Despite the much touted imitation of the iPhone by Samsung in the making of T-Mobile Samsung Nexus S 4G, it is obvious that they are both not a match. Agreed, they both have a lot of similarities, for example the sleek black device has an extremely thin design almost as thin as the iPhone 4 - Nexus S 4G is 0.44 inches thick, while the iPhone 4 is 0.37. If you have ever handled both, you will know that this is a difference you’re not likely to notice unless perhaps you have a pair of digital callipers built into your hand. But you can’t deny the fact that Nexus S 4G is the better of the pack. Here’s why! Besides other features, the Nexus 4G has 4G, which the iPhone 4 can’t boast of — that alone can justify a few extra bucks on the price. Don’t you think?
The phone feels comfortable in the hand and is made with a sleek and slippery plastic material. It has a simple and utterly symmetrical tablet shape, thus never feels awkward. When you first see or buy the Nexus S 4G, you may pass through the same stress I passed through searching for the microSD card slot – pulling off the battery cover, pulling up the battery, checking the edges and stuff like that. But the thing is that it doesn’t have one. And I can assure you that can be a real pain in the uhhh you know! But this deficiency (it may not be, but that is how I see it), has been more than compensated for – This device has a 16 GB internal memory. However without a microSD card that is all you get. Nothing more, nothing less. You just can’t increase space in future if you need to do so.
If you love large screen phones, like I do, this phone will certainly impress you with its crystal-clear 4 inch screen; it’s well built and sleek. If you are a physical keyboard or button fan, here’s the shocker, you may be a little disappointed because this one doesn’t have one. Not even a camera push button except for the requisite navigation button below the touch display screen, the power-button and the volume keys. To me this button-less phone, even though I love it for several other reasons, can be very disturbing because before I can make an urgent call, I have to turn it on, unlock, go to home screen before I can access the virtual keypad and dial. Doesn’t this sound a little stressful to you? Even though for users of Android phones, a phone call is of very low priority, it still doesn’t account for the stress in case you have to just put across an urgent call.
Overall, the Samsung Nexus S 4G is a very solid phone. I was concerned about the fact that it was made of plastic thus can break easily, but after the phone fell out of my hands and crashed on the floor without any damage except for a few scratches, I have changed my opinion completely about the fragility of the phone.