The real Google phone coming in January
So, it's been confirmed, Google has been building a phone that they will be self-branded, and for sale by themselves. Google has given a truck load of these phones to Googlers so they can "eat their own dogfood" before giving it to the general public -- smart. There is nothing more damaging that assuming something is ready for the masses without any real solid user testing.
Pricing? Well, it sounds like they will be selling the phone by themselves -- so you can rule out any kind of carrier subsidy. You are probably going to have to shell out somewhere in the neighborhood of $500 if you want one of these puppies.
Based on pictures floating around, the HTC manufactured phone looks quite sexy. It sports a 1ghz processor, a beautiful large capacitive touch screen, and features the Android 2.1 operating system. Here are a list of specs:
- Google Android 2.1 OS
- 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
- 320MB RAM and 512MB ROM
- 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen
- Wi-Fi (with router capabilities)
- 3G with HSDPA and EDGE/GPRS
- Bluetooth, USB
- GPS with A-GPS
- 5 Mega-pixel camera
- MicroSD card support
- 3.5mm headphone jack
According to someone who has had the opportunity to play around with the device, it feels very snappy and responsive -- comparable to the iPhone which is good news. I have an HTC Magic, and it really isn't as responsive as I would like it to be. With the lightning fast processor and loads of RAM, this device certainly would rock.
Will you buy this device once it's available?