By most accounts, Google’s Nexus One is a fantastic phone that’s clearly the best Android handset on the market, but several users have been complaining about its ability to hold 3G signal. Numerous users on the Google Mobile Help Forum have been reporting that the Nexus One keeps bouncing between 3G and Edge signals. This leads to lower data throughput and decreased battery life. Several users have noted that they’re getting much better 3G data speeds on older T-Mobile phones, so it appears to be a hardware issue and not a network issue.
The problem can likely be fixed through a firmware update. Still, it’s not good that Google’s debut “superphone” has been problematic. The company is trying to change the way mobile phones are sold in America and a flawless review would have helped the effort.
Anyone happen to pick up a Nexus One? Are you having issues? If you were considering the phone, are you going to wait for a firmware update before buying?
@Sandrock323 Google said that it's considering a corporate version of the Nexus One that will have a keyboard. I'd be crazy interested in that.
@R-Pad
If the 3G is still spotty, then there isn't anything they can add to the phone that would make me buy. That said, a keyboard on a non spotty 3G Nexus One would pretty much warrant a buy to me.
I’m waiting a couple of months before I decide what “superphone” I want, but I won’t buy it if they don’t fix this before then.
@Sandrock323 There are mixed reports on 3G. Some of the reports say that it's not holding signal well compared to other T-Mobile phones. Others say that it's fine in certain cities and not in others. If it's the former, a firmware update could help things. If it's the latter then it's a network-upgrade issue. Unfortunately, the forums have been spammed by Google haters making stuff up. *sigh* Internet pranks.
@Ray
A firmware update? If it is an engineering flaw then it won't help. Kinda like how the Iphone didn't have good reception with the stainless back.
Hope it is just a software issue though.
@Smartguy It's hard to tell what the issue really is since the support forums have been flooded with various claims. It could be something that's solved by firmware and I'm guessing that's the case. I don't think it's an engineering problems because the design and parts are similar to other HTC models.