Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs HTC Google Nexus One vs Samsung Google Nexus S

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung HTC Samsung
Announced October 2011 January 2010 December 2010
Status Available - November 2011 Available - January 2010 Available - December 2010
Colors Black Brown (teflon coating) Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
119 x 59.8 x 11.5 mm
(4.69 x 2.35 x 0.45 in)
123.9 x 63 x 10.9 mm
(4.88 x 2.48 x 0.43 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - for AT&T, Rogers Wireless
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 (region specific) - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), not upgradable to v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird
GPU No Adreno 200 PowerVR SGX540
RAM 1 GB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage N/A 16 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB, 4GB included No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.65 inches 3.7 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.72% 54.82% 58.46%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Factory locked by default, can No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels 5 MP, 2560x1920 pixels 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, D1 (720x480 pixels)@min. 20fps Yes, WVGA@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 512MB RAM, 512MB ROM 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB, 4GB included No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1750 mAh 1400 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 270 h (3G)
Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 250 h (3G)
Up to 713 h (2G)
Up to 428 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 10 hours (2G)
Up to 7 hours (3G)
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)