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Google Nexus S by Samsung user reviews

Google Nexus S by Samsung

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ozzie1960's avatar
3 stars out of 5

ozzie1960 31 March 2011

Good: its fast at downloading

Bad: the android

Comment: the battery is bad on the android and the android does not support voda phone tv none of the android mobiles dont thats not good

I own it
Pete Matthews's avatar
4.5 stars out of 5

Pete Matthews 23 March 2011

Good: Gingerbread is great, Hardware looks brilliant, Gorgeous screen, very fast.

Bad: Still wouldn't recommend this phone to my friends as Android is still to geeky and complicated

Comment: Had since release to replace my Desire, have to say best phone I've ever used and as reliable as an iPhone since the restarting during call issue has been fixed. Love Android, love the hardware plus when people first saw this phone they each said the same thing "wow that's nice".

Complete winner

I own it
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Pr1964 21 March 2011

Good: Android and flash in browser .

Bad: Price, build quality, battery life speakers.

Comment: If you don't need flash in browser then for the same price the iphone4 is a much much better option.

Android phones only make sense if they are 1/2 to 2/3 rds the price of the iPhone none are as well built as the apple product.

Battery life is very very poor.

About time they made a premium product with double the battery capacity and better sound and build quality.

The review fails to test call quality and compared to a nokia or an iPhone it's poor.

Not for me
Lorna Pollock's avatar
5 stars out of 5

Lorna Pollock 7 March 2011

Good: everything

Bad: heavy on the battery

Comment: i charge my phone overnight & battery usually last all day

I own it
Andrew Morgan's avatar
5 stars out of 5

Andrew Morgan 4 March 2011

Good: It really has everything I want, it's flawless!

Comment: There was an issue with BBC iPlayer, but that has been rectified, I now regularly watch catch-up tv and streaming live tv without a glitch or buffering

I own it
williamloveapple's avatar
0.5 star out of 5

williamloveapple 26 February 2011

Comment: I dont feel like i want it

Not for me
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偉杰 16 February 2011

Good: OS gingerbread 2.3 works great!!.... everything is fine!! loadings times is great ...the phone is great!! everything is great!!

Bad: No external memory... battery life isnt as long as galaxy s!!

Comment: I previously had a Galaxy s, i had so many problems with it...that i opt to sell it and buy a newer ..and better phone if i dare say an Nexus S .....I had Nexus S for almost a week now and i can say it hasn't let me down yet!!!

previously i would be typing messages on galaxy s and it would completely freeze....but now not even a slight glimpse of this.....

the only downside is that the battery life on this device apart from that no problems yet!!!

p.s. i wrote this bcos i wanted to tell ppl even though in phone reviews its almost identical to galaxy s .... i find that im enjoying using this phone much more than galaxy !!!!

I own it
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rainakelsey 9 February 2011

Good: Good looking and multi functioned screen, fast internet access, OS Gingerbread

Bad: No external memory slot, 1Ghz processing not fully utilized, No Radio

Comment: The multi featured screen is a great help for those who are in a trend of getting the best out of the rest. The usefulness of the screen increases with the multi-touch input method and the touch-sensitive controls. This provides the better ease of navigation features so that you get the best user interface facilities.

I had absolutely no issued with the networking features with the availability of the GPRS, EDGE, 3G as well Wi-Fi. The 5 MP camera is a great help for getting the images at ultimate resolution of 2560 x 1920 pixels. The Hummingbird chipset is a great help in case of the graphic viewing. This has been providing the best of the gaming experience and while watching HD quality videos as well.

The major drawbacks that I faced is the lack of the Radio. For the sake of entertainment this is necessary and I feel it to be a major drawback. Although it has a well enhanced Android 2.3 Gingerbread, but I could not find the necessary amount of changes in the interface or the menu designs.

I own it
lvl's avatar
2 stars out of 5

lvl 7 February 2011

Good: Feels slick

Bad: Keyboard?????

Comment: Is it me or does it NOT have punctuation keys on the keyboard? Surely I'm wrong. The world hasn't dumbed down that far, has it? Is the end truly .... NIGH?

I want it
Fiv Scholarios's avatar
3.5 stars out of 5

Fiv Scholarios 3 February 2011

Good: Fast, powerful, stock android, good speakers, good call quality

Bad: Camera and video quality

Comment: Firstly coming from an iPhone 3G s I have to say this phone kicks boot times in the pants. Its a lovely phone to use and its a clear evolutionary step forward from my old handset. I know about the iPhone 4 but I'm just going to talk about the Nexus S.

Call quality and signal strength is great and I have not had a dropped call since going Google. The screen is very bright and vivid, but for me its maybe a little too vivid.

The speaker on the phone is awesome and my friend thought it was playing from my laptop and was shocked when I showed her the tiny phone was the source of all the tunes instead.

The only major down side is the camera, its good, but could have been better, and after playing around with a Desire HD its a shame that Google didn't adopt a device like that instead.

Aside from that everything works brilliantly.

For me battery life has been varied.

Sadly I miss the Desire HD so I'm going back to the land of Froyo and giant Aluminium clad warriors.

I own it

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