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Nostalgia: The Very First Android Phone
(beehaw.org)
Sure, the very first iPhone released today, but does anyone remember the first Android smartphone?
In October of 1998 HTC’s T-Mobile G1, or HTC Dream as it’s known outside the U.S would launch being the first phone with the Android OS. The G1 was priced at $179 — which was pretty affordable even in those days — and featured top-of-the-line specs including a Qualcomm MSM7201A processor, 192MB of RAM, and 256MB of internal storage (expandable up to 16GB). It also stocked a 3.15MP rear camera, and a 1,150mAh battery.
My first Android phone was my Motorola Cliq, which I got after my Blakcberry Pearl died. Good times with those phones.
My first was an HTC Merge in 2011. Looked very similar to OP's phone, but had dedicated capacitive buttons on front for home, back and recents.
I loved having a keyboard. Still have the phone here somewhere, power it up for a nostalgia trip sometimes