Samsung Galaxy Nexus LTE confirmed for Sprint
By George Wong
on 01/09/2012 13:36 PST
Last week the Samsung Galaxy Nexus LTE for Sprint was accidentally leaked in an advert that was published on CNET’s website. The ad was promptly pulled offline then, but not before word got out about the device. However, as of today, Sprint has confirmed that the phone will indeed be on its way: according to a Sprint landing page, the Galaxy Nexus will be one of Sprint’s first 4G LTE phones.
While most of its specs will be the same as Verizon’s own LTE Galaxy Nexus, there are some differences between the two phones. Firstly, Sprint’s version will feature Google Wallet – something that Big Red doesn’t have on its version of the phone. However, Sprint’s Galaxy Nexus will only have 16GB as opposed to the 32GB on Verizon’s model. Worth the trade off? That’s for you to decide. At least you still get unlimited data on Sprint.
The Galaxy Nexus LTE will arrive when Sprint’s LTE network launches later this year. Stay tuned for more details.
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Android Android is mobile operating system from
Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the
Apache license.
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.
Samsung Samsung is a South-Korean conglomerate which counts many subsidiaries like Samsung Electronics, which you probably know very well, but also Samsung Heavy Industries which builds ships, or Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung Securities and many more. Samsung is responsible for an amazing 20% of South Korea's exports. In the consumer electronics world, Samsung has gone from being a company with a reputation for cheap products to becoming one of the most respected companies in the world.
Sprint Sprint is one of the major wireless carriers in the USA. It uses a mix of CDMA and WiMax Network as the backbone of its infrastructure. The company has pledged to roll out Advanced LTE in the future.
