At Google I/O, Andy Rubin spilled the beans about Google working on a new Nexus smartphone. And to top that off, a report has emerged suggesting that the said smartphone is in the works.

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The new smartphone is said to be so powerful that it would be called a superphone rather than a smartphone. The name of the device is said to be the Nexus Prime and sources who are close with BGR said the final production unit might just sell with the name “Google Nexus Prime”. The thing which is said to be notable in this device is that the manufacturer of choice is again Samsung, which currently manufactures the Nexus S. The device will carry an OMAP4460 processor which is clocked at 1.5 GHz, that much muscle for a phone is too much in our opinion! More details regarding the device are explained below:

We reported that the handset would nix physical menu keys going forward, and would feature a monster 720p -resolution display, and we have now confirmed with our source that the screen itself is branded as a “Super AMOLED HD” display. The branding confirms our suspicions that Samsung will indeed be the manufacturer.

In terms of performance and hardware, the Nexus Prime seems to be a beast! The OS of choice for the new superphone will be Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Ice Cream Sandwich is a version of Android which was announced at Google I/O this year, and the thing that makes it stand apart from all the other iterations of Android is that it’s a universal OS, it will run on tablets, it will run on phones, might even power up your TV or refrigerator.

Other details which we believe might latch on to the Nexus Prime well will be the buttonless design, something which we’ve already seen before in a photo which was claimed to be of the next Nexus device.

The superphone might be unveiled sometime this year, Summer as BGR points out.

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