Its not a long post about ICS ( android version 4 – ice cream sandwich ) neither am i going to blurb on about the superb specs of the latest ‘Nexus’ labelled device to come to market from the Google camp. I just want to voice my thoughts on the desirability of this thing.. or NOT !
Okay so looking at the picture above it is quite nice but lets face it this needs to be world class and it has some tough competition in the hardware design stakes. My main thoughts upon handling the Samsung Galaxy Nexus are first ‘its shaped like a soap dish’ a bit curved and also a little bit off centre! and second ‘crappy back panel’ …whats with that back panel, its made from terrible cheap textured plastic just as the feature phones of 10 years ago were !
There you go look, from the shot above you could be forgiven for thinking this was a $99 or £99 shanzai special from ebay ! … Now obviously i know im getting lots of you shouting at me right now about how wrong i am and how great the new Nexus is but hey – its just the opinion i find myself with after holding it for an hour and having a play !!
I may not have many people who agree but i would have been much happier to have gone shopping today and come home with a phone looking something like the HTC Sensation XL but running ICS google pure edition.. you could throw in a pair of decent ear buds too if you like but its not a deal breaker ..
I do wonder if im just getting old and loosing all sense of good taste, may be you can tell me by taking a look at my idea of a great looking design for a new android phone, the 2 pictures bellow are my idea of super cool perfection – okay the screen size is out but you get the idea..
I should probably say at this point that despite my lack of enthusiasm toward the new Galaxy Nexus i am still a huge Android fan, i just wasnt expecting to go shopping for a phone today and find all sorts of more likeable hardware – HTC Titan HTC Sensation XL – and even a Nokia ( lumia ) had me me feeling more like parting with half a grand of pocket money… i came home without a phone in the end. Next time may be 
