Samsung Announces Nexus S handset in India

Samsung Electronics, a leading mobile phone provider, made public declaration on Wednesday the launch of Nexus S smartphone in the Indian market. Developed in joint venture with Google, Nexus S is powered by Gingerbread - Android 2.3 platform.



Addressing to media -  Ranjit Yadav, Country Head, Samsung Mobile and IT, said that this was the foremost handset from Samsung with a four-inch super clear curved LCD screen and near field communication (NFC) technology which permitted users to read details from close by tags that were embedded with NFC chips.

The features incorporated Wi-Fi hotspot, true multitasking and access to over 1.50 lakh applications and widgets on Android market.

The phone comes with a 16 GB internal memory and a prevailing battery which offers a talk time of up to 6.7 hours on 3G - 14 hours on 2G and a standby time upto 17.8 days on 3G - 29.7 days on 2G.