HTC Incredible vs. Nexus One
Overview
In several critical areas, the HTC Incredible is the Nexus One trapped in a different body. Both devices are Android-powered phones made by HTC, and share the same amount of RAM and same 1GHz Snapdragon processor. While the Google Nexus One runs the vanilla version of Android known widely as the Google Experience, the Incredible uses HTC’s custom-designed user interface built over top of Android. The Incredible also has a more powerful camera than the Nexus One.
Key Differences
- User interface: The HTC Incredible has HTC’s custom user interface called Sense built on top of Android, while the Nexus One has the standard Android interface known as the Google Experience. HTC’s Sense interface offers a number of advanced customization options for the Incredible, including sleek, custom HTC widgets, and the ability to change the layout and icons on the home screens depending on what the user is doing. Of course, it’s a personal preference, and many users may prefer one interface over the other.
- Camera: At 5-megapixels, the Nexus One’s camera is certainly powerful, particularly for a mobile device. The HTC Incredible, however, is equipped with an 8-megapixel camera — overtaking the Nexus one by 3 megapixels. Though 5 megapixels should be plenty for most, avid mobile phone photographers may prefer the Incredible. The Incredible has a bright dual-LED flash, while the Nexus One has a (still bright) LED flash.
Side-By-Side Comparison
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HTC Google Nexus One |
HTC Incredible |
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| Highlights |
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| Interface |
Standard Google Experience |
HTC Sense |
| Operating System |
Android |
Android |
| Screen Size |
3.7″, 480 x 800 Pixels |
3.7″, 480 x 800 Pixels |
| Video Overview |
- |
- |
| Wireless Capabilities |
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| 3G Capable |
Yes |
Yes |
| Global Roaming |
Yes |
No |
| WiFi |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mobile Hotspot |
No |
No |
| Mobility |
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| GPS |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bluetooth |
Yes |
Yes |
| Voice-dialing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Messaging Capabilities |
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| IM |
Yes |
Yes |
| Text |
Yes |
Yes |
| Video |
Yes |
Yes |
| Productivity |
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| Mobile Email |
Yes |
Yes |
| Outlook Support |
Yes |
Yes |
| View MS Office Attachments |
Yes |
Yes |
| Web Browser |
Yes |
Yes |
| Entertainment |
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| Camera Megapixels |
5.0 |
8.0 |
| Apps |
Android Market |
Android Market |
| Video |
Yes |
Yes |
| Music Options |
Yes |
Yes |
| Features |
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| Memory Capacity |
Up to 32GB microSD (4GB card pre-installed) |
8GB on-board (expandable with microSD) |
| Keyboard |
Virtual QWERTY |
Virtual QWERTY |
| Removable Battery |
Yes |
Yes |
| Weight |
4.58 oz |
4.59 oz |
| Dimensions |
2.35″ x 4.69″ x 0.45″ |
2.3″ x 4.63″ x 0.47″ |
| Processor Speed |
1GHz Snapdragon |
1GHz Snapdragon |
| RAM |
512MB |
512MB |
| Cost |
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| Wirefly’s Price (as of publish date) |
Not available at Wirefly; $179 from Google on contract for T-Mobile |
Not yet available |
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July 7, 2011
How is it you claim the nexus will have a more powerful camera in the next update? You talking about hardware update or software that will make the 5MP camera take better pictures?
July 8, 2011
Jason, the person who wrote that remark is no longer at Wirefly, so I’m not sure if he meant a new hardware version or a software upgrade. The Nexus One was released quite a while ago and the Nexus S has been released since then. My guess is that the camera “power” is related to hardware and not software, so I think he was saying that the next model of Nexus phone will have a better camera.
Bob at Wirefly
June 11, 2010
yeah but no one mentions that the nexus one has an AMOLED screen which makes viewing at any angle so much better
NEXUS ONE all the way
June 19, 2010
Unless your outside, damn the sunlight.
July 7, 2010
It’s actually the exact same screen. Remember, HTC built the Nexus One for Google. They are practically the same phone minus a radio change and an upgraded camera in the Incredible.
I would still say get a Nexus One though since it is Google’s baby and you will get better software upgrades faster. Most developers are using Nexus One’s.
December 25, 2010
If you did any research at all you would know that the incredible has the same touchscreen too.
May 14, 2010
I distrust any review where the quality of a camera is measured by its megapixels. It’s such a useless comparison that proves the editors don’t know better. You can have all the apparently top specs, but I’ll stay with my Palm Pre. WebOS is simply superior and Palm keep pumping updates for all the phones even a year after their launch. That kind of support is unavailable on the Android market and just fairly visible in the iPhone as much as in Palm/HP. It makes me feel they haven’t forgotten about me from the moment I walk away from the shop. Having said that, Android is third after iPhone and webOS. Most Blackberry phones make me laugh when I see them trying to perform just one single task at a time with so much trouble against a multitasking Palm. And Nokia… wow! Who is Nokia? Uh, I remember, they used to make mobile phones. What? Mobile phones? Ahhh, those things that could only make calls, ringtones and run little Java games. Hahaha, so 90′s!
June 19, 2010
I can do more on my Nexus than you can do on your Palm
… and an 8MP camera has more potential than a 5MP camera. I’ll have what your smoking, please. It must be top-notch.
May 3, 2010
Incredible FTW. You can always install alternate OS image if getting the very latest is so important. not to me. rather have the nice sense ui, because stock google experience is not nearly as nice.
April 30, 2010
the battery life sucks on the incredible. i had the motorola droid and it charges in 30 mins and stay lit forever this phone is horrible i miss my other droid far better
April 29, 2010
I always thought the Nexus One was pretty ugly in comparison to most other phones. The Incredible looks an awfully lot like my Samsung Omnia which I can’t really object to. I’m really more concerned about how it feels to use than how it looks.
April 15, 2010
Obvious difference:
Nexus One = aesthetically pleasing
HTC Incredible = Designed by a blind goat.
April 26, 2010
right, because aesthetics determines if one phone is better i guess?
would you get an aesthetically pleasing phone with shitty specs over an ugly phone with far superior specs?
if you say yes, you really are an idiot.
June 19, 2010
Well if you’d look closer, these phones are almost identical in specs – which leads to the next thing: aesthetic appeal. The Incredible only has a few things on the Nexus One which is 8GB on-board memory and an 8MP camera (and I guess the dual-LED flash is a plus). It’s also got Sense UI but that’s a matter of personal preference (I personally wouldn’t use Sense UI if you paid me, and if it’s that important you can have Sense UI on the Nexus One, too)
Aside from that the Incredible is butt-ugly.
April 13, 2010
Well, the only thing that I concern is the 3G radio frequency, I notice that HTC is cutting regions, while they can do the 3G in 850/900/2100 most of the new phones are just 900/2100 for Europe and Asian countries. I got my HD2 on the launch date in Taiwna and it’s useless in US even this is an expensive and high end phone, so Nexus got what a businessman needs, if Incredible are going to be like HD2, then it’s useless, because for people that travel worldwide not having triband in 3G is a peace of junk.
April 13, 2010
the INC comes with flash 10
May 2, 2010
Flash lite not flash 10 all android phones get flash 10 soon and I am guessing Nexus one will be the first to get 2.2 which will have the flash 10 built in
April 11, 2010
I just want one of the phones released on VZW already! I’m so tired of waiting for the Nexus One.
April 11, 2010
The article misses the point of owning a nexus one- immediate software upgrades from Google. With HTC incredible you will need to simply wait and watch and hope that the update will come through.
Look at the state of all HTC phones that has Sense UI. Not one of them have received the 2.1 updated that nexus one shipped with in early January.
Also this choice only matters for verizon owners. For other carriers, even three months later nexus one is still the only android superphone.
April 11, 2010
Global roaming is a plus. And when the nexus gets the update to support flash the incredible won’t. And when the nexus one get an os update the incredible won’t. And the nexus has voice to text. And sound cancellation Mic. And you can get your name engraved on your brand new nexus. Not to mention the desktop dock and car dock that’s available for the nexus. You make the choice. Its a no brainer.
April 11, 2010
The Incredible is 4.59 oz according to http://phandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/incredible-equipment-guide.jpg
April 11, 2010
With the Incredible having everything that the Nexus One has, except for the “second microphone for noise-cancelization, but having a more powerful camera, fm radio tuner, 8GB of internal storage, plus a more polished UI in the HTC Sense UI……I see no point in getting the Nexus One…it has no value over the Incredible.
May 2, 2010
with the next update Nexus one will have a radio tuner and more powerful camera LOL it has more mega pixels and that does not always give you better photo quality.the sense ui will get you slower updates to the next versions of android. 2.2 is almost here and can you guess which phone will have it first??