The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS powered smartphone, packed with high-end specifications and a solid hardware under the hood. This handset is also known as “Google nexus Prime”.
According to the rumors, Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be shipping pre-installed with the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS, packed with A contour display with an ultra-thin bezel an 9mm metal shell, while the body of the phone is just 8.94mm thick, sporting a 4.65 inches of Super AMOLED HD display with a curved display at a resolution of 1280 x 720-pixel (with a 100,000:1 contrast ratio and 16:9 aspect ratio), equipped with a 5 megapixel camera to capture video at 1080p HD (with LED Flash with zero shutter lag and fast shot2shot), an additional 1.3MP front facing camera. Under the hood, there is a TI OMAP 4460 1.2GHz dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM, 32GB built-in memory storage, LTE/HSPA connectivity, Barometer for making initial GPS calculations go faster, the ability to monitor each app’s data usage on the device, Hidden notification LED, NFC functionality and a 1750mAh battery. It will be having all the regular features of an Android phone such as micro USB, GPS Navigation, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Android Market and a whole host of the Google & the carrier services.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be having a pure Google Experience without Samsung’s TouchWiz UI, and it will be having a brand new People App with Google+ Integration, as well as another new feature called “Android Beam” – simply touch your phone together to share data.
Full Technical Specifications Of Samsung Galaxy Nexus
| Network | |
| 2G Network | GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz |
| 3G Network | HSDPA/UMTS 900, 1700/2100, 2100 MHz |
| Dimensions | |
| Size | 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm |
| Weight | 135 grams |
| Form Factor | Candybar |
| Display | |
| Type | Super AMOLED HD Touchscreen |
| Size | 4.65 inches |
| Colors & Resolution | 16 777 216 Colors & 720 X 1280 Pixels 316 ppi pixel density |
| Input/ User Interface | Multi Touch Proximity Sensor Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate Ambient light sensor 3-Axis Gyroscope Sensor, SWYPE Integration |
| System Properties | |
| Operating System | Google Android 2.4 Ice Cream Sandwich OS |
| CPU | Dual-core TI OMAP 4460 1.2GHz Processor 1GB RAM |
| Storage Capacity | |
| Internal Memory | 16GB | 32GB Internal Memory Storage |
| Expandable Memory | NO microSD Card Slot For Memory Expansion Support |
| Browser & Messaging | HTML, xHTML, WAP 2.0, Flash MMS, SMS, IM, Email, RSS |
| Camera | |
| Still | – 5 Megapixels – 2592х1944 pixels – Zero-shutter lag, New faces, Background Replacement Features – LED Flash – Auto focus, Geo tagging – Digital zoom, Touch Focus – Image Stabilization |
| Secondary (Front-Facer) | – 1.3 Megapixel |
| Video Recording | – 1080p HD video recording capable @ 30fps – 1920×1080 pixels – 720p HD video recording – 1280×720 pixels |
| Connectivity | |
| Bluetooth & USB | v3.0 with EDR Stereo & v2.0 Mini USB |
| Headset | 3.5mm stereo headset jack |
| Radio | Stereo FM with RDS |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n |
| DLNA | Capable |
| GPS | A-GPS |
| HSDPA | Up to 21 Mbps (HSPA+) Up To 14.4Mbps (HSPA) |
| HSUPA | Up to 5.76 Mbps |
| Video & Audio | |
| Video Formats | MPEG4, H.264, H.263, WMV, DivX, Xvid, VC-1 Recording & Playback 1080@30fps |
| Audio Formats | MP3, OGG, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB AMR-WB, WMA, WAV, MID, AC3, IMY, FLAC, XMF |
| Battery | |
| Type | Li-Ion 1750mAh Standard Battery |
| Standby Time | — |
| Talk Time | — |
| Other Features | “Hyper Skin” to protect it from slipping Barometer for weather features NFC technology with Android Beam 8.94mm thick, 4.29mm bezel Adobe 10.2 Flash compatibility Wi-Fi Hotspot Functionality HSPA+ connectivity for 21Mbps download speeds NFC Support Android Market, G-mail, Google Maps, G-Talk Friend Stream, Skype Integration, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube Quickoffice, Digital compass Gyroscope |
| Colors Availability | Black |
Price & Availability
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus handset is due to arrive in November in the U.S., Europe and Asia with a global rollout following later for an unknown price tag.
If anybody can show me that this 5mp camera is better than either the newer or older gs2 8mp cameras, I will buy it.
Despite not having a SD card slot, this still beats the iPhone 4 in price and features. I want one now!!!!