The Flood of Nexus S Leaks Continues
It might be Friday but they say there's no rest for the wicked -- especially if the wicked are the ones leaking all this Nexus S information.
Hot on the heels of those Best Buy Mobile leaks and that picture Engadget managed to obtain is another leak from Best Buy, this one revealing that we can expect to see Nexus S store displays go up on November 14 (that's this Sunday for any of you without a desktop calendar).
Not only that but we've also got some specs for those of you who care about radio bands. Phandroid managed to get their hands on a screen cap that shows off some of the less interesting specs (such as GPS and a 5-megapixel camera resolution), but the most notable part of it all is that though EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 and HSUPA 900/1700/2100 bands are supported (the latter capable of up to 5.76mbps in uplink and 7.2 in downlink speeds), there's no sign of HSPA+ support. So, despite T-Mobile being more than ready to talk up the 4G speeds of HSPA+, Nexus S owners ain't going to be reaping the benefits of those next-generation speeds.
We also now know that the model name for the Nexus S is the Samsung GT-i9020. An FCC filing lists the FCC GT-i9020 as a smartphone with 802.11 b / g / n WiFi and AWS 3G. Also, before they were hastily removed, it seems pictures on Picasa previously labeled as having been shot with a Samsung GT-i9020 started showing up as images shot with a Nexus S.
One last thing: Here are some more (leaked, of course!) photos of a hands-on with GT-i9020/Nexus S.
Whew, that's a lot of Nexus S for one day! Now we're just waiting for Samsung to come out and actually confirm this thing.
Source: Android Community, Phandroid, Engadget (1), Engadget (2)
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tom's needs to have more of their own articles!! i can read this on engadget!!
and i DO read it there!
I actually really don't like how it looks. The original Nexus One which I own is well made from real METAL whereas this looks like a cheap black plastic thing. I don't care if it costs a bit more to have a nicer-looking phone. If you're going to buy a phone of this caliber, it needs to look good.
I still like the look of the Nexus 1, sorry!
It's amazing how we went for so long without a single leak coming out. Then there it came in barrages.
Its Samsung, my buddy had the vibrant from tmobile and compared to my evo4g its a cheap pos.
That thing looks fat, and it's a shame they took out the trackball.
Looks like any another black plastic phone.
I still like the look of the Nexus 1, sorry!
its not about looks, its about its insidy parts
What an awful looking brick with poor specs.
exactly what im thinking, where the hand is holding it, it looks like a massiv piece of plastic brick.
Hopefully Google is reading this.
Where is the outlook integration and the QWERTY keyboard???
ya its not looking to hot. When Nokia was number 1, which really wasn't to long ago they had awesome phones. They looked good, were made well, and had tons of specs even better than phones today like video calling. But when they started making their phones with cheap plastic, it took them down faster than the App store.
What an awful looking brick with poor specs.
Agreed. Bricks are typically much heavier. This looks like an awesome phone though.
That looks a lot like the Samsung Focus. Possibly the same base device?
I'm sure this thing kicks ass, and i'm normally not one to go off how a phone looks, but its kinda ugly. High end phones like this should be made with metal for a quality finish, not some glossy plastic.
i hoping that isn't plastic. maybe carbon fiber or painted magnesium would be find
I have always bad experiences with Samsung cellphones.
I ain't buying anything from Samsung.
Reasons :
1. It took somewhere between forever and never to get any software updates fromSamsung. So, if you have experienced any noticable bugs (critical or not), you just have to live with it or sell your phones.
2. If you try to contact the customer service you will only receive the automatic answering machine or someone incompetent to respond to your or problems.
3. Samsung cellphones are cheaper if you compared those with from other brands. Well...cheaper...but worse hardware!
Based on my experienced from having Wave S8500 (BadaOS) and Galaxy i5800 (Android).
I hope google is reading this!
Ridiculously huge looking :-P
Frustrating that they would only have a T-Mobile version. I require a AT&T device (my N1 is ATTM) before upgrading.
T-Mobile is making improvements but they are just starting to figure out data. You could fit most of their core network into one AT&T site.