Originally arriving exclusive to the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE system in the United States in December of last year, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G Android smartphone is now flying along speedily on the brand-new Sprint 4G LTE network. Sprint recently announced they would be adding more than 100 major Metropolitan areas to their first ever 4G LTE system in the US, and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4Garrived on Sprint’s US platforms on April 22 of this year. The handset was instantly popular when it landed on the Sprint network as an alternative to Big Red, and the handset delivers one of the largest high resolution screens of any smartphone, the Jelly Bean 4.1 operating system out-of-the-box, and simultaneous voice and data access.
Competition is generally a very positive thing for smartphone shoppers, and such is the case now that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G is offering multiple, major wireless carriers in the US. Sprint recently dropped the retail price of that handset to around $49 on contract with online smartphone retailers like Wirefly. And though the handset has been available for going on one year, it still offers a feature set and performance package making it favorably comparable to other 4G LTE smartphones. With Near Field Communications (NFC) support out-of-the-box, apps like Google Wallet And Android Beam provide wireless connectivity options.
The Sprint Galaxy Nexus 4G delivers the most out-of-the-box, built-in data storage at 32 GB, and uses a 1.2 GHz dual core central processor to power the handset. A separate graphics specific GPU handles all graphics processing, and is part of a Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 microchip suite. The handset offers a full 1.0 GB of RAM system memory, and delivers up to 7.50 hours of talk time from a single charge of its 1,850 mA battery on the Sprint wireless network. Popular aftermarket applications YouTube and Picasa have been pre-installed.
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The handset offers a 4.65 inch Super AMOLED capacitive, multitouch screen with high-end display resolution of 720 x 1,280 pixels. That delivery is performed at 316 pixels every inch, also a high-end designation, and more than 16 million unique colors are used and that display. A front facing VGA quality 1.3 megapixel chat cam joins a 5.0 megapixel camcorder in the camera combo, and that rear snapper is capable of recording video in 1080 P HD resolution. The camcorder also comes equipped with a built-in LED flash and f/2.8 lens, widescreen panorama mode, autofocus and special effects package.
