HTC Nexus One Review

The HTC Nexus One, also known as the HTC Google Nexus One, was launched in January 2010 as a ‘super phone’. It costs around £400 without SIM card, although HTC Nexus One deals are currently mostly contract based, starting around £35 per month.

The HTC Nexus One is an Android mobile phone developed by Google and Android Inc as the next step in its mobile phone software evolution. Android mobile phone technology is open source, allowing users to create and share files and applications.

The HTC Nexus One measures at 4.69 by 2.35 by 0.45 inches, and weighs 4.59 ounces. It has an impressive 10 hours battery life of talk time, 12 days standby time. Its screen resolution is 480 x 800 pixels, with the screen measuring 3.7 inches. The touch-screen uses capacitive technology.

The inbuilt camera has a high quality resolution of 5 megapixels, with LED flash technology, auto focus and geo tagging. The video player supports MPEG4, H.263 and H.264 files. The music player supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WAV, AMR, OGG and MIDI files.

The software is Android 2.1. Internet browsing is through HTML and the mobile phone has microUSB, 2.1 stereo Bluetooth and A-GPS.

Key HTC Nexus One reviews points include the sharpness of the picture quality. Google has added a fly through version of Google maps, which looks stunning on the screen. HTC Nexus One deals are mostly contracts starting at around £35.