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Google Announces Motorola-Made Nexus 6 and HTC-Made Nexus 9

Posted by samzenpus on from the latest-and-greatest dept.

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.

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  1. Meh by blackomegax · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wake me up when there's a small one for $350 again.

    1. Re:Meh by stdarg · · Score: 4, Informative

      Google has arranged a release with 5 major US carriers simultaneously -- Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and US Cellular. They will be available under contract at a big discount (up front cost $50 or so instead of $650). The carriers probably put pressure on Google to keep the unlocked price high so we perceive a value to the contract.

    2. Re:Meh by Amnenth · · Score: 4, Interesting

      The page that the Nexus 6 is presented on still has a link to the Nexus 5. My personal theory at this time (unproven) is that they're keeping the Nexus 5 around as their lower-end model, since they don't have anything to replace its price point with. Hell, the Nexus 5 page now shows the device running Android L (Lollipop.)

    3. Re:Meh by swillden · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Why couldn't they have hit the sweet spot - 5", 1080p, and focused on camera quality & battery life?

      Google doesn't understand what I want in hardware.

      FTFY.

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    4. Re:Meh by DougDot · · Score: 5, Informative

      Here ya go: http://oneplus.net/

    5. Re:Meh by Miamicanes · · Score: 4, Insightful

      In other words, AT&T and Verizon will sell crippled, ruined, defective-by-design phones with locked bootloaders masquerading as real "Nexus" devices, tainting the brand name as badly as Verizon's Galaxy Nexus did. :-(

  2. Nexus 6 by Krymzn · · Score: 5, Funny

    I though Tyrell made the Nexus 6?

  3. Also announced Nexus player by vivek7006 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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

  4. Re: The amazing part by StarWreck · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think its amazing that you don't know Google still owns Motorola. The Lenovo deal isn't finalized or approved yet.

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  5. Re: The amazing part by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's amazing I was wrong. Dammit! :)

  6. Re:Wireless charging gone? by jigamo · · Score: 4, Informative

    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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  7. Re: The amazing part by Dragon+Bait · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's amazing I was wrong. Dammit! :)

    It's amazing that someone admitted they were wrong. Consider +2 to your credibility.