Google Releases Nexus One Android Phone – What You Need to Know

by Khalid Hosein on January 5, 2010

If you follow any sort of news, you’ll know that Google announced their Nexus One phone running their Android-supported mobile OS. What’s really unique and new here is that Google is selling the handset directly, and not the carrier.

Here’s what you need to know about the phone:

  • OS: Android 2.1
  • manufacturer: HTC
  • Qualcomm QSD 8250 (Snapdragon) @ 1GHz
  • 800×480 px screen (3.7″ diagonal WVGA AMOLED touchscreen)
  • weight: 4.5oz (130g)
  • carrier: T-Mobile
  • Price: $179 with 2-yr contract on T-Mobile; Unlocked: $529 [Verizon to get a CDMA version in the future]
  • memory: 512MB RAM, 512MB Flash, 4GB Micro SD card (expandable to 32GB)
  • 5 Megapixel camera, 2X digital zoom, LED Flash; video capture @ 20 fps
  • WiFi 802.11b/g/n
  • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
  • Noise canceling – ues 2nd microphone
  • Standby: up to 250 hours on 3G; Talk: up to 7 hours on 3G
  • Micro USB port
  • Speaker
  • Voice control
  • Haptic feedback

How to order: At Google’s Nexus One website (includes specs)

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Price Comparison: @ Mashable via BillShrink and another at iSmashPhone

Hands-On Reviews: Crave, Engadget, Gizmodo, NeoWin.

One of the promo videos for the Google Nexus One:

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