Nexus S 4G Official: May 8th for $200

Posted 04/26/2011 at 2:28pm | by Ryan Whitwam

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Sprint has made it official. The Google Nexus S 4G will be launching on the carrier on May 8th. Customers will be able to pick up the device for $200 on a 2-year contract. The Nexus S 4G is much like its T-Mobile based sibling, but with the addition of a 4G WiMAX radio for faster data where available. 

The Nexus S phones are based on Samsung's Galaxy S line of devices. Much of the internal hardware is the same. The Nexus S 4G has a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 512MB of RAM, a 5MP rear camera, and a VGA front-facing sensor. The screen is a Samsung Super AMOLED panel, but has a curved glass covering. This has been dubbed the "contour display". It also has a NFC chip for short-range wireless communication.

The thing that makes the Nexus S so interesting is that it runs an unmolested version of Google's latest Android 2.3 operating system, known as Gingerbread. The updates are handled by Google, meaning this device won't languish for months on end to get the latest and greatest. Any Sprint customers out there planning to pick one up?