Samsung Google Nexus S

What kind of user are you?

A Business user? read Mr. Ajmera's Review A Homemaker? read Mrs. Iyer's Review A Geek? read Ishan's Review A Social Butterfly? read Prachi's Review

Detailed Review

Display

The display of this phone boasts of 16 colours. The Samsung Google Nexus S flaunts a display of 10.16 cms; approximately 4 inches. A resolution of WVGA, 480 x 800 pixels is provided by this smartphone. The screen size is normal, but a a size more colossal one would've worked more in your favour. The LCD display of this smartphone will amaze you with its sharp picture quality. A Super Clear LCD display is offered by this device.

Battery

The Samsung Google Nexus S smartphone, has a modest battery life, have the flexibility to last few hours to facilitate at par texting and calling functions. With this phone, you get nearly 13 hours of talk time, as long as you maintain work the 2G network. The battery technology in this smartphone is Li-Ion. With the battery life of 6 hours of talk time, you might need to be a bit careful while multitasking with this device, especially on 3G network. The battery offers 650 hrs of standby time on 2G network. Under ideal settings, this phone manages to provide 510 hrs of standby time on 3G network.

Camera

Though it's not much considering the latest entrants, yet the Samsung Google Nexus S does feature a Yes, 0.3 MP front camera; but it is meaningless spending money on a feature that might be unimportant to you. Recording videos has as much pleasure as taking pictures with this smartphone, given its pixel resolution of Yes, 5 pixels and that it provides a recording mode of Yes. The quality of your images and videos does not rely solely on megapixels. Even with a Yes, 5 megapixels camera, your photographs will surprise you, with a quality sensor and other smartphone applications.

General Features

The Samsung Google Nexus S here possesses a Black body. The Samsung Google Nexus S packs in numerous features such as Document Viewer for the all the travel fanatics out there. With dimensions of 63x123.8x10.8, this smartphone comes pre-loaded with a number of features. Samsung Google Nexus S has a touch screen, just like most of the popular smartphones in the market today. You get standard accessories such as Handset, Battery, Charger, Headset, Data Cable in the box, along with the Samsung Google Nexus S. It promises to not weigh down on your pockets with a moderate weight of 129 g.

Connectivity

This phone offers 2G network connectivity, making it a suitable choice if your needs include at par emailing, chatting, calling and messaging. If you want to avoid the extravagant charges levied by the 3G and 4G networks, the at par 2G network connectivity of this smartphone makes it a phone worth grabbing. It is in a like manner critical to bear in mind that a higher network type are able to result in more power consumption. The smartphone audio needs are met by the 3.5 mm headphone jack. On top of the mobile data, this device are able to further be connected to the internet via Wi-Fi. The wireless connectivity of the built-in Bluetooth of this phone is much appreciated in a hectic lifestyle, as it lets for instant syncing with compatible devices for file sharing and hands-free communication. The built-in GPS that constantly updates the device's current location allows the user to stay on track while traveling. This phone comes with a Single Sim, GSM. This Samsung Google Nexus S is also created to enrich calling feast your eyes on as it is equipped with both at par and advanced boasts of like Conference Call, Loudspeaker, Call Timer. This device is DLNA certified to allow you the sharing of digital content across multimedia devices the current you switch on the smartphone.

Memory

If you simply carry along selected media files on your smartphone, then the internal storage available should be sufficient. The PowerVR SGX540 graphics in this Samsung Google Nexus S endows you to rejoice in your favourite games on the device.

Performance

All the latest apps and trends will be available to you with the popular android operating system. This device possesses a ARM Cortex-A8 platform processor. This smartphoneruns on the Android v2.3 (Gingerbread) operating system. The operating platform in this Samsung Google Nexus S delivers at a frequency of GSM - 850, 900, 1800, 1900; UMTS - 2100 GHz. With a 1 GHz processor frequency, the Samsung Google Nexus S offers supreme performance. A lower frequency would mean the device would take longer to respond, so for a smoother performance, a higher frequency would be ideal. Most of the typical apps today would run smoothly with the speed offered by the 1 GHz processor frequency.

Mr. Ajmera's Review (A business user)

Apart from adept and advanced call management, I'd additionally like my smartphone to be able to Document Viewer and much more, just like the Samsung Google Nexus S. It is meaningless fidgeting with a screen that poses real difficulty both while watching videos and typing on the cramped keyboard, the portability that is offered by the smaller screen seems futile against the little value it bids with respect to functio. With my kinda usage and lifestyle neither the battery will last me decent hours, nor have the flexibility to I provide it with charging as and when needed. Not an hour goes by without my phone ringing, that's why I always opt for something like the Samsung Google Nexus S that has all the advanced boasts of to ease the communication. Bluetooth file sharing is really not of much use to me, but this feature is really handy when it comes to hands-free calling. Even if my travel routes, both business and pleasure, is very much known to me I'd still like the reassurance from the GPS navigation on my phone.

Mrs. Iyer's Review (A homemaker)

The size of the Samsung Google Nexus S makes it extremely portable, but with its tiny and cramped keypad it's really not of much use to me. I never let a special occasion pass by without recording it, right from cake compromising to dinner parties; and the Samsung Google Nexus S with good recording boasts of is really recommended for me. I don't like the camera in particular, and I won't be buying the Samsung Google Nexus S, however good the other features might be.

Ishan's Review (A geek)

Although the display looks particularly pleasing, the tiny screen size is too awkward to please the gamer or the ardent bookworm in me. Well, the frequency never bothered me so much with reading, but gaming on this device is a nightmare. I have the flexibility to download and save all my cool and graphic-heavy games with the 16 GB internal storage of this smartphone and still have enough room for my ebooks and apps. I have the flexibility to at the least have a cool graphic session of 3-4 hours without the battery warning; although after 4 hours I do have to seek charging.

Prachi's Review (A social butterfly)

The 4 inches display of the Samsung Google Nexus S was the first thing that grabbed my attention. I love texting and all my friends too prefer texting over talking, so I find the screen size of the Samsung Google Nexus S is very cramped. The Yes, 5 MP camera resolution is not that cool. You can easily go for any other smartphone with a better camera, it might even be cheaper. I love clicking pictures with my smartphone and this one doesn't seem up for it. For me, a smartphone with secondary camera means loads of selifes. Me and my friends are a huge followers of the selfie and groupie trend, we hardly stop clicking 'em. It's sometimes demanding to click selfies and groupies with the main camera, so always go for smartphones with good secondary camera. My smartphone should be doing more than messaging, browsing and emails and that too simultaneously. I feel 2G networks are not reliable when it comes to this. I can now travel to almost any new place or location with the built-in GPS and it is particularly pleasing help during various emergencies, traffic updates or navigation issues. I don't worry charging when I have the flexibility to charge my phone with the laptop; I have the flexibility to even transfer files with this. I can't be choosing between which media files to keep and which ones to delete, due to internal storage as low as 16 GB. It's irritating to delete favourite files from my smartphone due to memory issues, so I always select larger internal storage.

Technical Specification

General Features
Brand:	Samsung
Handset Color:	Black
Business Features:	Document Viewer
Keypad:	No
Form:	Bar
Call Features:	Conference Call , Loudspeaker , Call Timer
Model Name:	Google Nexus S
Touch Screen:	Yes , Capacitive
SIM Type:	Single Sim , GSM
In the Box:	Handset , Battery , Charger , Headset , Data Cable
Multimedia
Video Player:	Yes
Video Player:	Supports MP4 , H.264 , H.263
Ringtone:	MP3 , Polyphonic
Music Player:	Yes , Supports MP3 , WAV , eAAC , AC3
Camera
Video Recording:	Yes
Video Recording Frames:	30 fps
Other Camera Features:	Auto Focus , White Balance , Image Editor
Rear Camera:	5 MP
Front Facing Camera:	Yes , 0.3 MP
Internet & Connectivity
WAP:	Yes
Bluetooth:	Yes
Internet Features:	Email
GPRS:	Yes
EDGE:	Yes
USB Connectivity:	Yes
Tethering:	Wi-fi Hotspot
Audio Jack:	3.5 mm
Preinstalled Browser:	WAP
Navigation Technology:	A-GPS
Wifi:	Yes , 802.11 b/g/n
DLNA:	Yes
3G:	Yes , 7.2 Mbps HSDPA; 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
Other Features
Sensors:	Accelerometer
Sensors:	Proximity Sensor , Gyroscope
Phone Book Memory:	Practically Unlimited
SMS Memory:	Yes
Call Memory:	Yes
Important Apps:	YouTube , Picasa Integration , Instant Messaging
Additional Features:	Music Library , PodCasting , Calendar , Scheduler , To-do List , Clock , World Time , Alarm , Calculator , Memo Book , Stock Watch , Countdown Timer , Voice Recognition , Voice Input
Warranty
Warranty Summary:	1 year manufacturer warranty for Phone and 6 months warranty for in the box accessories
Dimensions
Weight:	129 g
Size:	63x123.8x10.8 mm
Display
Display Resolution:	WVGA
Display Resolution:	480 x 800 Pixels
Display Type:	Super Clear LCD
Display Color:	16 M
Display Size:	4 inches
Battery
Talk Time (2G):	13 hrs
Talk Time (3G):	6 hrs
Standby Time (2G):	650 hrs
Standby Time (3G):	510 hrs
Battery Type:	Li-Ion
Capacity:	1500 mAh
Memory And Storage
Internal:	16 GB
Platform
Operating Freq:	GSM - 850
Operating Freq:	900 , 1800 , 1900; UMTS - 2100
Graphics:	PowerVR SGX540
OS:	Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Java:	Yes
Processor Frequency:	1 GHz
Processor:	ARM Cortex-A8