Nexus One, still worth it?

[Hollow.Droid]

I just bought one a few weeks past to replace my broken one. I got it plus the official dock, a usb dock and several cases for £250. A steal and it's still one great phone

 

[pakraider]

don't get me wrong, the N1 is a great phone, but let's be honest--it's not quite a silky smooth UI experience. Things get choppy, especially the browser. A newer Android phone would probably give a better overall experience for the average user.

 

[johng75]

I haven't seen them here on xda yet, but check out htcpedia...last week they had leaked images of new htc phones...very very hot! One looked like an n1 mini, another looked like a solid black n1...

http://htcpedia.com/news/htc-leak-day-new-smart-new-android-phone-sensation.html

http://htcpedia.com/news/htc-leaks-continue-mini-nexus-mid-range-android.html

Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

 

[draugaz]

There is another feature of these new dual-core chips, is that one of the cores can be toggled on demand. No sense in burning both cores if you're just checking e-mail or syncing calendars/social statuses, but a resource-hungry media app or a 3D game for example would spin up that 2nd core.

It is not only the core itself, the common glue logic around it gets more complicated and potentially power hungry too. The question is how much and if it can be compensated by the potential dual core power savings.

 

[wang1404]

Bought the desire hd a few months back but still im on my n1... dhd cant match the speed n pure google experience... luv the n1 sooo much i'll go so far as to say its the best phone i have ever owned...

Good to hear that cuz I have the same feeling about my n1. Whatever phones I got before I just wanna sold it right about 2 weeks I got it. But I've been keeping my n1 for a year and I just have a connection with it. Even though lots of new phones have been out and dual cores are just nowhere any farther. I'm considering buying a new phone but theres just something about the n1 makes me wanna keep it forever. The g2 on the other hand isn't a bad one either. My wife got one and she loves it, I love it too. Don't even under look the 800 mhz. It's a lot of power with that chip clocked at that number. I'd say you suggest your friend to wait for a dual core before h1 he falls in love with the n1 like we do.


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[SoyoBro]

My Nexus One is still alive and kicking. Been around the world with it too, and it's been awesome.

Nexus S looks really nice though. Specially with all this Honeycomb buzz.

 

[Tiberx]

My nexus has been great, but there is some good things and bad things about the phone. Over has great support for the phone.

 

[TimOster]

XDA is no longer worth my time.

 

[galaxys]

Get it before the deal is gone. The mod/flash fun will begin and you won't look back!

 

[Basil 123]

Whatever you get - it will be less than cutting-edge in 6 months.

The N1 is a fine proven phone, with oodles of mods.

 

[draugaz]

http://www.mobile-review.com/review/lg-optimus-2x-en.shtml

No idea if this qualifies as "hot news".

But it is still interesting to see, that Tegra consumes roughly the same amount of energy as Samsung Hummingbird found in galaxy S. That is good news

 

[ROM_Guest]

I think its still worth it. Heres my example:

When I first got my N1 (my first android), I heard a lot after the purchase about the Galaxy S, its popularity, screensize and AMOLED. I actually put my N1 on the market to sell to get the Galaxy S instead.

Glad I didn't sell my N1. I tried the Galaxy S for the first time in hand last week, after a friend bought his first android (upon my recommendation). The touchwiz is really that bad (not sure about Roms though), and it actually *did* feel that plastic'y as people say.

Just watching my N1 screen off with GB effects after that, and appreciating the scrolling program list, told me it really is a good phone.

(That said, yes its Touchscreen is not the best, and you might want to consider the New Nexus S because of this. Just remember to try out the phone in hand before you sell your current phone on the market )

 

[darkninja157]

For me personally I wouldn't trade my nexus one for any current market offerings. But with upcoming phones, I really can't recommend it either. As in, if I didn't have my nexus one and needed a phone today I would not buy it. More than likely I would buy a cheap pre-paid phone throw my sim in it and wait for the new phones .

Right now is a very tough time to think about getting a phone. While the current selection of phones available is pretty good, realistically they are only slight upgrades from the nexus one. The upcoming models from CES and soon to be announced ones at MWC are looking/going to be pretty sweet and definite steps up. And in my opinion those phones are going to give your friend more longevity and bang for his buck than buying the nexus which is finally starting to fall behind the times technology wise.

But if he doesn't need to be on the cutting edge of technology, the nexus one is still a very capable phone. And luckily it seems like the devs are still putting out good roms so if he is cool with rooting (which everyone should on an android phone) the phone will not let you down.

 

[h4rp0on3r]

For me personally I wouldn't trade my nexus one for any current market offerings. But with upcoming phones, I really can't recommend it either. As in, if I didn't have my nexus one and needed a phone today I would not buy it. More than likely I would buy a cheap pre-paid phone throw my sim in it and wait for the new phones .

Right now is a very tough time to think about getting a phone. While the current selection of phones available is pretty good, realistically they are only slight upgrades from the nexus one. The upcoming models from CES and soon to be announced ones at MWC are looking/going to be pretty sweet and definite steps up. And in my opinion those phones are going to give your friend more longevity and bang for his buck than buying the nexus which is finally starting to fall behind the times technology wise.

But if he doesn't need to be on the cutting edge of technology, the nexus one is still a very capable phone. And luckily it seems like the devs are still putting out good roms so if he is cool with rooting (which everyone should on an android phone) the phone will not let you down.

Great feedback, thanks.