{"id":6905,"date":"2011-12-21T12:06:57","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T18:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=6905"},"modified":"2011-12-27T13:06:37","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T19:06:37","slug":"techcitement-review-my-weekend-with-galaxy-nexus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/column\/review-column\/techcitement-review-my-weekend-with-galaxy-nexus\/","title":{"rendered":"Techcitement Review: My Weekend With Galaxy Nexus"},"content":{"rendered":"
On Thursday, I was the first person in line at the Verizon store in Culver City, CA, to pick up the Galaxy Nexus. The Nexus is the latest phone from Samsung featuring the latest build of Google’s Android operating system, 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). This is particularly exciting for me, if only because I haven’t upgraded my phone since I first ordered my original DROID. Since then, I’ve been putting the phone through it’s paces, in a “how does it stand up as a general use device and in replacing my DROID” way.<\/p>\n
So does the phone stand up? In a word, yes. In three, oh hell yeah.<\/p>\n
With the device in my hand for the first time, it’s clear the Nexus has a way, way, way bigger screen than my old phone, but it’s also impressively thinner, lighter, and sleeker. THis may sound odd, but it also isn’t too light or thin. I had played around a little bit with the RAZR and it felt wrong in my hands, as if I could accidentally break it if I squeezed the phone too hard. The Nexus provides just enough heft to remind you that it’s there, but remains relatively low on overall mass. The phone is a little too large to use completely with one hand — and it’s not like I’ve got tiny mitts — but I can cover most of the phone’s real estate with just one thumb.<\/p>\n