Written by Samsung and Google have unveiled the Galaxy Nexus phone – the first Ice-cream Sandwich based phone. With the new Android version numbered 4.0, Google has accomplished its mission to develop a common OS for phones and tablets.
The specifications of the phone include:
- 4.65 inch HD Super AMOLED Contour Display with high definition (720p) resolution
- 1.2 GHz dual core processor,
- 5 MP camera rear camera with LED flash and a 1.2 MP front facing camera with 1080p video recording
- 1GB of RAM and 16 or 32GB of internal storage space
- A 3.5mm headphone jack, Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0 and 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi
- NFC module
- Sensors include accelerometer, compass, gyro, proximity sensor and a barometer
Talking about the OS, lock screen, widgets, notifications, multi-tasking and everything in between has been refined in Android 4.0 according to Google. With the Face unlock feature, you can now unlock the phone with a smile. With Android Beam – a NFC technology you can hare contacts, websites, apps, maps, directions and YouTube videos to other people close by. Voice typing, in-built Google+ and single motion Panoramic camera are the other features.
You can find more about the phone on the official website. The price and date of availability is still unknown. Google has just released this phone to showcase the Android 4.0. You can watch the video of phone released for Android developers:
Earlier it was expected to be released as Nexus prime with features making it a real iPhone 4S killer. Its most likely that some high-end Android phone could be upgradeable to Android 4.0. If you are the owner of Galaxy S II or other high-end Android phone, will be buy the Galaxy Nexus.