Galaxy Nexus

Overview

Galaxy Nexus introduces Android 4.0 on Samsung hardware with a 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED display and software navigation. This entry follows global HSPA hardware.

Period and variants

Samsung and Google announced Galaxy Nexus in Hong Kong on 19 October 2011, planning rollout from November. A precise universal first-sale day remains unverified. Android 4.0 introduces software navigation, Android Beam and camera-based Face Unlock here.

The HSPA profile uses 135g, 8.94mm, 1750mAh and five-band WCDMA. Carrier LTE hardware differs. This entry records common 16GB HSPA storage; family announcement 16/32GB options are not universal retail configurations.

TI OMAP4460 pairs dual Cortex-A 9 cores with SGX540 graphics. A 5MP autofocus camera records 1080p. Software navigation consumes some usable display area, so panel resolution is not every application’s full viewport.

Sources

• Samsung — original Galaxy Nexus announcement and factory HSPA / LTE qualification, 19 October 2011
• GSMArena — actual Galaxy Nexus review, 30 December 2011
• GSMArena — actual TI OMAP4460 dual-core performance tests
• Engadget — actual HSPA Galaxy Nexus review unit uses16GB; LTE unit is separate

Image credit

Frédéric Pereira — Samsung Galaxy Nexus image 6.jpg · CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia thumbnail resize; no further edits. Shared under the same licence.

Frédéric Pereira — Samsung Galaxy Nexus image 3.jpg · CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia thumbnail resize; no further edits. Shared under the same licence.

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