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Samsung I9250 Galaxy Nexus 16GB Unlocked
 | Samsung I9250 Galaxy Nexus 16GB Unlocked 4.0 out of 5 from 8 user reviews. |
Technical Details
- Slim and curved Contour Display sits perfectly in your hand
- Stunning 4.6 inch SUPER AMOLED Display
- Powerfull 1.2 GHz dual core processor for speedy data transfer
- Huge 16GB storage space
- Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS
Product Description of Samsung I9250 Galaxy Nexus 16GB Unlocked
World's First Smartphone to feature Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and a 4.65" HD Super AMOLED displaySimilar Products
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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful.
Awesome Device, although Price is HighBy Stephen M Knipe II
The Galaxy Nexus is an awesome device with a stunning display. Despite many other reviews online, ICS (the new version of Android launching with this device) is pretty easy to navigate/figure out. It does have a learning curve (even for die-hard long-time Android users), but much of the OS has been made more intuitive- one just has to step back and quit over-thinking what you are trying to do (or remembering previously complicated menus for those of us that have been around Android for a while), as (generally) everything you need is right there on the screen (unless you can't do it).
My only two complaints are:
1.) Many apps still have not been updated to play nicely with ICS by their developers (but this will change when Verizon launches the device and ICS becomes more prevalent), and
2.) The price. This phone is expensive, and while completely worth it for power-users such as myself, many people will struggle with this. The main reason for expense right now is the fact that it must be imported to the US from the UK (and soon Japan/Germany/elsewhere?), so there are fees and shipping associated with that. Also, once the device does officially launch here in the US, Verizon (and other carriers hopefully) will subsidize it and bring the price down a bit).
Some people complain about the camera on this phone, but as with any other camera phone, there is a lot of variation. Yes there are bad pics out there on the various forums, but there are a lot of really good pictures taken with it by people who know the ins and outs of photography. The shutter and operation of the camera is lagless (perfect and fast), and I have found it to perform better than any of my other phones in low-light situations. It performs (in my experience) on par with the iPhone 4 (I have not played with a 4s yet so I can't say anything about that device). At the end of the day, if you want professional pictures, buy a professional camera. No phone will give you the quality of a DSLR. This phone is much more than sufficient for capturing the quick memories relevant for sharing via email/text messages or social media.
Also, there is a bug where the firmware does not debounce the volume rocker properly (there is an unshielded radio amplifier located near the rocker's circuitry that when connected to or near 2G signal on the 900 mHz band the volume rocker will think it is being pressed due to the interference), a software OTA update began being pushed out to phones yesterday (11/30/2011) to fix this issue (verified by many user reports to have fixed it). This issue affected only users outside of the US (we do not use the 900 mHz frequency band here in the states). If nothing else, this illustrates the greatest reason to buy this phone. The issue was discovered as widespread Sat. 11/19, Google's firmware fix is dated (as being compiled on/completed on) 11/21 (the following Monday), and the 9 days in between fix completion and deployment is due to testing and logistics of pushing out an OTA update. 11 days from issue identification to resolution, which is outstanding. The main reason to buy this phone is Google's dedication to this product line (the "Nexus" Series) and its software. No waiting on carriers and OEMs to write/modify/reject/etc. each little update the phone gets.
I hope this helps someone realize this truly great device.
35 of 42 people found the following review helpful.
Price of the phone AverageBy Streak
Everyone needs to realize the price of this phone is average for a brand new phone that's unsubsidized. I paid this much for my Nexus One when it came out. You have an option here, either you can buy it from Verizon for $199.99 with a 2 year contract and only be able to use it on verizon (Not bad if you're already with verizon) however if you want to use this phone with AT&T or T-Mobile then you will have to buy the GSM unlocked version which is unsubsidized. The benefit of this is you can use it on any carrier that has the correct bandwidths (Pretty much an GSM carrier) in any country. So if you're with AT&T now, you can buy the phone, have full data service but later if your decide to go to T-Mobile you can take your phone with you, exchange sim cards and ta-da...your phone works again, with full 4G data service on T-Mobile as well.
So, there's a plus side and down side to both. You can make the choice, but don't rate the phone poorly because you don't think it's a good deal because you can get it cheaper by being put under contract.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Sorry my review had to turn out like thisBy Shao Chen
OK. So for all those reviewer and NON-OWNER who gave a low rating on this marvelous product.
Now I'm seeing the price has dropped to $759 here on Amazon. Should you guys raise your rating based on the price variation, or are you guys going to lower your rating to 1 star, and crying "OMG, this is plain robbery, these sellers dropped price for over $200 overnight! Who's gonna be responsible for the loss of early adopters!"
This is so lame: i was firstly surprised that a product like this can get low rating like that, just found out that these guys are complaining about how a free market works...Are you guys living in a country with central-planned economy or something? Can I complain about all the corruptions and darkness in those governments on a smartphone's review page?
Crazy people, crazy world.
p.s., Don't want my review to turn out like this, i.e., as unhelpful as it can be, just like my old reviews... But hell, i'm giving it a 5 star for my personal liking of this product, and to net out some previous irrational and childish low ratings. Now that I have known Amazon has unlocked HSPA+ version of GN, i'm getting it in a month after making sure this actually works with ATT given that Google doesn't announce anything about ATT availability by then.
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