The 30 odd minutes or so that I got to play around with the Google Nexus One of a friend were one of the fastest 30 minutes on earth. I spent those most precious 30 minutes having a proper run-through the UI, the phones hardware and software and most importantly comparing it with the market leader and benchmark -iPhone 3GS. In this post, we’ll just keep it to what we thought of the Google Nexus One as a phone which stands up for itself.

Screen: Awesome and bright OLED capacitive touchscreen flaunting a 800X480 resolution. The size of the screen is 3.5″ which is a bit smaller than the Droid’s 3.7″. But the OLED means brighter pictures and lesser power consuming – hence longer battery life.

Although the overall design is essentially HTC, the aesthetics of the hardware are appealing. Very curvy and smoothened edges and the back feels non-plasticky, which is always a plus point.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz Processor which translates to smooth transitions in browsing through apps on the phone, better handling of any app and overall smooth experience.

The 5MP camera is not a perfect one, certainly not a replacement for your point-and-shoot camera. The LED Flash is handy for taking images under dark light, but do not expect excellent picture quality. But to be fair, we have not seen any mobile phone camera powerful enough to replicate the picture quality of a dedicated camera. Under proper lighted conditions, the camera performed well.

The latest Android 2.1 on the Nexus One hasn’t been seen on any other Android based phone, and would require much more exploring to find out its full potential.

We’ll be comparing the Nexus One with the Apple iPhone very soon in a future post. Until then,  shout out in the comments what you think about the Nexus One.

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