• 

  Nexus One

  Prasad Naik, Feb 08, 2010 1310 hrs IST

  We reviewed it, we loved it!

  Superb design and build, excellent display quality, Android 2.1 OS with Android Market, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, great interface design, excellent web browser, good connectivity features, voice to text converter

  Display has poor sunlight visibility and slightly over-saturated colors, interface is occasionally jittery, no DivX/XviD playback, inadequate loudspeaker volume, keys under display are a bit frustrating to use

  Check specifications

  Write Review

  Expert Rating :

  

  Latest Mobile Prices

  

Page 1 - Intro, Bundle Page 2 - Hardware Page 3 - Hardware cont., Display  Page 4 - Software Page 5 - Software cont. Page 6 - Connectivity, Multimedia Page 7 - Battery Life Page 8 - Pricing, Availability, Verdict

Hardware

The Nexus One is one amazing piece of equipment. I must say I am a big fan of the whole industrial design theme that HTC has going on here. The Nexus One design is from the same school of thought but has its own personality compared to other HTC handsets. The design has the charm of a smoothened stone found on river banks. It looks beautiful, yet in an understated, classy way.

 

The build quality of the handset is terrific too. The Nexus One makes use of Teflon coated metal and rubberized plastic to good use. The metal surrounds the display and goes around the back, while it has plastic at the base and on the back and battery cover. The Nexus One is also a fairly slim and light handset; more than the iPhone 3GS. The curved design also feels great in your hand and the rubberized surface gives decent grip.

 

On the front, we have the 3.7-inch display occupying most of the space. Above the display is the thin earpiece, which also contains the proximity sensor and the display light sensor. Below the display are a row of touch sensitive controls and a trackball. I found these controls to be a bit temperamental. Sometimes, they would work even with an accidental touch of your finger and trigger their respective functions, while at times, they wouldn't function even when we wanted them to; like the back button. The trackball is fairly useless for most part and only come into play when you have to scroll the cursor between text. It also glows in different colors to indicate different activities; such as when you receive a message or have a missed call.

 

Page 1 - Intro, Bundle Page 2 - Hardware Page 3 - Hardware cont., Display  Page 4 - Software Page 5 - Software cont. Page 6 - Connectivity, Multimedia Page 7 - Battery Life Page 8 - Pricing, Availability, Verdict

• Which desktop web browser do you use?

• Internet Explorer

  Firefox

  Chrome

  Safari

  Opera

  Other (specify in comments)

  Poll Results View Previous Polls