Ahead Of Launch, Evolution of Nexus Phones Over the Years

Nexus S
Codename: Crespo
Manufacturer: Samsung
Release Date: December 2010
OS: Android 2.3 Gingerbread

Towards the end of 2010, Google launched another flagship Nexus Smartphone by collaborating with Samsung. The Nexus S was the last Google handset to come with capacitive navigation button and dropped microSD card slot. Google explained existence of microSD card slot or an option for expanding memory led the Android OS to lag, henceforth the microSD card slot was ditched from Nexus. This very phone featured the longest running Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The phone was nothing fancy, it was a regular bar phone with rounded edges just like the other Samsung Smartphones in the near past.

Key Features:
SCREEN: 4-inch Super AMOLED
PROCESSOR: 1 GHz Cortex-A8
GPU: PowerVR SGX540
RAM: 512MB
CAMERA: 5MP Rear, VGA Front-Facing
BATTERY: Li-Ion 1500mAh
STORAGE: 16GB Internal
CONNECTIVITY: 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC

Key Features in Gingerbread:
-New UI design
-Support for large screens in high resolutions
-Enhanced keyboard and word selection tools
-Enhanced copy-paste, download manager,
-Support for front-facing camera and gyroscopes
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