Samsung announces lce Cream Sandwich phone

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By Sahil Mohan Gupta, NDTV | Updated: 6 June 2012 16:32 IST
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  • Samsung has announced the Galaxy Nexus, which will become the first device to run the latest version of the Google’s Android OS, Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS).
Samsung has announced the Galaxy Nexus, which will become the first device to run the latest version of the Google's Android OS, Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS).
 
The device will come with a large 4.65 Inch Super AMOLED display, which will boast of HD resolution of 1280x720, reproducing 316 pixels per inch.
 
Besides this the device will come equipped with a curved teardrop design, a button less front, a 1.2 GHz TIOMAP processor, 1GB of RAM, a 5 megapixel camera with 1080p video capabilities, 1.3 megapixel front facing camera and LTE versions for supported markets.
 
While the hardware itself is impressive, the Galaxy Nexus is Google's Ice Cream Sandwich flagship phone, which will make for a pure Google experience.

Ice Cream Sandwich brings numerous enhancements to the table, such as a unified interface for both tablets and smartphones, enhanced multitasking, a new font called Roboto, facial unlock capabilities, a new lock screen, zero shutter lag for cameras, enhanced voice dictation, a new NFC sharing mechanism called Android Beam, enhanced Android Browser with tabbed browsing, folder support, enhanced text input with improvements in the virtual keyboard and cut, copy and paste functionalities and improved Email features.

Samsung, for the moment, has only announced that the device will launch in Japan on the DOCOMO network in November, so there are no details regarding international availability and price. The device will be available in 32 GB and 16 GB models.





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