Samsung Galaxy Nexus SCH-I515 - 32GB - Black (Verizon) Smartphone

So I had Bionic and I was happy with it, until this phone came out. The Galaxy Nexus presented too many awesome features for me to pass it up, and seemed to me to be a significant improvement over my Bionic. So I got it. I love this phone. I am running it regular stock, non-rooted.

Has everything I want, it is not laggy, ICS is great, NFC is sweet if not as widespread as I would hope yet.


The camera would be better if it was higher quality but it is good quality still, and the zero lag feature is clutch.

I have never run into an issue needing an SD card and feeling like I was stuck because I did not have that option, and Google offers ways to use the phone as storage easily anyway.

Battery Life is so dependent on your specific situation. When I am in my hometown with 4G I got very short battery life (I often was putting the phone under heavy usage at the time and never turned off 4G). I would have to guesstimate I got 5-6 hours medium-heavy use, and 8 hours regular on LTE.

Where I live now there is not yet 4G and I often use WiFi and I get up to 15-17 hrs on light use and about 12-13 on Moderate-Regular use.

Anyway it is just awesome to have a phone that just works how you want it to (I know, obligatory iPhone mention here: iPhone is a good phone but I don't want iOS - ok moving on) and it is a fantastic experience using this phone.

The screen quality and size make it great to use. Ice Cream Sandwich is great but I am not going to review that too. Little things like the notification light (which is customizable via 3rd party apps) and having the lock button on the right hand side of the phone are some of the things that I think take this phone a level above most. It may not be a key feature, but things like that set it apart from many other similar spec'd phones.


Best:

Huge/Brilliant Screen

NFC (Allowing you to use Google Wallet - not hard to get this even on Verizon non-rooted)

Ice Cream Sandwhich

Unlocked Bootloader

Notification Light

Right hand side lock button

Worst Things:

Screen is not Gorilla Glass (still scratch/break resistant but not as durable as Gorilla Glass in my opinion)

Camera is only 5 MP

No microSD Slot/HDMI out (they do have an HDMI via dock now)

Speaker phone not very loud (apparently you can get 3rd party apps to make it louder but I have not tried this)




TL;DR - It is not perfect but it is close, with no deal-breaking flaws or oversights; thanks to its wide range of features (LTE/NFC), early reception of Google software updates, and ability to root and overclock it, this phone will be the most capable of keeping up with technology on a 2-yr plan.

This phone is super fast, and while maybe not as thin as the Droid Razr, its not hefty either. ICS is amazing. Phone is full of amazing features like face unlock and Google music from the cloud. Battery life wasn't THE WORST (cough..cough..Thunderbolt) but the extended battery was a gracious improvement. I wish the device was a true Nexus (minor VZW bloatware), but unwanted apps can be "deactivated" and hidden (not deleted) from the menu and update queue. All in all, I'm a happy user and would recommend this phone to anyone looking for a complete, reliable, fast smartphone on an amazingly fast LTE network without OS or manufacturer restraint.

So far it has been great, The first day I did have to reset the phone twice but since then I have had no trouble. The phone is super quick and smooth, it does not have an app killer like my old samsung but there are plenty in the market. I just tried out google wallet today at a local burger joint and must admit it is a pretty cool feature. Battery life is a good as one can expect out of a phone with a 4" screen, it will last four hours or so with constant use, longer if I can set it down for a while which does not happen too often. Camera takes awesome pictures and has a user friendly panoramic setting. Video is ok but I have not messed with the setttings yet. Face lock is another cool feature although I dont use it. One issue I keep having is the auto rotation not always working, either while surfing the web or viewing my photo gallery or messaging I just cant figure it out, maybe an update down the road will help. Overall an awesome phone

this phone is a good phone but the battery die so fast,i have to charge it 3 or 4 times everyday when i use it on a regular basic.it have the latest Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 and it's the only phone that come with it as of right now.it's a good phone but as of for the battery life i can not recommend this phone to anybody else that want long battery life

I was able to get a upgrade week before birthday and man what a present. I've had phone for about a month now and really great OS and phone. ICS is really beautiful os and snappy and haven't had really many problems if any. The battery life isn't great but 4G LTE phones never have the best of that... I have 2 extended with one on its way now.. does pretty good. I can get heavy heavy use and have it last about 10-11 hours or so. Love the big screen and everything with shape and style of this phone.

This is great phone to me and really liking the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Great phone!!!! Android ROCKS!!