Judging by price alone, the Verizon Galaxy Nexus 4G Android smartphone may appear to be a feature phone only. But the bargain bin retail price on the handset is due to the fact that Verizon is no longer the exclusive wireless carrier in the US of the first handset to deliver the Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) 4.0 operating system. The Galaxy Nexus 4G is also available on the Sprint wireless network, so Verizon became very aggressive on their retail pricing, and the beneficiary is definitely the Verizon smartphone customer.
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Verizon is on sale now starting at 29.99.
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G has been a flagship device for Verizon ever since it landed just in time for the holiday shopping season last year. Delivering a speedy dual core processor, large high-resolution screen, Near Field Communications (NFC) support out-of-the-box and high resolution video capture, the Galaxy Nexus 4G for Verizon was also immediately popular with Android smartphone shoppers. NFC support for applications like Google Wallet and Android Beam offer wireless retail payment processing applications as well as wireless data share.
Still one of the thinnest handsets in the entire smartphone marketplace nearly nine months after it debuted, the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G is designed in the typical smartphone form factor, as a rectangular slab. The handset measures 5.33 x 2.67 x 0.37 inches (135.5 x 67.94 x 9.47 mm) and weighs 5.29 ounces (150 g). Delivering one of the largest high resolution screens found on any smartphone, the 4.65 inch Super AMOLED display presents a pixel density of 316 pixels per inch, for an overall screen resolution of 720 x 1,280 pixels. An oleophobic coating is provided which offers a layer of scratch resistance for the display, and more than 16 million unique colors are used to create visuals.
Verizon’s extensive 4G LTE network in the US means the handset never has to look very far for a cell tower, and that helps the battery conserving proximity sensor on board deliver 50% better run time than the typical 4G smartphone. 12.00 hours is delivered from a single charge, and running operations on the Verizon Galaxy Nexus is a 1.2 GHz dual core CPU.
That handset benefits by the presence of an individual GPU which handles all graphics processing, and those chips are part of a Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 microchip suite. The handset delivers the most built-in, out-of-the-box storage of any smartphone at 32 GB, and 1.0 GB of RAM system memory is on board. A rear facing 5.0 megapixel camcorder delivers video capture at a high resolution 1,080P HD, and a front facing chat cam delivers video call support and portrait snapshot capabilities.
Buy the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Verizon now starting at 29.99.
