Theotherbig mobile handset announcement of the month, Google and Samsung’s 11 October unveiling of what’s widely expected to be the next Nexus-branded handset running Android, is now less than a week away, andBGRclaims it’s got a scoop on the specs we can expect to see on the device.
If the blog’s sources are correct (and they often are), we’re looking at an Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ handset with a 4.6 inch curved glass screen, LTE “4G” radio, a 5-megapixel rear camera (1.3-megapixel front-facing) and 1080p HD video capture – something’s been missing from ‘vanilla’ Android devices up to now.
BGR is also claiming that this will be a Verizon exclusive in the USA, and officially dubbed the Galaxy Nexus.
All the specs, detailed below, seem reasonable enough for a Nexus-branded handset, and the curved glass design gels with ateaser video, and the image below, issued this week by Samsung. Still, many fans of Nexus handsets will no doubt have been hoping for a spec bump on the camera, which has been fixed at 5-megapixel since the original Nexus One.
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We’ll find out for sure just how much of this holds true next week at Google and Samsung’s CTIA event in San Diego.
Story byMartin SFP Bryant
Martin SFP Bryant is the founder of UK startup newsletter PreSeed Now and technology and media consultancy Big Revolution. He was previously(show all)Martin SFP Bryant is the founder of UK startup newsletterPreSeed Nowand technology and media consultancyBig Revolution. He was previously Editor-in-Chief at TNW.
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