<b>Update:</b> Google next smartphone leaked before the announcement today:<b...

Terrence Miao - 2011-10-19 09:35:54+1100 - Updated: 2011-10-19 12:32:56+1100

Update: Google next smartphone leaked before the announcement today:

• 4.65-inch AMOLED screen
• Dimensions of 5.4 × 2.7 × 0.45 inches (slightly thicker than the 0.36-inch iPhone 4 and 0.36-inch Nexus S)
• 4.8 ounces
• 32GB ROM
• 1GB RAM
• 1750 mAh battery
• Micro USB 2.0
• Bluetooth 3.0 + HS
• CDMA, GSM, LTE, HSPA, EDGE, EV-DO
• The screen with a resolution of 1280 x 720 is a marvel on its own too, boasting an unprecedented 720p display on a phone
• On the back is an ample 5MP camera that will capture video at 1080p, while the front has its own 1.3MP cam, all wedged into a body 9mm thin
• Android 4.0 - mouth watering Ice Scream Sandwich

Leaked next generation Google Nexus smartphone

Terrence Miao - 2011-10-19 10:08:40+1100 - Updated: 2011-10-19 10:29:02+1100

If you don't read Japanese on the photo, I can explain them to you, ..., in Japanese.

Bruce Cooper - 2011-10-19 11:53:16+1100

I will be buying one of these as soon as I can grey import it. Theres a small chance I may be visiting the states soon, so I might even get the chance to pick one up myself :)

Not sure I believe the CMDA/LTE/HSPA line... It would be nice though!

Terrence Miao - 2011-10-19 12:17:02+1100

Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and Google Nexus smartphone announcement can be watched live-streamed on Android's YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/android on Oct 19th, 1pm Melbourne time.

Can't wait more ...

Kieran Simpson - 2011-10-19 13:04:47+1100

I'd like to see a comparison with the HTC Sensation.

Dean Budd - 2011-10-19 13:22:11+1100

Watching the launch now, very impressive!

Dean Budd - 2011-10-19 13:22:57+1100

High Definition Super AMOLED!

Bruce Cooper - 2011-10-19 13:35:36+1100

Hahahah face unlock worked about as well as I expected :)

Dean Budd - 2011-10-19 13:36:21+1100

lol!

Kieran Simpson - 2011-10-19 13:48:15+1100

I'm waiting to watch the preso off YouTube (I missed the start).

Bruce Cooper - 2011-10-19 13:48:20+1100

They've been fishing for applause and wooo!s for the entire presentation. Took em 45 minutes to get one. I think its because the presentation isn't happening in the US.

Bruce Cooper - 2011-10-19 13:58:57+1100

I don't see any SDK download on the developer site :( booo!

Bruce Cooper - 2011-10-19 13:59:27+1100

Ooooh, actually at the moment I see melted server :p

Bruce Cooper - 2011-10-19 14:06:46+1100

Its up now :)

Terrence Miao - 2011-10-19 14:40:11+1100

Buy buy buy! Sell your children and buy this phone :-D

Ice Cream Sandwich is the soul of this platform. I can feel the similarities of Google Plus and Honeycomb inside it. Also I try to imagine how Ice Cream Sandwich looks like when it is powered on a tablet. Appreciate Google engineers deliver Android 4.0 that unifies tablet and smartphone software, and the first time you could put the fragmental apps under the same hood.

Terrence Miao - 2011-10-19 14:53:19+1100

http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0.html

Download SDK and have a first taste mouth watering Ice Cream Sandwich in emulator.

Michael Poloni - 2011-10-22 08:41:00+1100

This will probably be my next phone. Hopefully Telstra will be selling it soon, as I'm looking to change carriers.

Terrence Miao - 2011-10-22 18:45:06+1100

This is possibly my first ever smart phone! I'm current have a Nokia 5880. It has a colour screen. Not bad!

Michael Poloni - 2011-10-23 09:11:08+1100

The Nokia N900 was my first smart phone. Although not so smart without a data plan, so I don't use it to its full ability. I love having a qwerty keyboard, and I'm sure to miss this with my next phone. I need to try without a qwerty keyboard to see if it works for me or not.

The N900 has been a good phone, but I only ever bought it thinking it would last me a year or so until some good Androids come out. Alas the Maemo OS was dead when the N900 came on to the market. Nokia really screwed that up - they went to market with their Linux OS on the "mobile" years ago, but with WiFi only (no GSM, etc). It's a rock-solid OS and I've found few things to fault it. But as I said, it's a dead platform ...

After spending some time on research yesterday, it's probably more likely that I'll buy the phone outright through an online retailer rather than through a Telco like Telstra.

Terrence Miao - 2011-10-23 11:03:37+1100 - Updated: 2011-10-23 11:04:01+1100

+Michael Poloni Well mate, you have to forget QWERTY keyboard and learn how to use touch screen. The world is changing. Of course, voice input is becoming popular.

Better with Telstra I recommend. Their service is bad, but infrastructure is good, plus 4G network. Trust me, I don't own Telstra shares :-)