Everyone remembers the Nexus 4 as the bargain flagship that blew up Android pricing. The contradiction is that it only gets there by making some pretty serious compromises. Hardware and Design: Glass, Curves, and Practical Concerns The Nexus 4 is built around LG’s Optimus G chassis, and the dimensions show it: 133.9 x 68.7 x […]
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HTC Desire Review Revisited: Nexus Twin or Better Buy?
Everyone called the HTC Desire a Nexus One clone. The contradiction is that for a lot of people, the so‑called clone is actually the more practical phone. Hardware: Nexus DNA with Small but Real Tweaks If you’ve seen the Google Nexus One, you’ve basically seen the HTC Desire. Both run a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, ship […]
Google Nexus One Revisited: The Original Android Benchmark
The Nexus One is one of the finest Android phones ever made—and it still proves Google knew exactly what a “Google phone” should be long before Pixel existed. Hardware: HTC build, Google priorities The Nexus One looks like classic HTC because it is classic HTC. You’re getting a 3.7-inch AMOLED panel in a 119 x […]
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10: Big Screen, Big Ambition, Old Android
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10: Big Screen, Big Ambition, Old Android 30,000 Android apps, but your “flagship” can’t run half the new ones Around 30,000 apps were already sitting in the Android Market when the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 showed up—and this supposed high-end flagship shipped with Android 1.6, unable to run a chunk of the […]