Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Unlocked

October, 2011
Android
amazon.com
111 reviews

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

3.5G

operating system

network

720 x 1280 pixels

Dual core, 1.2 GHz

screen

processor

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Advantages
Upload speed
Pretty fast actual upload speed
3.58 Mb/s
Talk time
Quite long talk time
1,059 min
Resolution
Very high resolution screen
720 x 1280 pixels
NFC
Supports NFC
Enables payment by phone and other wireless communications
Much newer operating system
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Download speed
Very fast actual download speed
10.87 Mb/s
OLED
Screen uses OLED technology
OLED screens are typically higher contrast and use less power
PPI
Very sharp screen
315 ppi
Size
Quite big screen
4.7"
Capacity
Lots of RAM
1 GB
Format
Records much higher resolution video
1920 x 1080 pixels @ 30 fps
Video out
Outputs video to TV
Micro USB
Capacity
Ample storage capacity
16 GB
Cores
More processing cores
Dual core
Review score
Highly rated
79.54%
Gyroscope
Has a gyroscope
Play games and use applications that take advantage of device rotation
Wifi hotspot
Acts as a Wi-Fi hotspot
Share your cellphone's data plan with other devices
Capacity
Better than usual battery capacity
1,750 mA·h
Clock Speed
Fast cpu
1.2 GHz
Browser benchmark
Zippy browser
905 ms
Really thin
9 mm
Faster maximum data rate
300 Mbit/s (802.11n)
Network latency
Low network latency
72 ms
Released
Newly released
Nov, 2011
Tradeoffs
Supported card formats
Lacks expandable storage
limited to the phone's built-in storage for apps and data
FM Radio
Doesn't support FM radio
Can't listen to local radio stations
Keyboard
Doesn't have a keyboard
rely on the quality of the software keyboard for typing
Full specifications

Performance

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