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what's up fries five fans i'm brian tong and we're here with a new smartphone challenger looking to take down our recently crowned king of the prize fight ring it's a heavyweight prize fight between the unlocked version of HTC hd2 and Google's Nexus One we're bringing in the big guns for this fight senior editor at 10th german senior editor bonnie chop and myself will do the honors now we'll take all three judges scores and average them out to the nearest tenth each round the final prize fight score will be an average of all rounds using the same decimal system who's bringing the sexy round one is design the nexus one is a sexy machine it's a slim profile with a solid feel that fits nicely in your hand and that 3.7 inch o le d-- display makes me drool now HTC hd2 is a marvel to look at with its high-res 4.3 inch display it's real sturdy and just as slim as the Nexus 1 which is pretty impressive the trade-off is a wide footprint that is a pain to hold and probably more comfortable if you have gorilla sized hands plus is protruding camera lens is sharp around the edges the Nexus 1 gets a 5 and the HD 2 gets a 4 next round is navigation both phones feature a combination of touchscreen and buttons the Nexus one's touchscreen is responsive multi-touch is here across several apps and it works well this is still the most customizable phone OS on the market but we're not the biggest fans of the trackball that you'll never use and the haptic feedback touch controls aren't always that responsive the HD 2 has changed how we feel about HTC Sense UI that covers up the windows mobile OS it's snappy navigation is straightforward you can customize your favorite apps and there's a lot of eye candy like the weather bonnie likes her weather Q now multi-touch is here but its performance is more sluggish compared to the Nexus 1 the HD 2 swings back and takes this route with the 4 and the Nexus 1 gets a three after averaging two rounds the nexus one leads by just two tenths of a point round three is features both phones feature Wi-Fi GPS and Bluetooth but since it's the unlocked version we're reviewing the HD to only supports edge networks in the US there's no free turn-by-turn directions app on the hd2 and the mobile office suite is included but it doesn't work in landscape mode at the moment the Nexus One is still the king when it comes to features its voice search and voice commands are still unmatched had time its turn-by-turn Maps can stand up to GPS solutions there's also the Android store for thousands of apps and we love its multitasking drop-down even if it has some Outlook syncing issues the Nexus One scores a perfect 5 and the HD 2 gets a 3.7 round 4 is web browsing and multimedia the Nexus one's web browser is solid with multi-touch bookmark icons and multiple windows support but we're still waiting for flashlight it's bringing a 5 megapixel camera with flash but one of androids the biggest works is it to media player sure it gets the job done for music and video playback but its interface is starting to look prehistoric the HD 2 comes with IE mobile and opera as its browsers so you'll have some options but you'll only find multi-touch support in Opera even it's not as smooth to use the big standout is the HD 2's media player which takes on a Cover Flow s presentation that's fun to use it's 5 megapixel camera with flash also features a panorama stitch mode but the screen takes center stage here and media looks great the HD 2 guests of 4.7 and the Nexus 1 gets a four so after averaging out four rounds the Nexus One still leaves by two tenths of a point this one's not over yet the final round that decides it all is called quality and performance we were all impressed with the Nexus ones call quality its dual mic noise cancellation tech really helps with excellent voice clarity and a natural sound on both sides of the line the AC 2's call quality was tested on t-mobile and AMC's Network by our judges call quality was good with just a tad bit more background noise his speaker phone was the real disappointment and it was hard to understand both sides of the call now both of these phones feature one gigahertz Snapdragon processors and they are snappy especially when you think of the hd2 which is the snappiest windows mobile experience we've ever used in the final round the Nexus One throws a haymaker with the 4.7 and the HD 2 gets a three point seven so let's average out all five rounds and in a battle where Google's Nexus 1 had only a one round edge over HTC hd2 it took a small lead early and never let go take you this battle four point four to four and is your prize fight winner the HTC hd2 stands out as one of the best experiences on a windows mobile phone but it was the Nexus ones features and call quality that helped it retain its status as King of the Ring I'm Brian Tong thanks for watching I will catch you guys next time on another prize fight