Samsung Nexus S Officially Launched In India For Rs. 29590

Samsung has finally launched its much awaited Google Nexus S Android Smartphone in Indian market for Rs.29590.

Android v2.3 OS (Gingerbread) based Nexus S is the successor of Nexus One (HTC Passion) which was released on Jan 5 earlier this year. The Nexus S is coming with most advanced hardware, sporting a 4-inch Super AMOLED display (235 ppi, Capacitive touch sensor and Anti-fingerprint display coating).

The display is also curved (what Google and Samsung is calling a “Contour Display) to fit comfortably next to your face. The Nexus S is powered by a 1GHz Cortex A8 processor (Hummingbird) and comes with 16GB of on-board flash memory. It has a 5 Mega pixel auto focus camera with flash as well as a front-facing VGA camera for video calls.

Other fine adjustments of Nexus S are HSDPA upto 7.2Mbps, HSUPA upto 5.76Mbps, Wifi, WiFi hotspot upto 6 devices, Bluetooh 2.1+ EDR, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack and microUSB along with complete and latest Android support. Interestingly Nexus S will support NFC (near field communication).

This Article Was Written By: Sanjay Bafna

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  • Abhishek Agrawal April 30, 2011 at 7:23 pm

    I have HTC Desire HD and its way way better than this phone! Considered buying this before buying HTC but its poorly built and all plastic body, not worth the money at all.

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  • rajiev April 29, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    @Pagal patrakar
    sony ericsson ka arc dekh lo thik ho jaoge, very sexy design

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  • rajiev April 29, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    @Pagal patrakar
    sony ericsson ka arc dekh lo thik ho jaoge, very sexy designa

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  • Parminder Singh April 29, 2011 at 1:48 pm

    Please post a list of android phones with OS 2.2 and 2.3 and price range 6-15 thousand

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  • rajiev April 29, 2011 at 9:38 am

    but somebuddy dont want to carry bulky computer

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  • ajay, assam April 28, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    i wld rather go to notebook of acer or hp or dell…. wastage of money… if u have enough money then go for this…

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  • vivek April 28, 2011 at 10:58 am

    pls suggest Samsung Nexus S vs samsung i9010 which one is better

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  • vivek April 28, 2011 at 10:56 am

    sir i have purchase new galaxy gt i5801 cant able to upgrade into 2.2 android its also support gingerbread its galaxy i9010 its good smart phone

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  • mks April 28, 2011 at 8:33 am

    @SAYANTAN
    Same kahani yaha bhi :)

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  • rajiev April 28, 2011 at 8:25 am

    Previously known as Samsung i9020

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  • rajiev April 28, 2011 at 5:59 am

    some phones better than nexus s
    1 htc desire hd
    2 htc desire hd 2
    3 sony ericsson xperia pro
    4 sony ericsson xperia neo

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  • rajiev April 28, 2011 at 5:56 am

    Main disadvantages:
    No microSD slot
    No 720p video recording
    All-plastic body, fingerprint magnet
    No DivX and XviD support (no actual video player) out of the box
    No dedicated camera key and no lens cover
    No FM radio
    No smart dialing
    Overly expensive for its feature set

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  • rajiev April 28, 2011 at 5:55 am

    Key features:
    Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G support
    HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
    4.0″ WVGA (480×800) Super AMOLED Contour Display with curved glass screen
    Android OS, v2.3 Gingerbread
    1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 (Hummingbird) processor
    16GB storage, 512 MB RAM
    5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and geotagging
    Front-facing VGA camera
    Wi-Fi b/g/n with DLNA
    GPS with A-GPS
    Portable Wi-Fi hotspot and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
    Near Field Communication chip
    Accelerometer, proximity and light sensors
    Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
    microUSB port (charging)
    Adobe Flash support out of the box
    Latest Google Mobile apps

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  • rajiev April 28, 2011 at 5:51 am

    GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
    3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
    Announced 2010, December
    Status Available. Released 2010, December
    SIZE Dimensions 123.9 x 63 x 10.9 mm
    Weight 129 g
    DISPLAY Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
    Size 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches
    - Oleophobic surface
    - Contour Display with curved glass screen
    - Multi-touch input method
    - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
    - Touch-sensitive controls
    - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
    - Three-axis gyro sensor
    SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
    Loudspeaker Yes
    3.5mm jack Yes
    MEMORY Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
    Call records Practically unlimited
    Internal 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM
    Card slot No
    DATA GPRS Yes
    EDGE Yes
    3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
    WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
    Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
    Infrared port No
    USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
    CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
    Features Geo-tagging, touch focus
    Video Yes, WVGA@30fps
    Secondary Yes, VGA
    FEATURES OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
    CPU 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, PowerVR SGX540 GPU, Hummingbird chipset
    Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
    Browser HTML
    Radio No
    Games Yes
    Colors Black
    GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
    Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
    - Social networking integration
    - Digital compass
    - MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
    - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
    - Organizer
    - Image/video editor
    - Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
    - Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
    YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
    - Flash Player v10.1
    - Voice memo/dial/commands
    - Predictive text input
    - Near Field Communications
    BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
    Stand-by Up to 713 h (2G) / Up to 428 h (3G)
    Talk time Up to 14 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)

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  • rajiev April 28, 2011 at 5:47 am

    it will be updated later on 3.o @devil

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  • SAYANTAN April 28, 2011 at 1:11 am

    I LIKE THIS PHONE.BUT DON’T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY.SO USING CHEAP PHONES.THAT’S MY KAHANI.WHAT’S YOURS?

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  • ved April 27, 2011 at 11:08 pm

    NOKIA is bst………..I hav Galaxy tab bt it doest support opera 11 ..kya kaam ka,isley nokia is bst

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  • Rohan Singh April 27, 2011 at 8:48 pm

    Sony Ericsson ARC available @ Rs 28500 with 8MP camera. But drawback is No video call. But ARC is better than this..

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  • Ashis April 27, 2011 at 8:09 pm

    @devil
    Android Honeycomb only available for tablets not for the smartphones.

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  • ..JacK.. April 27, 2011 at 8:09 pm

    Looks good…what about battery back up? and why memory is not expandable…?..after adding all features to the phone, why to give it a drawback of unexpandable memory…?don’t understand..

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  • Eby April 27, 2011 at 8:06 pm

    Honey comb is for tablets @devil

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  • devil April 27, 2011 at 7:13 pm

    No honey comb ??? Only gingerbread…………….

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  • Dhaval April 27, 2011 at 6:59 pm

    What about battery back up?

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  • rajiev April 27, 2011 at 6:23 pm

    In some countries it has a Super AMOLED and in some countries it has S-LCD…

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  • rajiev April 27, 2011 at 6:20 pm

    Have been using this for last 5 days. Superb phone.
    - SLCD is great and bright pictures & video quality. Andriod 2.3 is great and fast.
    - Connectivity is very fast and opens videos on a click.
    - Enjoying net experience be it social networking or you tube videos. Instant play.
    - No FM but you can download frm Andriod market.
    - No expandable memory. 16 GB inbuilt.
    Overall experience of the phone great and thats what andriod environment needs. Go for it!!! Else wait for Samsung Galaxy SII…

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  • Saurabh Gupta April 27, 2011 at 6:03 pm

    the one i would love to buy!!!!!

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  • Rahul April 27, 2011 at 5:57 pm

    Good One…

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