14 DAY TRIAL // Major retailer Best Buy has just announced a one-day exclusive offer for all versions of Nexus S from Google available on August 3.
Customers who dreamed about having one of these smartphones can get the Nexus S for free from Best Buy, either as a new phone or an upgrade purchase, with two-year activation.
The offer is available on AT&T, Sprint and T Mobile carriers at Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile specialty stores and online, and runs through Aug. 3 at 11:59 p.m. CST.
In addition, Best Buy announced that it would offer an array of services aimed at improving customers' experience, including Walk Out Working, Upgrade Checker, Happy 24, along with a plethora of accessories for customers to protect and personalize their device.
For those out of the loop, the Nexus S comes with a 4-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors support and 480 x 800 pixels resolution.
Hardware-wise, the smartphone is equipped with a single core Cortex-A8 Hummingbird processor, clocked at 1GHz and complemented by a PowerVR SGX540 GPU.
Aimed at Android devs, the Nexus S was the first to be delivered with Google's Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) platform on board and NFC (Near Field Communication) capabilities.
The smartphone packs 16GB of internal memory and 512 MB RAM, but lacks microSD card slot for memory expansion.
Other highlights of the phone include HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, DLNA function, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP support, built-in GPS receiver, as well as social networking integration through Social Hubs.
The Nexus S sports an average 5-megapixel photo snapper with LED flash and autofocus, as well as secondary VGA front-facing camera for video calls.
The phone's standard Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery should provide up to 713 hours (428 hours for 3G) of standby time or up to 14 hours (6 hours 40 minutes for 3G) of talk time.