Android Galaxy Nexus + Ice Cream Sandwich

Originally Posted by Synack

The only thing about all Nexus devices is that they are ALL naturally faster than comparably specced phones. This is because Nexus phones have the stock Android UI with absolutely no wireless carrier extra software garbage. Also they don't have any brand specific UI's like Samsung has Touchwiz, Moto has Motoblur, HTC has Sense, etc etc. All of those things make a high specced phone run slower. Which is why you always see a Nexus phone benchmark so much higher. AND Nexus phones will always be the first to be updated! That's why I absolutely cannot resist it.

Originally Posted by The Dimer

Do you think the Galaxy S3 will have Touchwiz on it? I guess I didn't realize not having it third party UIs was a Nexus thing. When I saw the Galaxy Nexus on the press release I was hoping Google was finally getting away from this open source crap that lets everyone put their useless software on all the phones.