The Galaxy Nexus (GT-I9250) is a touchscreen Android smartphone developed by a partnership between Google and Samsung. The phone and operating system were developed collaboratively by engineers from both companies. It is the third generation successor to Google's previous flagship phones, the Nexus One and Nexus S. It has an HD (1280 × 720)Super AMOLED display with curved glass, and an improved camera, and debuted Android version 4.0, codenamed "Ice Cream Sandwich". The name is the result of co-branding between the Samsung Galaxy and Google Nexus brands of Android smartphones. Only in Brazil, due to trademark on the "Nexus" brand, the device is known as Galaxy X.
The Galaxy Nexus was unveiled jointly by Google and Samsung on October 19, 2011 in Hong Kong. It was released in Europe on November 17, 2011.
It is one of the few phones recommended by the Android Open Source Project for building Android from source.
