Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G Android Cellphone (Verizon Wi-fi)
- 4G LTE-enabled smartphone with Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS, 4.65-inch Hi-def Super AMOLED screen, and dual-core one.2 GHz processor
- Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking (with optional Wi-Fi Cellular Hotspot company) Close to Subject Communications (NFC) abilities
- 5-MP digital camera entire Hd 1080p camcorder front-dealing with video clip chat digital camera Bluetooth stereo songs 32 GB memory business and personal e-mail
- Up to twelve hours of talk time, up to 150 several hours (six.25 days) of standby time launched in December, 2011
- What is in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery, wall/USB charger, stereo headset, speedy start off guide
The world’s first smartphone operating on Android 4. (a.k.a., Ice Cream Sandwich), the 4G LTE enabled Galaxy Nexus by Samsung for Verizon delivers a redesigned consumer interface with enhanced multitasking, notifications, total Internet browsing expertise, and a lot more. You are going to also get pleasure from progressive, next-gen characteristics this sort of as Face Unlock, which utilizes facial recognition to unlock the Galaxy Nexus.
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four.65-inch Hd Super AMOLED Contour Exhibit (watch bigger). |
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The Galaxy Nexus is outfitted with a 4.sixty five-inch Hi-def Super AMOLED Contour Screen (with curved glass), five-megapixel digicam with zero shutter lag and Complete High definition 1080p video recording, and a entrance-dealing with 1.3-megapixel camera for video clip phone calls on the go. It really is powered by a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor that speeds up your web browsing, gaming, and multitasking.
The Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Cellular Broadband community provides speeds up to ten occasions faster than Verizon Wireless’ 3G network. With 4G LTE, you are going to appreciate simultaneous voice and information abilities, allowing you to examine e-mail, browse the net, down load an app, and check directions on Google Maps even though on a call. You can count on rapidly down load speeds of 5 to 12 megabits for every second (Mbps) and add speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps in 4G LTE mobile broadband protection places (find out a lot more about 4G beneath).
You can share your high-speed 4G LTE connectivity with several units–notebook, another telephone, MP3 player, and more–through Wi-Fi employing the built-in Cell Hotspot features (added service cost applicable). And the Galaxy Nexus is outfitted with ultra-quickly Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking as properly as next-generation Bluetooth 3. connectivity.
The new Android Beam attribute (utilizing NFC connectivity) permits you to swiftly share Net pages, apps, and YouTube video clips with close friends by simply tapping compatible phones collectively. You are going to also appreciate straightforward access to a entire enhance of Google mobile providers, including Gmail, Google Maps five. with 3D maps, syncing with Google Calendar, a redesigned Google＋ app, and entry to much more than 300,000 apps in the Android Market place.
Other functions include a virtual onscreen QWERTY keyboard with improved vehicle-punition and contact recognition for a more natural feel, 32 GB of inner memory, 1 GB of RAM, and up to twelve several hours of speak time.
Innovative Photography and Video Recording
The Galaxy Nexus has a total-highlighted 5-megepixel camera with computerized focus, best-notch very low-gentle functionality, and zero shutter lag. Open up it proper from your lock display, and hearth off a picture immediately. You can also choose stunning panorama photos–just position and touch the shutter and pan your mobile phone from one particular facet to yet another. Android quickly stitches jointly an expansive panorama photo, all set to share.
A total-showcased image editor allows you include filters and results, adjust colour, straighten, lessen red eye, crop, rotate, flip, and even doodle on your favorite photos–proper immediately after you take them. Your edits are saved as a copy, so you can constantly get to the unique.
Your photos can upload themselves with Instantaneous Upload, which tends to make it considerably less difficult to share them with household and pals. If you have signed up for Google+, you can permit Immediate Add and share pictures with anyone you decide on.
Shoot video in Entire High definition 1080p, and snap even now shots whilst you’re at it. Constant emphasis, real-time zoom, and time-lapse mode give you the power to shoot stunning movies. When your footage is ready, produce your personal movie with Movie Studio and add it to YouTube. When you shoot movies, you can pick from a quantity of foolish faces and other exciting outcomes. Galaxy Nexus is intelligent ample to acknowledge person facial functions–give your close friends large eyes, squeeze heads, make noses bigger. Or adjust the surroundings with background alternative.
Essential Statistics
The Galaxy Nexus by Samsung weighs 5.29 ounces and actions five.33 x 2.67 x .37 inches. Its 1850 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 12 hrs of chat time and up to 150 hours (six.twenty five days) of standby time. It runs on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE community, as properly as EV-DO, Rev A 3G and CDMA 800/1900 frequencies wherever 4G LTE is not obtainable.
What is in the Box
Galaxy Nexus by Samsung handset, rechargeable battery, wall/USB charger, stereo headset, fast start manual
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Android Ice Cream Sandwich Running Program
The Galaxy Nexus runs the Android four. functioning method (dubbed Ice Cream Sandwich), which adds strong new methods of speaking and sharing whilst enhancing on the very best Android characteristics: easy multitasking, loaded notifications, customizable house screens, resizable widgets, and a lot more.
The new Ice Cream Sandwich interface attributes an onscreen navigation bar that replaces the hardware buttons for Again, Home, and Menu identified with more mature Android-powered phones. And with Google+ integration, you can video clip chat with teams of up to nine close friends as nicely as simply upload and share photos and video clips. Other attributes consist of:
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Face Unlock
You can now unlock your mobile phone with just your experience using the Experience Unlock option. It will take benefit of the front-facing camera and state-of-the-art facial recognition engineering to register a face throughout setup and then to recognize it again when unlocking the gadget. Just maintain your phone in entrance of your experience to unlock (or use a backup PIN).
And the lock screen now lets you do far more with out unlocking. From the slide lock screen, you can leap right to the digital camera for a photo or pull down the notifications window to examine for messages. When listening to audio, you can even manage audio tracks and see album artwork.
House Display Folders
Swiftly entry relevant applications proper from the residence monitor by arranging apps and shortcuts into folders–just drag one app onto yet another to create a folder.
Multitasking
Multitasking is even simpler and much more visible in Android four.. The Recent Apps button allows you leap quickly from one particular process to one more employing the list in the Method Bar. The list pops up to display thumbnail photos of apps employed recently–tapping a thumbnail switches to the app.
Voice Input
The new voice motor in Android four. lets you dictate the text you want, for as extended as you want, utilizing the language you want. You can converse constantly for a prolonged time, even pausing for intervals if necessary, and dictate punctuation to produce correct sentences. As the voice input engine enters text, it underlines achievable dictation problems in gray. Right after dictating, you can faucet the underlined phrases to quickly change them from a listing of tips.
Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Community
The Verizon Wi-fi 4G LTE community makes it possible for you to down load images, apps, and game titles in seconds and total motion pictures in minutes. LTE (or Long Term Evolution supplies significantly improved upload and obtain speeds above 3G networks, as properly as drastically diminished latency (or lag time). Verizon Wi-fi expects 4G LTE average data prices to be five-12 megabits for each 2nd (Mbps) on the downlink and 2-5 Mbps on the uplink in actual-globe, loaded community environments.
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With these blazing quickly speeds, you are going to be capable to stream Hi-def motion pictures with out the annoyance of continual pauses to buffer the video clip stream–as well as rapidly down load Hd-top quality movies correct to your phone in minutes. Furthermore, you will be able to down load a new tune file in about four seconds or upload a picture to your preferred social networking internet site in about 6 seconds.
The Verizon Wireless 4G LTE cell broadband network will also redefine the mobile place of work for organization consumers. Business apps that utilized to need wired networks will be untethered without end, allowing you maximized productivity and effectiveness even though you are out of the confines of your office. Enhanced safety allows you faucet into most VPN networks with less ready, and faster responsiveness permits you to upload ten MB presentations back to your group in less than twenty five seconds.
In regions serviced only by 3G, you can anticipate down load speeds of 600 Kbps to one.four Mbps and upload speeds of 500 to 800 Kbps in Mobile Broadband coverage place.
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Listing Value: $ 799.99
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Not the pinnacle of new technology, but Android perfection (for now…),
There are phones with bigger screens (Galaxy Note), faster CPUs and GPUs (Rezound), thinner profiles (RAZR), more memory and longer battery life, but the Galaxy Nexus (Verizon’s LTE version) puts a respectable amount of everything together into one package, and leaves me practically nothing to complain about.
IN SUMMARY: This may turn into one of my longer reviews, so in a nutshell: BIG, but comfortable to hold, though begs to be used with two hands. Screen is awesome (bright and crisp) & keyboard is accurate. No problems with signal coverage. Average volume levels. Smooth & fluid Android interface feels polished. Camera very good, but vid cam has a lot of issues. “Typical” LTE battery life i.e. widely variable depending on usage, AT BEST a whole day on one charge.
Android 4.0 Operating System:
Outstanding: The OS feels integrated, speedy and mostly intuitive. Face unlock isn’t just a gimmick, it’s mostly reliable (though not in bad light), and it’s very swift in getting me to the home screen. Swipe-like gestures similar to Palm’s failed Web OS are carried over to manage and switch recent apps. The ability to expand widgets and personalize screens is not only fun, but really useful — for instance, I set up a screen for “home” where I’m more interested in the weather, Facebook & G+ updates, and feeds from my bike forum, whereas my “work” screen has quick access to certain web sites and apps that I use regularly. Icon animations for screen transitions are subtle but just enough to give the front end interface a sort of 3D effect. The selection of “live” backgrounds is neat, but a few of the more graphically intensive ones slow the phone down just a bit — and as great as they look, I still opt for corny (and static) photos of the kids. Hopefully, this being a Nexus device, new OS updates will come regularly and quickly from Google, without delay from Verizon — but be aware that this may be a bit of a beta device since it sees the first wide distribution of everything.
You’ll need to know that because the operating system is new, there will initially be application incompatibilities. This isn’t a knock against the Galaxy Nexus — it’s something early adopters of a new platform should expect. I expect this to last only a short while, because new Android 4.0 devices are in the pipe for release in the coming months.
Phone & Signal:
For starters, I like 4.0′s big “clean” dial pad. And it’s also easy to dial from any of my contacts, as they culled from all sources (personal Gmail, company email via Exchange, G+). But I prefer to use voice dial because I’m often driving when calling, and I’d prefer voice confirmation ala BlackBerry (Android 4.0 still requires me to look at the screen to confirm). External speaker sound quality is loud enough for most uses, but just slightly quiet & flat compared to other phones (not a problem over my Bluetooth visor-mounted speakerphone or headset), and my voice quality is apparently clear and loud on the receiving end. I live and work in a well covered urban area, so signal strength is rarely a problem with any phone. However, I do have a couple of “dark spots” in the remote areas of where I work, and the GN hasn’t dropped a call on me yet. LTE coverage has been equally strong with fantastic data speeds, fantastic, *but* Verizon’s 4G antenna is literally attached to the building I work in. It’s not enough to say “faster than dialup” as in some respects it is faster than my home cable (longer latency times, however).
(Note 1/22/12: There have been numerous reports (confirmed by Verizon) of signal problems in either fringe coverage areas or inside buildings. I, personally, have not experienced any problems with this either with dropped voice calls (CDMA/1X) or dropped data connections (LTE/3G) BUT there is a short “no data” time out when the phone switches from LTE to 3G, or vice-versa. HOWEVER, out of curiosity checked my 3G signal strength in Settings > About (LTE must be switched to OFF to read 3G signal strength, otherwise 4G reception will be displayed) and observed the Nexus consistently -10 to -15 dBm WEAKER than some other…
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|Best Verizon Phone Ever,
Hardware & Form Factor:
A lot of the reviews of the GSM version claimed that the phone felt big in people’s hand and that some people had trouble with one-hand operations, however I don’t see this to be the case. I have had no trouble using this phone in one hand. It fits comfortably in my hand, and the phone is incredibly light. While the RAZR might also be light, because it is slightly wider, it did not feel as comfortable in my hand.
While this phone may not have the same high-end processor that is found in the HTC Rezound, the 1.2 GHz dual-core processor combined with Android 4.0 makes this thing lightning fast. (Update 1/17/12: My research has informed me that the processor in the device can actually clock up to 1.5GHz. You can get speeds higher than 1.2 GHz, but you must unlock your bootloader and flash a custom kernel. There are a few that overclock to 1.35 GHz since that is what has been found to be the highest speed that remains stable. Do this at your own risk.)I have found no lag in anything. At times, launching the camera application takes a few extra seconds, but it is really not too bad. Overall, launching apps is the fastest of all of smartphone out there (and yes, this is faster than the iPhone 4S). Since I’ve already mentioned the camera, I’ll mention it now. It takes very good photos, but not quite the quality of pictures that the iPhone 4 or 4S is capable of. While it is only a 5MP camera, REMEMBER that MP is not the whole story because the light sensors are even more important. That being said, this takes very good photos and make this a good point-and-shoot camera, just not great.
While some people don’t like the plastic feel that Samsung chooses to use, it feel very sturdy! If you need to take the back cover off, it comes off fairly easily, but snapping it back in is somewhat annoying. But keep in mind, how often will you really need to take off the cover. Because the phone is made of very high-quality plastic, it is much sturdier than the iPhone. Yes, the iPhone may have more of a premium feel to it, but to make a phone that has glass on the front and back of the phone, you will very scared of dropping it for fear of cracking the glass. And if you crack the glass on the iPhone, it is not covered by insurance.
I have two assessments of the speaker on this phone. For phone calls, it’s great, whether you have it on speaker phone or not. However, if you try to watch a video or listen to music on it the speaker could be louder, but the fact that the speaker is on the back of the phone plays a factor in why it could be louder. . Let’s remember this though, this is a phone so in that respect the speaker is great!
Display
The Display is absolutely amazing! It’s crisp, and the color saturation is incredibly. I’ve never seen a display quite like it. It is on par with the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and the HTC Rezound. While the Rezound technically has the highest ppi, the 315ppi on the Nexus is amazing. You can adjust the brightness to save some battery life, and even on low the picture looks as good as is to be expected, but I’ve chosen to leave it on full brightness because the screen is just that pretty. At time I find myself switching to the auto-brightness setting which I find is very helpful. Since I have always used my cells phones as my alarm clock, the auto-brightness makes it easy to actually look at the phone when the room is dark after I’ve just woken up. Because the screen is amazing I am willing to leave it on full-brightness most of the time, except when I go to sleep becasue I don’t like being blinded when I have to either snooze or dismiss my alarm.
Camera:
I know I’ve already mentioned the camera a little bit, but since most reviews line item this separately, I will do the same. Yes it’s only 5MP, but MP aren’t everything. As I’ve mentioned, the light sensors are more important. It is a little disappointing to see that Samsung didn’t inclue the 8MP shooter they use on their Galaxy SII brand becasue that phone takes some pretty good photos as well. After spending a decent amount of time playing with the camera, I find that in perfect lighting, this thing takes great pictures, but other than that, it struggles to take a high quality picture. This still doesn’t change the fact that it can take very good pictures, but it’s just not what you would have expected in a flagship phone, especially since pictures from the Galaxy SII takes better pictures. Kind of a bummer. However, you can play with the settings as needed to get what I think can still be a very good picture, but not great.
Google really made us aware of the zero shutter lag that comes from the software and camera. I’ve tested this several times and demoed it to a lot of people that didn’t quite believe. I could shoot off about 10 photos in like 2-3 seconds. That’s pretty fast!
This thing can also shoot in 1080. Now if you…
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|Solid device crippled by certain issues,
Ok so this is more of a 3.5. And mind you, this is going to be LEGIT because I’ve had this device for almost a month.
What I like a lot about the phone:
1) Size of screen – very easy to read!
2) ICS – very clean interface and runs smooth, not necessarily super intuitive, but very functional! I wish I could say I love the task manager button.. but I forget about it often. Honestly any task killer will do the job, without you swiping stuff away a billion times.
3) Internal storage of 30 GB – yes i know this is a negative for some people, but for me I like it. I had like 60+ apps and some music and two movies on my phone and still had about 25 gb left. So trust me folks, storage will not be an issue!
4) Led notifier – yes I know other phones have this. but man, the LED light on this thing is BRIGHT. And I like how you can customize the colors. Fantastic. Download Lightflow.
5) Real-time voice to text – just fantastic. love seeing the text appear as you’re speaking. very effective and fairly accurate!
6) ICS keyboard – just great, you could blind type and do a pretty good job
7) Updates from Google – a definite perk
What I didn’t like:
1) Signal issues – There was a day where I didn’t have service at all, and I live in a GOOD 4G and if not 4G, at least a solidly good signal area. I’m near the heart of Los Angeles for goodness sake! So that one day I was curious why I wasn’t getting any calls or msgs. Shame on me for not checking if signal had come back on, after a reboot, I just assumed it’d come back on.. but it didn’t. Later on in the evening, I rebooted again and a stream of msgs and voicemail came in. Imagine my horror. I’m really tired of seeing “no service” on the phone. The whole point of a “phone” is well, to know that you can use it reliably as a phone since that is its primary purpose. I’d have to say this was one of my deal breakers..
2) Camera – Yes no shutter lag is awesome, but the quality of the photos.. not so much, unfortunately. For me the camera matters. I don’t always have my point and shoot digital camera on me..and I want to be able to know that when I have to take a picture on the fly..that it will still be a GOOD picture. The picture quality is just not great, especially poor under low light conditions. And the quick shutter lag does not compensate for the poor focus. What’s the point of taking lots of pictures quickly if only a few actually turn out clear? I’m hoping for all you nexus owners out there that a solid update will come out that improves the camera. For me, I just can’t wait forever for it.. and even with third party apps..doesn’t help all that much. I’m of the mindset that you shouldn’t buy a device to wait for the good things that are to come.. you should buy it because it’s good and you love it..RIGHT NOW. That’s my philosophy.
3) this is strictly for me – The Size: Make sure you go into a store first and try it out for a WHILE before you get it. I did this too, I went into numerous verizon stores and held the phone. I thought it was going to be OK. But after I got it, and started using it, and time went on.. over the course of a month, I realized this phone was just too big. I wouldn’t say my hands are tiny though, but the phone just didn’t feel as good in the hand to me.
4) To some extent – the build quality – This is not a “cheap” phone but I realized I liked the feel of an HTC phone better. This phone is very light and coupled with the fact that it sometimes felt a bit too big for me despite me liking the large screen, I was TERRIFIED of dropping it. I felt like the back would pop up right away if I dropped it, and I was scared of the screen scratching or breaking too, even though from what I’ve read, the screen is pretty hardy. Still, it’s about the feel.. and to me, it felt too delicate (and yes coupled with the fact that because sometimes it felt just a *little too big for one hand, made me feel like I didn’t have a good grip!). I knew I would need a case for this phone, and that would make it EVEN BIGGER. That’s when I knew that I couldn’t stay with it for two years..a phone had got to feel good in YOUR hand.
4) Speaker volume – too soft. seriously. I downloaded volume + which helped a little bit. but then the sound sometimes felt a bit distorted. I’m a media person. I like watching videos and listening to music, and I like showing them to friends too. I need a solid media device and the speaker volume was just too low. Also sometimes it was hard to hear my phone ringing. Again, these are basic things crucial to being a PHONE first and foremost.
5) Sync and compatibility with apps – ICS is new, I get it. But know that you will deal with some sync and compatibility issues since not everything is compatible yet with ICS
6) Battery life – my goodness, with some fairly moderate to heavy use, the phone could die in about 4 hours or so. Not cool. And I did test this…
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