Google Nexus One sample video

Wow. I've carried the Google Nexus One in my pocket every day for almost 6 months now. As my primary phone, it's been with me to Seattle, Sydney, and Los Angeles -- I've snapped hundreds of shots with it!

While not best-in-class, the Nexus One takes much better pictures with its single LED flash equipped 5 megapixel AF camera than any HTC device before it -- in fact, it's good enough for me the majority of the time, and I'm picky :)

So, when the HTC Incredible landed in my dirty little hands a month ago with its dual LED flash equipped 8 megapixel AF camera, I was both excited and intrigued. How would it fare?

As it turns out, the Incredible (like the HTC EVO 4G, which uses a similar sensor and optics) improves upon the Nexus One to represent the finest HTC currently has to offer. See for yourself after the break...

The evidence

The pictures show pretty respectable low-light performance from both cameras.

The Nexus One uses a wider angle lens, but the Incredible features a larger lens opening, and is able to gather more light. As a result, the Incredible handles colors and exposure slightly better than the Nexus One.

The Incredible clearly captures more detail than the Nexus One, and is able to gather more light before noise becomes a problem.

How is else is Incredible better than the Nexus One?

The Incredible features extra camera settings not available on the Nexus One (contrast, saturation, sharpness, ISO, widescreen, self-timer, metering mode, review duration, flicker adjustment, grid).

The Incredible allows touch-to-focus, which also adjusts exposure in "spot" mode.

The Incredible flash is brighter than the Nexus One flash (dual vs. single LED).

The Incredible records video at a 800×480 @ 30 fps with initial auto-focus, vs. 720×480 @ 30 fps with no auto-focus on the Nexus One.

How is the Nexus One better than the Incredible?

The default camera settings for the Nexus One don't have to be tweaked out-of-the-box. The default camera settings for the Incredible don't make a lot of sense, with widescreen enabled (instead of standard 4:3 ratio), geo-tagging disabled, and some over-sharpening.

The Nexus One saves the flash mode between sessions. The Incredible always resets the flash mode to "auto".

The scroll ball on the Nexus One behaves like a two-stage shutter button. Pressing it focuses the camera and releasing it takes the picture. The optical trackpad on the Incredible behaves like a single-stage shutter button.

What could be improved on both the Incredible and the Nexus One?

The lack of dedicated two-stage camera button really hinders the user experience on both devices.

The OLED display is difficult to see in bright sunlight, making it difficult to frame shots properly.

For more information, visit http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2010/05/30/google-nexus-one-vs-htc-incredible-cam...

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[myandroid4G]

lmaooooooooooooo @ that bus with them big ass antennas,

lmao, that bus probaly have every cable channel there is.

I hope that bus is solar powered. hahaha

[qrpkgrl]

@myandroid4G hmmm, that's an electric bus... The "antennas" connect to wires overhead to power the bus!

But I guess you didn't know that :)

[techfan42]

This a excellent idea to power buses using overhead cables like trams. nice video testing.