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Samsung Galaxy Nexus - the latest smartphone of Samsung

Here’s your next Nexus device:

• Android 4.0 Ice Cream
• 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED Screen with 720p resolution
• 1.2GHz dual-core processor
• Redesigned UI in Android 4.0
• Improved multi-tasking, notifications, Wi-Fi hotspot, NFC support, full web browsing
• Android 4.0 features Software Navigation buttons
• People App with Google+ Integration among other features
• Redesigned camera with panorama mode, 1080p video, zero-shutter lag, silly faces and background replacement features
• Face Unlock: Facial recognition to unlock your phone.
• Android Beam uses NFC to easily share content with other Android users
• PURE GOOGLE EXPERIENCE
• All the Google Apps you love from Android Market and GMail to Movie Studio and redesigned Google+ app
• 8.94mm thick, 4.29mm bezel
• LTE and HSPA+ connectivity
• Available in USA, Europe, and Asia beginning in November and then rolled out globally

Wait no more. Google and Samsung have just made the long-awaited Galaxy Nexus (not longer the Nexus Prime, as we'd once heard) official here in Hong Kong, and the specifications are downright drool-worthy. Those with bantam hands need not apply, as this 4.65-inch behemoth is bound to bring back talk of Sidetalkin'. Naturally, Ice Cream Sandwich is onboard, with Google finally revealing the version number as 4.0. Other specs include an HD Super AMOLED display (1,280 x 720), a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 5 megapixel rear camera (with LED flash), a 1.3 megapixel front-facing cam, 1080p video recording and playback, a newfangled panorama mode, a 3.5mm headphone jack and Bluetooth 3.0. You'll also find USB 2.0, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, an embedded NFC module, accelerometer, compass, gyro, proximity sensor and even a barometer -- yeah, a barometer. Finishing things out, there's 1GB of RAM, 16 or 32GB of internal storage space and a 1,750mAh battery. As for radios? There's an HSPA+ model on tap, while an LTE version will "be available depending on region." There's nary a mention of carrier in the press release we're holding, but based on earlier leaks, a 4G build for Verizon Wireless seems a lock.

Focusing on Ice Cream Sandwich for a tick, Android 4.0 will bring "an entirely new look and feel to Android," boasting a redesigned user interface, bolstered multitasking / notifications, full-on NFC support and a new People app, which enables users to browse friends, family and coworkers' photos whilst peeking their status updates from Google+. ICS also introduces Face Unlock, which taps into facial recognition protocols in order to unlock your handset. And then there's Android Beam, an NFC-based technology that allows you to "quickly share webpages, apps and YouTube videos by simply tapping two phones together." According to Goog, the "lock screen, home screen, phone app and everything in between has been rethought and redesigned," and this is quite the beastly phone to launch with. Pics and a link to register for more info await you below, and PR per usual is after the break.

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