11 Facts About Galaxy Nexus

1.

Galaxy Nexus is a touchscreen Android smartphone co-developed by Google and Samsung Electronics.

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2.

Galaxy Nexus has a high-definition Super AMOLED display with a Dragontrail curved glass surface, an improved camera, and was the first Android version 4.

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3.

Galaxy Nexus was unveiled jointly by Google and Samsung on 19 October 2011, in Hong Kong.

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4.

The Galaxy Nexus was available for sale on the Google Play Store until 29 October 2012, when it was succeeded by the LG Nexus 4.

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5.

Galaxy Nexus is one of the few devices that officially supported Google Wallet, Google's predecessor to the NFC based Android Pay electronic payment system.

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6.

On 24 April 2012, the Galaxy Nexus was sold SIM-unlocked on Google's Play Store for $399.

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7.

The Galaxy Nexus was temporarily unavailable for purchase on Google's Play store, and Google stated they would push a software update that would remove local phone searching.

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8.

The Galaxy Nexus was released in Indonesia on 21 January 2012, the Philippines on 28 January 2012, Bahrain on 4 March 2012, and Saudi Arabia in March 2012.

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9.

Galaxy Nexus generated a high level of anticipation, and received very positive reviews upon release.

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10.

Joire concluded that at the time of writing, the Galaxy Nexus is "the best Android phone available today" further concluding that it's "possibly even the best phone available today, period".

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11.

Ginny Mies of PCWorld echoed the previous statement, while saying that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is "a superb phone, and a great vehicle for introducing Android Ice Cream Sandwich to the world".

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