Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review

As we are waiting for the upcoming Galaxy Nexus to have a release date and specific price, let us consider other reviews which should be took into account meanwhile. These reviews explain every feature present in the next Google phone.

Hardware Design

The Galaxy Nexus is having a 4.65 inch screen which is able to support a display of about 720p. After checking out the design Mashable Charlie White said:

“Looking at the phone from the side, I realize this is not the thinnest smartphone I’ve ever seen — that honor goes to the Motorola Droid Razr — but at 8.94mm, it’s slim enough. And, it’s the first smartphone I’ve ever seen with a gentle curve to its body, accompanied by a remarkable ‘Contour Display’ whose glass is also gently curved. It’s a subtle effect, but I think it’s downright beautiful.”

Jessica Delcourt and CNet`s Kent German were not much impressed with its design according to them it was fragile even with 4.76 ounces. They said that they will have to be very careful in this matter because it shouldn`t be dropped even once on the hard or metallic surface.

Display

This has been considered in one of the first smartphones having a display of 720p. It is having more pixel density than the Retina Display of Apple`s iPhone 4 and 4S. This is what is said by Miriam Joire of Engadget:

“Fonts are crisp, colors are vibrant, blacks are deep, and viewing angles are exceptional. However, we noticed an issue with the auto-brightness setting, which functions properly in daylight but is too dim in low-light environments.”

And the Verge`s Joshua Topolsky has stated:

“Generally, I’m in love with the Galaxy Nexus screen, though it isn’t exactly perfect. As with the Nexus S, I noticed some color aberrations and odd striations which were visible when there was a large swath of solid, lighter colors visible (a plain gray background, for instance).”

Performance

Android was not having its name in smoothness as its smartphones are having some herky-jerky in use. But according to Joshua Topolsky at the Verge, it has been made crystal clear that this issue is not there in Galaxy Nexus and it runs on the basis of Android Ice Cream Sandwich with a dual core processor of 1.2 GHz.

“Touch response is excellent on the phone — everything reacts quickly to your movements. Homescreen scrolling was snappy, moving into and out of apps was instantaneous, swiping through long lists was stutter free, and web browsing (even on heavy pages like ours) was super speedy. Game frame rates were smooth, photo viewing and editing was frictionless, and the phone handled heavy multitasking with aplomb. It’s obviously a combination of great hardware and great software, but the Nexus is probably the tightest feeling, snappiest Android phone I’ve ever used. It’s awesome.”

Interface

The main difference that has been observed in between the Galaxy Nexus and the previous Android smartphones is the lack of hardware buttons for the navigation purposes. And instead of this there are software buttons as they were on the Android Tablets along with the home button. There is a back button which calls recently used apps but the other options appear on the screen according to our wish.

TechCrunch’s Jason Kincaid is very much impressed with it and expressed his feelings as:

“Aside from the omitted Search button, which I miss simply because it makes my beloved voice control harder to get to, this new setup feels like a huge step in the right direction. Most people are going to be excited about Ice Cream Sandwich’s more flashy features, but this is a fundamental and important change that is going to make Android easier to use for a lot of people — which is why I’ve spent so many words on it.”

Camera

As the 8 megapixels camera is becoming very common in new high tech smartphones but Google and Samsung both has decided to have a camera of 5 megapixels for Galaxy Nexus and this is what Harry McCracken has written for Time:

“The photos I took with the 5-megapixel rear-facing camera on the Galaxy Nexus weren’t as nice as ones from the 8-megapixel model on the iPhone 4S, which is almost incapable of producing bad shots. I did, however, appreciate how amazingly snappy the Nexus’s camera is–when Google claims it has zero shutter lag, they’re serious. And a fun panorama feature, similar to the one on some Sony cameras, lets you create 360-degree views by sweeping the phone around you in a circle.”

Conclusion

Mashable has said:

“The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is by far the best Android phone I’ve seen yet,”

This is what CNET describes:

“The trouble is, though, that iOS and Windows Phone, with their manual-not-required interface and attention to the user experience, are waiting to scoop up consumers who find the new Android to be too much. By taking a step forward, ICS will win a few of them back, but it also keeps a foot in Android’s cluttered past.”

At the last, Verge has said:

“It’s one of the best smartphones ever made, and with a couple of minor tweaks (particularly to the camera), it could be the best smartphone ever produced,”