Forget the Samsung Nexus S. Samsung's real flagship Android device for 2011 will pack a monstrous 4.5-inch Super AMOLED display and Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
According to a PowerPoint slide put together by Samsung, the Nexus S won't be as killer as the unannounced flagship Android device that Samsung is preparing to debut in February 2011.
The slide (below), which was dug up by Engadget, includes a number of images and specifications of a smartphone that will include a 4.5-inch or 4.3-inch "sAMOLED2" display. The device will include Android 2.3 Gingerbread and will be run by a 1.2GHz power plant. Other features will include an 8 megapixel camera capable of 1080p HD video capture; Bluetooth 3.0; 16GB of on-board storage; and HSPA capable of 14.4Mbps downloads. The slide indicates the device will be "ultra sleek." Samsung has a history of making incredibly thin phones.
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This new device bests the unannounced and unconfirmed Samsung Nexus S in almost every respect. The Nexus S, which is a slab-style touch device, has no name and no markings other than some serial numbers and the names Samsung and Google (based on images published by Engadget on Thursday). The Nexus S looks to be a larger version of its Galaxy S line of smartphones. There is a camera with flash on the back, and what appears to be a user-facing camera on the front. The photos don't confirm anything else.
Are either of these phones real? Are they prototypes, or engineering proof-of-concept hardware? Are they a hardware designer's marketing dreams?
Google hasn't announced any Nexus handsets beyond the Nexus One, which is rapidly nearing its first birthday. Whatever Nexus-branded handset follows the Nexus One is expected to run Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
The "ultra sleek" device doesn't even have a name, according to the slide, and even Engadget admits that the images may be of older hardware.
So, chalk these up as some interesting Friday reading. They may not be real -- yet -- but there's always something unannounced just around the corner.
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