Google Nexus One to Cost $530 Unlocked, $180 with T-Mobile

Google declined to comment on the price points, which came hours after the search engine giant invited press to an Android news event Jan. 5. T-Mobile will offer the Nexus One with a $79.99 monthly plan that includes 500 talk minutes with unlimited nights and weekends, text messaging and Web usage, according to the document.

Google will sell its Nexus One smartphone for $529.99 for users who want to pop in their existing SIM card, or with a two-year T-Mobile contract for $179.99, according to documents leaked to gadget Website Gizmodo.

The price points, which a Google spokesperson declined to comment on for eWEEK Dec. 30, come as buzz is peaking over the Nexus One, a speedy, HTC-built mobile phone based on version 2.1 of Google's Android mobile operating system.

Google Dec. 29 scheduled an Android press event at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters Jan. 5, just two days before the commencement of the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show.

A leaked T-Mobile screen grab revealed that Google will be offering an Android phone through its Web site, confirming the go-to-market plan Google was rumored to be employing to sell the device.

However, how much Google planned to charge for the device, and whether or not it would offer it unlocked and unsubsidized or locked and subsidized by a carrier partner such as T-Mobile, was a matter of much debate. Also floated was the rumor that the Nexus One would initially be offered by invite only, but it looks as though that may be put to rest.