Popular online retail site Infibeam has listed the recently announced Google Nexus S device for Rs. 24,000. Yes, it's the same company that gave India the Kindle alternative - Infibeam Pi reader. It's quite surprising to see such an early listing but there was no mention of a launch or availability date on the Infibeam website. Unlocked Google Nexus S is being sold for $529 (Rs. 23, 850) in the US via Best Buy website, which is accessible only via US or UK listed Internet Protocol addresses.
The Samsung manufactured Google Nexus S is the ideal Nexus One successor. Also, it's one of the first phones that comes with Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread pre-loaded along with a slew of Google Apps. It sports a 4-inch Super AMOLED Contour capacitive touch display that supports 800x480 pixel resolution, 1GHz Hummingbird CPU, which features in the Galaxy S, Galaxy Tab and even Galaxy Player. Featuring a 5 megapixel camera with 720p HD 480p video recording support, this smartphone offers 16GB on-board flash memory. Apparently, the stock Android doesn't record video at 720p HD and Google has repeated the history just like they did with Nexus One.
Nexus S also has a front facing VGA camera offering 640x480 pixel resolution for video calls. This quad-band GSM networks supporting phone is 3G ready and also offers Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n support. A near-field Communication chip is present but not many applications and services exist to make best of it. Of course, you'll have Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and Assisted GPS module for location based services.
Packing a 1500mAh Lithium-Ion battery, the Nexus S promises 14 hours of talktime on 2G networks and 6.7 hours of talk time on 3G networks.
In India, high-end Android smartphones like Nexus One (unofficially), HTC Desire, HTC Desire HD and Galaxy S are available between Rs. 26,000 and Rs. 29,000. It's unlikely for a recent Gingerbread phone with Super AMOLED to cost so low. So far we don't know if the price is correct or it would remain the same everywhere, we'll wait for more updates on the Nexus S for India.
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