The arrival of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Verizon’s 4G LTE network seems to have been handled as poorly as Verizon handled their Thunderbolt launch earlier this year. There have been just as many rumored launch dates leaked to the public, and the intended arrival date of one of the most anticipated handsets of the year, and especially of the holiday season, has even proved a mystery to some retailers. Leaked screen shots of receipts dated December 11 from several Best Buy stores in the US prove that even those entreated to sell the handset aren’t sure when it should have been released to the public.
Not sure why the great retail price, but you can buy the all new Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G for as little as $149 for new customers and $199 for existing customers who upgrade to a new two year contract, and get it shipped next day.
While those Best Buy employees will probably get a lump of coal in their corporate stockings, the rest of us wait patiently for what has become the most reliable launch date yet, December 15. On that date the Galaxy Nexus will supposedly hit retail and online store shelves, and a recent leaked point of purchase advertising card showed that the first handset in the US to deliver Android’s 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Operating system will retail for $199 with a standard two-year activation and data plan.
The screen instantly arrives as one of the largest in the 4G smartphone marketplace, at 4.65 inches, offering 720 x 1280 pixel resolution at 315.80 pixels per inch. That is Samsung’s Super AMOLED screen technology, and displays images and video in 16 million colors, accepting capacitive multitouch navigation. Standard light and proximity sensors are built into the handset, and Corning Gorilla Glass protects against scratching.
Get the hottest new 4G device, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for as little as $149 now and have it in time for Christmas.
Talk time from a single battery charge runs 12.0 hours, placing it at the high end of all the 4G offerings. A Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 chip set is on board, consisting of a dual core 1.2 GHz processor and PowerVR SGX540 graphics processing engine. 16 GB of built-in storage are present, and 1.0 GB of RAM memory rounds out the hardware package. The Galaxy Nexus offers dual cameras, a front facing chat cam and a rear facing 5.0 megapixel camcorder which offers video capture in 1080P HD resolution. Google Wallet is supported by NFC technology, and microSD and microUSB slots are present.
