Leaked specs could be showing a revamped Nexus

21 August, 2012

SamMobile.com have unearthed some specs of a peculiar Samsung device that has a model number I9260. The device is similar to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, offering a 4.65" SuperAMOLED display but raises the bar with two Cortex-A9 cores clocked at 1.5 GHz (compared to 1.2GHz on the Galaxy Nexus), an 8 MP camera on the back and 1.9 MP one on the front. The smartphone reportedly comes with 16 GB of on-board storage and... wait for it... a microSD card slot.

The HSPA Galaxy Nexus carries the model number I9250 so if rumored I9260 makes it to the market it could be a slightly updated version of the Google purebred by Samsung.

Still, you would do well to take this information with a pinch of salt as this could just be a Samsung device that will come with TouchWiz and not a part of the Nexus family. Also it strikes us as odd that the device in question features a microSD card, which is unlike the last two Nexus devices. And we wonder about the dual-core processor - the next Nexus device should follow the Nexus 7 slate and offer at least a Tegra 3 quad-core chip.

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scum
26 Aug 2012
vCQ

Confusing this. The Nexus seems doomed to be named in Apple's ban-list. Why develop a revised version? I actually thought the spec's on the existing Nexus were OK to start with with the exception of the lack of Micro SD slot. The BIG problem was the ...

JFK
23 Aug 2012
3Y2

Thanks. I think LG and Sony going to get the nexus 2 hope so Sony and LG has the best screen around. Don't think it's going to be a Dual core! Maybe Tegra 3 or A15 krati s4 maybe cause I don't think Google/Android won't miss the chance anymore after ...

lashton
22 Aug 2012
i2G

The new nexus (like the previous 2) will NOT have the 4 core, the first 2 I think had TI *(well not tergra 2 i know), I think the new nexus will have the S4 pro and will smoke the SGS3