As raised last week, the Google Nexus S didn't arrive in time for its own UK welcome party. Scheduled to go on sale at first yesterday , December 20, from The Carphone Warehouse (exclusive distributor for the premiere of the new Google flagship in the field of mobile telephony) they announce that it will finally be tomorrow, December 22, when start the distribution of this touch mobile with Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
Although the arguments that justify the delay are poor excuses, everything seems to indicate that the main reason has been a renegotiation of sales prices. Many users shouted in the sky for the excessive increase in the cost of the Google Nexus S in the United Kingdom (initially marked at 650 euros, at the current exchange rate), compared to the one in the United States (where it costs almost 400 euros, at the exchange rate). current). That is why a few hours after its premiere, the British distributor decided to lower the price to 510 euros, at the current exchange rate, which could have triggered this 48-hour delay.
The truth is that the guys at The Carphone Warehouse are playing it with the modification of dates. According to Unwired View, the transport company of this distributor, DHL, can manage up to five days of margin for the delivery of the items purchased in this store through the online mode, with which they have put in a severe The sales of the Google Nexus S are in danger in the face of the Christmas campaign (which this week is experiencing its final stretch in the Anglo-Saxon world).
The Google Nexus S is a mobile that inherits the philosophy of the Google Nexus One, although with improvements from the Galaxy S generation of Samsung, manufacturer of this device. It equips a four-inch Super AMOLED screen with the slightly concave panel, in addition to including a five-megapixel camera with LED flash and an NFC chip to use the mobile as a credit card.
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