Nexus One Quick First Impressions

It's amazing! No, seriously.

Ok fine! Here's some pics first:





Here's the small pouch they give you. Not really sure I'll ever use it but it's a nice thought nonetheless.


Now this is what quick start cards should be like - short and simple!


The contents of the rest of the box (minus the phone of course). American charger to micro-USB, micro-USB cable, headset and battery.


Starting up for the first time! Very slick startup animation!


Here's my HTC Hero and Nexus One side by side. The Nexus One by default is set to auto-adjust the screen as is the Hero but here I set it to medium.


Bottom of the two phones. The Hero is thicker than the Nexus One anyway but that jutting chin really takes the biscuit from this angle.


Here you can see how much thicker the Hero is compared to the Nexus One. The Nexus One really is damn slim!


Here are the two phones but this time I set the Nexus One's screen up to high. Really makes a difference!


The email client is far better than the Heros' at present (it's still using Android 1.5). I find reading my emails from work and Hotmail far easier and I don't have to scroll as much. Though this is also helped by the higher resolution of the Nexus One.


The Android Market Place also has had an overhaul - much cleaner than before. You can now sort apps by 'paid' and 'free'.


Me playing a game called 'Tower Raiders' which in essence is exactly the same as Defence Grid that you can find on Steam (minus the graphics of course). Really liking it so far and the full game is $4.99 which I may eventually buy!


Overall I'm very happy with it so far. The screen really is something else and easily beats the iPhones' screen hands down! Kinda missing the HTC Sense UI just a little bit with the email and calender widgets though. It'd be nice to see my emails without having to go into the inbox and likewise with the calender but these are minor grips and there's a strong possibility there may be replacement apps in the store but I haven't looked yet. Also with the email client you get a 'merged' inbox which is a nice touch indeed!

Currently trying to run down the battery asap for it's first cycle. Got the work email set to 'push', Hotmail to check every 5 minutes, the screen turned up, wifi on and streaming music over Last.FM right now. Started this at 89% and am now down to 77% so far after over half an hour. Not bad really but of course this isn't a reflection of normal usage on a 'primed' battery so it's looking promising so far. May browse some sites later along with play some more games to see how fast I can drain this down. Haven't set the screen timeout though, that's left at 1 minute because I still wanna simulate 'normal' settings as much as possible. Oh and GPS is on for all the good it'll do lol!

Will report back later to see how long this lasts (got a stopwatch app going in the background lol). Will post some screenshots later if I can get it working.

well well well i must admit a small part of me was hoping you would find it to be appauling and worth destroying but i knew it wouldnt be, It looks dam good and seems to have a lot of apps the batery life will be good to test.

I like the start up card, very straight and to the point lol

Looks much better than my TOCCO >.<

V jealous

Well quick update, the phone just ran out of juice after 4:30+ hours running wifi, playing games etc. Not too shabby methinks considering wifi is very power hungry as far as radio technology goes. I did plug it in for five minutes to transfer some movies to see if they'd work (they didn't) and the battery got boosted by 5% lol! Curses! Gonna plug it in and hopefully take some screen shots without my camera.

EDIT: Screen shots included!

The browser and bookmark section:



The main menu:


This is the new clock app which is designed for the docking stand. Once placed in the dock this will automatically start up with easy access to your alarm, weather, music and time - you can even start a slide show. You can dim the display as well for when you're about to go to bed.


Clicking on the weather brings up the new widget displaying the forecast for the next week. Handy, if you have the stand...which I don't.

The only thing that puts me off is that poxy little trackball. Why do you need such a thing on a touch screen phone? The only thing they're good for is collecting muck and breaking.

Originally Posted by Weetabix

The only thing that puts me off is that poxy little trackball. Why do you need such a thing on a touch screen phone? The only thing they're good for is collecting muck and breaking.

I find it very handy tbh. Used the trackball on my Hero too. Great for when you know you've got greasy fingers, you can still navigate most of the functions with it as well as perform precise text/email editing. Not as useless as you think.

How fast is it comparing to a 3Gs to launch the programs ?

Originally Posted by dinozo74

How fast is it comparing to a 3Gs to launch the programs ?

Honestly it's hard to directly compare because I don't have a 3GS. I can say however that since CardioTrainer is on both the iPhone and Nexus One, it loads up in around a second - roughly lol! Loading programs is never more than a second and a half for what I've tried so far. Of course some programs have developer screens before they actually show the program/game so it's hard to judge with these apps. Takes 2 seconds to start up the camera app as well.

Yeah, kinda difficult to compare a 3G and a 3Gs as there are already huge differences between these two iPhones ... I compared my brother's 3G with my 3Gs on Google Earth : I'm almost 10 times faster !

Wow, looks very slim and fine.....

Originally Posted by MiNi_GuNx

Wow, looks very slim and fine.....

Haha! You can always pester your dad for one for your birthday. Eh Bully? How about it?