The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the first phone to run the Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. It comes with lightning-fast performance, a sleek design, and an amazing display too.
The phone’s brilliant display and matching piano black bezel will seduce you. It all looks good and feels good too. It comes in 135 grams only. It has a subtle curve and fits perfectly in the hand. It measures exactly 5.33 x 2.67 x 0.37 inches. It might sound a bit big for your liking, but trust me, this will feel good. It comes with touch sensitive keys (Home, Back and Search) that are integrated into the phone screen.
Ships with Super AMOLED display; its 1280 x 720p resolution is based on a PenTile pixel structure. This is where pixels actually share subpixels. This also equates to the phone having reduced sharpness and degraded color accuracy compared to Samsung’s current flagship, the Galaxy S2. But you don’t have to feel sorry about it, black looks deep while details and fonts will appear sharp.
It comes with a 4.65″ screen with only 4 usable inches, the remaining space is taken up by the shortcut bar that appears at the bottom of the phone’s home screen. You’ll still have plenty of room for your media or videos. .
Now let’s talk about the latest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0). If you are an Android OS user, you will find similar features in this. Just like Honeycomb OS (on tablets), you can resize widgets on your phone’s home screen. You’ll also find a (dedicated) on-screen Recent Apps button when looking at your open apps. You’ll find a scrollable list of your running apps via thumbnail images.
You’ll also enjoy the phone’s ability to unlock your phone with just your face. With its 1.3MP front camera and facial recognition software, you’ll be able to protect this phone like never before. This feature is called face unlock.
Another nice feature of the Ice Cream Sandwich is its larger square keys. With this, you will be able to type easily even if you have big fingers. There is also the option to dictate your messages to this phone and it will automatically type them for you. This is handsfree taken to the next level.
As you can see, there are many new things that you will enjoy in this phone. The phone’s display and amazing operating system are just two of the best things you’ll love about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.