Google Phone Nexus One Specifications

Nexus One Phone - Feature overview & Technical specifications

Power and battery

Removable 1400 mAH battery

Charges at 480mA from USB, at 980mA from supplied charger

Talk time

Up to 10 hours on 2G Up to 7 hours on 3G

Standby time

Up to 290 hours on 2G Up to 250 hours on 3G

Internet use

Up to 5 hours on 3G Up to 6.5 hours on Wi-Fi

Video playback

Up to 7 hours

Audio playback

Up to 20 hours

Processor

Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz

Operating system

Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair)

Capacity

512MB Flash

512MB RAM

4GB Micro SD Card (Expandable to 32 GB)

Location

Assisted global positioning system (AGPS) receiver

Cell tower and Wi-Fi positioning

Digital compass

Accelerometer

Size and weight

Height

119mm

Width

59.8mm

Depth

11.5mm

Weight

130 grams w/battery 100g w/o battery

Display

3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen

800 x 480 pixels

100,000:1 typical contrast ratio

1ms typical response rate

Camera & Flash

5 megapixels

Autofocus from 6cm to infinity

2X digital zoom

LED flash

User can include location of photos from phone’s AGPS receiver

Video captured at 720x480 pixels at 20 frames per second or higher, depending on lighting conditions

Cellular & Wireless

UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900)

HSDPA 7.2Mbps

HSUPA 2Mbps

GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n)

Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

A2DP stereo Bluetooth

Buttons, connectors and controls

Front / Top

[1] Power

[2] 3.5mm stereo headphone jack

[3] Charging and notification indicator

[4] Illuminated capacitive soft keys:
Back, Home, Menu, and Search

[5] Tri-color clickable trackball

Back / Bottom

[6] Camera

[7] Camera flash

[8] Speaker

[9] Dock pin connectors

[10] Micro USB port

[11] Microphone

Left side

[12] Volume Control

Additional features

• Haptic feedback
• Teflon™ coated back
• Second microphone for active noise cancellation
• SIM card slot
• Micro SD slot
• Proximity sensor
• Light sensor

Graphics, video and audio

Audio decoders

AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1 (AAC+), HE-AACv2 (enhanced AAC+) Mono/Stereo standard bit rates up to 160 kbps and sampling rates from 8 to 48kHz, AMR-NB 4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz, AMR-WB 9 rates from 6.60 kbit/s to 23.85 kbit/s sampled @ 16kHz., MP3 Mono/Stereo 8-320Kbps constant (CBR) or variable bit-rate (VBR), MIDI SMF (Type 0 and 1), DLS Version 1 and 2, XMF/Mobile XMF, RTTTL/RTX, OTA, iMelody, Ogg Vorbis, WAVE (8-bit and 16-bit PCM)

Image

JPEG (encode and decode), GIF, PNG, BMP

Video

H.263 (encode and decode) MPEG-4 SP (encode and decode) H.264 AVC (decode)

Audio encoders

AMR-NB 4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz

Language support

Display

English (U.S), French (France), German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean, Japanese, Russian,

Keyboard

English (U.S), French (France), German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil),

Nexus One Google Phone Price and Plans Detail

A couple of the mysteries surrounding the forthcoming Nexus One/Google phone may have been solved. Information related to the price of the phone and its plan has leaked, and assuming the details are accurate, the device should line up pretty well with the existing marketplace.

Here's the bad news: rumors that Google would offer a cheap or free phone weren't confirmed. The standard monthly fee doesn't look like it will be trivial, either, meaning the Nexus One may not be as revolutionary as many people expected.

Instead, according to Jason Chen, consumers will be asked to pay $179.99 for the Nexus One if they lock into a two-year contract with T-Mobile for $79.99 per month. Or they can choose their own service provider, but they'll have to fork over $529.99 for an unlocked phone.

Still, these prices aren't so high that ordinary people wouldn't be able to get their hands on the Nexus One. Indeed, the T-Mobile prices should make the Nexus One competitive with the iPhone, so if the hardware measures up, Apple may find itself with a serious rival.

Hopefully we'll get firm numbers and a much more solid idea of the Nexus One's capabilities on Tuesday at the Android press gathering.

Nexus One Google Phone Ready to be Launched on Jan 5

The cat has at least started to come out of the bag with regards to the long-rumored "Google phone"; details about the Nexus One have been leaking for weeks. It looks like the rest of the figurative feline will soon appear, too, as a T-Mobile announcement and invitation to a Google event were issued today.

Let's start with the T-Mobile announcement - which, it's important to note, was an internal one. This morning, TmoNews published a document that in part read, "Google, with support from T-Mobile is scheduled to launch an Android device in early January. . . . T-Mobile will offer service support including billing, coverage, features and rate plans."

Then here's the clincher: Google's asking journalists to attend an Android press gathering on January 5th. This won't be a random meet-and-greet, either. It'll take place in Mountain View at the Googleplex, and a press conference, presentation, Q&A session, and demo session are supposed to last for a not-inconsiderable three hours.

One more interesting detail: January 5th falls two days before the start of the Consumer Electronics Show, so it looks like Google's planned its announcement for maximum impact.

Unfortunately, a lot of other details remain unknown. No one seems to have a clear idea of idea how much the Nexus One will cost, for example, or how rate plans will work or when the device will actually be available for purchase.

Still, one week from today, Google's likely to answer everybody's questions.

Exclusive: first Google Phone / Nexus One photos, Android 2.1 on-board

Well here you have it folks, honest-to-goodness pics of the Google Phone... AKA, the Nexus One. As you can see by the photos, the design of the device is largely similar to those we've seen, but the graphic on back is slightly different, and that piece of tape is covering a QR code (how very Google of them). Just like we've heard before, the updated OS features new 3D elements to the app tray, as well as an extended amount of homescreens, though it looks like the lock screen / mute is the same as in Android 2.0.1. Additionally, there's now a new grid icon at the bottom of the homescreen, which when pressed brings up a webOS card-style preview of all homescreen pages -- which raises some interesting possibilities. Apparently there's been a new software update for the device pushed tonight, and sure enough the phone is identified as the Nexus One on the system info page. Quite clearly this device is running on T-Mobile, and is also using WiFi, so there's two other questions you've got answers to. The phone also appears to come loaded up with Google Navigation (a bit of a no-brainer) and the brand-spanking-new Google Goggles. Hardware wise, the Nexus does look incredibly thin and sleek, and while there's not a slew of buttons (those four up front are clearly touch sensitive), there is a dedicated volume rocker along the side. Oh, and note this... no HTC logo anywhere to be found. We'll update the post as / if we get more info, but for now, feast your eyes on the gallery below!

Google Nexus One Invite Only is No Way to Challenge the iPhone

Google will reportedly offer the Nexus One by invitation only, a strange strategy at a time when Android is fighting Apple's iPhone to gain market share. Why seed the Android 2.1-based Apple iPhone challenger to Google employees, with some of them leaking photos and giving gadget geeks opportunities to play with the phone, and then only selectively offer it? It's certainly not wise at a time when customers continue to weigh Android devices such as the Motorola Droid versus the iPhone. The market has not yet matured to the point where most consumers are strictly looking for the next Android or iPhone without mulling a device from the other company.





News Analysis: Engadget reported something Dec. 23 that frankly boggles the mind. Citing a tipster, the site claims Google's Nexus One smartphone will be available by invitation only.

EWEEK has already explored the idea that Google could let consumers purchase the Nexus One and pick their carrier over the Web, which many agreed is an attractive value proposition.

If Google plans to offer the device by invite-only at any point its begs the question: why? Why seed the Android 2.1-based Apple iPhone challenger to Google employees, some of whom gave gadget geeks opportunities to play with the phone, and then only selectively offer it?

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Why whet appetites and not satisfy them? That is not the way a company trying to offer a successful Android phone should offer a market challenger. Engadget added:

"Our tipster doesn't have information on how those invites are going to be determined, other than the fact that it's Google doing the inviting -- if we had to guess, current registered developers are a strong possibility -- but the good news, we suppose, is that T-Mobile will apparently sell the phone directly at some to-be-determined point in the future."

Google declined to validate this point in an e-mail to eWEEK, but there is no good news there. It's been established that T-Mobile would offer the Nexus One for a couple weeks now.

The only logical explanation for why Google would take such an unusual approach to bringing the Nexus One to market would be that the device is in fact being sold unlocked and unsubsidized for its full $500 to $600. Perhaps Google wants to see how many people bite early in 2010 after the holiday season, but this is a risky gamble; offering a phone based on an open platform in an exclusive fashion is closed-minded.

It's certainly not wise at a time when customers continue to weigh Android devices such as the Motorola Droid versus the iPhone. The market has not yet matured to the point where most consumers are strictly looking for the next Android or iPhone without mulling a device from the other company. In other words, the iPhone may be leading in marketshare and mindshare, but it has not won the smartphone war.

Google Nexus One gets unwrapped before Christmas

Google's Nexus One smartphone is slowly getting unveiled ahead of its release as leaks and unauthorized walkthroughs hit the Web.



The presents are wrapped and under the tree – what harm could tearing a little hole in the wrapping paper do?

As 'Operation Chokehold' nears, second thoughts abound
.That seems to be the mentality of many in the gadget press when it comes to new products, and the Google Nexus One is no exception.

This week tech fans have seen a slew of covert snapshots of the phone in action, including shots of it being "unboxed" (a tech tradition), a video of its interface (below), and the familiar grainy, shaky cameraphone snaps of it next to other products like the iPhone.

Here's what we [think we] know so far:

It's thinner and lighter than the iPhone. Gizmodo's Jason Chen spent some time with a Nexus One and had this to say about it: "It's basically, from my time with it, Google's Droid killer. It's thin, it's fast, it's better in every way." The Droid, regular readers and pretty much anyone who's watched TV in the past months know, is Motorola's latest Android-equipped smartphone. It's aimed squarely at dethroning the iPhone from its place atop the smartphone pile, and has done quite well. Unlike the Droid (and just like the Droid Eris and iPhone), the Nexus One does without a physical keyboard, but includes a trackball that changes color. Its display has been called brighter and crisper than both the Droid and the iPhone's. The rest of the leaked specs are pretty much in line with much of the smartphone field: a 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus, expandable SD-card storage, and all the usual sensors: proximity, light, etc.

It's darn hard to get your hands on one. As with many Google ventures, the Nexus One is reported to be invite-only at first. We saw this with GMail, and then with Wave (to limited success), and have to admit – it's a great way to drum up buzz for a product. The folks at Engadget speculate that at first this invite list will include registered Android developers. That said, many Google employees reportedly already have their hands on the Nexus One, as evidenced by the slew of cameraphone shots that have recently surfaced on the Web.

Could it go carrier-less? Many are reporting the possibility that the Nexus One will be sold unattached to a specific wireless carrier – and thus without the price break that a carrier's subsidy offers. As a GSM device, the Nexus One would work with just T-Mobile and the much-maligned AT&T in the US, though some are suggesting that with VOIP (or Google Voice), the device could just do without a carrier's voice service, drastically altering the wireless landscape.