Galaxy s2 vs galaxy nexus. Which will run ICS better?

I have seen comparisons between the S2 and the Nexus. And the S2 blows away the nexus in just about everything. But this could be because all the software is optimized for gingerbread, and the nexus runs ics. Will the nexus turn into completely different phone when ics starts to get support? And will the S2 lag behind ? The Nexus was built for ics while the s2 was not.

in terms of hardware im guessing that the s2 is beter, but like u mentioned the nexus is google's baby so...idk

The S2's hardware is slightly better I believe, but the native ICS release will probably have TouchWiz laid on top of it.Makari

You can disable Touchwiz

quad core wont be avaiable on LTE networks from what Ive read. Itll be dual core, probably not much of a difference.

quad core wont be avaiable on LTE networks from what Ive read. Itll be dual core, probably not much of a difference.

awptical

They did an off screen run at 720p and Tegra 3 is about 25% faster. Wouldn't call that the difference between "a little sub par" and "amazing". But I see your point.red12355

Yeah, I was kinda disappointed as well. From what I've heard, Adreno 3xx GPUs will be out in 6 months along with a bunch of other GPU architectures. It'll be really interesting to see which of the Adreno 3xxx/PowerVR SGX544/Mali T604/Tegra 3 archs come out on top.red12355

In theory, they would run equally. The GS2 has better hardware and far fewer pixels to push, the Nexus uses the exact hardware ICS was designed to work best on.

I have CyanogenMod9 on my Galaxy S2 (Its basically a beta ICS rom) I compared it to my friends nexus and my phone was way faster (and the rom is still in the development stage!)SPBoss

Not a fair comparison. A rooted android phone is generally faster than a stock one, and Cyanogenmod inclues speed tweaks

In theory, they would run equally. The GS2 has better hardware and far fewer pixels to push, the Nexus uses the exact hardware ICS was designed to work best on.

[QUOTE="SPBoss"]I have CyanogenMod9 on my Galaxy S2 (Its basically a beta ICS rom) I compared it to my friends nexus and my phone was way faster (and the rom is still in the development stage!)semianonymous

Not a fair comparison. A rooted android phone is generally faster than a stock one, and Cyanogenmod inclues speed tweaks

S2 should run better, although neither will give you performance issues. The higher rez Display Is something to consider. The small Resolution on the S2 looks terrible in comparison. Thankfully the 720P resolution Is Here.

S2 should run better, although neither will give you performance issues. The higher rez Display Is something to consider. The small Resolution on the S2 looks terrible in comparison. Thankfully the 720P resolution Is Here.

awptical

Sorry, But No. They are not close at all. Small text Is unreadable On the S2 Whereas on the Nexus its.Crisp and.clean. You can Notice the difference even more on HD Movies. Its NigHt And.day. Browsing websites also Shows Tons more of THe Page On the higher resoLutiOn. My brother has a S2 So I'm speaking On experience. PenTile is irrelevant when your dealings with That Many.more.pixels. Not tooting my own Horn here or any thing, Just want people.to Be informed. The Gnex has the best.displayed Currently hands down. We'll see If The new HTC changes that.

Sorry for the.random capitalizations. This forum and my phone.don't Seem to mix well.

I can read pretty much any text just fine on my S2. I'm not really sure what you mean by small text is illegible. Its certainly not ideal, but thats more a fault of a smaller screen, rather than resolution