It's still not available for purchase and reportedly, there's no way test how the Galaxy Nexus i515 handles on Verizon's LTE network (the samples are hooked to Wi-Fi only). Still, the holidays are coming and the time for picking gifts is running out fast - if you were looking at Google's pure-blood droid as a potential gift, a quick hands-on is a welcome opportunity.
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus i515 for Verizon should go on sale this Sunday (December 11). It will come with Android 4.1 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box - the 0.1 update is reportedly focused on improving the performance of the basedband.
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