Unlocked Galaxy Nexus available in the US via gray market imports

By Tyler Lee on 11/23/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

Unlocked Galaxy Nexus available in the US via gray market imports So it seems that the Galaxy Nexus is will arriving on Verizon in December although no specific date was mentioned. However if the lack of a specific date or another potential delay does not sound like news you want to hear, perhaps this might cheer you up. It seems that if you’re willing to drop the cash, gray market importers in the US have reportedly gotten their hands on some unlocked Galaxy Nexus handsets.

One such retailer, Expansys USA are claiming to have over 100+ units available in stock. The bad news is that unlike phones on contract, unlocked phones will cost more and this time round you can expect to pick up an unlocked Galaxy Nexus for a whopping $750. The good news here is that it will be the GSM version of the Galaxy Nexus meaning that you will be able to use it on either AT&T or T-Mobile, both of which have not announced any plans to bring in the device to begin with.

If you’re interested in picking up an unlocked Galaxy Nexus for yourself, you can hop on own to Expansys USA’s website to place your order today.

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Galaxy Nexus: The Samsung Galaxy Nexus was the first smartphone to officially receive Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich. The Galaxy Nexus was launched in Hong Kong on Oct 19 2011 and has debuted commercially in Europe as a carrier-free and unlocked GSM phone, and later arrived to the USA under the same name on the Verizon network. Although its internal hardware is pretty much equivalent in performance to the older Galaxy S2, the Galaxy Nexus has a great design with a curved glass 720p display. It is powered by a TI OMAP 4460 with 1GB of RAM and a Power VR SGX540 GPU.

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