Nexus S
The Nexus S is a smartphone co-developed by Google and Samsung and manufactured by Samsung Electronics for release in 2010. It was the first smartphone to use the Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" operating system, and the first Android device to support Near Field Communication (NFC) in both hardware and software.
Samsung Nexus S running Android 2.3 | |
| Codename | Crespo |
|---|---|
| Brand | Google / Samsung |
| Manufacturer | Samsung |
| Series | Google Nexus |
| Compatible networks | GSM/GPRS/EDGE Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, and 1900 MHz) AWS WCDMA/HSPA Tri-band (900, 1700, and 2100 MHz) OR UMTS WCDMA/HSPA Tri-band (850, 1900, and 2100 MHz) HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev.A + Mobile WiMAX (Sprint Network) |
| First released | United States December 16, 2010 T-Mobile USA |
| Availability by region | South Korea August 10, 2010
UK December 22, 2010 (Vodafone & Unlocked) Canada April 7, 2011 Wind Mobile, Mobilicity, Telus, Koodo Mobile & Rogers Wireless Serbia April 4, 2011 Thailand April 1, 2011 AIS |
| Predecessor | Nexus One |
| Successor | Galaxy Nexus |
| Related | Samsung Galaxy S |
| Type | Smartphone |
| Form factor | Slate |
| Dimensions | 123.9 mm (4.88 in) H 63.0 mm (2.48 in) W 10.8 mm (0.43 in) D |
| Mass | 129.0 g (4.55 oz) (AMOLED-Version) 140.0 g (4.94 oz) (Super-Clear-LCD-Version) |
| Operating system | Original: Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" Last: Android 4.1.2 "Jelly Bean" ChromiumOS (supported device by Google) |
| System-on-chip | Samsung Exynos 3 Single |
| CPU | 1 GHz single-core ARM Cortex-A8 |
| GPU | 200 MHz PowerVR SGX 540 GPU |
| Memory | 512 MB RAM (split 128MB GPU / 384MB OS) |
| Storage | 16 GB iNAND (partitioned 1 GB internal storage, 15 GB USB storage) |
| Battery | 1,500 mAh internal user-replaceable rechargeable Li-ion |
| Display | 800×480 px (0.37 megapixels), 4.0 in (10 cm) diagonal (2.06×3.43 in), 233 ppi, WVGA Super AMOLED PenTile or Super Clear LCD display (GT-i9023) |
| Rear camera | 5 megapixel (2,560×1,920) auto focus LED flash |
| Front camera | VGA (640×480) |
| Connectivity | 3.5 mm TRRS A-GPS Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Micro USB 2.0 NFC Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n |
| Data inputs | 3-axis gyroscope Accelerometer Ambient light sensor Capacitive touch-sensitive buttons Digital compass Microphone Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen Proximity sensor Push buttons |
| Other | Wi-Fi hotspot USB tethering Oleophobic display coating SIP VoIP |
| SAR | Head: 0.51 W/kg 1 g Body: 0.78 W/kg 1 g Hotspot: - |
| Hearing aid compatibility | M4 |
This was the fourth time that Google worked with a manufacturer to produce a phone, the previous being the Google G1, myTouch and the Nexus One, all three by HTC. Following the Nexus S, the next Android Developer phone was the Galaxy Nexus, released the following year.
Nexus S is the first commercial smartphone certified by NASA to fly on the space shuttle and to be used on the International Space Station, as part of the SPHERES experiment.