Google Nexus S mobile to hit Oz; soon in India
The google Android 2.3 Gingerbread powered Nexus S is manufactured by the world's second largest handset maker Samsung. Gadget market analysts predicted that the launch of Nexus S in Australia will be a great threat to the Apple iPhone, which has a huge market share.
Some of the analysts added Android devices will exceed the sale of Apple iPhones in Australia by 2013. Low cost, variety of applications and openness help Android devices to get more acceptance.
The Nexus S smartphone has a 4-inch WVGA touchscreen display and a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash. The front facing VGA camera offers video calling facility. It is powered with 1 GHz Hummingbird processor.
The Nexus S is the first Android phone with a built-in near-field communication (NFC) chip, which helps users to make a payment by waving a device over an electronic reader.
This new phone offers 512 MB RAM and 16GB internal memory with micro SD support upto 32 GB. Other features include Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi, Internet Calling and copy-and-paste functions.
Nexus
S
Specifications
&
Features:
*
4.0
inch
WVGA
(800
x
480)
touchscreen
display
*
Super
AMOLED
*
5
MP
camera
with
LED
flash
*
VGA
camera
for
video
calling
*
Android
2.3
Gingerbread
OS
*
Android
User
Interface
*
Near
Field
Communications
(NFC)
*
1GHz
Cortex
A8
(Hummingbird)
processor
*
16
GB
internal
memory
*
512
MB
RAM
*
HSPA
type:
HSDPA
(7.2Mbps)
HSUPA
(5.76Mbps)
*
Bluetooth
2.1
*
WiFi
802.11
b/g/n
*
USB
2.0
*
3.5mm
headphone
jack
*
Assisted
GPS
(A-GPS)
*
Internet
Calling
support
(VoIP/SIP)
*
Lithium
Ion
(Li-Ion)
(1500
mAH)
*
6
hours
talktime
*
428
hours
standby
Vodafone has not yet announced the exact release date and price of Google Nexus S in Australia. Sources close to Google reported that Nexus S will be launched in India soon. We can expect this smartphone in Indian market by Feb end or Mar first. The expected price of Google Nexus S in India is around Rs 24,000. Stay tuned for more updates.
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