<s>
The	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
4G	I-Device
is	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
co-developed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
Samsung	B-Application
and	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Samsung	B-Application
Electronics	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
smartphone	B-Application
to	O
use	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
2.3	I-Application
"	I-Application
Gingerbread	I-Application
"	I-Application
operating	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
Android	B-Application
device	O
to	O
support	O
Near	O
Field	O
Communication	O
(	O
NFC	O
)	O
in	O
both	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
fourth	O
time	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
worked	O
with	O
a	O
manufacturer	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
phone	O
,	O
the	O
previous	O
being	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
G1	B-Application
,	O
myTouch	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Application
One	I-Application
,	O
all	O
three	O
by	O
HTC	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
,	O
the	O
next	O
Android	B-Application
Developer	O
phone	O
was	O
the	O
Galaxy	B-Application
Nexus	I-Application
,	O
released	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
is	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
smartphone	B-Application
certified	O
by	O
NASA	O
to	O
fly	O
on	O
the	O
space	O
shuttle	O
and	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
International	O
Space	O
Station	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
SPHERES	O
experiment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
was	O
demonstrated	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
CEO	O
Eric	O
Schmidt	O
on	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
Web	O
2.0	O
Summit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
officially	O
announced	O
the	O
phone	O
on	O
their	O
blog	O
on	O
December	O
6	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	O
AMOLED	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
phone	O
is	O
the	O
GT-I9020	B-Device
and	O
it	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
S	I-Application
hardware	O
,	O
the	O
principal	O
hardware	O
differences	O
being	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
an	O
SD	B-Device
card	I-Device
and	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
a	O
near	O
field	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
alternate	O
SC-LCD	O
(	O
Super	B-Application
Clear	I-Application
LCD	I-Application
)	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
phone	O
is	O
the	O
GT-I9023	B-Device
which	O
is	O
meant	O
for	O
the	O
European	O
(	O
non-UK	O
)	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
Sprint	O
introduced	O
its	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
in	O
the	O
US	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
GSM	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
Sprint	O
Nexus	B-Device
runs	O
on	O
its	O
WiMax	O
network	O
and	O
uses	O
CDMA	O
instead	O
of	O
GSM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
is	O
sold	O
at	O
Carphone	O
Warehouse	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Vodafone	O
,	O
O2	O
,	O
T-Mobile	O
,	O
3	O
and	O
Orange	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
India	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
officially	O
announced	O
sale	O
of	O
the	O
unlocked	O
version	O
with	O
Super	O
AMOLED	O
screen	O
i9023	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
support	O
all	O
GSM-based	O
carriers	O
throughout	O
the	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Canada	O
,	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
became	O
available	O
at	O
most	O
carriers	O
in	O
April	O
2011	O
in	O
two	O
versions	O
,	O
one	O
for	O
Telus	O
,	O
Bell	O
,	O
and	O
Rogers	O
with	O
3G	O
frequencies	O
of	O
850/1900/2100MHz	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
for	O
Wind/Mobilicity/Vidéotron	O
,	O
using	O
3G	O
frequencies	O
900/1700/2100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Australia	O
,	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
became	O
available	O
in	O
both	O
black	O
and	O
white	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
has	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Exynos	O
3110	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
processor	O
combines	O
a	O
45nm	O
1GHz	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex	I-Application
A8	I-Application
based	O
CPU	B-Device
core	O
with	O
a	O
PowerVR	B-Device
SGX	O
540	O
GPU	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CPU	B-Device
core	O
,	O
code-named	O
"	O
Hummingbird	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
co-developed	O
by	O
Samsung	B-Application
and	O
Intrinsity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GPU	B-Architecture
,	O
designed	O
by	O
Imagination	O
Technologies	O
,	O
supports	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
1.1/2.0	O
and	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
20	O
million	O
triangles	O
per	O
second	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
has	O
512MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
(	O
Mobile	O
DDR	O
)	O
(	O
128MB	O
is	O
assigned	O
to	O
the	O
GPU	B-Architecture
,	O
leaving	O
384MB	O
free	O
for	O
the	O
OS	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
16GB	O
of	O
NAND	O
memory	O
,	O
partitioned	B-Application
as	O
1GB	O
internal	O
storage	O
and	O
15GB	O
"	O
USB	O
storage	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
is	O
the	O
first	O
device	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
slightly	O
curved	O
glass	O
touchscreen	O
,	O
described	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
Contour	B-Application
Display	I-Application
"	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
Super	O
AMOLED	O
800	O
x	O
480	O
WVGA	O
PenTile	O
matrix	O
display	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Samsung	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
markets	O
outside	O
Canada	O
,	O
US	O
,	O
and	O
UK	O
,	O
a	O
Super	B-Application
LCD	I-Application
is	O
supplied	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phone	O
shipped	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
2.3	I-Application
(	O
Gingerbread	B-Application
)	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
device	O
to	O
ship	O
with	O
the	O
updated	O
OS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
released	O
Android	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
(	O
Ice	B-Application
Cream	I-Application
Sandwich	I-Application
)	O
for	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
.	O
The	O
automatic	O
update	O
was	O
suspended	O
,	O
allegedly	O
due	O
to	O
poor	O
battery	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UMTS/GSM	O
variants	O
was	O
among	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
receive	O
Android	B-Application
4.0.4	I-Application
in	O
March	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
(	O
aka	O
Samsung	B-Application
SPH-D720	B-Device
)	O
,	O
I9020A	O
,	O
and	O
M200	O
,	O
while	O
taking	O
longer	O
than	O
the	O
GSM	O
variant	O
,	O
received	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
4.0.4	I-Application
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
devices	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
S	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
have	O
or	O
will	O
receive	O
updates	O
before	O
these	O
variants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
27	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
at	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
I/O	O
conference	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
would	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
devices	O
to	O
receive	O
an	O
upgrade	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
4.1	I-Application
(	O
Jelly	B-Application
Bean	I-Application
)	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Application
Xoom	I-Application
and	O
Galaxy	B-Application
Nexus	I-Application
,	O
began	O
on	O
July	O
26	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
Jelly	B-Application
Bean	I-Application
4.1.2	O
OTA	O
update	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
official	O
OS	O
released	O
for	O
these	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
13	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
would	O
not	O
be	O
updated	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
4.2	I-Application
(	O
Jelly	B-Application
Bean	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
still	O
supported	O
by	O
independent	O
developers	O
,	O
though	O
,	O
and	O
Android	O
4.2.2-based	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
4.3-	O
,	O
4.4-	O
,	O
5.1	B-Application
-	O
and	O
6.0-based	O
alternative	O
software	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
cannot	O
be	O
sim	O
locked	O
and	O
has	O
an	O
unlockable	O
bootloader	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
install	O
custom	O
ROMs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joshua	O
Topolsky	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Engadget	B-Application
review	O
praised	O
the	O
devices	O
's	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
,	O
concluding	O
"	O
the	O
truth	O
is	O
,	O
it	O
really	O
is	O
the	O
best	O
Android	B-Application
device	O
available	O
right	O
now	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
review	O
by	O
The	O
Register	O
gave	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
an	O
85%	O
rating	O
and	O
summarized	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
cool	O
,	O
innovative	O
device	O
with	O
an	O
eye	O
to	O
snatch	O
Apple	O
’s	O
smartphone	B-Application
crown.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
AnandTech	O
review	O
praised	O
the	O
display	O
,	O
NFC	O
tag	O
reader	O
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
Gingerbread	I-Application
operating	O
system	O
,	O
but	O
noted	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
720p	O
video	O
recording	O
,	O
HSPA+	O
baseband	O
,	O
and	O
external	O
storage	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
TechRadar	O
review	O
praised	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
S	I-Device
for	O
fixing	O
the	O
GPS	O
problems	O
experienced	O
with	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
S	I-Application
:	O
"	O
The	O
good	O
news	O
for	O
those	O
looking	O
to	O
upgrade	O
from	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
S	I-Application
–	O
the	O
GPS	O
issues	O
have	O
been	O
resolved	O
,	O
in	O
that	O
you	O
can	O
actually	O
now	O
get	O
a	O
signal	O
with	O
no	O
problem.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
CNET	O
noted	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
720p	O
video	O
recording	O
,	O
HDMI	O
output	O
and	O
external	O
(	O
SD	B-Device
card	I-Device
)	O
memory	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CNET	O
also	O
noted	O
the	O
"	O
rather	O
fragile	O
"	O
feel	O
of	O
the	O
phone	O
,	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
LED	O
notifications	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
few	O
new	O
features	O
over	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Application
One	I-Application
.	O
</s>
