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Google Announces Motorola-Made Nexus 6 and HTC-Made Nexus 9
An anonymous reader writes In addition to Android 5.0 Lollipop, Google today also announced the first devices running the new version of its mobile operating system: the Nexus 6 and the Nexus 9. The former is a phablet built by Motorola, and the latter is a tablet built by HTC. The Nexus 6 is going up for pre-order on October 29, starting at $649. The Nexus 9 meanwhile is going up for pre-order this Friday (October 17), and you'll also be able to get it in stores on November 3.
Wake me up when there's a small one for $350 again.
It's amazing how companies can manage to survive when they are owned by Google.
I though Tyrell made the Nexus 6?
No, I have a writing disorder and tend to type like that. Sorry. You should see my handwriting. :-)
Keyboards have been a godsend for me.
Anyways... previous Nexus models were GSM which makes sense for the rest of the world. But in the US we have a lot of carriers that are CDMA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
GSM you can move from carrier to carrier. CDMA you cannot.
I've very supprised to see they are going to both types of carriers.
I found the specs:
Channels, North America GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
CDMA Band Class: 0/1/10
WCDMA Bands: 1/2/4/5/8
LTE Bands: 2/3/4/5/7/12/13/17/25/26/29/41
CA DL Bands: B2-B13, B2-B17, B2-29, B4-B5, B4-B13, B4-B17, B4-B29
Does it have BOTH? Or are there 2 models of phone?
If it has both, I'll be switching to this when my contracts up.
I hope it does along with the form factor...
10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10
And it is powered by an Intel chip. Interesting that Google decided to go with Intel 64-bit SoC instead of ARM. This is a big win for Intel
I think its amazing that you don't know Google still owns Motorola. The Lenovo deal isn't finalized or approved yet.
... and in the DRM, bind them.
That's a feature patented by Apple apparently.
No. The phablet term is not going to be allowed to die. It concisely expresses contempt for crazy huge "phones" and those of us that know better than to expect our phones to be portable movie theaters will continue to use it freely.
Deal.
Maw! Fire up the karma burner!
Maybe he typed it on an iPhone.
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I have the 4, the 7 (2nd gen) and the 10. The Nexus 10 is the best smart anything I ever bought. Good speakers and nice sized screen. I can go a couple weeks between recharges. That should have been their flagship product.
I thought the 7, despite all the stellar reviews was garbage. Crummy battery life makes it unusable. I might get a day or two on this. The random reboots don't help either.
I have pretty much the exact same software on both, except that I confine my video watching to the 10. I'm lucky if I can even check my twitter feed on the 7, without having to plug it in everyday.
I don't see the point of the 9. A 7 is about the best you can comfortably manage with one hand. If you have to use two anyway, then they should have just moved up to an 11 or a 12.
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Moto X 2nd has a smaller, lower resolution display, less RAM, and a slower SoC. Many people will prefer the smaller size of the Moto X however.
LG messed up the 7 too. I read somewhere that it's battery issues may be tied to the substandard wiring people were observing, when they took the unit apart. I have much better luck with the 10.
FYI, the Nexus 5 is GSM & CDMA, and works just fine on Sprint's network. The only reason it doesn't (or didn't -- maybe it's changed?) work on Verizon's network was because Verizon decided not to allow it, not technological incompatibility.
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This may be the only time android users can experience a 69! Well, outside a LUG, that is.
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It's amazing I was wrong. Dammit! :)
Nexus devices no longer offer those features. With the high price-point on this phone it really does seem that Google has abandoned everything that made the Nexus line so much better than the iPhones. I guess they think their OS is prime time enough they no longer have to offer those frills.
As for an accessory port: It's called USB. Bluetooth is also available.
Huh? The Nexus 7, both variants, was manufactured by Asus.
Huh? The Nexus 7, both variants, was manufactured by Asus.
And as far as I've seen, both of them have proven to be excellent devices.
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Google's page for the Nexus 6 doesn't list charging info, but it's really sparse with the spec information. Motorola's page has a lot more details, which include under the Battery information, "Qi Wireless charging support."
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This is correct. You can see for yourself on Motorola's site that it comes with "Qi Wireless charging support."
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Yeah, they just lost me. I hate contracts and have been switching phones fairly regularly, selling the old phone to help pay for the new. So it was perhaps $100 to upgrade each time. Now it's more like $400 to upgrade, and there's lots of quality competition at that price. The only clear advantage it has, assuming you don't absolutely want a phablet, is its version of Android is most up-to-date. I think it's going to lose the Nexus fans, most of whom will stay with the 5, without gaining much of an audience. How unique is the fast charging?
And I'm particularly annoyed because I'm on T-Mobile, which has their new Wi-Fi calling/texting feature, but it's not supported with the 5. (Rumor was the 6 would support it.)
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
Hmm...have to say I didn't find any points in this conversation to be amazing.
It's amazing I was wrong. Dammit! :)
It's amazing that someone admitted they were wrong. Consider +2 to your credibility.
Searching brings up Intel, MediaTek, Broadcom and Nvidia.
The Blackphone uses an Nvidia modem; which supposedly doesn't need to share memory.
I'm assuming the Nexus 9 will use an Nvidia modem as part of their SoC as well.
They named it lollipop because it will come with the next evolution in biometric unlocking, tongue-print to unlock. I'm coining the phrase "Unlicking my phone" right now.