Google has announced Android powered phone ‘Google Nexus S‘ which will be using Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Nexus S is the first phone that will facilitate its users with the latest version of Android that is version 2.3 Gingerbread.
Google Nexus S is manufactured by Samsung and it is designed with the direct input from the Google Android Team. According to TechCrunch “the Nexus One, the phone was not built from scratch – the starting point was the Samsung Galaxy S, released earlier this year”
Google has built a new strategy to sell its phone. Its not like the Google Nexus One, this time they are not selling it directly. The Nexus S will be available at Best Buy initially in the U.S using T-Mobile as its network carrier. Carphone Warehouse will also be selling the phone in U.K.
Pre-orders will be taken earlier and it is expected to be available from December 16.
Connectivity
- Quad-band GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900
- Tri-band HSPA: 900, 2100, 1700
- HSPA type: HSDPA (7.2Mbps) HSUPA (5.76Mbps)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 n/b/g
- Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
- Near Field Communication (NFC)
- Assisted GPS (A-GPS)
- microUSB 2.0
Display
- 4.0″ WVGA (480×800)
- Contour Display with curved glass screen
- Super AMOLED
- 235 ppi
- Capacitive touch sensor
- Anti-fingerprint display coating
Size and weight
- 63mm x 123.9mm x 10.88mm
- 129g
Hardware
- Haptic feedback vibration
- Three-axis gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Digital compass
- Proximity sensor
- Light sensor
Processor and memory
- 1GHz Cortex A8 (Hummingbird) processor
- 16GB iNAND flash memory
Cameras and multimedia
- Back-facing: 5 megapixels (2560×1920)
- 720 x 480 video resolution
- H.264, H.263 MPEG4 video recording
- Auto focus
- Flash
- Front-facing: VGA (640×480)
- 3.5mm, 4-conductor headset jack
- (stereo audio plus microphone)
- Earpiece and microphone
- Software noise-cancellation
Battery
- Talk time up to 6.7 hours on 3G
- (14 hours on 2G)
- Standby time up to 17.8 days on 3G
- (29.7 days on 2G)
- 1500 mAH Lithum Ion
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