Google Nexus S set for April launch in SA
The latest smartphone from the makers of Android themselves, the Google Nexus S, has a planned launch date of April 2011, revealed Vodacom spokesperson Nomsa Thusi.
Vodafone previously announced that the Nexus S would soon be available in Vodafone stores around the world and Vodacom confirmed that they would bring the device to South Africa, but couldn’t provide exact dates at the time.
While HTC manufactured the Google Nexus One, the predecessor to the Nexus S, Samsung builds Google’s latest device.
Similar to HTC, Samsung also builds its own range of Android devices, including their current flagship smartphone the Samsung Galaxy S.
The Nexus S and Galaxy S share many characteristics, including their 4-inch WCGA (480×800) Super AMOLED displays, 512MB RAM, processor and graphics unit.
The biggest difference in hardware between the devices seems to be the lack of microSD card slot in the Nexus S. Without support for expandable storage this means Nexus S users have to be satisfied with the 16GB built-in flash memory.
Google’s device predictably runs with the newest version of the Android operating system (version 2.3, or Gingerbread), while Samsung’s Galaxy S only recently received an update to Android FroYo (version 2.2).
Another benefit normally attributed to Google’s Nexus devices is that they always seem to receive upgrades for the underlying Android operating system before other manufacturers can release their updates.
Though Vodacom were able to confirm their plans to bring the Nexus S to South Africa in April 2011, they couldn’t confirm the pricing of the device.
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