Will Google Nexus One Kills iPhone Market?

Google have now officially launched Smartphone Nexus One at the Mountain View headquarters, California (January 5, 2010). This smartphone runs under Android 2.1 Operaring System (newest version) whish also has released by Google. This newest Google's headset is designed and built by Taiwanese handheld-device company HTC, the phone is being sold through google online store priced $180 with a contract or $530 unlocked.

Spesifications Google Nexus One

This smartphone is really amazing. Maight be, it is the first smart phone which has hight specifications. The Nexus One features include:

• 3.7-inch widescreen WVGA AMOLED touch-screen.
• 5 Mega Pixel Camera
• 1GHz Snapdragon processor
• Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n)
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• AGPS (Assisted global positioning system) receiver.
• Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 OS
• 3D Graphical Ability.

Nexus One has being released in the United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Singapore, with wider availability scheduled in this year. This smartphone will also be offered with a contract from Verizon and Vodafone.

Will Google Nexus One Kills iPhone Market?

The Nexus One includes a one-gigahertz processor that's faster than that of most smart phones on the market today (Verizon's Droid, for example, has a 550-megahertz processor, and the iPhone's processor is estimated to be around 600 megahertz). Other hardware specifications include a 3.7-inch display, a five-megapixel camera, light and proximity sensors, and dual microphones that allow for noise cancellation. (quoted from technologyreview.com).

That's why Nexus One no just only called as smartphone, but it is 'superphone'!. Designer believe his superphone pushed limits of the current smart phone. Quotes from CNN, Peter Chou, the CEO of HTC, which designed the Nexus One said "It pushes the limits of what's possible of a mobile phone today."

Rumor whether Nexus One will kills iphone market, Google Vice President of engineering Andy Rubin has opinion that it depend on consumer interest. He said that "I think it's to consumers. I think choice to consumers is an important thing."

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