Brand New Samsung Galaxy Nexus From Sprint

 

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Samsung Galaxy Nexus, What a distinction firmware makes.  after we examined the primary model of the Verizon wi-fi Galaxy Nexus with Android four. 0, it had severe issues connecting to Verizon's community and making voice calls.  however here's Sprint's Galaxy Nexus ($199. ninety nine with contract), working Android four. 0. 4, and it's higher throughout.  whereas it doesn't fairly get our Editors' selection over the HTC EVO 4G LTE ($199. 99, four stars), it's a strong Android cellphone that's higher for Android purists and heavy voice callers.  however you can't financial institution on getting dash LTE coverage, as a result of the service has solely introduced six inaugural cities, however hasn't offered specifics about who else shall be coated. Here's more about Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus bodily options and Voice Calling

The Galaxy Nexus is a big phone, at 5. three by 2. 7 by 0. four inches (HWD) and four. 5 ounces with a four. 65-inch, 1280-by-720 tremendous AMOLED display.  once I reviewed the primary Galaxy Nexus, it was the most important telephone I'd seen up till then, however since then, these enormous teletelephones became a well-liked development.

There's a 1-megapixel digital digicam on the front, a 5-megapixel digital digicam on the textured plastic back, energy and quantity buttons on the sides, and a typical three. 5mm headset jack on the underside panel.  The Galaxy Nexus has a detachable battery, however there's no card slot so as to add to the 28. 13GB of inner reminiscence.  extra importantly, particularly for Mac users, no reminiscence card means no Mass Storage mode, which implies having to make use of an awkward, separate file switch app to add and obtain recordsdata on Macs.  (Windows PCs have no such issues. )

I was very pleasantly shocked by the voice high quality on this model of the Nexus.  It's obtained rather lots of sidetone, and may be very loud with out distorting.  The tone is trebly, which some folks will hear as "harsh" whereas others will choose as "sharp. " The Nexus and the EVO have very totally different default voice tones, and also you need to decide the Nexus should you favor sharp treble, whereas the EVO will please these that favor heat bass.  Transmissions had been clear and preserved quite a bit of the core voice tones, and noise cancellation was glorious.  I had no drawback connecting a Bluetooth headset for voice dialing.

i used to be in a position to get 7 hours, 33 minutes of CDMA discuss time from the 1850mAh battery, which could be excellent.  however you can't use that to attract conclusions about LTE battery life, as LTE attracts rather much extra energy than CDMA does.

The cellphone additionally helps NFC together with Google Wallet, however dash has locked that function.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus The Irritating thriller of dash LTE

You're going to need to make use of lots of Wi-Fi with this cellphone.  For now, the Galaxy Nexus runs on Sprint's nationwide CDMA EVDO 3G network, which is gradual.  in accordance to our quickest cell Networks report, dash had the slowest nationwide 3G network, with common obtain speeds of 480kbps.  The Nexus additionally bought decrease speeds than an HTC EVO 4G LTE  on the identical 3G community.

LTE can be a lot quicker than EVDO, however dash has thus far solely introduced six cities for LTE service thus far: Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, and San Antonio.  The provider has additionally stated it will cowl a hundred and twenty million people with LTE by the tip of 2012, however steadfastly refuses to say which a hundred and twenty million people.

So for those who decide up a dash LTE telephone now, you would possibly be rushing alongside on quick 4G LTE quickly.  you would possibly must wait till 2013.  till then, it's  factor this has Wi-Fi, supporting 802. eleven b/g/n networks, excitingly together with the quicker and fewer crowded 5GHz band.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Processor and Apps

The Nexus is constructed round a dual-core TI OMAP4460 processor working at 1. 2GHz.  That isn't as quick because the 1. 5GHz Qualcomm S4 processor within the HTC EVO 4G LTE, however it's quick sufficient for many makes use of.  (Its one weak spot is a a lot slower Nenamark graphics score, which implies the EVO ought to be higher for gaming. ) The phone's obvious velocity can additionally be improved by the unadulterated model of Android four. 0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" which eschews any further producer skins or widgets, which may gradual issues down.

Android appears very completely different on this cellphone than it does on the EVO 4G LTE and the LG Viper 4G LTE ($99. 99, four stars), and also you may make your determination based mostly on the look.  The Nexus's design is far extra minimal.  For instance, the lock display screen solely has two options: Unlock and digicam.  HTC's lock display screen allows you to launch 4 customizable purposes.  Google's dialer is simply a display stuffed with huge numbers.  HTC's dialer shrinks the numbers right down to cram a latest calls checklist onto the identical web page.  I want HTC's method as a result of I want having lots of features shortly available, however to many people, it appears busy.

commerce as much as the free Chrome browser and internet pages load twice as quick as a Gingerbread telephone on the identical community.  That makes community pace the limiting issue, though, and so lengthy as this telephone is caught on Sprint's 3G community, that may be a really limiting issue.

Android has extra than 400,000 apps, and all of those i attempted ran properly on the Nexus.  the one factor you would possibly miss are the few dozen high-end video games unique to Nvidia's Tegra telephones.

As an official Google developer telephone, this telephone could be very hackable, if you're into that.  however be warned: The machine is not supported by the Android Open supply Project, and it's not fully open-source.  That's the case for all CDMA teletelephones (because Qualcomm personals a lot of the CDMA radio code), and it means Google can't ship out its personal updates for the telephone.  All updates need to return by means of dash.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Multimedia

An okay multimedia phone, the EVO is healthier than the Galaxy Nexus in virtually each means.  The Nexus provides up 28. 13GB of inner reminiscence with no reminiscence card slot.  It performs movies as much as 1080p resolution, however solely in MPEG4 and H. 264 formats; WMV, DivX and Xvid help are lacking.  Lip sync was excellent over stereo Bluetooth headphones, although.  Music additionally sounds positive via wired or Bluetooth headcellphones, however the cellphone is lacking help for the WMA audio format.

The digital camera interface is amazingly simple, missing a lot of the particular modes (such as HDR) discovered on the EVO 4G LTE.  the primary digicam takes sharp 5-megapixel pictures outdoors, however photos can get fairly delicate in low mild.  the identical goes for the 1-megapixel entrance digicam.  Video recording may be excellent here: the rear digital digicam data 1080p movies at 24 frames per second and 720p movies at 30 frames per second indoors and out, and the entrance digital digicam data 720p movies at 30 frames per second outside and 24 fps indoors.  Shutter lag isn't dangerous at 0. 6 seconds, however as soon as again, the EVO is superior with zero shutter lag.

HDMI output continues to be buggy, as we discovered on the Verizon model of this cellphone.  It nonetheless requires an MHL adapter, although they're simpler to search out than they was.  The display's edges bleed previous the sides of a television screen, and we bought body drops and blackouts when attempting to play 1080p video over HDMI.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Conclusions

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus for dash completes a trio of highly effective Android telephones ready for dash's mysterious LTE community to roll out.  They're all good picks: the LG Viper 4G LTE is finest for folk with smaller hands, whereas this cellphone appeals to hackers and heavy voice callers, and the HTC EVO 4G LTE (our Editors' Choice) guidelines on multimedia and person interface.

All three will likely be nice methods to devour Sprint's limitless LTE data, at any time when LTE arrives the place you reside.  however if you happen to want first rate information speeds proper now on Sprint, follow that outdated WiMAX telephone slightly bit longer.  A 3G-only expertise actually cramps the model of superior telephones like this.

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