A lot of people don't need all of that stuff, they just need a simple, compact and convenient phone. I had a Galaxy Nexus which is a clearly better device, but I traded it in for an iPhone 4s because I just never used any of those extra fancy features. I use my tablet for EVERYTHING, so I really dont need much on a phone besides, music, texting and calling. But some like using their phone for everything so its pretty much personal preference.
I may be wrong, but I believe I saw a bar at the top of the Galaxy Nexus's page. I think the Nexus displayed it faster, but it wasn't fully loaded at the moment, the iPhone loaded it completely first.
I just noticed that as well. The Nexus had the entire flash page loaded mid sentence (the flash sidebar shows the difference) while the iPhone finished about when he finished his sentence.
Both have Dual cores ARM Cortex-A9 Processor.... 800 Mhz on Iphone 4S on an "Apple A5" SoC, and 1200Mhz on Galaxy Nexus on an "OMAP 4460" SoC by Texas Instruments. Many people think that the Apple A5 its the processor but its the "SoC" Chip. So both have Basically the same processor only with 50% higher frecuency on the OMAP version. Diference on speed many times are given by the OS and software optimizations.
The graphics are much faster on the 4S, but not quite as fast at loading because that is using more of the CPU, not the GPU. And this comparison is not accurate at all because both of them have things running in the background, especially the iPhone, it had over 12 things running at one time, probably a lot more.
How much the Galaxy Nexus cost inside the store not online because im choosing nexus over the iphone but i need to know the price for the nexus.9-23-12.
no like 7:02, the nexus loads the page with flash before the iphone 4s and at 7:31, the nexus loads the page faster again. both times he said the iphone loads the page faster.
nexus or s2? i have the iphone 4s but i hate it, so i want one of the 2 i listed, which one should i get, or are there ant better ones? i dont want the note...took big
Both are great phones. I had the Nexus for about a month and loved it. Now i have the 4s and Love it also. All depends on your usage on it and how much you really wanna do on it. BOTH ARE GREAT!
My Galaxy Nexus never really failed me when it comes to battery life, I consider myself a fairly frequent user and I usually end the day around 20% (about 2-3 hours screen on and around 15 hours total). I have also seen many of my friends who own iphones complain about battery and have it die on them when we're hanging out at around 6 pm.
how come at the end of the video 16:32 , when he is recording in hd, in the nexus the tree is on the right, while on the iphone the tree is on the left? o.O
Like I said it depends on preference. Less to you may not mean less for me. For instance almost all of my friends have iPhones so I can use iMessage and facetime with them whereas not with android. Also I didnt want to downgrade to a 5mp camera on the Nexus when the 4s has an 8mp. I've also invested way too much in the App Store to ditch it altogether and re-buy everything in the Play Store. I got the iPhone 4s for $50 so it wasn't too pricey. Ultimately its all preference.
I'm 5'2", my hands are small. I have a Galaxy Nexus. I use it with one hand comfortably. It feels perfect. The iphone 4s is miniscule and pixel density doesn't beat resolution. Galaxy nexus with ICS was still faster than the iphone 4S in your video. Now I have Jellybean, It'll smoke that puny 4S.
i was talking about instant push notifications.. android has 3 min delay for twitter.. ios is smoother.. i own the original galaxy s, s2 and an iphone4 and use the s2 for browsing and watching videos.. iphone's keyboard is just the right size for texting.. maybe nexus is better..
A note on the web browsing; you have to take notice that while the iPhone was faster on the desktop, the Nexus is running Flash. Not quite fair, since the Nexus has to load more.
i have original galaxy s , s2 and an iphone4. I was talking about instant push notifications and ios in my opinion is much smoother. the keyboard is better than s2 in my opinion.. i copy paste a lot of quotes on twitter and iphone is a life saver.. and i use my s2 for browsing and watching videos.. apple app store has better apps.. some are paid but better
I liked the video. In my opinion the Galaxy Nexus looks so much better with the larger screen especially on camera but I didn't feel like he was being over opinionated about the iPhone. Not sure why everyone has to be so negative online... Thanks for the video
i have the samsung nexus luv the phone but the screen is broke now and i live in Egypt Cairo so i cannot get it replaced can any one help me hw to purchase it from any website
@SydneyCutis1. In my opinion and the opinion of others, android devices like the nexus offer many customizational features which allow you to really know your phone. To make the software and its technology part of you. But with IOs, the IPhone 4s its more of a get up and go kind of phone. No true customizational features and the one home button makes the use of less buttons to use. But in my opinion I think the nexus would be the better buy. Love both respective OS. Just have fun with nexus!
where is it more affordable , i really want the nexus because its an amazing phone but its around 500 euro, while the iphone 4 is 412 euro , its not that i think the iphone is better (because its not) its just that i really want to find a place where they sell the nexus for around 300-400 euro,if you know any place please tell me. Thanks
I have to agree with you.I had an S2 but it was stolen...Now I'm getting gnex(maybe S3 but I think I'm going for gnex since it's a google phone) for the more and fast updates,HD screen,NFC,notification LED and the amazing design.Only thing I'm going to miss is the 8mpx camera but I read that the gnex's cam is decent enough.
Pretty sure the only thing making you think twice before buying a GNex to take the 4S is the camera... It's undeniable it can take great shots... If you are more in camera take 4S, or else Gnex
What people dont know is that Galaxy Nexus is a developer-oriented phone, it was made to experiment on.. What you cant do on iPhone is change the OS to something better, nor change kernels into faster ones.. he's using stock.. Go with for example, bigxie's rom and Trinity kernel at 1600mhz, voila.. GNex is twice as fast as iphone any day :P
Galaxy nexus is now 350$ on google play store. I just ordered mine yesterday waiting for it to come in!! can't beat the nexus for 350$ and i got t-mobile 5gb of 4g for 30$ a month love no contracts.
Just got the nexus I love it it blows all the other phones away :) a bunch of my friends who used to say how good there phones were ended up jealous by the time we compared them
I have an upgrade for my phone soon and i dont know if i should get the samsung galaxy nexus or the iphone 4s i heard that the nexus isint the best phone for first time smartphone users...i have always wanted an iphone but i want a phone that will be durable cause i drop my phones alot...i want a phone that will keep me intrested for a long time....i need help
I think that they are pretty evenly matched, with the Nexus having the bigger screen but the iPhone counters that with a higher resolution density screen etc. I think that doing the internet test and saying that one phone is better than the other is just stupid, as they are still within seconds of each other - same as in the games. It's just personal preference, just as with any other phone on the market today, there is no wrong or right phone to have.
Ordered the Nexus today, the price has gone down nicely. My another phone is a windowsphone, only time will tell will Nexus gonna be my primary device. I hope so.
No one really notices that even tho the browser bar fills a little faster in iphone4s there is a little circle on the notificatios bar that indicates it's still rendering and loading
if u see the status/loading bar on both phones the 4s finished first even though nexus got to the webpage earlier. Probably because the galaxy nexus has to download more data cause of the big screen.
well the S3 which is one device already out sold the IPhone 4 and 4s, so I think that's case closed for this one and android probably has a higher market share than 70% I think (I saw the charts somewhere),
:) let me ask you something... what would you choose: Samsung Galaxy S3 mini or iphone 4s? i need someone's opinion... Or some other android phone (price up to aprox. 350$)? ps. correct my english if it's not proper
Yeah I know :P But still, they will always be more details with a 8MP... True that playing an HD video on a 4S screen won't change anything compared to a 960x640 video.. But on PC or TV... Well whatever both devices are great. They have their own pros and cons. :D
Note that when the iPhone loads pages, Safari will often claim that a page is finished loading all its elements, when in fact if you look at the status bar the data indicator is still going. Clever, Apple.
Vibrance has to do with color reproduction, and the iphone screen is not the best. For the LCD type I would say LCD2, SuperClear LCD or Super IPS+ LCD... All of them are better in color reproduction. Highest resolution... it's more about pixel density... GNex has a higher resolution lol, but the pixel density is less due to the big screen. However, Gnex's screen is still sharp and pixels are not visible. Retina Display is way too packed with pixels though which is quite useless.
Nexus is probably in top 5 best android phones right now, i advice to see the OSes before buying, Don't choose between Nexus and iPhone, choose between iOS and Android first, Also put both in your hand, their seize is different, Check the white Nexus too :D
Oleo, derived from the Latin word for Oil: "Oleum", when combined with the uffix "Phobic" would suggest that and Oleophobic coating is some sort of oil/fingerprint resistant coat on the screen.
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Galaxy Nexus now consider as small phone
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A lot of people don't need all of that stuff, they just need a simple, compact and convenient phone. I had a Galaxy Nexus which is a clearly better device, but I traded it in for an iPhone 4s because I just never used any of those extra fancy features. I use my tablet for EVERYTHING, so I really dont need much on a phone besides, music, texting and calling. But some like using their phone for everything so its pretty much personal preference.
Old Brandon Miniman. Great guy.
Crazy how excited he is now in 2019 lol.
I may be wrong, but I believe I saw a bar at the top of the Galaxy Nexus's page. I think the Nexus displayed it faster, but it wasn't fully loaded at the moment, the iPhone loaded it completely first.
I just noticed that as well. The Nexus had the entire flash page loaded mid sentence (the flash sidebar shows the difference) while the iPhone finished about when he finished his sentence.
This was such a great informative comparison video. Thanks for doing this man.
has the galaxy nexus come to america yet and if so do you know how much it costs?
I currently have a 32GB iPhone 4 and I'm SO excited to get the Galaxy Nexus tomorrow
Both have Dual cores ARM Cortex-A9 Processor.... 800 Mhz on Iphone 4S on an "Apple A5" SoC, and 1200Mhz on Galaxy Nexus on an "OMAP 4460" SoC by Texas Instruments.
Many people think that the Apple A5 its the processor but its the "SoC" Chip. So both have Basically the same processor only with 50% higher frecuency on the OMAP version.
Diference on speed many times are given by the OS and software optimizations.
The graphics are much faster on the 4S, but not quite as fast at loading because that is using more of the CPU, not the GPU. And this comparison is not accurate at all because both of them have things running in the background, especially the iPhone, it had over 12 things running at one time, probably a lot more.
most objective comparison I have seen! great work! thumbs up.
Funny thing is, ICS 4.0.4 comes as standard on the S3... Just saying, no need to wait for it.
How much the Galaxy Nexus cost inside the store not online because im choosing nexus over the iphone but i need to know the price for the nexus.9-23-12.
Brandon, are you going to do a new comparison of the iphone 5 vs Galaxy nexus w/ JB and project butter?
yeah im sick of my iphone 4s i wanna phablet but should i wait for htc butterfly x or just buy the note 2
no like 7:02, the nexus loads the page with flash before the iphone 4s and at 7:31, the nexus loads the page faster again. both times he said the iphone loads the page faster.
He talks about the moment when the site is fully loaded ( that bar on the top )
any news on when the new nexus is releasing?
I have a Xperia Play, is it worth upgrading to the Galaxy Nexus?
nexus or s2? i have the iphone 4s but i hate it, so i want one of the 2 i listed, which one should i get, or are there ant better ones? i dont want the note...took big
Is it possible to focus while filming on the SGN ??
how often would you be reading a book that close to see the "pixels"? please make some better more relevant tests
Beautiful comparison.
Both are great phones. I had the Nexus for about a month and loved it. Now i have the 4s and Love it also. All depends on your usage on it and how much you really wanna do on it. BOTH ARE GREAT!
When does the next Nexus phone come out?
what was the little flashing light at the bottom of the galaxy nexus
nice! but why didnt u go for s3?
The first time you went to multitasking on the galaxy nexus and exited from there,the app drawer icon had changed to an s3 style one. Why?
My Galaxy Nexus never really failed me when it comes to battery life, I consider myself a fairly frequent user and I usually end the day around 20% (about 2-3 hours screen on and around 15 hours total). I have also seen many of my friends who own iphones complain about battery and have it die on them when we're hanging out at around 6 pm.
the loading bar has the final word
Go with the Galaxy Nexus, or maybe consider the HTC One X or Samsung Galaxy S3.
Can you use the nexus with a horizontal screen?
what is the white point showing up at the bottom of the galaxy nexus ?
that button flashes when you get a text, call or notification. it lets you know if you have a notification.
how come at the end of the video 16:32 , when he is recording in hd, in the nexus the tree is on the right, while on the iphone the tree is on the left? o.O
Like I said it depends on preference. Less to you may not mean less for me. For instance almost all of my friends have iPhones so I can use iMessage and facetime with them whereas not with android. Also I didnt want to downgrade to a 5mp camera on the Nexus when the 4s has an 8mp. I've also invested way too much in the App Store to ditch it altogether and re-buy everything in the Play Store. I got the iPhone 4s for $50 so it wasn't too pricey. Ultimately its all preference.
whats the price of nexus in market ?
I'm 5'2", my hands are small. I have a Galaxy Nexus. I use it with one hand comfortably. It feels perfect. The iphone 4s is miniscule and pixel density doesn't beat resolution. Galaxy nexus with ICS was still faster than the iphone 4S in your video. Now I have Jellybean, It'll smoke that puny 4S.
i was talking about instant push notifications.. android has 3 min delay for twitter.. ios is smoother.. i own the original galaxy s, s2 and an iphone4 and use the s2 for browsing and watching videos.. iphone's keyboard is just the right size for texting.. maybe nexus is better..
A note on the web browsing; you have to take notice that while the iPhone was faster on the desktop, the Nexus is running Flash. Not quite fair, since the Nexus has to load more.
I'm watching this in 2020. So weird.
At the end I believe the nexus has a better frame rate when recording 1080p. The iPhone frame rate was kind of choppy.
i have original galaxy s , s2 and an iphone4. I was talking about instant push notifications and ios in my opinion is much smoother. the keyboard is better than s2 in my opinion.. i copy paste a lot of quotes on twitter and iphone is a life saver.. and i use my s2 for browsing and watching videos.. apple app store has better apps.. some are paid but better
i dont get it why'd he said iPhone loaded pocketnow's website faster
Does anyone know if the galaxy nexus will work with the South African network Vodacom?? Thanks so much would be very grateful for a response...
I liked the video. In my opinion the Galaxy Nexus looks so much better with the larger screen especially on camera but I didn't feel like he was being over opinionated about the iPhone. Not sure why everyone has to be so negative online... Thanks for the video
i have the samsung nexus luv the phone but the screen is broke now and i live in Egypt Cairo so i cannot get it replaced can any one help me hw to purchase it from any website
Why did you get rid of the Nexus?
@SydneyCutis1. In my opinion and the opinion of others, android devices like the nexus offer many customizational features which allow you to really know your phone. To make the software and its technology part of you. But with IOs, the IPhone 4s its more of a get up and go kind of phone. No true customizational features and the one home button makes the use of less buttons to use. But in my opinion I think the nexus would be the better buy. Love both respective OS. Just have fun with nexus!
where is it more affordable , i really want the nexus because its an amazing phone but its around 500 euro, while the iphone 4 is 412 euro , its not that i think the iphone is better (because its not) its just that i really want to find a place where they sell the nexus for around 300-400 euro,if you know any place please tell me. Thanks
Just picked up a GN for 30 from WireFly. New Nexus phones should be out this month and next month.
I have to agree with you.I had an S2 but it was stolen...Now I'm getting gnex(maybe S3 but I think I'm going for gnex since it's a google phone) for the more and fast updates,HD screen,NFC,notification LED and the amazing design.Only thing I'm going to miss is the 8mpx camera but I read that the gnex's cam is decent enough.
Pretty sure the only thing making you think twice before buying a GNex to take the 4S is the camera... It's undeniable it can take great shots... If you are more in camera take 4S, or else Gnex
It lacks the largeness that you get with the galaxy nexus? you mean the nexus is larger?
on verizon or sprint. the unlocked version (that im getting for simple mobile) has 16 gb
2:00 Good point about being able to reach the full screen with one hand on smaller ones.
How things have changed.
i have iphone 5c
How did the 5c
compare with the nexus 4?
i have a g nexus and have pretty small hands and I might have to re-adjust my grip but no need to use another hand to reach the top of the screen
does the galaxy nexus have a glass screen?
5:00 - no, 90% of people that buy a Nexus phone flash a custom ROM, and on all of custom ROMs, you can choose how many home screens you want.
13:44
Look how much better the picture is on the Nexus compared to the iPhone. Glad I chose Nexus
He was looking at the load bar.
will the nexus come to at&t
eh, nexus looks big, to somebody to has it, is it awkward any when its in your pocket and such?
What people dont know is that Galaxy Nexus is a developer-oriented phone, it was made to experiment on.. What you cant do on iPhone is change the OS to something better, nor change kernels into faster ones.. he's using stock.. Go with for example, bigxie's rom and Trinity kernel at 1600mhz, voila.. GNex is twice as fast as iphone any day :P
Slight edge on the iphone video image it looks like but MAN that big nexus screen is SO NICE!! gotta go with that...
Doesnt really matter but why dont they ever mention the GPU of phones in youtube phone reviews?
Galaxy nexus is now 350$ on google play store. I just ordered mine yesterday waiting for it to come in!! can't beat the nexus for 350$ and i got t-mobile 5gb of 4g for 30$ a month love no contracts.
Whats wrong with battery?
Anyone now 2020?
Just got the nexus I love it it blows all the other phones away :) a bunch of my friends who used to say how good there phones were ended up jealous by the time we compared them
great review, covered many aspects :)
I have an upgrade for my phone soon and i dont know if i should get the samsung galaxy nexus or the iphone 4s i heard that the nexus isint the best phone for first time smartphone users...i have always wanted an iphone but i want a phone that will be durable cause i drop my phones alot...i want a phone that will keep me intrested for a long time....i need help
@7:05 browser test - pocketnow opened faster on Nexus then how come iPhone 4S faster??? That does not make sense...
@Vish you should look on loading bar, it firstly disappeared on iPhone, and then on Nexus
I think that they are pretty evenly matched, with the Nexus having the bigger screen but the iPhone counters that with a higher resolution density screen etc. I think that doing the internet test and saying that one phone is better than the other is just stupid, as they are still within seconds of each other - same as in the games. It's just personal preference, just as with any other phone on the market today, there is no wrong or right phone to have.
galaxy nexus or iphone 4?
my budget is only can buy iphone 4, please tell me which one is better??
Ordered the Nexus today, the price has gone down nicely. My another phone is a windowsphone, only time will tell will Nexus gonna be my primary device. I hope so.
You can buy an unlocked version from google that will work with at&t
No one really notices that even tho the browser bar fills a little faster in iphone4s there is a little circle on the notificatios bar that indicates it's still rendering and loading
I'm pretty sure the Nexus loaded the page before the iPhone @07:00
if u see the status/loading bar on both phones the 4s finished first even though nexus got to the webpage earlier. Probably because the galaxy nexus has to download more data cause of the big screen.
well the S3 which is one device already out sold the IPhone 4 and 4s, so I think that's case closed for this one and android probably has a higher market share than 70% I think (I saw the charts somewhere),
:) let me ask you something... what would you choose: Samsung Galaxy S3 mini or iphone 4s? i need someone's opinion... Or some other android phone (price up to aprox. 350$)?
ps. correct my english if it's not proper
Yeah I know :P But still, they will always be more details with a 8MP... True that playing an HD video on a 4S screen won't change anything compared to a 960x640 video.. But on PC or TV... Well whatever both devices are great. They have their own pros and cons. :D
Note that when the iPhone loads pages, Safari will often claim that a page is finished loading all its elements, when in fact if you look at the status bar the data indicator is still going.
Clever, Apple.
s3 and htc one x has the same 1 gb of ram with quad core processor. s3 dual core processor has 2 gb of ram compared to htc 1 gb dual core processor
Vibrance has to do with color reproduction, and the iphone screen is not the best. For the LCD type I would say LCD2, SuperClear LCD or Super IPS+ LCD... All of them are better in color reproduction.
Highest resolution... it's more about pixel density... GNex has a higher resolution lol, but the pixel density is less due to the big screen. However, Gnex's screen is still sharp and pixels are not visible.
Retina Display is way too packed with pixels though which is quite useless.
Nexus is probably in top 5 best android phones right now, i advice to see the OSes before buying, Don't choose between Nexus and iPhone, choose between iOS and Android first,
Also put both in your hand, their seize is different,
Check the white Nexus too :D
no if your phone locked you will see just the icon of the event like messed call icon
but it will not show any information
@xNAILEDxITx This video was made in December 2011. The nexus was running Android 4.0 then. Project butter is only on Android 4.1.
bro got to tell you the iphone is finished if the circle next to the wifi icon disappears wen using the browser
isnt it a Dual-Core @ 800MHz in the iPhone?
Thanks Jason for clearing that up
Oleo, derived from the Latin word for Oil: "Oleum", when combined with the uffix "Phobic" would suggest that and Oleophobic coating is some sort of oil/fingerprint resistant coat on the screen.