re: Android for all and the new Nexus 5

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Post by kevincrane »

Grognak wrote: post #15
bsimpson wrote: post #5

I'm sad that the Galaxy Nexus isn't supported. My phone has increasingly been running out of RAM lately for reasons I don't understand - hearing Google boast about how KitKat has been optimized for memory had me hoping that it would support more than just the latest-greatest.

Galaxy Nexus isn't supported? Got a source on that? If so, that's really disappointing :\.

> "Android 4.4, KitKat, which comes on Nexus 5, will also soon be available on Nexus 4, 7, 10, the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Play edition devices in the coming weeks."

Hopefully they get it working for the Galaxy Nexus somehow, mine has been a crapshoot for memory recently with Chrome just randomly restarting at times.

Re: Android for all and the new Nexus 5

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Post by csomar »

I had a terrible experience with the Nexus S. I bought it a couple years ago (which seems to be a vety long time in Google terms) and right now it's totally unusable. It's very slow, the battery is sucked up in less than an hour when on wifi, some apps can't work, the play store is a mess and I can go on and on.

I experienced the nexus 4 a little bit and though it's a great phone I'm afraid the next OS updates are going to ruin it just like it happened to the poor Nexus S.

My next phone is going to be an iPhone as I had a rather pleasant experience on the iPad.

Re: Android for all and the new Nexus 5

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Post by kcorbitt »

Spoom wrote: post #13

Behind the polish on the screen is the power under the hood. Take the Phone app, which for most people hasn’t really changed since the days of flip phones. Now, we’re making calling easier than ever, by helping you search across your contacts, nearby places, or even Google Apps accounts (like your company’s directory), directly from within the app. Is that marketing speak for, "We're moving the Phone app into Google…

Some background on how this fits into a wider trend: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-...

And the discussion, much of which involves explaining why this tendency is maybe not as sinister as the Ars article implies: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6582494

Re: Android for all and the new Nexus 5

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Post by dman »

srin wrote: post #14
wnevets wrote: post #4

Has been less than a year since the 4. What is the major difference from the 4?

It's 2 weeks from a year, hasn't that been about the same as the release cycle for most flagship smartphones? Also, site's down I think, but apparently there's a new camera, haven't heard of much else

1080p screen vs 720p, faster processor, wireless charging, opengl es 3.0 support.
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