Samsung Nexus Prime?

It looks like the Nexus One and Nexus S will have a successor soon, currently labeled the Nexus Prime.  The current rumors have targeted HTC or Samsung as the manufacturer of the next Nexus and it seems there's more and more noise regarding the Nexus Prime and Nexus 3.

The Samsung Romania Twitter account supposedly tweeted that the next Nexus would have a 1280x720 Super AMOLED HD touchscreen and Android 4.0.  The tweets quickly disappeared and Samsung representatives claimed it was from an outside source, not Samsung.  Whether it will have Google+ integration has yet to be seen.  This may very well be the Nexus Prime.




Google may actually be trying to release more than one Nexus branded smartphone at a time, and the current rumor is that the Nexus 3, created by HTC will feature a Google+ button, very much similar to the Facebook button found on the ChaCha and Salsa.  This could be the split between the Nexus 3 and Nexus Prime, as well as the reason for conflicting rumors flying around.  The image below is from a Facebook fan page for Google+.

If these rumors turn out to be true, that means there will be two Nexus branded smartphones coming out in the near future, loaded with stock Android 4.0, and more powerful than the current Samsung Galaxy S2.  Quite an exciting future to look forward to for smartphones.