The Nexus one was announced today in a nice little gathering and thanks to Robert Scoble broadcasting the whole thing on Ustream me and close to 25,000 other people who were not invited got to watch it live. And although a lot of information was leaked days and even weeks before we still got some great confirmations and a few surprises.
First some of the specs (full spec list)
- Display: 3.7 in AMOLED
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 1 GHz
- Trackball: Multi-color notifications
- Sensors: Light and proximity to offer power saving features
- Thinness: 11.5 mm (same as a #2 pencil)
- Camera: 5 MP with LED flash
- Audio: Stereo bluetooth, 3.5 mm headphone jack, active noise cancellation
Again nothing we didn’t already know about and if want to read some reviews on the device and how these specs work together both Nexus One Blog and Engadet have written reviews of the two reviews I feel the Nexus One blog did a better job of presenting the facts without out expressing some unjustified biases to or against the device.
Now the phone will be sold directly from Google (again no surprise) and currently you can get an unlocked device today for only $529 which honestly isn’t that bad. Or if you don’t mind a 2 year contract with T-Mobile you can get the device for $129 with all the standard terms about eligibility applying. It seems that current T-mobile customer’s may be able to upgrade for a cheaper then $529, so contact T-Mobile today and see what it will cost you.
Now for $529 you can get the device without contract and unlocked. But keep in mind the phone currently only supports T-Mobile 3g bands in the US. You can still use it on AT&T, but the fastest you will connect is EDGE.
Speaking of support it was announced that Verizon here in the US and Vodafone in Europe will also get the the Nexus one sometime in the spring. I will of course keep my ear to the web and let you know when this support is available. And of course if you can get an unlocked phone with Verizon frequency support you can use that device on Sprint.
A completely useless yet undeniable cool thing about the device is you do have the ability to engrave the back of the phone when you order it. Of course from what I hear this adds about 72 hours to the processing time before it is ship, so if you want the phone before the weekend order it today and skip the engraving. If you want to show off the fact that your phone is beyond yours may I suggest “To [name] love Google.”
If you do want to order it today with or without the engraving head over to Google’s phone page now which always you to buy the Nexus One with or without service with T-Mobile and this spring promises the ability to order with Verizon. I would also like to note that during the presentation it was announced that other devices including some from Motorola will be sold from the store front, before Motorola is making the Nexus Two as we speak.
If you are not sure if you want to get the device for T-Mobile or not I will be publishing the follow up to the price comparison with a network comparison later this week. And AFordonWeb will be sharing his thoughts on the Eris this week as well.
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