Google Nexus One Round-Up
Putting the best chatter on the new Googlephone on one page.
So, Google released their new Nexus One smartphone and the world has gone relatively crazy about it. One of the best things about it is that Hong Kong is on the list of test cities that Google is going to sell direct to, so if you’re in the market for the newest smartphone, the Nexus One is available for you here for HK$4,103/US$529 unlocked.
Here is a list of links we’ve been reading up on about the new phone:
- Michael Arrington’s review calls it: “It’s Google’s vision of the perfect Android device, from the huge and beautiful screen and massively fast Snapdragon processor to the software elegance of Google Navigation, Live Wallpaper and the Voice Keyboard. When combined with Google Voice there is no phone on the market today that can touch the Nexus One.”
- 13 ways a Nexus One is better than an iPhone – but also included are 5 ways the iPhone is better than the Nexus One and 5 ways the iPhone and Nexus One equally suck.
The general consensus around U.S. gadget sites is that the Nexus One is the greatest Android phone yet! But it’s funny as the last supposed “Greatest Android Phone” shipped less than 30 days ago from Motorola. And the one before that came from HTC itself, who in turn made the Nexus One, albeit under Google’s supervision.
What does this say about the Android smartphone market? With all these different manufacturers making Android phones, will they bring out new and better phones not every quarter but every month? How can consumers trust buying an Android phone if the next best one is a mere 30 days away? We already kicked ourselves when that netbook processor doubled in speed and dropped in price 3 months after buying it, but that was only HK$3,000 – these smartphones are expensive. What does that do to the re-sale market of these phones also?
Added to that, if you hold out for the next Android phone, you know there will be another great one right around the corner. Even Apple’s iPhone has only gone through 3 different versions (Original, 3G and 3GS) in its lifespan since launching in June 2007, so while we expect an iPhone 4.0 sometime later this year, that is still a 12 month gap between devices.
As we start the whirlwind which is the Consumer Electronic Show 2010 these next few days, we’ll definitely be seeing a bunch of new Android phones, but will they stack up to the Nexus One if Google is not steering the development?
We’re sure we’ll get an answer in the next 30 days.
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Is it possible to cover the shipping cost in your article? Just wondering
And to be fair, the Milestone/Droid only arrived a month ago is kinda unrelated because Motorola was being typical and released it to Asia late. The Droid was out in the US since November, but it does raise a point regarding Android and its constantly new flagship phones.
Hi Pastel,
Yes to be fair – we are just lucky to be a test city for the Nexus One out of all the cities in the world, but we feel bad for the buyers of the Droid. Motorola must have known the Nexus One was coming to HK and rushed out the Milestone to market so as not to lose market share since we are the only ones to have it in Asia.
If there is shipping added to the Nexus One it cannot be more than HK$400 per phone. Which still keeps it at a nice price for a brand new Android phone from Google.
Our experience says, that if Google is supporting this phone directly, we don’t think a better one will come out until the middle of the year when all the manufacturers have had time to study the N1 and incorporate the new concepts into their phones and create an even better phone.
Don’t get us wrong – we love Android. Its just that all these phones are starting to confuse the marketplace and we get many emails asking which one to buy as even non-gadget freaks want to buy the newest and best one.
We’d also like to back this up with this comment from Gene Munster (technology analyst for Piper Jaffray) and how we also echo his thoughts here:
We can get into this more but think we’ll be posting a commentary on this since we are getting so many emails about the Nexus One x Motorola Milestone x Apple iPhone!
Thanks for your insight. I agree that the average consumer really like the iPhone because of its app store but really out of those 10 million apps how many are actually useful and productive? I believe in quality over quantity and Android delivers what I want.
I love the apple platform and own a iPhone but I strongly disagree with the way Apple markets it.
1) Closed development to the point they approve or disapprove the entry of apps into the app store. Besides that, no customization. (Unless one jailbreaks)
2) Hardware limitations. You’ve got to admit when the iPhone was first released, the specs were horrible, it was anything but spectacular. Hell, it didn’t even support 3G. Now the 3GS sports a 3MP camera with no flash? Come on Apple how long will you continue to milk your customers? + Non removable batteries.
Plus Apple pretty much cockblocked the market from multitouch. Look at the Droid and the Nexus. Both are capable, Milestone has multitouch why can’t Droid? Nexus one’s Dolphin browser has multitouch, why can’t it have native multitouch? Apple’s patterns thats why…
TL;DR : iPhone is great but the Nexus One is better.
I like your insight as well. I guess its a matter of preference really. Some people still like Blackberry because of the keyboard, but knowing it doesn’t have as many features as an iPhone or an Android smartphone.
I’m glad you love Nexus One, but to be honest it will most likely be forgotten by July, in favor of the next great Android phone.
Its good that there are 3 major choices though, and that hopefully this year Android takes over 3rd place from Windows Mobile.
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