When the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was released by Verizon late last year to coincide with the unveiling of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the handset instantly became a hit among our smartphone-crazed brethren because the smartphone already packs the latest iteration of the Google mobile operating system under its hood. In fact, there were rumors that the wireless provider passed up on the Samsung Galaxy S II just to it could have exclusivity over the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
As for the handset, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus from Verizon was once considered to be the best smartphone in the lineup of Verizon because of its impressive specs sheet and the fact that it already had Ice Cream Sandwich for its operating system. Critics of the smartphone would beg to disagree though and claim that the mediocre camera department of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus puts the handset among the best and NOT the best in Verizon’s stable.
The handset just got recently updated to Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich after getting stuck in the 4.0.3 version of the OS for the longest time. After the update, there were a couple of reports from some of our smartphone-crazed brethren that they have been encountering issues on their handsets after they got the 4.0.4 update.
Most of these issues are centered around the terrible Bluetooth sound quality experienced on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Some users reported that this only happened after they took advantage of the 4.0.4 update. Other users of the handset claimed that the overall Bluetooth volume dropped by approximately 50 percent while others experienced oscillation where every other spoken word drops in volume. Other users on the other hand claimed that audio call quality when using Bluetooth has become very glitchy after the said update.
The affected users of the issue have already reached out to Verizon regarding this but sad to say, the wireless provider had no solution at the moment. This is the same with Samsung Customer Help but they confirmed that they are already working on another entirely software update for the handset.
Regardless of these issues and the entry of more powerful and more capable smartphones in the market, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus remains to be one of the better performing handsets available today. The circuitry of the device revolves around its Texas Instruments OMAP4460 chipset which basically gives the Samsung Galaxy Nexus some dual-core goodness through its dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz and 1GB of RAM. The internal storage of the handset is pegged at 16GB while its 4.65-inch SuperAMOLED display has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. As mentioned above, the camera department of the handset leaves much to be desired with only a 5MP shooter at its back panel and a 1.3MP camera out front for video calls and self-portraits. You can purchase the Samsung Galaxy Nexus starting at just one penny.
June 22, 2012 at 8:09 pm
Just a quick correction. Galaxy Nexus users were stuck with 4.0.2 for the longest time, not 4.0.3 .