Sunday, October 20, 2019

Flashback: the Nexus One fell victim to patents, component shortages and lack of  advertising

The first-ever Android phone was a collaboration between Google, HTC and T-Mobile. At first, Google avoided building own-branded devices so as not to spook phone makers - if they thought that Google's own Androids will get special treatment, they might not support the fledgling OS. This changed in early January 2010 when Google unveiled the Nexus One. HTC once again acted as the ODM and created one of the most advanced Android phones yet. The 3.7" AMOLED display seemed impressive, the original Snapdragon chipset with a 1GHz Scorpion core was blazing fast for its day and people loved the...