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Worth switching Nexus S for Galaxy Nexus?

Creator: Searz December 13, 2011 10:20am
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Soooo, I broke my Nexus S recently and sent it back.
Now I can choose between getting my money back or getting a new phone.


Should I "upgrade" to Galaxy Nexus or keep my Nexus S?

Nexus S




Galaxy Nexus



Main features:


Nexus S vs Galaxy Nexus

Screen: 4" 480x800 vs 4.65" 720x1280 with better black (u know; nigga ppl) and viewing angles
CPU: 1GHz vs 1.2GHz*2 (dual core)
RAM: 512MB vs 1GB
GPU: same on both (pretty strong)
Camera: pretty much the same, but 1080p recording on Galaxy, compared to 480p on Nexus S
Battery: is bound to be better on Nexus S. Especially under heavy use, because of the HUGE screen on Galaxy.
Price: 328€ vs 602€

I'm leaning towards Nexus S because it's so smooth and fast already. The main reason I'm considering the Galaxy Nexus is HD movies playback. Using Mobo player I often have to switch to fast SW decoder on Nexus S, which drops the quality a little.
Is there a good movie player that reads h264 (and other good formats) and uses GPU acceleration instead of CPU? Because I've heard that Mobo uses CPU and that GPU might be better.
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And I thought this was about the LoL Nexus. q-q

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Erm, didn't you only buy it like, two months ago?

How on earth did you break it already? :P
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Luther3000 wrote:

How on earth did you break it already? :P

ROM flashing, maybe. (basically changing OS)
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The battery became the deciding factor.
I'll be getting a new Nexus S.
Galaxy Nexus's screen and CPU put it at roughly half the battery time of Nexus S during heavy use.
That is huge to me.

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