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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 DougDot · · Score: 5, Informative

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

  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