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hi this is Brian Bennett for cnet.com and today we're taking a first look at the Samsung Galaxy Nexus which sprint is now selling for 1 99 99 all you android fans out there know that the Galaxy Nexus isn't a new smartphone it came to verizon last december and an unlocked global model hit the world scene months before that still this venerable device was the first Android Ice Cream Sandwich handset and still has a lot of things going for it first it offers a clean pure and tasty ice cream sandwich experience the phone also has a nimble 1.2 gigahertz dual-core processor one gigabyte of RAM and 32 gigabytes of ROM it's got a nice HD super amoled screen to that measures a large 4.65 inches sprint has also promised to let the Galaxy Nexus connect to its new 4G LTE network which hopefully will launch this summer and unlike its cousin on verizon it features the Google Wallet app for mobile payments in addition to enabling Google Wallet the Galaxy Nexus is NFC chip also supports the Android Beam feature which lets you send content to other similarly equipped handsets just by bumping them together the first thing you notice about the Galaxy Nexus is its large gorgeous 4.6 5-inch screen using AMOLED technology it displays colors that are vivid and blacks which are very dark above the screen is a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera under the display you notice that there are no physical buttons instead there are three software keys for back home and recent applications on the left is a slender volume bar while on the right is a tiny power button on the bottom edge sits a micro USB port and 3.5 millimeter headphone jack some people may find the placement for the headphone jack a little awkward as opposed to being located on the top of the phone around back is the 5 megapixel resolution camera which is low compared to the 8 megapixel and even 16 megapixel sensors modern smartphones tent to sport I'm Brian Bennett this has been a first look at the samsung galaxy nexus 4 sprint be sure to check out our full view at cnet com