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Introducing Nexus S with Gingerbread
- sudont 16y agoLooks good, though I wish they were a bit more original than nicking Apple's "S" suffix. The 3GS, while being a soft consonant, was dissimilar enough that it worked. Nex-us -ess. Blegh. Anybody know the RAM spec?
- mike-cardwell 16y agohttp://www.google.com/phone/detail/nexus-s http://www.google.com/phone/detail/nexus-s 512MB ram, 16GB internal storage
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- ggordan 16y agoI thought the same, but they updated it
- mike-cardwell 16y ago"Audio / headphone jack 3.5mm"
- mike-cardwell 16y agoThe lack of a physical keyboard rules it out for me
- vetinari 16y agoI used to have the same opinion. Until I found Swype keyboard. Since I tried it, I had no problem switching to non-qwerty phone. Give it a try.
- follower 16y agoCan you walk down the street while typing a SMS message or entering a street address without looking at the phone? That's pretty much my "is a soft keyboard good enough" test.
- rdl 16y agoActually, with swype, yes I can. (I have to look at the beginning of input, but I do that on my 8800 too). Vastly better than a regular soft keyboard.
- sudont 16y agoAh, thanks. I was on the phone's homepage and it wasn't listed.
- follower 16y agoGiven the manufacturing partner is Samsung the "S" may be related to their Galaxy S line.
- nodata 16y agoI think the "S" stands for Samsung.
- twinwing 16y agoNext Success?
- dotBen 16y agoThe phone is part of the Samsung Galaxy S range of phones which is where the S comes from. Don't worry, I don't think they are trying to rip the iPhone branding off.
- sph 16y agoI don't want to sound too critical of it, but it doesn't seem as compelling as the Nexus One was. When the Nexus One came out, it had an 800x480 display which was higher than most devices at the time, it had a 1GHz processor which was considerably faster than competitors, a 5 megapixel camera, 512MB RAM, etc. This new Nexus S doesn't seem to improve on that formula much: same processor speed, RAM, megapixel camera, screen resolution. Plus, I think there are more compelling options for T-Mobile right now. Both the myTouch 4G and HTC G2 have HSPA+ allowing for much faster speeds than the HSPA that the Nexus S will come with. Plus, I feel that the 2-color-per-pixel model that Samsung is following with its AMOLED displays makes the devices a lot less useful for my primary purpose: text. AMOLED displays don't have the smooth text that is available on all non-AMOLED 800x480 class devices. The Nexus One was a big leap forward. It doubled the specs we were used to seeing on processor and RAM, was higher-res than anything except the Motorola Droid, and it included a top-notch camera for the time. The new Nexus S seems like it's playing catchup and is, in fact, not as nice as competing devices. Now, not having to deal with (Samsung|Motorola|HTC|LG) for OS updates and not having their or (Verizon|AT&T|Sprint|T-Mobile)'s crapware installed on it would be really nice. I guess (for me) I'd just rather get a device that supported HSPA+, had a 3-color-per-pixel display, more RAM (the myTouch 4G has 768MB), etc. The hardware isn't severely lacking in any way, it's just the type of hardware that was average for a phone coming out in July of this year.
- icegreentea 16y agoCan't find the numbers right now, but I'm pretty sure clock for clock, hummingbird is significantly better than snapdragon. The GPU also matters a lot. One reason why the iPhone feels so awesome despite the somewhat slower CPU is that it's GPU blows 80% of android GPUs out of the water. Once again, I'm pretty sure the GPU performance (if its anything like the Galaxy S) utterly destroys the Nexus One.
- mdasen 16y agoThe Galaxy S (which uses the 1GHz Hummingbird processor) benchmarks faster on the Quadrant test (which does test 3D performance) than the Nexus One with Android 2.1, but slower than devices like the Droid X. It's likely that the new Nexus S would be faster than the Nexus One, but not as fast as many other devices that have been out for a while. So, it is an upgrade, but it's below what has already come out from other manufacturers - in contrast with the Nexus One which was an enviable top of the line device when it came out. EDIT: In fact, the Nexus S looks pretty identical to the Galaxy S sans the Samsung software.
- 51Cards 16y ago16Gig, no expansion slot? Awwww... +1 for the large internal memory but -1 for no expansion slot. I run a 32Gig SD in my Nexus One and load it up with video when I travel. I also load it via a card reader and not USB. That is the ONE thing I find highly disappointing about this new model. Rest looks good.
- Titanous 16y agoSide-by-side feature comparison with the Nexus One: http://www.google.com/phone/compare/?phone=nexus-s&phone=nexus-one http://www.google.com/phone/compare/?phone=nexus-s&phone...
- schultzor 16y agoDoes anyone know if Google intends/expects to sell more of these than the N1? Or is it primarily a developer-focused device?
- mgcross 16y agoLooks to be more of a consumer-focused device, but I can't help but feel that it's more so an effort to bolster Android branding/perception than it is to sell devices.
- fairlyodd 16y agoTangential question, does anybody know the song used in the commercial in the bottom video?
- riffraff 16y agole sans culotte - 'Allo 'Allo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fb5uxIWPfg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fb5uxIWPfg
- protomyth 16y agoI wonder why they used the Cortex A8? It seems like the A9 has been around long enough to use, but maybe Samsung's Orion is not really ready or it is a cost / power issue?
- potomak 16y agoNobody is talking about the new NFC (near field communication) features?