New Google Smart Phone Recognizes Your Face

Women demonstrating facial recognition on an android

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By Danyll Wills, Hong Kong

In Hong Kong today, Google and Samsung introduced a new smart phone and operating system that could represent a potential rival for Apple’s new iPhone 4S.

Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus, which will go on sale next month, will be the most advanced smart phone from the Korean giant. It will also be the first phone to run Google’s latest operating system, Android 4.0, also known as “Ice Cream Sandwich,” following alphabetically from the earlier Gingerbread and Honeycomb.

The hardware includes a 1.2 gigahertz dual-core processor, a 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED display at 1280 by 720 resolution, a five-megapixel camera, HD 1080-pixel video, with one gigabyte of RAM and 16 gigabytes or 32 gigabytes internal memory. Depending on the region, it will support LTE or HSPA+, two 4G mobile communications standards. It has Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi, as well as near field communication for payments and data sharing.

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