White Google Nexus S set to embarrass Apple's iPhone

The Google Nexus S by Samsung could shortly be available in white, cocking a snook at a certain fruit-flavoured competitor. Google's second smart phone is currently on sale in black, now leaked photos show an icy makeover.

The Nexus S packs a giant

The Nexus S packs a giant, high-resolution AMOLED touchscreen, 16GB of onboard memory and a 5-megapixel camera. It runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and includes built-in app-free VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol). Nearly-field communication is a bonus feature, now that isn't a thing here in Blighty just but.

If Google does unveil a frosty-white S, we can't help however see it as a dig at Apple. Apple has been trying to perfect a white iPhone 4 for the better part of a year, and it's on the whole no closer to shop shelves.

The G to the N to the S is the follow-up to Google's first smart phone, the Nexus One. The Nexus One was a bold experiment in selling phones directly to clients, missing out the network middlemen. And sadly, that didn't work out.

The HTC Desire HD

Rival top-notch smart phones include the HTC Desire HD and the iPhone 4. Click here to see how the Nexus S fares against these telephonic titans in our Desire dust-up and iPhone fisticuffs.

We've contacted Google to find out whether the white Nexus S will steam on over to these shores. It's currently available through the Carphone Warehouse, nevertheless if you're looking to take a ride on the S express at that time it's all aboard at our Nexus S price comparison page.