There was a time when the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was one of the most popular handsets in the smartphone market. This was way back late last year when Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was still the latest iteration of the Google mobile operating system and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was released to showcase the wares of ICS to the whole world. And to add to the popularity of the handset, it was for the longest time the only Android-powered device running Ice Cream Sandwich for its operating system because other OEMs were a bit late in rolling out the ICS update to their respective devices.
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is available for a discounted holiday price now starting at $0.01.
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus however has already been showed the door and is now headed to retirement because its successor, the LG Nexus 4, has already made its debut in the shelves and is now available for mass consumption. Though the handset is already aging and its resume is now less than stellar, it still boasts of being a Google developer device and by extension always first in line whenever a new version of Android or any other updates for that matter are released.
Take the case of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean which was released a couple of weeks back and was showcased on the LG Nexus 4. This is now the latest version of Android and has already made its way to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus which added to the feathers in the cap of the once Google flagship device from yesteryears. However, given the relative openness of the Android ecosystem, users of Android-powered smartphones usually are not content with the pure Google experience that came with a Google developer device such as the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. They are always looking for new ways to get access to the tons of personalization and customization options offered by the platform and the Sprint Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G is not an exception to this.
If you happen to still be holding on to that trusty Sprint Samsung Galaxy Nexus handset, you might be interested to know that the CyanogenMod team has already released the CyanogenMod 10.1 Nightly build for your handset. This is based on the Android 4.2.1 AOSP code and retains that Android look but comes with a plethora of customizations that sets it apart from the fully-stock, pure vanilla version of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
As for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the addition of the handset to Sprint’s lineup of Android devices was announced last January but it wasn’t until April that the handset finally made it to the shelves of the Now Network. The operation of the smartphone is powered by its 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 on the handset is pegged at 16GB while its Contour Display is a 4.65-inch SuperAMOLED panel with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. Its camera department however is its major pain point because it only has a 5MP shooter at its back panel while its front bezel houses the handset’s 1.3MP snapper.
You can purchase the Samsung Galaxy Nexus now starting at $0.01.
