So that’s all about the Google Nexus S. Apart from the fact that the Nexus S is the successor of it’s older brother Nexus One in the Google Nexus Phone line up, those two phones actually came from a completely different manufacturers. The Nexus One manufactured by HTC with a codename HTC Passion while the Nexus S came from Samsung which previously rumored has similar hardware with the Galaxy S. So, if you are curious what distinguish those two Google phones, let’s see the side-by-side comparison of the Nexus S and Nexus One specs.
Among those many aspects, probably the one that really distinguish these two phones is the OS version. The Nexus S comes with the latest release Android 2.3 while the Nexus One running Android 2.2 albeit there will be Android 2.3 upgrade coming in the next few weeks.
In terms of hardware the Nexus S has 4 inches screen while the Nexus One has a 3.7 inches screen. For the processor both use the same processor speeds but with different type. The Nexus S equipped with 1GHz Cortex A8 (Hummingbird) while the Nexus One powered by 1 GHz Qualcomm SQD 8250 Snapdragon. The Nexus S also comes with larger internal storage which is 16 GB compared to 512 MB on the Nexus One. However, the Nexus One supports removable storage up to 32 GB microSD card which is not available on the Nexus S. The rest of the specs are mostly equal includng 5 megapixels camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, WVGA (800 x480), USB and 3.5 mm headphone jack.
Last but not least, the Nexus S is noted as the first Android device to support the new technology Near Field Communications (NFC) in both hardware and software.
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