Google today has announced the successor to Nexus One! Its called the Nexus S and its coming to US on December 16th, and to UK on December 20th.
Designed by the folks (Google) in Mountain View, California, and manufactured by Samsung, Nexus S will be the first phone powered by the just released Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
Here are the official specs:
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
Software
- Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
- Android Market
- Calendar
- Gmail
- Google Earth
- Google Maps with Navigation
- Google Search
- Google Talk
- Google Voice
- Voice Actions
- YouTube
Check it out in action in the videos embedded below:
Nexus S will be available after December 16 for purchase as unlocked or with a T-Mobile service plan online, and in-store from all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores in the United States. And after December 20 at Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy retailers in the U.K.
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.
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