Sprint’s Galaxy Nexus To Launch On April 15?

Jordan Crook

Jordan Crook studied English Literature at New York University before entering the tech space. Prior to joining TechCrunch, Crook dabbled in mobile marketing and mobile apps as well as doing device reviews for MobileMarketer and MobileBurn. Crook is fascinated with alternative energy production and greentech. She is now a writer for CrunchGear. Hello → Learn More

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Galaxy-Nexus

According to an internal Sprint source that spoke with S4GRU, the Galaxy Nexus will show up on Sprint shelves on April 15. You know, just over three months since the Verizon version launched and mere months away from the launch of Samsung’s next flagship: the Galaxy S III.

Talk about good timing.

Still, Sprint could use this phone on its network, even if the Nexus heyday has already come and gone. The Nexus line is like the Galaxy line, or the Droid line, or even the iPhone line. It’s a brand people trust, and will offer a super solid option to power users bumbling into Sprint stores.

Unfortunately, Sprint’s 4G LTE network isn’t quite ready to roll, which means that your 4G capable Sprint Galaxy Nexus will be serving up 3G speeds out of the box. But don’t fret. You can still toggle 4G LTE on in the settings, but around launch time, Sprint’s 4G network won’t really be mature enough to leave 4G on continuously. S4GRU speculates that Sprint will turn on LTE self-discovery mode in June, when the network can handle it.

If for some reason you’ve forgotten, the Galaxy Nexus sports a 4.65-inch 720p HD Super AMOLED display, a 1.5GHz dual-core OMAP processor, NFC support, and runs the latest version of Android: Ice Cream Sandwich. It’s truly a beauty, and Sprint subs are in need of something special.

[via MobileBurn]


Company: Sprint Nextel
Launch Date: 1999
IPO: NYSE:S

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two wireless networks serving almost 49 million customers at the end of the second quarter of 2009; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone.

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