It's been nearly a full year since the last Google Nexus phone was announced (though we witnessed the launch of the Nexus 7 tablet in the meantime). We've already seen some leaked specs of an update for the Galaxy Nexus but now we have photos uploaded to Picasa to back those up as well.
The
EXIF info in the photos labels the device "GT-I9260" - the expected
model number of the successor of the current Galaxy Nexus (I9250).
Unfortunately, the photos were not shot at full resolution, so they
can't confirm the upgrade to 8MP that the camera of the next Galaxy
Nexus is rumored to receive.
What
the photos do reveal however, is a F/2.65 aperture and a 4mm focal
length. The Galaxy S III has an aperture of F/2.6 and a focal length of
3.6mm, while the Galaxy S II has an aperture F/2.65 and a focal length
of 3.97mm, so it might be theoretically possible that the new Nexus
phone may have the same camera as the Galaxy SII.
In
one of the photos, there's a portion of an Excel window with a table
listing Bluetooth specs for something, but there's nothing interesting
that can be made out.
Besides
the camera, the Samsung I9260 Galaxy Nexus "Premiere" is supposed to
have a better CPU (Cortex-A9 dual-core at 1.5GHz instead of 1.2GHz), a
microSD card slot and the same 4.65" Super AMOLED HD screen.
Would
it be okay if the next Galaxy Nexus really isn't based on the Galaxy S
III? The OS it will run is still not clear - typically, a Nexus device
would come with the latest available iteration of Android, but Jelly
Bean is still very fresh (barely powering a percent of all Androids), so
it might be too early for Key Lime Pie.
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