The Much Hyped Google’s Nexus One was today officially released at a Launch Conference at Google’s Office, Mountain View. Since it’s first ever rumour it has spurred a number of articles, pictures , blogs, and reviews and even a giveaway too . So when it finally released, I took out the specs sheet for a review and found it certainly to my liking. Here’s what I feel about Google’s Nexus One a.k.a Superphone:
Build :
Hmm well, it has curves*drools*. Some people like curves and some don’t, so the matter of the body depends on what a person thinks when the phone is in his hands. The curves are typically HTC style with a nice sleek, slim body. Rating in at 119 x 59.8 x 11.5 mm which is certainly slimmer than the iPhone if not smaller in length. It is certainly light weight at 130g for the said size and the screen(3.7 inches AMOLED). That said, the phone is truly comfortable to hold from what it seems.
The camera at the back is larger than most but houses a powerful 5Megs with LED flash.There is no camera button which can act as a dampener for some. On the front, there is a trackball and 4 touch sensitive buttons for Back, Menu, Home, and Search. Nothing exactly spectacular except for the AMOLED screen which sizes in at a mighty 3.7 inches and has a resolution of 480×800. It also includes a 3.5mm audio jack so listening to songs on your favorite headset should be a treat. There is a dual microphone setup, one at the front and one at the back. The back one acts as a background noise cancellation one whereas the front mic is your regular yak yak mic.
The internals:
Nothing spectacular here either. 512MB RAM and ROM, 4GB of microSD card included(expandable to 32GB), WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n standards, A-GPS, HSPDA(7.2MBps) and HSUPA(5.2MBps).
Processor takes the prize though:- Snapdragon 1GHz processor speeding up the apps and usage of the phone. The processor certainly is a rare treat and is a good advantage for a phone of this caliber.
Display :
Horrible. You know AMOLEDs aren’t exactly receiving kudos for their sunlight legibility? Nexus suffers from the same problem, hit it with direct sunlight and you will be reduced to almost blindly operating the phone. That said, it certainly brightens up in dark surroundings so the legibility is clear in darkness which can be a treat. Keep in mind though that AMOLEDs sometimes suffer from color saturations in some bands so expect some colors to be more brighter than others.
Camera :
The camera is a 5MP autofocus with amax resolution of 2560×1920. It also has a LED flash to accompany it in night shots. But it is a single LED, so don’t expect much out of it. Certainly not something which can make ur night shots look like evening/day shots as seen with the much more better Xenon flashes. Why they refrained from including it is a huge mystery. The image quality is good enough and quite sharp pretty much like the other HTC phones, with enough detailing to get by. It certainly won’t be a competition to the 5MP camera phones out there though.
The Android 2.1 :
This should be the Android v1. It has a more “Google excellence” feel to it than others. Though it still does not have a multi touch support like the iPhone. While many changes in the Android 2.1 seem more of cosmetic than functioning, they are quite welcome given the feedback from scores of users using the previous Android versions. The homescreen definitely looks cleaner and more usable than the previous Android 2.0.1.
Speech Recognition and Dynamic Wallpapers :
Another inclusion visible to naked eyes is the Speech to Text input which converts whatever u say to text. It is a handy tool for those who find the touch keyboard cumbersome. I don’t expect it to shine much though given the fair audio recognition. The Dynamic wallpaper is a passable feature.
Battery Life :
The rated battery with the Google Nexus One is a Li-Ion 1400 mAh, which should provide just about enough juice to run comfortably through a day. As we don’t own the phone nor do we have the dough to test it out personally we can only predict that the battery life will be JUST about sufficient to normal users and perform fairly enough given the communication tools like A-GPS, WiFi , 3G and such.
Pricing and Availability :
The pricing is $529.99 for an unlocked Nexus One which translates into 26500 INR at 50INR/Dollar. That’s a just about decent enough pricing considering the areas where it lacks.
Seek2Geek Review :
The phone certainly seems to hit a sweet spot with it’s sexy curves and it’s speedy and brilliant UI and connectivity options along with the vibrant AMOLED, 3.5mm audio jack and HTC’s design and construction. The only place where it takes a backseat is lacking in multitouch, inbuilt storage, poor sunlight legibility and a not so juicy battery.
If you haven’t had your taste in Android yet, this certainly deserves to be a lookout for with its decent pricing and HTC’s expertise. Worthy and direct competitors in that price range can be Samsung phones or HTC itself with a pricier competion being the iPhone. Overall Google Nexus One ain’t worth the hype that everyone in the web world made it out to be but it certainly is a nice smartphone to get by.Currently the phone is available in Hong Kong, Singapore and UK and not in India. You can still have a feel of Nexus One here
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