World's first Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" adopted, "Galaxy Nexus" formal announcement

A smartphone "Galaxy Nexus" which adopted the new version Android "Ice Cream Sandwich" which was predicted to be released by Google was finally officially announced.

The smartphone was scheduled for official announcement on October 11, local time,Following the death of Apple's Steve Jobs, postponed as "It is not suitable for presenting new products now"It was done.

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A recital held in Hong Kong



The latest model of the "Nexus" series is partnered with Samsung following "Nexus S".


That name is "Galaxy Nexus". To what shape Samsung 's brand' Galaxy 'comes before.






"Galaxy Nexus" is compatible with LTE and HSPA +, adopting 4.65-inch OLED "Super AMOLED" display realizing HD resolution of 1280 × 720. The delay is only 0.01 ms, the coloring is good and the power consumption is low. It was released in November from NTT DoCoMo.




Curved type display easy to fit in hand


Bezel is only 4.29 mm



Equipped with a function to improve the image quality of moving images and a camera that can shoot with zero time lag


Next, the function explanation of "Ice Cream Sandwich"


Screen shot shooting function as standard equipment


Improve usability such as copy, paste, insert when entering characters.


Mail creation is also full-blown with speech recognition


Provide unlock function with face authentication


If authentication fails, it can be unlocked with a finger pattern etc.


The browser became easier to see.


It also features a data usage limit function to prepare for pay-per-use billing.


Improved functions related to photographs. In addition to continuous shooting fully utilizing the "Galaxy Nexus" camera that allows continuous shooting with zero time lag, processing of pictures is also easy.






Panoramic shooting function that allows panoramic photos to be created by shifting the camera




Camera function of "Galaxy Nexus". Full HD movie shooting at 1080p, Continuous Focus, Zoom during shooting, Lime Lapse movie shooting is also supported.


"PEOPLE APP" newly installed.


You can cross-check the status of registered users in the phone book.



It is also possible to access from the home screen with one touch.



A new function "ANDROID BEAM (Android Beam)" appears. It is amazing naming.


By using non-contact communication "NFC", data can be shared only by bringing the terminals closer together.





Also, though Android is different in version for each type of terminal, such as "2.X" for smartphones, "3.X" for tablet terminals ... ..., it is integrated with "Ice Cream Sandwich" To that. The recital is over here.