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Android 4.1 Jelly Bean: faster, smoother, more delightful (ars technica)Android 4.1 Jelly Bean: faster, smoother, more delightful (ars technica)Posted Jul 3, 2012 8:28 UTC (Tue) by rich0 (guest, #55509)In reply to: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean: faster, smoother, more delightful (ars technica) by aryonoco Parent article: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean: faster, smoother, more delightful (ars technica)
Perhaps, but timing is an issue. I'm considering getting a phone but I'd never buy a Galaxy Nexus now. That phone is almost 9 months old already - halfway though its likely supported lifetime (I've yet to see Google release a Nexus update more than 18 months from original release - and they sell their phones for a fairly long time - you could have bought an ADP and never gotten an update).
The other big issue with the Nexus line is lack of subsidy (varies by carrier). $400 is a lot to pay for a phone if you don't get a break on your monthly rate. The only carrier I'm aware of that will give you a break on the rate is T-Mobile, and for 4 lines you're looking at a savings of $900 every 18 months which is hardly the value of four free phones (two smart and two dumb).
The math probably works better for individual plans.
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Android 4.1 Jelly Bean: faster, smoother, more delightful (ars technica) Posted Jul 3, 2012 23:20 UTC (Tue) by jimparis (subscriber, #38647) [Link]
> Perhaps, but timing is an issue. I'm considering getting a phone but I'd never buy a Galaxy Nexus now. That phone is almost 9 months old already - halfway though its likely supported lifetime
It's also half the original price by now, so that still seems like a reasonable purchase.
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