When the Samsung Galaxy Nexus first appeared late last year, it was a groundbreaking Android smartphone in a couple of important areas. The first handset to deliver the Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) 4.0 operating system out-of-the-box and one of the first to deliver a full 32 GB of built in data storage as well made the Galaxy Nexus 4G an immediate bestseller and flagship handset for the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network on which it exclusively it launched. And it wasn’t until April 22 of this year that the high-end and full-featured Android smartphone arrived on the Sprint wireless network in the United States, creating competition between two major competitors.
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Sprint is on sale now starting at 49.99.
Competition has led to Sprint recently reducing the retail price of their Galaxy Nexus handset, which now runs on the first 4G LTE system that wireless provider has ever launched in the United States. Sprint has also promised to add more than 100 extra major metropolitan markets in the United States to receive 4G LTE connectivity by the end of the year. Offering simultaneous voice and data access and speeds up to 10 times their 3G network, the Sprint 4G LTE system is perfect for the powerful dual core processor the Galaxy Nexus 4G delivers.
A large high-resolution screen joins Near Field Communications (NFC) support out-of-the-box and a dual core 1.2 GHz central processor to deliver attractive features at one of the lowest price points for a 4G LTE smartphone. As part of a Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 microchip suite, that CPU joins 1.0 GB of RAM system memory and a graphics specific microchip on board the hardware package the Galaxy Nexus offers. The extended life 1,850 mA battery delivers up to 7.5 hours of talk time from a single charge when operating on the Sprint network, and YouTube and Picasa applications have been pre-installed and are ready for use out-of-the-box. The handset also contains a built-in music player which supports all major audio file formats, filtering by artist, playlists and album.
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The 4.65 inch Super AMOLED touchscreen accepts multitouch capacitive gestures, and is one of the biggest found on any smartphone. Both the pixel density and overall screen resolution are among the highest in the entire mobile handset marketplace, at 316 pixels per inch and 720 x 1,280 pixel resolution. Over 16 million individual colors are used on that display, with standard light and proximity sensors built in for auto screen brightness adjustment and battery conservation. Built into the front of the handset is a 1.3 megapixel chat cam, and around back is a 5.0 megapixel camcorder which can record video at 1,080P HD resolution. Delivering Google Search, Gmail, Google Talk and Google Maps out-of-the-box, the handset is fully integrated with popular Google software.
Buy the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Sprint at the reduced price tag now starting at 49.99.
