Android is about the latest and greatest and they failed with this latest update of the Nexus. This is a stunt Apple would of pulled and if this was about choice then we would see two variants of the phone. I am sticking on to my current Nexus from Samsung and will upgrade once Google decides to include LTE.
All they really had to do was include a LTE variant and they would of been ok in my book and let the consumer decide if the price increase is justifiable.
All they really had to do was include a LTE variant and they would of been ok in my book and let the consumer decide if the price increase is justifiable.
...and if the consumer decides that the price increase is not justifiable, how much money does Google lose?
reply to michieru I have a Sprint Galaxy Nexus, and it gets horrible battery life compared to the unlocked Galaxy Nexus unless you turn off the LTE radio. Even when the radio is doing nothing at all (because there's no LTE in my area) it still drains battery.
reply to FBGuy They can make one that's all well round with LTE, or they can include the option of one that has LTE. So if you did not release a product that consumers want then of course people will complain.
You also believe that having LTE = horrible battery life. If Apple was able to do it then so can Google and better. Also let's not forget that with current 3G platforms you can disable it to simply use 2G for extra power savings. The same can be said for LTE. So no there is no excuse why not to include or at least have the option to buy a version with LTE. If consumers don't want LTE then they can get the base model which works just as good but without it.
Maybe right now there isn't a HSPA+ and LTE on a single chip and that was the deciding factor. If that were the case Google could of waited for a even more powerful release later on. So if anything it looks more like a jerk reaction towards the iPhone 5 and a failed attempt at that.
if they added LTE, it would have to support how many different LTE networks all operating on different frequencies. The time is not right to make a phone that supports that many networks. It would be nice, but the idea is ridiculous. I'd venture a guess that the price for support of a device like that would go up significantly also. This phone wasn't made to appease Sprint and Verizon customers. It is a global phone made to appease other markets.
reply to Really That depends on too many variables to actually give you a simple answer.
1. Stock 2. Manufacturing 3. Availability 4. Cost 5. Engineering of second model. 6. Time
The list goes on.
Now, if Google decided to release a detailed PR about the reason behind it such as the cost increase from the original model and vice versa then we can look further into this issue. I doubt any such PR will happen though.
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