Reports are rife that the Google I / O 2016 event will see two Android
Nexus phones launched — a 5 - inch model and a 5.5 - inch model.
So we have to assume that
any Nexus phone launching this year will be built with those features incorporated.
Not exact matches
When Google first
launched Android, it partnered with HTC to release a smartphone, but eventually released a
phone of its own (the
Nexus One).
While the Chinese company officially
launched its first
phone in Canada only last year, Huawei also saw success with the Google
Nexus 6P in the Canadian market.
This is the first time this has been
launched as a likely rumor, although it only takes a stretch of imagination since Huawei is currently manufacturing the latest
Nexus 6P Android
phone.
The Droid RAZR is a tough
phone to review because it comes just a couple weeks before Google's new flagship
phone launches, the Samsung Galaxy
Nexus.
One impressive new Android tablet to
launch this month worth reviewing is the Icoo 7GS — 3G edition — available through a site called Tablet Sprint — this new 7 Inch tablet compares to the current $ 300
Nexus 7 3G version, with most of the same features, but sells for about $ 200 — and offers one of the newest Quad Core processors, an HD 1280X800 IPS screen, GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, MicroSD storage, and a SIM slot built in with 3G HSPA + with both internet and
phone call connection through any GSM carrier, including AT&T and T - Mobile — The site TabletSprint also currently offers Bonus Apps, including an Office Suite with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and the popular 3D game Shadowgun — and also features a few other new models worth checking out that
launch in June --
With the
launch of the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1,» Windows
Phone 8X, Nokia Lumia 810,
Nexus 4 this week joining the release of the Galaxy Note II and LG Optimus L9, T - Mobile is now ready to offer something for everyone this season.
I almost lost track of the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 ″ today amidst the
Nexus 4 and Windows
Phone 8
launches, but there it is, right on T - Mobile's site for $ 399.99 after a $ 50 mail - in rebate.
OMR brought out a hands - on walkthrough of the mobile
phone - cum - tablet Samsung Galaxy Note device in pictures and on video here, along with images of the Samsung Galaxy Note and Galaxy
Nexus launch event.
We
launched Nexus One in January with two goals in mind: to introduce a beacon of innovation among Android handsets, and to make it quick and easy for people to buy an Android
phone.
Verizon may have the exclusive to customize / re-brand the
phone as a Droid Prime, but that doesn't necessarily mean the pure Android
Nexus version won't be available, or
launched first, on another carrier.
This 7 - inch tablet,
launched at Mobile World Congress 2014 on Sunday, looks to compete with devices like Google's
Nexus 7, but brings full 4G LTE connectivity and
phone functions, so it falls into the top end of the phablet line as much as it does the small tablet line.
Today at the LG Optimus Vu
launch in India an LG Official confirmed to BGR India that the LG
Nexus phone would be
launching in India in the next few weeks.
The LG Official told us that the Optimus G would only
launch in early 2013, but added that before the Optimus G it is
launching a Google
Nexus phone in India, which will
launch in the next few weeks.
Samsung has officially
launched the «pure Google»
phone aka the
Nexus S smartphone in India.
The Samsung Galaxy
Nexus is beautifully designed and we can't help thinking that it is one of the most attractive
phone launches of 2011.
But we believe that T - Mobile will
launch the new Samsung Galaxy
Nexus, initially exclusive for Verizon but later the same company dropped the «Exclusive» tittle on the
phone.
It may be that Google is simply planning a «marketing push» for Android tablets, but it's more likely that Google will
launch their own branded Tablet - just like the
Nexus range of
phones.
After lots of rumours, the main Google Android Press event is finally here where Google is highly rumoured to
launch the highly anticipated
phone, the Google
Nexus One.
Nexus One was the first
phone by Google which has the latest Android 2.1 on it and this year, Google has
launched the
Nexus S with some minor improvements in features.
If the Kindle
Phone (s) do
launch in 2013, we'd expect them to be priced similarly to Google's
Nexus 4 — i.e. sold at cost, under # 200, with Amazon recouping costs via its online services and goods.
While it was rumored that more than one new
Nexus phone would
launch, that's starting to look unlikely.
Google continued the
Nexus lineup with the
launch of the Samsung - made Google
Nexus S (December 2010), which was the first
phone publicly released with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and also the first
phone to support NFC on both hardware and software level.
as the world's first Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich based mobile
phone South Korean consumer electronics company Samsung has
launched the Galaxy
Nexus phone, running from the very latest version of Android and with a HD screen.
The current codename is «Prime», and our source believes it's possible that the
phone could
launch as the «Google
Nexus Prime.»
Samsung
launched two new
phones today for the Korean market - the Galaxy Note LTE and the Galaxy
Nexus LTE - and both
phones feature Super AMOLED HD displays (with PenTile technology).
Although no tariff costs have been shared Three of the top UK mobile
phone networks have all announced that they will be carrying the recently
launched Samsung Galaxy
Nexus — which is the very first handset to arrive running the new Google Android «Ice Cream Sandwich» 4.0
phone operating system.
After new leaks once again pinned the
phone to November 17th (after most had resigned themselves to believing the
phone wouldn't
launch until after Black Friday), a roadmap has surfaced definitively stating the that Galaxy
Nexus will be available as a web - only purchase starting November 21st.
Google Galaxy
Nexus, the hottest Android
phone, just
launched at Verizon yesterday is now available to buy in the US for $ 300 (on contract).
O2 starts a 4G trial in London and we published an Initial Impressions review of the Samsung Galaxy
Nexus, where Research In Motion
launched a new low costing BlackBerry Bold and Curve mobile
phone.
OMR has attended the European
launch event for the Samsung Galaxy Note Android mobile
phone with a 5 - inch screen, which doubled up as the Europe
launching stage for the new Samsung Galaxy
Nexus handset.
One Mobile Ring attended the European
launch event for the Galaxy
Nexus, where we captured a hands on walkthrough in pictures of the mobile
phone here — along with a briefing on video, from a senior Google spokesperson here.
The Samsung Galaxy
Nexus and LG Viper will be the first 4G handsets to
launch on Sprint's upcoming LTE network in the second quarter, but a new report suggests the carrier will follow the
phones up with a flagship
launch early this summer.
Among the key new features in Ice Cream Sandwich and the Galaxy
Nexus is Face Unlock, which uses facial recognition to unlock  the
phone using the front facing camera, though it does need to be calibrated and can be thrown off by extreme lighting in practice, as evidenced by last night's failed demo during the
launch event in Hong Kong.
We're expecting Google will announce multiple manufacturing partners for its next
Nexus smartphone, and recent rumors suggest five new
Nexus - branded
phones will
launch on November 5th to mark the 5th anniversary of Android.
Google's
Nexus - S
phone was supposed to
launch on the 20th of December in the UK, but Carphone Warehouse actually had some
phones in stock yesterday (for # 549.95).
And this has made convincing rumors and speculations on
launch of Google's new
Nexus Phone.
It is rumored that Google's next
Nexus phone might be
launching in October last with a new version of Android Jelly Bean 4.2.
It's refreshing to note that, after a swathe of brand new
phone and technology company announcements, including the
launch of the Samsung Galaxy
Nexus, Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), the Motorola Droid RAZR and Apple's third quarter financial results,... Read more
The
Nexus 6P has been considered one of the best Android
phones available since its
launch, but now there's a new kid in town.
Only the
Nexus S on Sprint will have the capability to use Google Wallet at
launch, but Techcrunch reported after Thursday's event that Google plans to distribute stickers that other
phone users can affix to their devices should they want to get in on the NFC fun.
Launching the Galaxy
Nexus — which is supposed to be an open Google
phone — on Verizon continues to be a challenge for Google and Samsung.
Still, the app
launches much more quickly than it ever did on a
Nexus phone, shutter lag is almost completely eliminated, and shot - to - shot speed has been vastly improved.
The last Google
Nexus devices, i.e.,
Nexus 6P and 5X, we
launched in 2015 and just as the policy says, no more Android update will arrive for these
phones officially.
HTC is behind the making of Google
Nexus 2016
phones, but these two could possibly
launch with different names as opposed to the
Nexus brand name.
Obviously, Google's own
phones including the newly
launched Pixel, Pixel XL and some of the
Nexus devices will be the first ones to receive the upgrade.
When the Android 9.0 P, whatever its name may be,
launches later this year, it will not be made available for the
Nexus 5X,
Nexus 6P, and Pixel C, which practically puts an end to the
Nexus line of
phones as well as to Google's last remaining Android tablet.
But unlike in previous years, 2016 might mark the year when Google
launches both
Nexus devices and a Google - branded
phone that wants to be an iPhone killer of sorts.
It's not clear what these devices will be called, or how they would differentiate themselves from
Nexus handsets, but the paper says the
phone will
launch by the end of the year, at least according to a senior source.