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Every year, several dozen smartphones land on our collective desks. They arrive in different sizes and shapes, boast totally different features and promote at completely different value points. We take each of them for a spin and evaluation most of them, but solely a handful really stand out. That is very true with Android handsets, the place incremental updates look like the modus operandi. Every now and then a tool comes alongside that we actually sit up for getting our hands on. Google's line of Nexus smartphones falls into this class, setting the brand new commonplace for Android each year.
In early 2010, the Nexus One grew to become the yardstick for all future Android handsets and, later that yr, the launch car for FroYo. A 12 months ago, the Nexus S introduced us to Gingerbread on the popular Galaxy S platform. Now, a number of weeks after being unveiled with much fanfare, we're lastly able to sink our teeth into Ice Cream Sandwich with the Galaxy Nexus, arguably the newest addition to Samsung's critically acclaimed Galaxy S II family. So, does this highly anticipated gadget live as much as our expectations? Is the Galaxy Nexus the smartphone to beat? Most importantly, is Ice Cream Sandwich able to take Android to the following level? In a word, yes. Learn on for our full review.
There's absolutely little doubt that the Galaxy Nexus is a big phone. Sure, it's not Galaxy Notice large, however it's a smidgen taller (and narrower) than the HTC Titan. As such it dwarfs its predecessor, the Nexus S. Whereas this may very well be a difficulty for some folks, we didn't have any bother becoming the handset in our pockets. Despite its measurement, the Galaxy Nexus manages to be fairly thin (8.94mm / 0.35in) and light-weight (135g / 4.76oz). In consequence, it feels fantastic in hand. Design-smart, the Galaxy Nexus appears like what we imagine would happen if we stacked a Nexus S and a Galaxy S II and flattened them with a rolling pin. Last yr's shiny black lacquer provides method to a satiny gunmetal grey finish that manages to be without delay more refined and more understated. Construct high quality is typical Samsung -- the plastic construction is sturdy but appears to be like and feels cheap for such a flagship device.
The Galaxy Nexus appears like what we imagine would occur if we stacked a Nexus S and a Galaxy S II and flattened them with a rolling pin.
In front, the Galaxy Nexus is nearly similar to the Nexus S, with a sheet of "bolstered" curved glass hiding sensors and a 1.three megapixel entrance-facing digicam to the appropriate of the earpiece. Notably absent are the familiar capacitive buttons, which have been changed with three softkeys in Ice Cream Sandwich. There's additionally a notification gentle just below the display, one thing we would prefer to see on all phones. The again blends the curves from the Nexus S with a textured battery cover and oval digital camera pod reminiscent of the Epic 4G Touch. While the battery door uses the same snap-on design as most Galaxy S II variants, we found it more durable to snap shut. The digicam pod is dwelling to a 5 megapixel autofocus shooter and single LED flash. A microphone is cleverly hidden in the seam of the battery cover, above and to the appropriate of the digital camera pod, and the speaker is positioned on the signature chin on the bottom of the device. Google and Samsung's logos are stenciled on the battery door.
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