Verizon Galaxy Nexus gets teardown treatment
Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus has gone under the knife – or the screwdriver at least – to bare its silicon guts in the now-traditional post launch teardown. While we’ve already seen what’s going on inside the HSPA+ version of the Samsung smartphone, ZDNet‘s breakdown of the LTE model shows there are some big differences when you get past the 4.65-inch Contour Display and 100mAh bigger battery.
We’d already noted the shifted, smaller microSIM slot in our hands-on with the Verizon Galaxy Nexus yesterday, but there are also radio differences to handle the CDMA/EV-DO/LTE functionality. For instance, Silicon Motion’s FCI FC7780 Dual-band CDMA EVDO transceiver makes an appearance on the Verizon phone’s motherboard.
Story Timeline
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus Teardown reveals glass and display fused, low soldering on Nov 29th 2011
- Verizon Galaxy Nexus announced for sale [UPDATE: Off-contract pricing included] on Dec 14th 2011
- Verizon Galaxy Nexus on sale now for $300 on Dec 15th 2011
- Verizon Galaxy Nexus Hands-on on Dec 15th 2011
- Adobe Flash Player updates for ICS, Galaxy Nexus users rejoice on Dec 15th 2011
Of course, the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and in this particular Nexus’ case it’s just how fast LTE can deliver. We’ve already seen average download speeds of 11.69Mbps and upload speeds of 7.16Mbps on Verizon’s 4G network, faster than many people get from their home broadband.
Verizon Galaxy Nexus hands-on:
Relevant Entries on SlashGear.com
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- Galaxy Nexus spotted with Verizon 4G LTE
- Samsung (Galaxy) Nexus Prime leaked in Best Buy ad, on sale 11/27?
- Verizon Galaxy Nexus launching December 9th, according to leaked document
- Galaxy Nexus visits FCC again, but with AT&T bands
- Samsung confirms Galaxy Nexus hits Europe November 17
- Google confirms Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus won’t support Google Wallet
Verizon Galaxy Nexus gets teardown treatment is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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