Galaxy Nexus
Autofocus LED flash light Video Resolution 1920 × 1080 pixels ( 1080p) @ 24 fps
Video Resolution 1280 × 720 pixels ( 720p) @ 30 fps
Digital compass acceleration sensor Proximity sensor Ambient light sensor 3 -axis gyroscope barometer
0.303 W / kg
Penta-band UMTS ( 850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz) with HSDPA and HSUPA Quad -band GSM
Dual -band Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 a / b / g / n Wi-Fi Direct Bluetooth 4.0 ( available until Android 4.3, otherwise Bluetooth 3.0 ) Near Field Communication A GPS receiver
Micro- USB 2.0, 3.5mm jack
- NFC
- LTE versions available (not in Germany )
- Slightly curved shape
- Docking
- MHL
The Galaxy Nexus, aka Nexus Prime, is a smartphone, which was unveiled on October 19, 2011 in Hong Kong with the operating system Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the public. It is the first smartphone with the Android version 4.0 and is the flagship device of this version. Will be built the device from Samsung. It is the third unit of the Nexus series and the successor to the Nexus S, which has also been produced by Samsung. Unlike the Nexus S, the Galaxy Nexus will be sold under the Samsung brand and thus joins in the Samsung Galaxy series. The device has been available since early December 2011. Successor, the Nexus created in collaboration of Google and LG 4, which is sold primarily through Google Play.
Equipment
The Galaxy Nexus is 135.5 × 67.9 × 8.9 mm and 135 grams. The housing is made of plastic and has a coated with scratch-resistant glass front. Unlike previously thought, it does not have aluminum frames. The Galaxy Nexus is a 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processor which is clocked down to 1.2GHz works. It supports both current cellular standards, is via W- LAN, Wi -Fi Direct and Bluetooth can be networked and has both a backside built- in 5 megapixel camera and a 1.3 - megapixel camera on the front.
The smartphone comes with Android version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS ). The multi - touch enabled contour display with curved glass Super AMOLED and has a diagonal of 11.8 cm (4.65 inches) and has a resolution of 1280 × 720 pixels. The GSM version of the smartphone has 16 GB of flash memory. Only in the U.S. LTE version is sold with an alternative 32 GB of memory. An introduction of the 32 GB version on the European and Asian markets, as previously announced by Samsung, was canceled on 16 February 2012.
Software
The Galaxy Nexus was the first smartphone with Android 4 As with Android 3 (Honeycomb ) accounted for in this OS version, the navigation buttons ( Back, Home, Menu, Search ) in hardware form; Instead, Back, Home and Multitasking are emulated by the operating system as software buttons.
The Android phone has among other things a function to unlock the device using facial recognition ( Face Unlock ) and Android Beam for sending small content via NFC chip. Since Android 4 is in the built-in browser, the ability to navigate in a private mode on the internet. In addition, improvements were made to the Gmail, gallery and calendar app as well as at various widgets. Moreover, the surface from Android 4 is more customizable, so it is possible, among other things, to group the applications on the home screen into folders.
At the Google I / O in May 2012 Android 4.1 ( " Jelly Bean" ) was presented. Participants of the conference were among others a Galaxy Nexus, on which the current version was already installed. At the same time, Google introduced this software available as an update.
In October 2012 then Android 4.2 ( still " Jelly Bean" ) was presented by blog entry. This version can be installed on most Galaxy Nexus devices as over-the -air update. After a first bugfix ( version 4.2.1 in November 2012) for the faulty Release 4.2 since February 2013 ' Jelly Bean " in version 4.2.2 available.
End of July 2013, the Android version 4.3 was presented for the Galaxy Nexus. This is an update on the recent Android 4.2.2 version, which offers improvements in the substructure of the Android OS. The update will both by over-the -air update as well as a factory image - provided 4.3 ( JWR66V ) on the Google server.
End of October 2013 it was announced that there would be no update to the Android version 4.4 by Google. Third-party developers, for example, CyanogenMod, now offer updates to the Android version 4.4.