Comments on: First Live Nexus Prime Photo Appears, No Physical Buttons in Sight

By: Thelionsroar

Thelionsroar — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:16:00 +0000

if it has no sd card slot….a huge no go deal breaker….if that is confirmed then I will be getting the GS2 like originally planned.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:49:00 +0000

Well, yeah you’re right that they do sometimes round these numbers, but that’s usually for marketing purposes. In an app like this that’s actually calculating it, it would only round to the nearest whole number. The calculations I did were based on 319.96 dpi, and got 4.59 inches.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:15:00 +0000

I think they rounded that “densityDPI” number up. The ppi for a 4.65″ 1280×720 display is about 315.8. I don’t get those “xdpi” and “ydpi” numbers though… They should be exactly the same.

By: Bullet Tooth Tony

Bullet Tooth Tony — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:56:00 +0000

Fair observation. Less than a week, we’ll know. I’m still excited, real or fake…

By: gearmonky

gearmonky — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:50:00 +0000

not fake (at least, not fake based on what you’re saying). what you’re seeing is a combination of two things: first, as anyone who has ever done dev work (hardware, not software) can attest, there are plenty of times when text starts on the leftmost pixel. it would never be that way in a finished product, but especially when you’re firing something up for the first time and do the obligatory “hello world” or a diagnostic display, you will see text starting at the very first pixel. second, the camera is being held at a slight angle to the phone, which cuts off the first 2-3 pixels as a matter of perspective. text starting at the first pixel looks weird enough, but if you take even 2-3 extra pixels off of it, it is going to look like it does in the shot above

not saying its real (actually i’m not claiming either way), but i’m saying your observation probably isn’t grounds for dismissal.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:10:00 +0000

I think this time we are in for a treat with this Nexus model.

By: Ryan Strat

Ryan Strat — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:44:00 +0000

Based on a pixel density of 320 ppi, and a resolution of 1200 by 720, the screen is a 4.3″ screen!

By: J Dub

J Dub — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:57:00 +0000

I’m sorry, but look at the bottom. Its black. What looks silver is the flash on the black plastic. This is 100% fake.

By: Tyrian

Tyrian — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:16:00 +0000

Spoken like a true OG Droid owner

By: Adam Elghor

Adam Elghor — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:13:00 +0000

^this

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:08:00 +0000

Yup, and thus the beauty of Samoled, a true black screen that blends in perfectly with the black bezel.

By: kweber

kweber — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:06:00 +0000

The home button or on screen home key or whatever is in the middle… is apple going to sue ? lol no but the Optimus 2 and the non-us galaxy s II both have their home button in the middle… F**k i forgot what i was going to say about that…. someone spit ideas out..

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:56:00 +0000

Am I insane to say I still would prefer physical buttons to on-screen buttons? I just don’t see the need.

By: Haelstrom

Haelstrom — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:48:00 +0000

I’m sure the glare was intentional to make it look more real. Who would even use this picture. If it was real they would have taken more care to get a good picture that you could see clearly. The fact its a crappy image and has a glare just screams they hiding something. Maybe the real phone or actually ICS but I’m doubting both.

On a side note I can’t wait to see the real thing. The iPhone 4S release just didn’t do it for me. Mediocre upgrades. Apples plan is obvious. Release a half baked release and sue the crap out of the only real competition to make sure they sell more.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:37:00 +0000

Even better!