Nexus One Full Review

Design

Nexus One is a very visually appealing smart phone. It is thin with sexy curves also has a trackball similar to the other HTC Android devices.
The left side of the phone has a volume button and the top has the familiar sleep, wake, power button on one end and a 3.5mm headphone jack on the other.
The bottom has a micro USB port, a mic hole, and three gold dots which  “look destined for some kind of dock (which would jibe with what we’ve seen and heard).” Nexus One build with quality to be excellent but had minor issues with “those four dedicated buttons,”

Display

Nexus One has a large 3.7inch display. It’s a few pixels smaller than the Motorola Droid’s – but is still beautiful – and that the touch sensitivity leaves something more to be desired. They found the minor differences to be not too troublesome but that color balance was lacking. Nexus One consistently looked brighter then it should have. Oh, and using this thing in daylight? Nexus One is a nightmare to see with any kind of bright light around, and snapping photos with it on a sunny day was like taking shots with your eyes closed.” Their findings do not necessarily make it a deal breaker for me but may be a fatal flaw for some users.

Camera

Nexus One camera have a huge improvement over past Android devices. Google has improved the speed of the camera app and the focus of the 5mp camera lens was fast. Google made some revisions to the Gallery application where the “new version is extremely attractive and user friendly, giving you far more options than before (like a nice pan and scan slideshow) and making browsing photos a much more enjoyable experience.

Browser

With a browser test on an iPhone 3Gs, a Motorola Droid, and the Nexus One. The iPhone blows everyone else out of the water with the Nexus One coming in second, and Droid coming in dead last.  Maybe the network, maybe the phone itself, maybe signal strength, but I will give the iPhone it’s credit here for completely destroying the Android devices in the browser test.

Software

” Undoubtedly, Google has done a lot of work on the homescreen of the Nexus One and Android 2.1. In 2.1, Google has removed the sliding drawer menu to a home icon which zooms in on the icons of the homescreen you are viewing. now you can scroll the icons in a 3D animation where the items slide over the edge.

Nexus One to have made several improvements to the homescreen including “expanding the number of homescreens accessible from three to five (following a precedent set by skins like Sense and BLUR),

All of the homescreen improvements are just that — improvements — and it’s nice to see Google thinking about a user’s first impression of this device. Not only do these additions bolster the look and feel of the UI, but they’re actually sensible and helpful solutions to problems which Google had heretofore approached in an obtuse way.”

Pricing and Availability

Nexus One is designed for use on T-Mobile’s network. Google will be selling the device through a phone portal where buyers can pick between an unlocked Nexus One for $529.99 or a two year agreement with T-Mobile and purchase the phone for $179.99.

This pricing is pretty much on par with the pricing of other smartphones for sale now. According to Le Point, the Nexus One will soon be available in France and Europe within the next few weeks with prices at €450 for a contract free device and a two year contract via Vodafone with a price of €200. es, but we’d expect a similar ratio here.