Nexus One
The Nexus One (codenamed HTC Passion) is an Android smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC as Google's first Nexus smartphone. The Nexus became available on January 5, 2010, and features the ability to transcribe voice to text, an additional microphone for dynamic noise suppression, and voice guided turn-by-turn navigation to drivers.
Front view of the Nexus One | |
| Codename | Passion |
|---|---|
| Developer | Google and HTC |
| Manufacturer | HTC |
| Series | Google Nexus |
| Compatible networks | GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz UMTS 850/1900/2100 MHz or UMTS 900/1700/2100 MHz HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 2 Mbit/s GPRS Class 10 |
| First released | January 5, 2010 [US, UK, Hong Kong] |
| Availability by region | Canada March 16, 2010 Singapore April 30, 2010 Germany May 25, 2010 Italy May 28, 2010 South Korea July 10, 2010 |
| Discontinued | July 18, 2010 |
| Predecessor | HTC Dream |
| Successor | Nexus S |
| Related | HTC Desire |
| Form factor | Slate |
| Dimensions | 119 mm (4.7 in) H 59.8 mm (2.35 in) W 11.5 mm (0.45 in) D |
| Mass | 130 g (4.6 oz) [with battery] 100 g (3.5 oz) [without battery] |
| Operating system | Original: Android 2.1 "Eclair" Last: Android 2.3.6 "Gingerbread" |
| System-on-chip | Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 (Snapdragon S1) |
| CPU | Single-core 1 GHz Qualcomm Scorpion |
| GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 200 @ 128 MHz |
| Memory | 512 MB |
| Storage | 512 MB (190 MB application storage) |
| Removable storage | microSDHC 4 GB Included (supports up to 32 GB) |
| Battery | 1400 mAh Rechargeable Li-ion (User replaceable) |
| Display | At launch: AMOLED Later: Super LCD 3.7 in (94 mm) diagonal PenTile 480×800 px 254 ppi (0.38 Megapixels) 3:5 aspect ratio WVGA 24-bit color 100,000:1 contrast ratio 1 ms response rate |
| Rear camera | 5.0-megapixel with 2X digital zoom, 2592×1944 max. Autofocus LED flash 720×480 video at 20 FPS or higher |
| Connectivity | 3.5 mm TRRS Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR with A2DP micro USB 2.0 Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b/g/n |
| Data inputs | Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen 3-axis accelerometer A-GPS Ambient light sensor Digital compass Proximity sensor Push buttons Trackball |
| SAR | Head: 0.973 W/kg 1 g Body: 1.1 W/kg 1 g Hotspot: - |
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The device was sold SIM-unlocked and not restricted to use on a single network provider. Google offered T-Mobile US and AT&T versions of the phone online in the United States before closing the online store in July 2010. A version for use on Vodafone (European) networks was announced on April 26, 2010, available in the United Kingdom four days later. On March 16, 2010, the Nexus One became available on the Google web store (Play Store) for sale in Canada for use with most Canadian carriers. In May 2010, Google announced the closing of the web store, with the intention to distribute the phone through partners around the world.