Best Buy lays out Nexus S launch plan

By on Dec 14, 2010 at 7:01 PM
mobile December 14, 2010

Best Buy has announced its launch plan for the upcoming Nexus S, Google’s second foray into self-branded smartphones. Starting Thursday at 8:00am Eastern, the Nexus S will become available for purchase online, at Best Buy Stores and at Best Buy Mobile specialty locations across the country. Inventory will vary by location and sales will be limited to two per person. The device will be $529 unlocked for, $199 with a two-year T-Mobile contract and qualifying voice and data plans, or $249.99 as an add-a-line activation. The Google Nexus S features a 4-inch Super-AMOLED display, a 5-megapixel camera with 720p video capture capability, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor and the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) operating system. Best Buy is Google’s exclusive retail partner for the Nexus S in the U.S. Hit the jump for the full press release.

Nexus S Lands in All Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile Stores Dec. 16

In addition to the in-store launch, online sales – via BestBuy.com – begin at 8 a.m. Eastern time.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 13, 2010 – All Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile specialty stores launch Nexus S in-stores and online at BestBuy.com on Thursday, Dec. 16. Nexus S, from Google and Samsung, is the world’s first smart phone with Android 2.3, Gingerbread.

Here are some important details for the launch of Nexus S:

Timing: Online sales of Nexus S begin at 8 a.m. Eastern time to coincide with the opening of Best Buy stores on the East Coast. As a reminder, all Best Buy stores have adjusted their holiday hours to open at 8 a.m.

Availability: Nexus S is available in all Best Buy and Best Mobile specialty stores. Exact inventory will vary by store. Nexus S will be sold out on a first-come, first-serve basis with a limit of 2 per customer.

Demo phones: All Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores will have a Nexus S demo phone on-hand so customers can see and experience the phone.

Pricing: The Nexus S is an unlocked phone and can be purchased without contract for $529. The Nexus S can also be purchased for $199 with a TMobile two-year service agreement and qualifying voice and data plan. Nexus S can also be purchased for $249.99 for add-a-line activations.

As with all smart phones it sells, Best Buy Mobile will have a full assortment of accessories for Nexus S and offers an array of services aimed at improving the mobile phone buying experience, including:

Upgrade Checker: A quick and easy service that gives customers the ability to see when they are eligible for their next phone upgrade. When the upgrade time is nearing, customers receive a complimentary reminder call, e-mail or text message.

Walk Out Workingâ„¢: Free in-store smart phone setup by a Best Buy Mobile Phone Specialist who will sync personal email accounts, set up Bluetooth headsets, transfer contacts and activate other services to allow the customer to leave the store with a fully functional new smart phone.

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  • http://www.vgchartz.com SuperChunk

    Sounds like a great launch. Hopefully that will coincide with the release of 2.3 to other handsets.

    • Mgl323

      Much better than the original Nexus launch.

  • Mgl323

    What about the DROID Nexus S? When is that launching?

    • Moxjr

      droid nexus s…. are you a retard?

      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiQmQhA-OrM Walter Sobchak

        He was just trolling the king troll out from under his bridge.

    • Norm

      Hello MgI323,

      We are very happy you are interested in the DROID line and in particular the DROID Nexus S. However I regret to inform you we will not be offering the Nexus S in any form on VZW. However we will be offering a comparable DROID version in late Q2 2011. It will be specially optimized for the VZW network so you can get the most out of the DROID OS and VZW’s best MAP. DROID DOES!

      • Captainobvious

        Poor Norm…. still no life, huh. Hopefully you will get those Tele-Tubby DVD’s from Santa soon. Or maybe you can ask Santa for an iTunes card and download them?

      • Anonymous

        LMAO! I’m sure Dinkie Winkie is his favorite…

      • Anonymous

        Shows you what a bafoon you are…using DROID to cover anything/everything Android. You do realize that DROID is Motorola? Then again, maybe not…

        Time to move out of your parents basement…

      • Jake K

        Right on! Watch continuously for all the latest rumors regarding this new Droid coming your way.

    • http://twitter.com/trini_pirate trini_pirate

      hahahahhahahahhaa

  • Jstein

    Ok, Does this phone have 720p HD capture or NO?? I thought it didn’t but now BGR says it does….someone please clarify

    • Mgl323

      It does support 720p HD video recording.

      • Anonymous

        Um, it definitely doesn’t. There’s also no such thing as a DROID Nexus S. I’m baffled as to where you’re getting this info from. Side note: I’ll still be getting this!

    • http://twitter.com/HolidayNC Mr. Holiday

      Chances are it won’t be supported in stock form; however, if it has an identical camera to the Galaxy S and the Galaxy S has 720p recording capability, it will more than likely be able to be software patched to “unlock” the capability. The Nexus One didn’t have 720p recording out of the box, but I’ve been able to do so on my N1 for almost a year now thanks to CyanogenMod. Considering that this is a newer device with a newer OS version and a faster processor, a homebrewed hack to enable 720p (perhaps a different kernel?) is easy to anticipate.

  • Moxjr

    no hspa+ no care

  • Scott

    It’s a Samsung, so I’ll pass!

  • Dannyloc

    this thing’s ugly as hell. Storm2 sucks but this is even worse

  • Fastwalking

    Well there will be nothing new from Apple until next summer so who will remember what an iPhone is by then?

    Reminds of the brilliant Palm Pre launch.

    I spent three months trying to buy an iphone 4 – not trying anymore.

    Let’s see what else is out there.

    • Anonymous

      How do you try to buy an iPhone…walk into a number of stores and buy one, or if you’re that lazy order it online…

  • iDeadBaby

    I hope to god it’s a working demo.

    • http://twitter.com/BigJawnMize Will Wagner

      BTW…what is with non working demos these day. These phones are all about how the software runs on any particular device. To sell these things stores need to remove themselves from the hardware centric mindset they are in and realize this is now a game that is 90% relying on software and quality of signal.

  • Sean76

    I was under the assumption that it didn’t have 720P? What’s the story BGR…

  • https://me.yahoo.com/a/zM29cUFkh.daFXOuvOeZBD2pxccV2uAUY5MaKoc-#50f84 Mike

    Damn you Google! Will you please throw us a bone over here at AT&T land?

  • Joey

    Only phone geeks read sites like these. Most people still never ever heard of the Nexus One.

    What makes this phone special is that it will be sold by a major US retailer from the get go. Everyone in metro areas has a Best Buy near them.

    So even if Nexus S commercials don’t hit the airwaves in mass people will still go to Best Buy and this phone will be pitched to the buyer. When a customer comes in looking for new service they will be shown this device. When a T-Mobile sub comes in and wants to upgrade or add a line he/she will be shown this too.

    16 GB of internal memory is plenty of memory for the average consumer buying this product. Samsung just needs to make it easy for customers to transfer media from their PC to their phone or vice versa.

    Consumers are fine with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps speeds on mobile phones. It’s enough speed to do everything they want and they are less likely to hit those T-Mobile speed throttling caps that 21 Mbps geek phone would bring them to so much faster.

    Best Buy reps should show customers how easy it is to use the Mobile HotSpot feature for free wireless broadband on the go since T-Mobile won’t charge customers for this feature on this phone.

    Compared to 2 years ago there are now so many quality useful apps on the Android MarketPlace and the specs on most new Android’s are decent (this one is no exception).

    This phone is actually very attractive (in person); much more so than the photos do for it.

    • Firefight16

      Make it simplier? Plug it in select Connect USB storage and treat it like any other hard drive/memory stick drag and drop!

  • duest

    Does it support 720p recording?

  • Anonymous

    16gb of onboard user storage and no card slot to expand it… A ‘launch-plan’ isn’t really necessary, much less an announcement of it.

    Nothing more than a press release in hopes of generating publicity for a device that won’t break any sales records. Only tech blog sites like this one have run with the press-release, this isn’t a device that will set any trends…

  • haole75

    does anyone know if tmo will have a 30-day trial like sprint did with the EVO? that would be awesome if they did because I’m not sure i want to buy a samsung phone, plus gingerbread will be available for other android phones so that doesnt really sweeten the deal.

  • guitar

    this is awesome you would think that Google would have had the best android phone from the get go.. it only makes sense. i am glad to see a competitive phone from Google hitting the market at an attractive price point

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