There was a time when the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was one of the more popular handsets in the market. This was back in the latter parts of 2011 when the handset was released to coincide with the unveiling of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich which was back then the latest iteration of the Google mobile operating system. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus became so popular because for a time, it was the only handset in the smartphone competition running Ice Cream Sandwich for its operating system. This was also the reason as to why the handset was considered by many as the best Android-powered handset of its time despite the fact that some of the components of the handset were mediocre at best.
The Galaxy Nexus for Sprint is available for a reduced sale price now starting at $0.01.
However, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is now officially in retirement because its successor, the LG Nexus 4, has already landed in the shelves. Despite that, the once Google flagship device still got extra feathers in its cap before it went out the door when it finally got upgraded to Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, the latest version of the Android operating system. This was made possible because the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is a Google developer device and runs a pure, untainted version of the OS with no custom UI to mess up the update process. So while other high-end devices of today are still on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is already rocking the latest and greatest from Google.
However, that is not the only good thing happening for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. There was actually a time a couple of months back when webOS was ported onto the handset just to show its versatility. More currently however, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was used to give us an idea of how Ubuntu OS will look and feel.
The version of the Ubuntu OS demoed on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus however is a bit of a letdown because it obviously isn’t ready for prime time yet. The OS itself is still laggy and the touch response is a bit way off the mark. However, if the operating system is developed into something as fluid as say, Jelly Bean, we have no doubt that it will definitely be the next big thing in the smartphone competition. And we hope to see that happening as soon as possible.
As for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the components it has under the hood are still pretty impressive to think that it is already one aging smartphone. The handset’s circuitry is built around a Texas Instruments OMAP4460 chipset which comes with a dual-core 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor and a full gigabyte of RAM. Storage space onboard the device comes up to a very generous 32GB but this is all you get since memory expansion is not supported on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Its Contour Display on the other hand is a 4.65-inch SuperAMOLED panel with a 1280 x 720 resolution while its dual-shooter configuration includes a rear 5MP shooter and a front 1.3MP snapper.
You can purchase the Galaxy Nexus for Sprint at a discounted price tag now starting at $0.01.
January 9, 2013 at 11:06 am
Samsung? That’s a shame. While Ubuntu is a viable OS, Samsung products are still cheap Japanese knockoffs made from inferior parts.