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The Samsung Galaxy is certainly a phone that packs a punch. It comes with lots of technology and aims to take on the iPhone4, but can it? Well, for starters, it certainly looks similar to the iPhone4, although it’s distinguishable by its slightly curved back. The 4 inch screen is very good and has won lots of praise. The display is great and control over arranging icons is certainly appreciated.

The phone has an excellent 1GHz Samsung processor, which offers really good speeds and enhances the already great touchscreen, which responds instantly when you use it. However, the contacts menu has some issues: if you import contacts from your SIM, then it appears to duplicate them and then not let you delete them, which is a problem (if you can delete them, it’s not clear how). On the other hand, the menu system is admirably simple although it could be more intuitive in recognizing commonly used apps.

The keyboard of the phone is good and uses Swype technology, which benefits the excellent messaging system. This incorporates social media. The Samsung Facebook app is, for instance, better than the official client, although it would be nice to see a similar portal for Twitter. It’s also really easy to set up the email system and the other messaging features such as IM are very good. While the call quality is okay, the speakers are slightly quiet – not that surprising for such a tech-based phone, though.

The internet browser on offer is as good as any other Android offering. It’s really fast when loading the page, although it’s a bit fiddly if you choose to make the text larger as it doesn’t automatically resize to fit the screen as with other phones. The phone has access to Android and Samsung apps, with some good ones available such as Write and Go, which allows you to update social media. The Aldiko eBook app is good, but too similar to the iPhone4 version.

The media on the phone is excellent. The AMOLED screen is brilliant for watching films and the phone’s also great for listening to music. In terms of the camera, the HD recording ability is very welcome and the camera has lots of good options, which is useful. They include focusing abilities such as face detection. The 5MP is also good, but you might expect Samsung to have done a bit better here. Overall, though, this is an excellent phone that’s sure to exceed your hopes for it.

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The Nexus S is Google’s newest handset, a phone that is designed to build upon the firm footing of the splendid Nexus One smartphone and take it one step further. Currently the market is awash with new Android based phones and even the manufacturer of the Nexus S, Samsung, has its own line of Android phones that are quite similar to the search engine giants offering. Though, the Nexus S is something different, a bit like the Nexus One, the S is its own boss, it conforms to its own rules as it was designed, from the ground up, by Google, for Google, to use the Android operating system.

When the Nexus One was released Google decided that it would only offer the handset for sale on their website. This caused a few problems and eventually Google decided to offer it for sale in retail stores. Luckily, realizing their previous mistake, the Nexus S will be made available immediately in retail outlets on a variety of service providers. It is also worthy to point out here that the S comes with the latest version (2.3) of the Android operating system, codenamed Gingerbread.

Googles Nexus S is a great phone to look at, particularly with features such as its enlarged chin, smooth glossy black finish and the unique Contour Display which is basically a concave curved screen. Some may choose to pick faults with the robustness of the build materials as the casing does feel a little thin, but co-currently that also saves a little weight, which helps with such a wide and tall handset.

Internally the Nexus S comes with the once famed Hummingbird 1Ghz central processing unit, coupled with 512MB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage that is unfortunately not expandable. This specification results in a super fast smartphone with applications loading and performing functions in lighting speed, and barely any conflicts. On top of this there is a gyroscope, a digital compass and an accelerometer inside the device, plus the standard Bluetooth, WiFi and a five megapixel camera.

So, to put all this into perspective, the Nexus S is an amazing handset, capable of some astonishing abilities and a wide array of features, most of which it can perform as good as every other smartphone and some it can do better than anything. However, it is hard not to compare it to the iPhone 4G and in that particularly hard race it manages to keep up just about but can not quite get its nose ahead. However, if you are looking for the best Android phone available right now, the Nexus S certainly fits the bill.

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The smartphone market is increasingly saturated with a wide range of phones from different manufacturers, and recently Google has jumped on the bandwagon with the hotly anticipated Google Nexus. But is it any good? As it’s built by HTC, who are known for their build quality, you’d expect it to be. It definitely holds its own against the iPhone and others in the looks department – it’s really attractive and boasts a 3.7inch display as well as being light and streamline.

Another good feature is the display, which is stunning. The 480 x 800 resolution is high, although given the size of the screen, you’d expect this to be somewhat higher. This is mainly an issue on apps such as Gmail, where the lack of pixels is slightly detrimental but overall it’s not a major issue. The touchscreen is excellent and thought to be as good as or better than other phones with similar specifications. The fact that some colors are oversaturated is the biggest display drawback.

The camera tends to be an area of weakness on smartphones, but the Google Nexus’ camera is surprisingly good. It has a 5 megapixel lens, a good flash, and Google have worked to increase the speed of the camera app (although this could still be improved). The camera takes good, detailed pictures and most of the issues associated with other HTC models have been eradicated. The lens focuses really quickly and generally the pictures come out as you hope they will.

The Nexus is, however, a little bit lacking in its telephony capabilities, although it’s generally fairly comparable to other smartphones in terms of the quality of its earpiece. The earpiece is clear and loud enough when you’re on the phone, but the tone could be more even. Also, the loudspeaker is quite tinny and generally not up to standard, so it’s not good for prolonged use. It also has similar connectivity issues to the iPhone and the signal drops from time to time.

In terms of the software, the Google Nexus is fairly similar to other Droid operated phones, but there are some upgrades. The most obvious of these is in the homescreen navigation, which is much simpler than it was on previous versions of Android phones and includes some cute graphics. There’s also an improved gallery option for storing photos, which is excellent, although the phone’s keyboard is a bit clumsy. Overall, this is a good phone but with a few glitches that should be worked out in subsequent models.

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