The repair company iFixit performed a teardown of the newest Google-branded smartphone, the Samsung-made Nexus S. What they found, iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens wrote in an e-mail to the media, left them feeling "just a tad underwhelmed." Coming from the creator of Android, the Nexus S gets the bragging right of being the first smartphone to run "Gingerbread," or Android 2.3, which is said to be the fastest version of the OS yet. It includes near field communications technology, WiFi connectivity, two cameras, 16GB of storage, 512MB of RAM and a 4-inch capacitive Super AMOLED touch screen. It’s also unique in offering a curved display that’s said to be comfortable in the hand and against the cheek& though the iFixit team found the branding of this feature misleading. While the glass is indeed curved, the touch screen and LCD are "just as flat as any phone’s," wrote Wiens. Still, the […]
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