Google has officially announced and released moments ago the Google Nexus S which is a successor to Nexus One. It is the first phone powered by the newly released Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
Gingerbread is the fastest version of Android yet and it delivers a number of improvements, such as user interface refinements, NFC support, a new keyboard and
text selection tool, Internet (VoIP/SIP) calling, improved copy/paste functionality and gyroscope sensor support.
The official Google product page for the Nexus S is now up-and-running and specs include a 4-inch WVGA display, a 5-megapixel camera, 16GB on-board storage and 512 MB of RAM. It runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and has a 1GHz Cortex A8-based Hummingbird processor.
The phone will be available for purchase after December 16th in the US, and December 20th in the UK. It will be the first Android device which will support NFC in both hardware and software.
Customers in US will be able to purchase Nexus S for $529 as an unlocked phone without a contract. Nexus S optimized for T-Mobile’s network is available for $199 with a two-year service agreement and qualifying voice and data plan. In UK, at £35 on contract, and £549 for the unlocked version.
Check out the Detailed Specs of Nexus S below:
* Specs:
Previously known as Samsung i9020
| General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
|---|---|---|
| 3G Network | HSDPA 1700 / 2100 /900 | |
| Announced | 2010, December | |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2010, December |
| Size | Dimensions | 123.9 x 63 x 10.9 mm |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 129 g |
| Display | Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches | |
| - Oleophobic surface- Contour Display with curved glass screen - Multi-touch input method - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Touch-sensitive controls - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - Three-axis gyro sensor |
| Sound | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
|---|---|---|
| Speakerphone | Yes | |
| - 3.5 mm audio jack |
| Memory | Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall |
|---|---|---|
| Call records | Practically unlimited | |
| Internal | 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM | |
| Card slot | No |
| Data | GPRS | Yes |
|---|---|---|
| EDGE | Yes | |
| 3G | HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; DLNA | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v2.1 with A2DP | |
| Infrared port | No | |
| USB | Yes, v2.0 microUSB |
| Camera | Primary | 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash |
|---|---|---|
| Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus | |
| Video | Yes, 720p@30fps | |
| Secondary | Yes, VGA |
| Features | OS | Android OS, v2.3 Gingerbread |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor | |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS | |
| Browser | HTML | |
| Radio | No | |
| Games | Yes | |
| Colors | Black | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support | |
| Java | Via third party application | |
| - Social networking integration- Digital compass - MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Flash Player v10.1 - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input - Near Field Communications |
| Battery | Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh | |
|---|---|---|
| Stand-by | Up to 713 h (2G) / Up to 428 h (3G) | |
| Talk time | Up to 14 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G) |
