Australian version of Nexus S will not have Super AMOLED display

by Mikka Burrell on Feb 12th 2011, 5:29pm
tagged android 2.3, Android Phones, australia, Gingerbread, google nexus s, Nexus S, super amoled, Vodafone

For those of you in Australia looking to pick up a Google Nexus S when it becomes available on Vodafone, there’s some bad news. The Nexus S to be distributed in Australia will not have a Super AMOLED display, instead sporting a Super LCD display.

Vodafone announced earlier this week that it’d be carrying the Nexus S in 24 countries, though it hasn’t been determined whether other countries will have to settle for the downgraded Nexus S screen. However, the Super AMOLED version of the phone appeared on a Vodafone Germany preview site. Perhaps the situation will vary from country to country.

Despite the screen issue, Australian users will still enjoy the following features of the Google Nexus S:

4 inch touch screen
5.0 megapixel with HD Video recording (720p)
Integrated Google services including:
Search™, Talk™, Maps™ Gmail™ and YouTube™²
Access to 100,000+ Android™ Market Apps
Latest Google updates using Google update service
Built-in GPS with Google Maps Navigation
Near Field Communication (NFC)
Wi-Fi, USB and Stereo Bluetooth connectivity
Front-facing video call camera
16GB Internal Memory

[via Vodafone]

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Tony Hedges

Aussies, let Vodafone and Samsung know what you think to them thinking they can give you a downgraded version… boycott the Samsung Galaxy S. It’s not the best android out there anyway, that IMHO is the HTC DesireHD, I think I can vouch for that as I have had one for about five months now and it is brilliant. Get this instead. It is faster, bigger screen, and don’t listen to the bollox about super amoled! The screen tech makes little difference. Superior amoled means unrealistic over saturated colours.
http://ocaner.de Özgür Caner

Both carriers vodafone and o2, which will release the nexus s here in germany, are reporting on their preview site, that the nexus s will be released with a super clear lcd instead of super amoled display.
http://andcast.thenetcasts.com AndCast

Wow guys, I thought it was clear.
Germany receives the Super Clear LCD not the amoled.
You can check this at the o2 site (o2online.de) and on the vodafone pre-order page.

So Italy, Germany and Australia are in the same 2nd class boat
Sully

There is nothing wrong with a super clear LCD It is just as good as a amoled