Rumors about a sequel to Google’s Nexus One phone refuse to die. Allegedly, Samsung was supposed to be releasing the Nexus Two at an event on Nov. 8th. Samsung denied that they had a Nexus Two in the works, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they weren’t working on the sequel to the Nexus One.
According to Engadget, the phone pictured in this post is the Nexus S. It’s a ” Gingerbread-running Google phone from Samsung” and is “the presumed sequel to the HTC-produced Nexus One.” See? Samsung isn’t making the Nexus Two…it’s called the Nexus S.
Of course, it’s hard to say if these images are real or we’re just seeing what we want to see. It’s believed that the photos of this new Android phone have been doctored, but only to add Google branding to the phone. Android and Me speculates that Samsung orchestrated the leak to keep the buzz going.
There is some evidence besides this photo, though. Phandroid noticed an interesting section on the Best Buy website that referenced the Nexus S:
Best Buy’s published a section on their mobile site saying that the “Pure Google” Nexus S is available only at Best Buy this holiday season. A link to pre-order it doesn’t work, and there’s a bad image with the alternate text field showing “Nexus S for T-Mobile.”
Best Buy has since removed the information from their site and, while Google Cache would be the go-to solution to get a glimpse of the deleted page, it appears that the page in Google’s cache has been altered. Luckily, the Phandroid folks took a screenshot.
Even if this is the real deal, it looks like a re-branded Galaxy S phone, which seems pretty boring on the surface. The real excitement would be in getting a phone with the latest version of Android and without all the crapware and carrier skins. What do you think? Will there really be a “Nexus Two?” Do you care?