Nexus S Review

As Google released their newest and best phone they have updated it to the new gingerbread 2.3. So before I begin talking about the phone it isn’t really comparable to other phone yet because nearly none of them have the same software yet, gingerbread 2.3.

Let’s start with the hardware, showing off its 1GHz Hummingbird CPU, 512MB of RAM, a 4-inch, 800 x 480 curved Super AMOLED display, 16GB of storage, a 5 megapixel rears and VGA front-facing camera, and near field communication capabilities. This is just part of the phone because some of the most astonishing stuff is inside the new software that has debuted with the Nexus S.

The screen is something that is a little weird....because it is curved. As seen here in this picture it has two lips on the top and bottom ends. 

This gives a good feel to the phone when you are using the screen.  I really like the feel of this phone when you hold it you feel like it belongs in your hand. On the left-hand side you will find the volume rockers and on the right-hand side you will find a power/sleep button and on the bottom there is a micro usb port, and 3.5mm headphone jack. 

Now on to the processor, because it has a 1GHz hummingbird CPU which is stunningly fast. While taking it on a benchmark test it got 55.6 FPS (frames per second) which is one of the fastest, if not THE fastest score I’ve seen.  
There is also 16 GB of internal memory but honestly it was a huge mistake not having a micro SD card slot. For most people 16 GB is enough but being limited by it is not the best thing. 

Now the call quality of the phone, the call quality is among the best, I have found it better than my Droid incredible but this is subject to certain areas. Also the speaker phone quality didn’t break up and showed promise and stability. The data speed is a little better than att service by about .5 Mbps.

Now to some of the most important things like the camera and battery life, the camera is exceptional but not the best because it is a 5 megapixel and is good in low light shots. The disappointing fact about rare front camera is a vga one, which mean low-res, and grainy. This is usual with front facing cameras but I was hoping this phone would change that. The battery life is very promising, powered by the 1500 mAh stock battery; it lasted about 20 hours before I had to start to charge it again, compared to 16 hours on my Droid Incredible even after flashing new roms and kernels for the battery to live longer. I still believe people will mess with the software to longer the battery and/or buy extended batteries. 

The most important thing about this phone is the fact that it was released with 2.3 gingerbread which has also been stunning. The user interface of the phone is like taking froyo and putting a suit on it. It just has so many small enhancements, such as scrolling on any setting screen when the screen hits the bottom it flashes yellow letting you know you have reached the bottom. The little things like the icons at the top now being green and the menu is now black and not white just makes the UI look a lot better and it is all a step in the right direction.  One of the most anticipated new features is the keyboard which some have had for weeks, which is now black and will allow you to multitouch type. For example if I am touching "h" and "i" at the same time the keyboard will recognize that I touched "h" first and it will type "hi" for me. This is really amazing because before it would only types the one letter "i" instead of "hi." But it isn’t all good because they have changed it so when you type a punctuation it doesn’t switch back to letters which is really unusual and bad because that means we have to do it ourselves. 

In the end this is a really good phone but most of it is just usual and nothing groundbreaking. I would give it an 8/10 based on reliability and performance.