Samsung took the opportunity to talk about his and Google's new baby during his Galaxy Note World Tour in
London and one of the few Swedish media on the spot we took the opportunity to feel a little extra on the next generation Nexus phone and let it sweat a bit in some performance tests.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus is well known that the third Nexus-model on the Android market and Samsung is the second consecutive year, the honor of being the first introduction of a new Android platform - Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
Without warning, Samsung had to our joy chosen to let their phone and tablet hybrid Galaxy Note to share stage with his newly-hatched siblings Galaxy Nexus during the launch of Galaxy Note World Tour in London.
Samsung announced the phone with the four types of words - performance, display, design and operating systems. We thought briefly try to address these issues here in an early preview, where we begin to look more closely at the phone itself and its design.
Large but tuned
Samsung Galaxy Nexus is a telephone in the absolute top tier, not only in terms of functionality, but also size. The phone is built around its new HD Super AMOLED screen, which measures the entire 4.65 inches on the diagonal. Samsung also pointed out that the phone's trimmed measure of all ranks. HSPA + model - unfortunately, we could say - is the model coming to Sweden to measure only 8.94 mm in the profile. The profile also has the same curved design that Samsung introduced the Nexus S last year.
Although the frame around the screen has been slim and besides that we now find navigation buttons in the GUI of the phone has also been dieted away millimeters on the sides where the Galaxy Nexus has a frame of only 4.29 mm.
A detail Samsung also mentioned was the back of the phone that has a similar texture as Galaxy II, but here in a more rubber-like material, which in our brief hands-on session actually made the phone feel less inclined to slip out of hand.
Galaxy Nexus is also surprisingly light with a match weight of 135 grams, which is more the rule than the exception for Samsung phones. This means that we may not get the same solid feel as the more sturdy construction, such as the HTC Titan (4.7 inches and 160 grams), but for those who are accustomed to Samsung's design language, this is nothing new, a matter simply.
The phone is otherwise clean and without physical navigation buttons and a hidden notifying front of the phone is very clean. In the long sides, we find a new standard connector for docking stations and accessories, and volume control. On the short side houses the microUSB / HML-input while the top edge is a 3.5 mm headphone connector and power button.
The general feeling we get off the phone during our preview is that it does not feel as great as we feared. The more elongated display panel and trimmed the shell allows the phone is not much larger than its siblings Galaxy II - although it obviously notice a difference when you have them in hand.
HD Super AMOLED does not disappoint
Samsung has thus pushed in its latest HD Super AMOLED panel in the Galaxy Nexus and apart from its size at 4.65 inches, the resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels which is the most pleasant news. Discussions have been many around the subpixel technique Samsung have chosen / been forced to use in their HD Super AMOLED panel. With PenTile we have one third fewer subpixels in the display of what a true RGB panel had offered, which can give a slightly poorer perceived resolution.
We're pleased to announce that the very high resolution that HD Super AMOLED usually mask the shortcomings of PenTile technology very well. We did our best to try to find angular units and irregularities in the screen text and image rendering, but we could never find with the naked eye of the smaller number of subpixels. We managed to snap some quick macro images - better, in our full-scale review - of the screen where we can glimpse subpixels set. But when we have difficulty getting them on the image with a high resolution DSLR camera and a macro lens, it is quite obvious that most users will never notice what is going on behind the more than 900 000 pixels on Samsung's HD Super AMOLED screen.
In a somewhat dubious test environment where we otherwise thrilled with the screen black and the resolution that makes it possible to read even small text and graphics without having to zoom in regular intervals. While viewing angles were as expected, very good, while we like the Samsung Galaxy S II marked by relatively little reflection on the screen glass.
Super-fast camera and NFC division
We also took the opportunity to test drive Samsung's new camera sensor. Samsung claims that despite its lower sensor resolution, 5 megapixels to 8 megapixels in the Galaxy II has a very capable camera functionality in the Galaxy Nexus. The phone also supports recording 1080p video and although we were unable to evaluate either photo or video quality, we note that Samsung's "Zero Shutter Lag" technology works as advertised. As seen in the video above flip phone photo rather instantly, and gives us a much more "camera-like" feel.
We also got a quick presentation of Android Beam where we can share information and data between two NFC-enabled devices by simply bringing them close together. By putting two Galaxy Nexus phones against each other and pressing a button you can share links or images between phones. An otherwise cool feature and something we should take a closer look at the future.
A screen that makes a difference
The short impression we manage to get the Galaxy Nexus design and hardware during their stay in London feels overall very positive. In today's smartphone market, especially the premium-oriented, the screen is the overall most important component. Here we are so far impressed with the Galaxy Nexus, which offers more or less what we asked for earlier, a Super AMOLED panel with high resolution. PenTile technology, we have not noticed any side effects and the most abysmal blackness of the panel can be even more important in Android 4.0, where we appreciate when the graphical navigation buttons blend in with the rest of the phone's black frame, something an LCD panel is not likely succeed in .
Apple iPhone 4 3.5 inches - Samsung Galaxy Note 5.3 inches - Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4.65 inches
Galaxy Nexus is in spite of its large screen relatively light and easy to handle. Not everyone will appreciate the feeling that Samsung's thin plastic shell inspires, but for those who are satisfied with, for example Galaxy S II, we see no problem with that.
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