Best Android-Based Phone

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Android lovers, listen up. If you love Android OS and want to make the most of what it has to offer, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the phone for you. This phone offers users the perfect marriage between the Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS (code name for the most recent OS) and the world’s fastest wireless network. Of course, this is the only U.S.-based phone that offers the new OS technology, but it delivers it well.

• Carrier: Verizon Wireless
• Pros: As previously stated, this is currently the only phone on the market that offers Android 4.0, which gives it a significant edge over other Android-based phones. This will likely change as more phones enter into the market. However, that said, this is one slick phone. The display is gorgeous, and the phone appears to be equipped with everything it needs to handle anything you can throw at it.
• Cons: I wish that Samsung would have taken the time to add an expandable memory slot. The internal memory designation simply isn’t enough to hold everything that this phone is capable of. Also, I did notice that there is an obvious lack of support for Google Wallet, which is disappointing.

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone was the ace in the hole that Verizon needed to overcome the fact that it no longer had the Apple market cornered. Of course, the iPhone wasn’t exclusive to Verizon, but with only one other competitor in the marketplace, it was easy for Verizon to hold on to customers. And that’s where the Galaxy Nexus comes in to play. This is a great Droid phone, and it is completely exclusive to Verizon – at least, for now. So, if a great Droid is what you seek, this is it.