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Verizon Wireless Galaxy Nexus

Based on 78 reviews

Excellent:

32
Good:

32
Average:

11
Bad:

3

Pros

Gorgeous 4.65inch AMOLED Plus 720p screen.
Comes with Android 4.0.
Speedy performance.
Large.
Fast and responsive.
Enhanced interface and better performance on ICS.
Multitasking apps.
Versatile camera.
No bloatware.
Super responsive touch-screen and keyboard.
Excellent social and email features.
Best iteration of Gmail available.
Full-featured camera with instant shutter and time lapse mode.

Cons

Hit and miss camera performance.
Spotty 4G signal strength.
Short battery life.
Plastic build quality.
Slightly larger phone to get used to.
Context menu should be made consistent in apps.
Does not support USB mass storage mode.
Macs require a file manager app to browse files via USB.
No microSD card.
Ice Cream Sandwich still has a few bugs causing force closes.
Lack of support for many video formats.

By TechSpot on December 21, 2011

While all of the early reviews of the GSM/UMTS version of the Google Galaxy Nexus out of Europe were full of superlatives and the written equivalent of high-fives, I had only modest expectations for the Galaxy Nexus on Verizon. I dislike Android 3.x H...

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By Dev Hardware on May 23, 2012

TOOLS YOU CAN USE advertisementAre you in the market for a new smartphone? This review will take a look at the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in terms of design, features, and performance to help you decide if this Android handset just released for Sprint...

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By HardwareHeaven on March 30, 2012

Looking at the operating system first Android 4.0 is a huge leap forward from 2.x and noticeably better than the tablet optimised Honeycomb. Almost immediately we noticed differences in overall performance with 4.0 giving us more fluid, quicker and...

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By InsideHW on March 28, 2012

Nexus is a smartphone family signed by Google, while the OEM manufacturer is variable – for Nexus One, it was HTC, and for the next one, Nexus S, Google picked Samsung; the latest member of the family, Galaxy Nexus, is signed by Samsung yet again....

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By techcrunch.com on March 20, 2012

The LG Spectrum isn’t necessarily my favorite phone. It’s got pretty nice specs and a killer screen, but there’s something to be said about the way a phone draws you in from across the room. I don’t mean to get all romantic or dramatic about it, but...

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By HardwareZone.com on March 13, 2012

There's plenty to like about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus: its gorgeous and spacious 4.65-inch AMOLED Plus 720p screen, speedy navigation, and last but not least, the fact that it's armed with the long-awaited ICS OS. While its design is nothing to...

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By Computeractive on March 02, 2012

Although it has little interest in what manufacturers get up to with its Android operating system, Google does like to produce a smartphone of its own every now and then to show them how it thinks things should be done. The Galaxy Nexus is the third...

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By ConsumerSearch on March 01, 2012

Great smartphone, great operating systemHeralding a new era for Android operating systems is the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Verizon, the first Android phone to run Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). "This gets said every month, but yes, the Galaxy...

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By Tech Digest on February 24, 2012

Name: Type: Specifications: Though much of the focus of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be its use of the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android, we've got to take our hats off to Samsung when it comes to the hardware design of the smartphone....

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By AsiaOne on February 18, 2012

Get the Galaxy Nexus if you have been holding out on buying a new Android...

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