Take a stroll down reminiscence lane to search out out what Jack Wallen considers the perfect Android telephones of the previous decade.

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Android was first launched on September 23, 2008. Since then, Google’s platform has come an extremely great distance. From these unhappy underpowered and buggy first units (reminiscent of my first Android device–the HTC Hero) to the magnificently highly effective handsets we see at this time. Over the years, there have been some critically groundbreaking Android telephones, however which stand out? Here are my picks for the perfect Android units of the last decade. SEE: Hiring package: Android developer (TechRepublic Premium) HTC Dream Release date: September 23, 2008No listing of Android units could be full with out the one which began all of it: The HTC Dream. Announced together with the preliminary Android providing, the HTC Dream supplied a slide up display that exposed a bodily keyboard together with some fairly spectacular specs for the time, reminiscent of 256 MB of inside storage, 192 MB of RAM, a 320 x 480 pixel 3.2″ show, a rear-facing 3.15 megapixel digicam, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Quad-band GSM 850, 900, 1800, and 1900 MHz GPRS/Edge, and a 1150 mAh lithium-ion battery. Although this was the primary system to sport the Android working system (model 1.0), it was a factor to behold.  Motorola Droid

Release date: October 17, 2009

The Motorola Droid was one other Android system with a slide out keyboard. The Droid shipped with Android 2.0 and had a spec sheet that included an Arm Cortex A8 600 MHz CPU, a PowerVR SGX 530 GPU, 256 MB of DDR SDRAM, 512 MB inside storage, and a 1390 mAh battery. The Motorola Droid was promoted because the iPhone various, and was the primary cell system to say multitasking help. Analytics agency Flurry estimated that over 250,000 Droids have been bought throughout the first week of launch. The Droid was additionally the primary Android system to be efficiently rooted. HTC EVO  Release date: June 4, 2010 If you keep in mind something concerning the HTC EVO, it ought to be that it was the primary 4G cellphone launched within the US. The EVO had a 4.3″ display with a pixel density of 217 and is considered one of the first true multi-touch Android devices. The size and pixel density combination was quite the innovation back in 2010. The specs for the HTC EVO included a 1.4 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9, an ARM Mali-400 MP GPU, 1 GB of RAM, 16 or 32 GB of internal storage, a microSD external card, an 8 Megapixel rear camera, a 2 Megapixel front-facing camera, a massive (for the time) 2500 mAh lithium-ion battery, and Android 2.1. Samsung Galaxy Note  Release date: October 29, 2011 The Samsung Galaxy Note was one of the first “phablet” form factor phones to hit the market—it was big, and it was beautiful. The Galaxy Note was also the first Android device to include stylus support. The Note brought to market some serious specs for the time, including a 1.4 GHz dual-core processor, a Mali-400 MP GPU, 1 GB or RAM, either 16 or 32 GB of internal storage, a 5.3″ Super AMOLED show, an 8 Megapixel rear digicam, a 2 Megapixel front-facing digicam, and was initially launched with Android 2.3.6. Although reception of this system was divided due to its “gargantuan” measurement, the unique Galaxy Note launched a line of Samsung units that might change into critical sport changers. SEE: Cheat sheet: Samsung Galaxy Note 10 (free PDF) (TechRepublic) HTC One M7 Release date: March 22, 2013 The most memorable factor concerning the HTC One M7 is that it was probably the most lovely smartphones to have ever been launched on the time. With its all aluminum physique and 1080p full-HD show, this system turned heads. On prime of the gorgeous design, the One M7 had the perfect sounding audio system in the marketplace. The specs for the One M7 included a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 CPU, an Adreno 320 GPU, 2 GB of LPDDR2 RAM, 32 or 64 GB of inside storage, a 4 Megapixel rear digicam, a 2.1 megapixel front-facing digicam, a 2,300 mHa Li-Po battery, and Android 4.1.2. OnePlus One Release date: April 23, 2014 The OnePlus One launched the first-ever reasonably priced flagship Android system. Selling a high-end system at $299 for the 16 GB model and $349 for the 32 GB model was unprecedented on the time. The launch of this system profoundly modified the Android game–a variety of corporations started trying to carry to life related flagship units at non-flagship costs. The specs for the OnePlus One included a 2.5 GHz CPU, an Adreno 330 GPU, 3 GB of RAM, 16 or 32 GB of inside storage, a 5.46″ 1920×1080 display, a 13 Megapixel rear camera, a 5 megapixel front-facing camera, a 3100 mHa Li-Po battery, and Android 4.4.2. Nexus 6  Release date (preorder): October 29, 2014 The Nexus line of devices promised to bring the latest, greatest version of Android (version 5.0) to the users before anyone else had their hands on the platform. This smartphone fell into the phablet realm, with a 5.96″ show. What makes this explicit Nexus stand out is that it was the primary system to help Google’s Fi community. The specs for this system included a Qualcomm 2.7 GHz quad-core CPU, an Adreno 420 GPU, 3 GB of RAM, 32 or 64 GB of inside storage, a Sony IMX214 Exmor R digicam with twin LED ring flash, a 2MP front-facing digicam, and a 3220 mAh battery. The Nexus 6 was additionally one of many first Android units to help wi-fi battery charging. Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Release date: April 10, 2015 No different cellphone raised the aesthetic bar as excessive because the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. With rounded glass edges that prolonged the show past the usual bezel, this system critically modified the Android show sport. No different system regarded as polished or as skilled. Period. The specs for the Galaxy S6 Edge included an Octa-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 CPU, a Mali-T760MP8 GPU, 3 GB of RAM, 32, 64, or 128 GB of inside storage, a 16 Megapixel rear digicam, a 5 MP front-facing digicam, a 5.1 Super AMOLED show, a 2600 mAh battery, and Android 5.0.2. SEE: Cheat sheet: Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 (free PDF) (TechRepublic) Google Pixel 3 Release date: November 1, 2018 The Google Pixel 3 continues to be thought of by many to incorporate the best cellphone digicam in the marketplace. Although the Pixel 4 does embody a greater zoom and a much-improved Night Sight expertise, the poor battery efficiency and lack of a fingerprint scanner prevents it from bumping the sport altering Pixel 3 from this listing. Yes, the Pixel 3 had its issues, however many think about the digicam alone to be price enduring the problems. The specs for the Google Pixel 3 embody Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 2.5 GHz quad-core CPU, a 5.5″ OLED show, 4 GB of RAM, 64 or 128 GB inside storage, a 12.2 Megapixel rear digicam, twin 8 megapixel front-facing cameras, a 2915 mHa battery, and Android 9.0.

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