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The long awaited Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone running the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS has finally arrived. There are good reasons why people are excited for this phone: it’s the first model available with the Android 4.0 operating system and it has plenty of high-end specs.

There are quite a few changes in the new OS, but here are some of the more noteworthy features. For starters, it has software navigation buttons, a dedicated recent apps button, and only three action keys at the base of the phone. It also has face recognition software that can be used to unlock the phones. The camera app supports panorama mode and the ability to add effects. It also has Android Beam, a feature that lets you easily share content with another compatible Android device just by tapping them together.

When it comes to specs the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has all those expected in a high-end smartphone. It sports a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, 4G LTE connectivity, the ability share the data connection with up to 10 WiFi-enabled devices via Mobile HotSpot, rear-facing 5-megapixel camera that can shoot 1080p HD and 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, a HTML 5 Web browser, Bluetooth 3.0, and 32GB of onboard storage.

Although the cell phone is available today with Verizon service it is already sold out on LetsTalk… for the moment. Thanks to everyone for the stunning response to our launch offer. We’ve blown through our initial inventory of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. We're currently working vigorously with Verizon to secure more phones. It may take one to two weeks.

Topics: Verizon Wireless Samsung Smart phones Android News