Samsung Galaxy Nexus Reviews

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review at Engadget

We already knew more-or-less what we were getting with the Verizon rendition of the Galaxy Nexus, and ultimately it delivers. Yes, battery life predictably takes a hit compared to the HSPA+ when you enable LTE, and it's safe to say this version of the phone has a bit more to love than the earlier release, but neither of those are deal-breakers. This, like the other version, is a great phone. At $300 with a two-year contract ($650 without) it is not cheap, but if you must have the best, it's well worth it. Oh, and does it truly deserve to wear the Nexus name? No, not quite, but we're not going to let ourselves get too worked up about that. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review at PCWorld

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is a superb phone, and a great vehicle for introducing Android Ice Cream Sandwich to the world. Android has clearly come a long way, and the tweaks and updates Google has implemented throughout the operating system make a huge difference in efficiency and ease of use. Right now, the Galaxy Nexus is the best Android phone you can buy. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review at CNET

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is unmistakably an Android phone. It's powerful, you can tinker with it down to its core, and it offers some features the iPhone can't touch. Without a doubt, Android fans will see the Galaxy Nexus that way and they're likely to savor every morsel of Ice Cream Sandwich. Without ICS, the phone is more or less just a phone, but with it you're looking at a sleek and powerful smartphone. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review at Wired

The best Android phone to date, hands down. Improvements in Ice Cream Sandwich make it much easier to use. Super AMOLED screen is bright and crisp. Cool features like Face Unlock and NFC-powered Beam take phone-based parlor tricks to a new level. Data Usage tool provides granular graphs for us OCD types to obsess over. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review at Gizmodo

Yes, you should buy it. The only truly bad thing about this phone is the camera. Even with that, I'm comfortable calling this the best Android phone. But that's only because it's the only Android phone you can get with a clean build of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and that supersedes all of its faults. The improvement over Gingerbread really is that big a deal. But it needs to be said: This phone shouldn't be getting bitch-slapped by a previous-gen handset from the same manufacturer. If that's Google's idea of a flagship, it should consider whether it wants to take its armada to war. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review at SlashGear

Make no mistake, this is the best Android phone around today. It’s impossible to divorce Samsung’s hardware from the Ice Cream Sandwich experience, for the moment at least. That may change as more manufactures offer Android 4.0 phones, but for now it’s tough to think of going back to a Gingerbread or earlier device. ICS’ finessed software works beautifully with Samsung’s hardware and – with the exception of the camera, perhaps, which can be a minor blot on the Galaxy Nexus’ score sheet – the sum of the two parts is massively compelling. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review at LaptopMag

The Galaxy Nexus isn't just a new Android flavor of the week. Android Ice Cream Sandwich represents a big step forward for the OS in terms of usability and polish. The physical design itself may be too big for some, but Samsung has done a nice job keeping the weight and thickness down to counterbalance the big and beautiful 720p screen. The Galaxy Nexus beats the iPhone 4S when it comes to multitasking, and you can shoot photos faster and do a lot more with them without downloading a third-party app. What we'd like to see is Facebook integrated into the People app. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review at PocketNow

In terms of hardware, the Galaxy Nexus is certainly up there on the high end. Everything feels fast except for when you have to wait for an application to load, though it doesn’t feel significantly faster than anything else. If you’re an Android fan and love everything Google does (and never use Facebook), then the Galaxy Nexus is the latest and greatest that you’re sure to want, just as long as you don’t mind having to compromise on battery life and photo quality. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review at  TechRadar

We had real high hopes for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and genuinely expected it to take the place of best smartphone on the market when it launched. But it didn't. In the year since its launch it has understandably dropped even further behind. That's not to say it's not a good handset because it is a fantastic piece of kit. With the launch of Android 4.1: Jelly Bean it has also become relevant again, soaring ahead of rivals in software terms. But if you were to take away Jelly Bean, hardware-wise, you'd not have much to write home about compared to what else is out there, beyond the beautiful screen. Jelly Bean refines Android and makes it smoother and more responsive than ever before, as smooth even as the iPhone 4S. Right now the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the only phone running it, and in the short term that's a big selling point. Read more...