Nexus One review: The 2010 HTC-built phone that started the Nexus line.
Where the Nexus program began.
The HTC-built Nexus One launched Google’s Nexus line and the direct-sales model. A foundational Android device, now a collector’s piece.
01Display
32/10032/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2010 — 30 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
20/10020/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2010 — 34 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
6/1006/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2010 — 43 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
28/10028/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2010 — 27 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
38/10038/100 is one of the weaker build results among flagship phones of 2010 — 20 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
22/10022/100 is one of the weaker value results among flagship phones of 2010 — 23 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- The first-ever Nexus phone — start of Google’s flagship program.
- Fast 1 GHz Snapdragon for early 2010.
- Removable battery and microSD.
- Sold direct by Google online.
- Tiny 512 MB storage; trackball input.
- Single-core; weak camera.
- Software ended at Android 2.3.6.
- Discontinued — a true relic.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 50-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .