Galaxy Nexus specs

Verizon Wireless announced today, the immediate release and availabilty of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE smartphone at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Galaxy Nexus runs the new Android™ 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, which brings an entirely new look and feel to Android.  Galaxy Nexus offers customers a redesigned user experience with improved multi-tasking, notifications, Near Field Communications (NFC) sharing with Android Beam™ and a full Web-browsing experience.  The lock screen, home screen, phone app and everything in between have been rethought and redesigned to make Android simple, beautiful and useful.  Galaxy Nexus also features an ultra-thin 9.47mm design with a 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED™ Contour Display to watch movies, view pictures and play games that come to life in 720p (1280x720) resolution.

Some of the new features available in Ice Cream Sandwich are:

• Redesigned user interface – software navigation buttons, a first for Android smartphones, and a dedicated recent apps button to make multi-tasking easy.
• Face Unlock – use state-of-the-art facial recognition to unlock Galaxy Nexus.
• Android Beam™ – quickly share Web pages, apps, contacts and YouTube™ videos with friends by simply tapping two compatible phones together.
• Redesigned Camera – introduces panorama mode, 1080p video capture, zero-shutter lag for instant photo capturing, and effects such as silly faces and background replacement.
• People Application – browse friends, family and coworkers, see their photos in high-resolution and check their latest status updates from Google+ and other social networks.
• Cloud Services – keep email, contacts, photos, music, browser bookmarks and other data synced to the cloud, available across multiple devices so customers never lose important data.
• Google Music – upload up to 20,000 songs to the cloud, discover and buy new music from Android Market™, and stream it instantly on Galaxy Nexus and from the Web for free.
• Google+ – Create a Google+ account right from the phone and check status updates, manage circles, quickly share updates and photos, video chat with up to ten friends with Mobile Hangouts, and chat with groups of friends with Google+ Messenger.
• Support for Google Mobile™ Services – Gmail™, Google Maps™ with 3D maps and free turn-by-turn navigation, Google Earth™, Movie Studio, YouTube, syncing with Google Calendar™, a redesigned Google+ app and access to more than 300,000 apps, millions of eBooks, thousands of movies to rent, and millions of songs available to download from Android Market.

Some other features of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus are:

• Dual-core 1.2 GHz application processor and HTML5 Web browser – optimized dual-core processing with Android 4.0 combined with lightning fast 4G LTE connectivity for fast downloading of graphics, applications processing and Web browsing.
• Mobile Hotspot capability – share 4G LTE or 3G connection with up to 10 Wi-Fi-enabled devices.
• 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with zero-shutter lag for instant photo capturing, autofocus and LED flash with full 1080p recording.
• Front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera for video chat.
• Textured soft-touch back cover – enhances the ergonomic feel and makes the phone slip-resistant.
• Bluetooth® 3.0 technology – support for headset, hands-free, stereo, phonebook access, human interface device (HID) and object push for vCard and vCalendar.
• 1 GB RAM and 32 GB on-board memory (actual formatted capacity will be less).

As we mentioned earlier, the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus is available online from Verizon Wireless, and at Verizon Wireless stores.