The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is about to be launched by Wind Mobile and Mobilicity. I believe that we are about a week away. Wind may have them sooner. The Galaxy Nexus is such a beautiful cell phone sporting a: gorgeous 4.65" Super AMOLED touchscreen, a dual core 1.2 MHz processor giving out blazing speeds. Wind Mobile say soon on their website. Mobilicity has nothing listed their site. So it looks like that Mobilicity will get theirs later than Wind Mobile. One of the best features of this device is the fact this Samsung Galaxy Nexus comes factory unlocked! Which means that if you are travelling abroad and would like to avoid horrendous roaming rates, you can now buy a SIM card for the local carrier their and use it without any unlocking required. This is a Google feature as all Google Nexus's came unlocked to the consumer.
What is Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)?
Ice Cream Sandwich is Google's latest rendition of the Android OS. This is the latest technology for Android devices. The precious Nexus, the Google Nexus S is upgrade-able to the new Ice Cream Sandwich.
Other specs:
GSM 850/900/1800/1900 3G Network HSDPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100FaceUnlock
A rear 5MP camera and a front 1.3MP camera
TV-out
Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Oleophobic screen coating
316 ppi pixel density
face detection Full specs are here
These price updates are effective from: April 1st - April 27th 2011
Alcatel Tribe is now $150
HuaWei U8100 is now $120
Samsung Gravity 2 is now $78
LG dLite is now $130
Nokia 5230 is now $88
HuaWei U3200 is now $68
HuaWei U1250 is now $48
WINDspeed Data Stick E1691 is now $58
This basic flip phone from Samsung is a well built cell phone. Sporting a 2.0 MP camera, expandable memory via MicroSD card supporting up to 16GB. A front display, lets you see who's calling you before you answer.
There has been a lot of confusion in the market with which phones can and cannot be used with Wind or Mobilicity. Both Wind and Mobilicity run on AWS (Advance wireless service) which is a 3G protocol competing with the HSPA or HSPA+. But its not GSM. This is where i feel the confusion is. T mobile USA (TMobile UK will not work), Wind Mobile and Mobilicity both operate on 1700/2100 MHz AWS. Most phones from these carriers will work with each other. T-Mobile also has GSM, so that's why i wrote most! FYI: Blackberry will make the same model twice.
1. HSPA + GSM - Rogers, Fido, Bell, Telus, Koodo, Chatr(they currently don't have data)
2. AWS - Wind and Mobilcity
Here is the list of phones from T mobile that will work with either Mobilicity or Wind. These are the current phones that T-Mobile sells.
Motorola CLIQ 2™ with MOTOBLUR™
T-Mobile® Comet™
Garmin-Asus Garminfone™
LG Sentio
Samsung Gravity 3
Nokia E73 Mode
LG Optimus T
Samsung Gravity T
LG dLite
Samsung :) t359
Motorola CHARM™ with MOTOBLUR™
HTC® HD2
BlackBerry® Curve™ 3G
T-Mobile® myTouch™ 3G Slide
Samsung Vibrant™
Motorola CLIQ XT
Motorola DEFY™ with MOTOBLUR™
T-Mobile® G2™ with Google™
T-Mobile® myTouch® 4G
HTC® HD7
Samsung Behold® II
Samsung Galaxy Tab™
Now, its not just as easy as buying one from T-mobile and slapping in your wind Sim and it will work. Realize that every phone usually locked to the carrier their from. in order to use these lovely phones from T-Mobile on Wind or Mobilicity will require unlocking. We at Value Mobile can also help you with unlocking them.
