Launched 10 years ago, the first Android Smartphone, 7 things you do not know

The phone had a slider keyboard and trackball so you could type and navigate the device.

Ten years in technology are quite high where Google's Android phone is still passing its test. Tomorrow was Google's 10th anniversary. 22 September 2008 Sergey Brin and Larry Page both of Google's Co-Founders gave the world the first Android smartphone. The phone's name was 'G1' which was made by Google, HTC, and T-Mobile. The price of the phone was 399 dollars i.e. 28 thousand rupees. This phone was the first such phone that was designed to give the iPhone a collision. So let us give you some interesting information about the Android phone before which you may not know much about it.

The phone did not support touchscreen

Now if we say that a phone that is launching today does not support the touchscreen, you will feel very strange. The phone had a slider keyboard and trackball so you could type and navigate the device.

The phone was also known as HTC Dream

In America, the phone was sold in the name of the G1 Moniker, while in the other market this phone was named HTC Dream. G / HTC Dream was first launched on September 23, after which it was launched in the market in the year 2009.

The phone did not have a headphone jack

This phone did not have a headphone jack and it had done Android before Apple. Users had to add an adapter to connect the earphones. Today's headphones are a very common feature.

There was no Play Store but the feature of Gmail and Maps was

In exchange for the Play Store, there used to be an Android market, from where people used to download the app. G1 already comes with Google Search, Maps and Gmail.

Several units of phones sold in the first six months

In the first 6 months, the company sold 10 million units of the phone. But after about 2 years the phone was closed.

The second Android phone came after 2010

G1 became so famous that the second Android phone was taking a year to come. The name of the phone was HTC Magic. Let's say that after 2010, all these companies have started launching Android-based devices like Samsung, LG, Motorola.

iPhone gets tough competition

When G1 was launched, Apple iPhone was in its second generation and was gradually becoming quite popular. Apple IOS has completely eliminated the BlackBerry OS and Nokia Symbian. There is still a challenge for Android Apple, which is going on step by step with Apple.