Who here ordered a Nexus One?

[GfPQqmcRKUvP]

Well, the Nexus One just came. In fact, I'm typing on it right now. So far, it looks amazing. Insanely responsive, beautiful screen, and great to hold in the hand. I'll post a full review later.

Definitely let us know. If it replaced an iPhone I'd be interested to hear about the lack of multi-touch and how you're dealing with it. I don't know if I could give up multi-touch. No complex games, no quick zooming, etc...

Looks like a great device though.

And how's the 3G speed? I think I read that T-Mobile just upgraded all their towers to 7.2 mbps.

 

[upsguy27]

Definitely let us know. If it replaced an iPhone I'd be interested to hear about the lack of multi-touch and how you're dealing with it. I don't know if I could give up multi-touch. No complex games, no quick zooming, etc...

Looks like a great device though.

And how's the 3G speed? I think I read that T-Mobile just upgraded all their towers to 7.2 mbps.

It's been a bit hard coming from an iPhone, but that's only because I'm so used to it. The multitouch is there, it's just not implemented. So, some apps use it but the default apps like the broswer and maps don't. So there is multitouch in games.

 

[upsguy27]

~Nexus One Review~​

The Good

I love this phone. The LCD screen is simply amazing. I used the Nexus One for a day then looked at my iPhone and the iPhone's screen looks horrible. The Nexus One produces true blacks, and has insanely vibrant colors.

The phone is really fast, too. Downloading apps is so fast. Everything you do on this phone is so much simpler than the iPhone. Want to download an app? Just hit 'Install' and it downloads and installs in the background in seconds, allowing you to do other things while it's downloading.

The push notificatation is so amazing, too. It shocks me how terrible a job Apple did at implementing this. The Nexus One will push all notifications to the top bar, allowing you to get notifications without interrupting anything. It shows you every notificiation you have. A 'queue' of sorts.

The hardware is great, too. The back is teflon and it feels good in your hand. The screen is glass, like the iPhone and it feels like the iPhone's screen. The trackball is pretty neat too, even if there's no real need for it. It's quite a solid phone.

The universal voice control is fantastic. When the iPhone got voice control I was very disappointed in its limited use. This phone allows you to control the entire phone with your voice, and that includes using it to send texts and emails. It really is great, especially because...

The Bad

...the keyboard isn't too great. It lags a little bit more than the iPhone and it's annoying. I'm sure I'll get used to it, though.

One of my main issues with this phone is the Android App Market. The quality or quantity of the apps isn't anywhere near that of the iPhone's App Store. I find myself missing the high-quality games of the iPhone. If you combined those iPhone games with the Nexus One's hardware... you'd have a killer phone.

Another big thing that annoys me is how the device isn't as smooth as the iPhone, especially considering the Nexus One's 1Ghz Snapdragon processor. I've been told this is because Google relies on the CPU for animations, instead of the GPU like Apple does. This kind of kills the experience for me.

Everything else I don't like about this phone is simply because I'm not used to it yet. I've had an iPhone for two and a half years so it's going to take some time to get used to a new device. However, so far I've been overwhelmed by how great the Nexus One is and at the same time so underwhelmed by the apps, which make or break a device.



Overall, the Nexus One is a great phone that is lacking in some major areas. But this isn't the phone's fault, it's Android as a whole. I have high hopes that with this new phone will come better developers, allowing for iPhone-quality apps and games. If this doesn't happen, I'll probably make the iPhone 4G(?) my next phone. However, for the time being, the Nexus One is great.

 

[Frisco]

Thanks for your comprehensive review. I just ordered the Nexus.

It's obvious the iPhone is yesterday's news.

ps: Apple's stubbornness finally bites them in the ass. For example user replaceable batteries.

 

[xraydoc]

I'm pretty interested in the Nexus One as well. The main thing stopping me at this point is the whole T-Mobile thing. While AT&T blows, T-Mobile could potentially be a whole lot worse given their smaller network.

Big Question: For those using the N1, how's T-Mobile's indoor coverage, like in malls, theaters, etc.?? Good indoor signal or is it also suboptimal like AT&T (i.e., is it a GSM thing)??

But it sure is a slick looking device and I'm getting a little frustrated with the iPhone's lack of multitasking. Can't switch out of, say, my To Do list app to look at a note or a Word file, then go right back to the To Do list where I left off. Gotta close, reopen, navigate to where you need, close, reopen, navigate to where you need, etc. If my BlackBerry can do it (like Android), why oh why does Apple have to be so stubborn?

 

[upsguy27]

Thanks for your comprehensive review. I just ordered the Nexus.

It's obvious the iPhone is yesterday's news.

ps: Apple's stubbornness finally bites them in the ass. For example user replaceable batteries.

Glad you liked it.

Yeah, I absolutely love having a user-replaceable battery on my Nexus One. So many benefits.

 

[Abstract]

I got my first, and last, iPhone 6 weeks ago.

Glad to hear that this phone is good. Hopefully, in a few years, nobody will talk about the iPhone as though it's the only phone out there.

 

[Teh Don Ditty]

Thanks for the review

Myself and ezzie jumped shipped last night and ordered 2 unlocked N1's.

Now we wait for them to arrive.

 

[xraydoc]

Thanks for the review

Myself and ezzie jumped shipped last night and ordered 2 unlocked N1's.

Now we wait for them to arrive.

PLEASE let me know, after you get your phones, what you think of T-Mobile's coverage and in-structure signal quality. I find AT&T very poor indoors, but don't know if T-Mobile is any better.

 

[anjinha]

PLEASE let me know, after you get your phones, what you think of T-Mobile's coverage and in-structure signal quality. I find AT&T very poor indoors, but don't know if T-Mobile is any better.

That depends on your location. Some people have absolutely perfect AT&T coverage and others are the opposite. The same with T-Mobile.

 

[GfPQqmcRKUvP]

Thanks for your comprehensive review. I just ordered the Nexus.

It's obvious the iPhone is yesterday's news.

ps: Apple's stubbornness finally bites them in the ass. For example user replaceable batteries.

How are user-replaceable batteries biting Apple in the ass? Sure, Google is getting some customers because of it, but a ton of people just don't use more than one battery. It's useful for some, but not a deal-breaker for most.

By stubbornness do you mean OS sophistication (notifications, multitasking, etc.)? Because if so, I agree. If you mean stuff like replaceable batteries, I disagree.

 

[HoldFastHope]

Thanks for your review upsguy27, it's great to see some unbiased comparisons rather than fanboyism (for both sides). Just a question though, what do you mean by this?

Want to download an app? Just hit 'Install' and it downloads and installs in the background in seconds, allowing you to do other things while it's downloading.

Pretty sure this is how the App Store works now, are you referring more to the network speed?

 

[Teh Don Ditty]

^No. In the app store if you close the store before the DL finishes, you drop the connection. In the Marketplace, you hit install and goes into the background (more to the point up to the menu bar) and you can continue to browse and DL other apps or close the Marketplace.

 

[7on]

I'm pretty interested in the Nexus One as well. The main thing stopping me at this point is the whole T-Mobile thing. While AT&T blows, T-Mobile could potentially be a whole lot worse given their smaller network.

Big Question: For those using the N1, how's T-Mobile's indoor coverage, like in malls, theaters, etc.?? Good indoor signal or is it also suboptimal like AT&T (i.e., is it a GSM thing)??

Well you can run the Nexus One on AT&T.
Or T-Mobile could be better because of it's smaller network - less congestion. And they literally have the exact same 2G coverage that AT&T does.

And I have never had a problem with Indoor signal (though that is a variable, and I'd assume no better than AT&T coverage but different phones have different antenna so that is another variable).

T-Mobile is the funny NA 3G network, on the 1700/2100 bands that no one else uses.

There's a small Canadian network that's going to use 1700/2100 and several South American ones. T-Mobile had to use 1700. Why? AT&T wouldn't let them on 850/1900. In Europe, the Union manages the spectrum (2100) - here the spectrums are bought and sold like land. That's why in Europe all the phones are compatible between networks and here - basically all the space is privatized.

 

[HoldFastHope]

^No. In the app store if you close the store before the DL finishes, you drop the connection. In the Marketplace, you hit install and goes into the background (more to the point up to the menu bar) and you can continue to browse and DL other apps or close the Marketplace.

Really? On mine (3.1.2 stock) I tap "install" on an app, it closes the app store and takes me to the next available space on my home screen, shows the new apps icon and has a blue progress bar showing the install. You can open any other app, go back to the app store or even pause the download by tapping on the icon. AFAIK it's been like this for both my 3G and 3GS.

I'm on an Australian network though, perhaps the OS is different from the US? Can't think of a reason why though.

EDIT: Sorry for the slight hijack, I'm just curious.

 

[zap2]

I'd be all over it, if it just had AT&T 3G

Hope to see a good phone like Nexus One coming to AT&T

 

[Melrose]

Since I saw how inaccurate the touchscreen is on Android devices and coupled with lack of apps, lack of a consistent way to sync, and no multitouch I wouldn't give it a second look. (...and the exorbitant cost of quitting the plan early that you pay to the carrier AND Google) There are other, better models available if I was use an Android-powered phone.

 

[kjanice2009]

if the touchscreen is not smooth, i would not have the confidence to order a new Nexus one.

 

[5630745]

~Nexus One Review~​

The Good

I love this phone. The LCD screen is simply amazing. I used the Nexus One for a day then looked at my iPhone and the iPhone's screen looks horrible. The Nexus One produces true blacks, and has insanely vibrant colors.

The phone is really fast, too. Downloading apps is so fast. Everything you do on this phone is so much simpler than the iPhone. Want to download an app? Just hit 'Install' and it downloads and installs in the background in seconds, allowing you to do other things while it's downloading.

The push notificatation is so amazing, too. It shocks me how terrible a job Apple did at implementing this. The Nexus One will push all notifications to the top bar, allowing you to get notifications without interrupting anything. It shows you every notificiation you have. A 'queue' of sorts.

The hardware is great, too. The back is teflon and it feels good in your hand. The screen is glass, like the iPhone and it feels like the iPhone's screen. The trackball is pretty neat too, even if there's no real need for it. It's quite a solid phone.

The universal voice control is fantastic. When the iPhone got voice control I was very disappointed in its limited use. This phone allows you to control the entire phone with your voice, and that includes using it to send texts and emails. It really is great, especially because...

The Bad

...the keyboard isn't too great. It lags a little bit more than the iPhone and it's annoying. I'm sure I'll get used to it, though.

One of my main issues with this phone is the Android App Market. The quality or quantity of the apps isn't anywhere near that of the iPhone's App Store. I find myself missing the high-quality games of the iPhone. If you combined those iPhone games with the Nexus One's hardware... you'd have a killer phone.

Another big thing that annoys me is how the device isn't as smooth as the iPhone, especially considering the Nexus One's 1Ghz Snapdragon processor. I've been told this is because Google relies on the CPU for animations, instead of the GPU like Apple does. This kind of kills the experience for me.

Everything else I don't like about this phone is simply because I'm not used to it yet. I've had an iPhone for two and a half years so it's going to take some time to get used to a new device. However, so far I've been overwhelmed by how great the Nexus One is and at the same time so underwhelmed by the apps, which make or break a device.

Overall, the Nexus One is a great phone that is lacking in some major areas. But this isn't the phone's fault, it's Android as a whole. I have high hopes that with this new phone will come better developers, allowing for iPhone-quality apps and games. If this doesn't happen, I'll probably make the iPhone 4G(?) my next phone. However, for the time being, the Nexus One is great.

Still using your Nexus? I'm strongly thinking of dumping my 3GS, with it's ailing battery issues, and running a N1 on AT&T and finishing out my contract. Thoughts on the device now that you have had it for awhile? Have you hacked it to accept multi-touch yet?