Galaxy Nexus勢搶iPhone 4S半壁江山！

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Galaxy Nexus勢搶iPhone 4S半壁江山！

Samsung今日在香港全球首發旗艦機Galaxy Nexus

Galaxy Nexus產品規格：

作業系統：Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
處理器：1.2GHz雙核心處理器
顯示屏：4.65吋1,280 x 720 HD Super AMOLED
記憶體：16GB/32GB ROM + 1GB RAM
網絡制式：HSPA+ 21Mbps/HSUPA 5.76Mbps 850/900/1800/1900/1700/2100
鏡頭：500萬像素自動對焦連LED閃燈（主鏡頭） / 130萬像素（前置鏡頭）
影片：1080p @30fps MPEG4/H.263/H.26
感應器：加速度傳感器 /指南針/ Gyro感應器/ 近接感應器/ 氣壓計
電池：1,750mAh鋰電池
體積：135.5 x 67.94 x 8.84毫米
重量：135克
查詢：Samsung 3698 4698
售價：待定

　　蘋果公布iPhone4S後你感到失望？沒有更大的屏幕你不高興？沒有更多新的用家體驗讓你不爽？那麼將目光投向今日(10月19日)在香港全球首發的Samsung Galaxy Nexus吧！或者Galaxy S系未能雄霸銀河系，但Galaxy Nexus絕對有能力搶佔iPhone 4S的半壁江山！

Google及Samsung的高層來港推介最新的Galaxy Nexus

由於是全球首發，今日發布會現場「香港會展」逼得水泄不通

　　Google及Samsung第一次在香港進行發布會，一併公布最新的旗艦手機Galaxy Nexus以及最新Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)作業系統。

用家可以對不同Widgets有更多不同的設定

　　Galaxy Nexus拿上手，最吸引筆者的是其「巨屏」。大的顯示屏的確是大勢所趨，皆因智能手機用途愈來愈多，更大的顯示屏變成是一個必需品而非錦上添花。Samsung一向以顯示屏質素而自豪，亦不用其他用家懷疑。Galaxy Nexus使用4.65吋(GS2只是4.3吋)的高清AMOLED，解像度達到1,280 x 720(GS2是800x480)，單是這一個規格就已經贏了iPhone4S幾條街。

　　新機雖然仍採用1.2GHz的雙核心晶片，但筆者使用新機時，感覺仍然是很快及很爽，相信新系統的優化能減低晶片的負荷。拿Galaxy Nexus跑一趟Benchmark，不過分數極低，但這不會令筆者有所戒心，始終新系統未能讓測試程式跑得更快，稍後相信會有更佳表現。

擁有人面分辨技術，不是機主不能開啟手機

Contact的全新界面

新增了Beam及NFC功能，主要是用作與其他手機資料互換

　　Android新作業系統4.0亦給予新用家不少全新體驗。新增了Face Unlock功能，用家只要對準鏡頭Galaxy Nexus才會解鎖；更強勁的日程及電郵App，值得一提，電郵App可以讓用家Offline瀏覽過去30日的Gmail電郵，方便Data量有限的用家。Android 4.0亦更新了聯絡人程式，可以讓用家為聯絡人貼上高清圖片，來電時顯示會有更大張的大頭照；該程式亦與其他社交網絡程式有更多整合，用家在系統任何地方，只要按下對應聯絡人的圖片，均可以即時彈出該聯絡人的聯絡方式。

相機只有500萬像素令人有倒退的感覺

　　攝像鏡頭是令筆者有點猶豫的地方，猶豫在於應該是彈還是讚。500萬像素可以說得上是倒退得令用家震驚(GS2及iPhone 4S均是800萬像素)，不過內涵還是不俗。接近零時滯的快門、相與相之間的時距縮減，拍攝上是比較方便。另外Google加入了「一掃全境」的功能，以及拍攝短片時可以有多種即時特效，為相機部分加了不少分數。這裡算是軟件遠遠拋離硬件。

　　以上這些均只是筆者對Galaxy Nexus的初步印象，日後筆者拿到試用版時再為大家詳細介紹 (特別是介面未有中文顯示這方面亦要再作跟進)。簡而言之，Android 4.0 擊敗了 iOS5、Galaxy Nexus 亦贏了iPhone4S，再加上Smasung透露新機將會以有競爭性的價錢出售，絕對是值得期待的大作！

ricrick

these are examples how ppl mod their phone, these chinese ppl are actually doing great job

ricrick

yes. the build quality of iphone is the best amount of any android phones. android phones are always a piece of plastic, which i don't know why manufactures don't use any better material to make their android phones. to keep the cost low?

the UI of android is, yes, not friendly. if you are a 1st time user, u will need time to learn. however, it gives you the "freedom" to customize it. once it is customized for your own need, you will be able to work with it much faster and efficient. I can put widgets on desktop, like facebook, music player, news feeds, email etc..  access is instant. (no more searching icon and opening apps) i can overclock it, i can use different app launcher, different transition effects.. i can use use different themes (if u like iphone, i can use iphone theme.. every icon is changeable and be exactly like iphone's), i can use different kinds of "functional" lock screens (example: instantly access to phone, contact, sms or camera with different swapping gesture).. live wallpapers...  there are still a lot more to list.. i can make my phone so unique

again, if u are iphone fans.. its ok to say "I don't care"
but i am just having so much fun customizing my android

BiscottiGelato

The look and feel of Android (Samsung mainly, being the closest rival) out of the box is still inferior to iPhone. I was playing with a bunch (S2, a HTC one, and some Motorola thing) yesterday. HTC's interface is better, but their phones aren't really any better than iPhone short the screen size. Samsung's phone trump iPhone in spec, but their UI is very very bad. This includes the Nexus Prime. The interface just doesn't look 'personable', feels cold and feels not refined.

I am sure with enough custom stuff you can get Samsung tech + an interface as easy to use as HTC/iOS. And get all the icons/look and feel up to par. Samsung should have that right out of the box if they want to target mainstream audience (where the money is). Google might want to just clamp down on the look and feel across the board, and a more tightly controlled channel for Google blessed Apps on it's App store. In fact I think Google's online tool's interfaces are pretty user friendly. But once Android gets in the hand of Samsung and the like, it became cold with high perceived learning curves...

And the analogy of a stock race car vs a modded car is a very good one. Only that stock fast cars are generally priced out of the general public. Where-as an overpriced phone is still affordable by majority of the middle class. And if it's a matter of convenience vs slight additional cost, it's been proven that time and time again that people will pay for convenience if the value is there and they can afford it,

OncInc

I just started using my first Android phone 2 weeks ago.  I can do the following basic
things right out of the unit without rom mod:
push gmail/e-mail
gps navigation with google navigate (it is in beta; only 2d map, but very responsive)
wifi hotspot tethering
google voice search is still a joke.  Don't know why.

Perhaps I have low expectation (My last phone is a 5yrs old palm os 5.2 phone.)
But I am pretty happy with my Android.  And I rack up 3 GB
mobile data already (lots of it is tethering)
Not bad for a low end smartphone.  
And yes, i am a lowballer

pkphilip

I understand your comparison, it's like some people who buy race ready stock cars for racing. Then there are those who likes to put things together and get their hands dirty and race it. One thing for sure, the time and effort spent fixing things is still cheaper than buying something ready-made! I admit I am cheap, and I am not letting Apple take any more of my $$$.

The mentality are different, therefore the marketplace can accomodate both. There is absolutely nothing wrong about it, it's a matter of choice. At the end of the day, when I brag about the new ROM I made/improved in XDA gives me more motivations to keep doing it. This is innovation.

Philip

BiscottiGelato

Problem with Android... for someone that just want to whip out a phone and just use it. It's inferior to iPhone. Most people just use their phone. Need to look nice and work nice out of the box. Those stock Samsung Android stock interface icons are some of the most passionless icons ever. Just turning on your phone makes you not wanna bother learning it. They need to poach some Apple UI guys and need to do it fast.

I am tech savvy, but I just don't have time for this crap. Most my co-workers are 6 fig+ technical people. Semi-con design/dev, etc. Geeky as hell. All use iPhone. No one even blink an eye to Android. Nobody have time to play with custom ROM and such. Out of the box, iPhone looks good, uniform UI with strict functional and stylistic standard for every App before it's allowed to be released. No headache, all works.

What most people use is stock form, + at max an App or 2. Not a lot of people have all day to fiddle with the OS all day. Just find out what I want, give me as close as you can of what I want, with 0 overhead on my part. Just friggin work and work well! I don't have time to tweak it. It's just that simple.


Apple have developed this reputation where things just work, so just buy it and start doing things with it, as opposed to buy it and do things to get it working. Android will first need to develop in this mainstream direction, and then it needs to gain such a reputation... Then it will be able to take the mainstream business. Until then, it will be a slow battle...

lo_pak

回復 7# hirokendo

The information on that comparison chart has some mistakes...

hirokendo

回復 6# lo_pak

http://versusio.com/en/google-ne ... g-galaxy-s-ii-i9100

lo_pak

What's the difference between this Galaxy Nexus and the SII?