Samsung Electronics uncovered on Wednesday the first smartphone running Google's hottest version of the Android operating system that target to blend software employed in tablets and smartphones. The global take-off of the Galaxy Nexus kicks off in November and comes as rivalry intensifies between Samsung and Apple Inc to win market share in the flourishing tablets and smartphones business.
Samsung and Google announced the high-end model at an occurrence in Hong Kong, after rescheduling the launch last week as a tribute to the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Apple is Samsung's biggest client for microprocessors. This furthermore marks the first major rollout from Google since it broadcasted plans in August to secure Motorola Mobility Holdings for $12.5 billion. The deal had elevated attentions among hardware manufacturers that Google might favour Motorola over alternative handset vendors like Samsung, HTC and LG Electronics Inc that place self-reliance in the free software.
Google's Android mobile software -- already the world's most-used smartphone platform -- muscles a hundred ninety million devices, up from a hundred thirty five million in mid-July. The hottest version of Android, named Ice Cream Sandwich, is anticipated to bond tablet and smartphone platforms, possibly drawing a lot of application developers and shoppers to the Android camp that has fewer applications offered than Apple's. Samsung, the top seller of Android phones and also the prime competitor to Apple, said the phone will have access to over 300,000 applications and games, versus over 425,000 apps from Apple's App Store.
Many technology websites ran live blogs of the event, demonstrating the thrill created for the new Android software and Nexus.
Samsung's new device that hypes a 4.65-inch high-definition "super" AM-OLED display and a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor features such fresh functions as face recognition to unlock the phone. The world's No.2 handset maker whispered their furthermore plans to announce a version of the Galaxy Nexus that scores on faster Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks.
Samsung's event derived less than a day after Apple conveyed quarterly results that missed anticipations for the first time in years, accusing rumors of the new iPhone for hurting demand in the September quarter. Apple and Samsung are locked in an acrimonious legal dispute in 10 countries involving smartphones and tablet computers as they bump for the highest spot in the fast-growing markets.
Samsung whispered on Monday that sales of its Galaxy S and Galaxy S II smartphones capped 30 million units, with the once-smartphone-laggard projected to overtake Apple as the world's biggest smartphone vendor in the third quarter.
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