Android turns 12 years and facts about Android Smartphone

USNMix Report: Android was 12 years old,
the first phone launched without a headphone jack and touch.

Special things

1. The world's most preferred mobile operating system

2. First Android phone HTC Dream

3. India's first Android phone HTC Magic, price Rs 30,000

4.HTC Magic had only 288MB RAM, display 3.2 inches

5. Google knows the people of Android as Bugdroid.

6. Number of Android apps on Google Play-Store till June 2019 2,864,437

Today i.e. on 5 November 2019, the Android operating system has become 12 years old. Android was first developed by Android Inc, but was purchased by Google in 2005 and was first introduced in 2007, although its commercial launch took place on 23 September 2008. After launching today, the 10th version of Android is in many existing smartphones in 2019. Android 10 was launched on 3 September 2019 this year. 

Google's co-founders introduced world's first Android phone.

On September 23, 2008, Google's co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page launched the first Android Smartphone. The name of the first Android phone was G1, which was priced at $ 399 i.e. around Rs 28,997. In other markets, this phone was also called HTC Dream. This phone was created by Google, HTC and T-Mobile together. So let's know about the unheard of Android Smartphone on this special occasion.

List of Android version and year of launching.

Android 1.0 (2008), Android 1.5 Cupcakes (2009), Android 1.6 Donut (2009), Android 2.0 Eclair (2009), Android 2.2 Froyo (2010), Android 2.3 Gingerbread (2010), Android 3.0 Honeycomb (2011), Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (2011), Android 4.1 Jellybean (2012), Android 4.4 KitKat (2013), Android 5.0 Lollipop (2014), Android 6.0 Marshmallow (2015), Android 7.0 Nougat (2016), Android 8.0 Oreo (2017), Android 9.0 Pie (2018), Android 10 (2019)

First Android phone features

Today, even though all Android phones are getting touch screen, you will be surprised to know that earlier Android phones did not have touch screen, but slider keyboards and navigation buttons like trackball were given. The first Android phone was sold in the US by the moniker under the name of G1, while in other markets it was also called HTC Dream. The G1 / HTC Dream had 1150 mAh battery, Qualcomm processor and 256 MB RAM. It had a 3.2 inch display. This phone also did not have a headphone jack.

First Android phone to be launched in India

A year after the popularity of the first phone, the second Android phone was launched, which got the name HTC Magic. It was launched in 2009. It was also launched in India in 2009 itself and with it HTC Magic became the first Android phone to be launched in India. Its price was around 30 thousand rupees. It had 288 MB RAM, Android 1.6 donut, 3.15 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with a 3.2 inch display.