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The Nexus One is an
over-hyped Android phone. But that doesn't stop it from being the best Android
phone. It is, for two reasons: Hardware and software.
The Nexus One is probably HTC's best looking phone to date. The body is made up
of two different materials: a metallic bezel that surrounds the front and side
of the phone, which curves around to a custom-engraveable strip on the back. The
battery cover and bottom of the phone are both covered in a rubbery plastic
material that's solid and grippy, yet soft and pleasant. It's also thinner and
lighter and curvier than the iPhone 3GS, and is much less sharp and masculine
than the Droid.
Besides the requisite power and volume rocker buttons, there are five "buttons"
on the face: one trackball and four haptic-based touch buttons. The trackball is
basically useless—you'll only use it for its color-based notifications that tell
you that you have a new email, text message or missed call without having to
turn on the screen. As for using it as a scrolling device, the fact that
scrolling around the OS or a webpage gives you inconsistent results depending on
what "element" of the screen you land on means the ball is essentially useless
for navigation. However, you will have to use it for text selection, because you
can't hold your finger down to move the cursor—you have to use the ball to
navigate to exactly where you want.
The four touch buttons for homescreen, back, menu and search do have haptic
feedback when you hit them, but they're not that phenomenal either. Half the
time they don't register a press when you want them to, and the other half of
the time they think you're hitting it when you just wrapped your hand around the
phone slightly too far.
You don't get a rocker switch for silencing the phone without looking, like on
the Pre or the iPhone, but you can do the same thing quickly from the lock
screen by swiping across the screen to the left. (Swiping to the right unlocks
the phone.)
Connection
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 1700 / 2100 / 900
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
GPS Yes
Infrared Port No
Radio No
External Spec
Colors Brown (teflon coating)
Phone Size 119 x 59.8 x 11.5 mm
Display Size 3.7 inches
Display Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Camera 5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Weight 130 g
Internal Spec
Operation System Android OS, v2.1
Internal Memory 512MB RAM, 512MB ROM
Card Slot Type microSD up to 32GB
CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor
Talk Time Up to 10 hours (2G) / Up to 7 hours (3G)
Stand-by Time Up to 290 h (2G) / Up to 250 h (3G) |
