The Samsung Galaxy Nexus which was formerly known as the Samsung Nexus Prime is the third Nexus-branded smartphone to launch from Google, and yet the latest in the range of ‘orientation handsets’ that it links with hardware makers, being driven byAndroid OS, free from any mediator discrepancies. In view of the fact that it has the latest most Android OS 4.0 -Ice Cream sandwich- running, and has some serious punch of hardware specifications we rolled up our sleeves and took one Samsung galaxy Nexus unit for reviewing it through every single aspect.
Pros
- Ice-cream sandwich hosts a lot of new features
- Large screen
- Interesting user interface
- Classically fast browser experience
- Multitasking available
- Fast zero-shutter lag shooter
- Cleanly designed with sharp edges
- Display quality is nice
- Great battery life
- Excellent performance with snappy navigation
Cons
- Ice Cream Sandwich has a limited selection of apps
- An unpolished (first-attempt) OS that is running the phone
- No SD card slot
- The build-quality is not so good, feels like if the phone will shatter easily
Samsung Galaxy Nexus Specifications
GENERAL
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
- LTE (depends on region)
Announced 2011, October
Status Available. Out in 2011, November
SIZE
Dimensions 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
Weight 135 g
DISPLAY
Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen unit, with 16M colors
Size 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.65 inches (~316 ppi pixel density)
- Oleo phobic surface
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Touch-sensitive controls
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Three-axis gyro sensor
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Touch-sensitive controls
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Three-axis gyro sensor
SOUNDS
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
MEMORY
Phonebook Virtually limitless entries and fields, (Photocall)
Call records Virtually limitless
Built-in 16/32GB memory, 1 GB RAM
Card slot No
DATA
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
CAMERA
Primary 5 MP, 2592×1936 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps
Secondary Yes, 1.3 MP
FEATURES
Operating System Android OS v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
CPU Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
- NFC support
- Digital compass
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3 player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document viewer
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Adobe Flash support
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input
- Digital compass
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3 player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document viewer
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Adobe Flash support
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input
BATTERY
Type Regular battery, Li-Ion 1750 mAh
The front of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is dominated by a huge 4.65 inch Super AMOLED HD display unit with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The display quality is superb while it is also made in such a way that it assists in escalating the battery timing and the screen contrast, simultaneously.
As for the camera department, we were a bit disappointed for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus to have a 5 mega pixel; (primary) camera and that’s what we’re concerned about. Yet the 1.3 mega pixel camera on the front seems OK. But when we compared the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with previous Samsung phones for instance the phones with 8 mega pixel cameras so this 5-mega pixel camera unit seems a bit odd and behind the trails. Nonetheless, to make things up the Samsung galaxy nexus has pioneering camera software credit to Ice cream sandwich which may prove it right, and may perhaps even beat the 8 mega pixel camera in regards to image quality.
Disappointingly yet again, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus doesn’t have a SD card slot. To make things up, there’s 16GB/32GB of built-in storage memory, but if there was a SD slot, it would have been better.
Conclusion
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is a major step forward for Android in the right path, but it’s not such a massive jump you may well have been waiting for. As inspiring as it is, Ice Cream Sandwich can be cluttered, and exclusive of it, the Galaxy Nexus might be entitled as another ordinary Android smartphone.
