Galaxy Nexus review: The 2011 Google flagship that launched Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The phone that introduced modern Android’s look.
The Galaxy Nexus launched Ice Cream Sandwich and on-screen navigation — the foundation of Android’s modern design. A historically important device.
01Display
40/10040/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2011 — 23 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
22/10022/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2011 — 34 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
12/10012/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2011 — 39 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
30/10030/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2011 — 26 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
38/10038/100 is one of the weaker build results among flagship phones of 2011 — 21 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
28/10028/100 is one of the weaker value results among flagship phones of 2011 — 18 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Launch device for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
- First phone with on-screen navigation buttons and Face Unlock.
- Curved HD AMOLED display.
- Clean stock Android.
- Weak 5 MP camera even for 2011.
- Small 1,750 mAh battery; plastic build.
- Software ended at Android 4.3.
- Discontinued — a vintage device.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 70-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .