The beauty of the period of formation of the market of first Android smartphone is the fact that at that time (eight or nine years ago) manufacturers still do not really know what people want, so let truly original devices, which were not similar to each other.
Given the current situation, in this hard to believe, but these were really temporary. That’s why I prepared for you a little nostalgic compilation of the first smartphones HTC, LG, Samsung and Sony under the operating system Android.
THE FIRST ANDROID SMARTPHONE RELEASED:
HTC DREAM
Dad all the first Android smartphone – is, of course, HTC Dream. In the US, the device was sold in 2008 under the name T-Mobile G1, but essentially it does not change.
Like the vast majority of the first devices running Android, HTC Dream has been equipped with a QWERTY-keyboard. And under the 3.2-inch display (resolution – 480 x 320 pixels) was taken as five hardware buttons and a trackball.
The smartphone runs on a Qualcomm MSM7201A processor with a clock frequency of 528 MHz, has 128 MB of RAM and 256 MB built. By the way, since the year 2012, I used Samsung Galaxy Young (budget resolution), and there was a built-in memory of 160 MB.
As for other features HTC Dream, it is worth mentioning the camera at 3.2 megapixels, the battery capacity of 1150 mAh and support for microSD memory cards up to 16 GB.
In the United States for half a year it has sold more than one million smartphones T-Mobile G1. The cost of the device, subject to a contract with T-Mobile for two years, was $ 179.
Interestingly, the owners of the first version of the smartphone can not customize any firmware or install any unofficial assembly.
Therefore, over time it appeared on the market a device called the HTC Dream Android Dev Phone 1. The second generation was a little different in design and sold without reference to the operator.
LG EVE
But LG has released its first Android smartphone in 2009. A device called the LG EVE or the LG GW620. Like the HTC Dream, it was a slider phone with QWERTY-keyboard.
Is that the hardware buttons under the screen were smaller. LG EVE is initially sold with Android 1.5, but in the future, the manufacturer has released a firmware update up to Android 2.2. By the way, the above custom firmware Android 2.2 also does not go.
Features Android smartphone at the time did not differ much.
LG GW620 has worked on Qualcomm MSM7200A processor with a clock frequency of 528 MHz, has 128 MB of RAM drive, a 256 MB with support for microSD memory cards up to 32 GB, and a 3-inch LCD-screen and 5-megapixel camera with flash and autofocus. the battery capacity is 1500 mAh.
SAMSUNG GALAXY I7500
The first Android smartphone by Samsung was no double names for different markets, everything is simple – Samsung Galaxy I7500.
The phone has been equipped with all the same processor Qualcomm MSM7200A 528 MHz paired with 128 MB of RAM. Initially, the device works under Android 1.5 and later received an upgrade to Android 1.6.
The main problem was that the phone was flashing a lot of critical issues: Galaxy I7500 quickly discharged, the unit did not have the full support of the Russian language, completely absent notifications of missed calls and SMS.
Moreover, Samsung has officially announced (according to “Wikipedia”), which will not release a firmware update for this smartphone. Over time, the company still has revised its approach to business and start more loyal to the users. It is possible that this is why the Koreans today are the leaders in the market of an Android-based phone.
Screen smartphone has been a 3.2-inch with a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels. Another interesting fact is that the device was not equipped with a QWERTY-keyboard. For that time it was quite an interesting step.
Let me remind you that the Galaxy I7500 released in June 2009. The price question is about 330 dollars (depending on the region).
SONY ERICSSON XPERIA X10
Sony Ericsson announced its first Android smartphone in November 2009, but he went on sale already in March (and in some regions and at all in August) 2010. By the way, Xperia line was not created specifically for devices running Android, previously released Sony Ericsson Xperia-branded phones on Windows Mobile.
X10 received the processor Qualcomm QSD8250 with 1 GHz, 384 MB RAM, 4-inch screen with a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels, 8-megapixel camera and the battery at 1500 mAh. Among the first Android smartphone X10 really looks the most progressive. Moreover, as the characteristics and design. But he went out later than others.
In the sale of the device came with Android 1.6 on board, but in the future, the manufacturer has updated smartphone to Android 2.3.3. However, it happened already in March 2011.
Of course, the situation has changed dramatically. Someone in 2009 emphasized the Android operating system on smartphones and now the company’s remember less and less (Sony or HTC), and someone just released test devices and is now a leader in the smartphone market.
In this list, you can remember even Xiaomi Mi One or Lenovo LePhone, but these devices have appeared a few years later (in 2010 and 2011).
They were powerful first HTC Android-devices, Samsung, and the LG, but these companies at the time were already a new version of its smartphone, which in no way inferior to the first decisions of Xiaomi and Lenovo.
Source: Softpedia
Title: The first smartphones on Android
Updated: 2017-01-27
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