GOOGLE NEXUS S GOES OFFICIAL

The rumored Nexus S smartphone has finally been officially unveiled. True to the rumors, it is manufactured by Samsung and is based on the Galaxy S smartphone. It runs on the next version of Android 2.3, Gingerbread and has a 4.0-inch 800 x 480 Super AMOLED contour display, 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 512MB of ram, 5 megapixel camera with 720p video recording and 16GB flash memory. It will be available in the US from December 16th at $199 from T-Mobile and $529 unlocked, while the UK launch will be on 20th of December. Here are the full specs, images and videos of the new Nexus S.








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 (480x800)
Contour Display with curved glass screen
Super AMOLED
235 ppi
Capacitive touch sensor
Anti-fingerprint display coating

Processor and memory

1GHz Cortex A8 (Hummingbird) processor
16GB iNAND flash memory


Cameras and multimedia

Back-facing: 5 megapixels (2560x1920)
720 x 480 video resolution
H.264, H.263 MPEG4 video recording
Auto focus
Flash
Front-facing: VGA (640x480)
3.5mm, 4-conductor headset jack
(stereo audio plus microphone)
Earpiece and microphone
Software noise-cancellation


Hardware

Haptic feedback vibration
Three-axis gyroscope
Accelerometer
Digital compass
Proximity sensor
Light sensor


Software

Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Android Market
Calendar
Gmail
Google Earth
Google Maps with Navigation
Google Search
Google Talk
Google Voice
Voice Actions
YouTube


Size and weight

63mm x 123.9mm x 10.88mm
129g


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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