Which Tablet to Buy: Google chose HTC for the Nexus 6?

Friday, April 4, 2014

Google chose HTC for the Nexus 6? - WebNews

Luke Colantuoni , April 4, 2014, 17:29

The Nexus 6 will be on sale in the second half of 2014. This is the only confirmation on the next smartphone company in Mountain View, as announced by Google itself during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Since then, rumors have circulated only on the technical characteristics of the device and especially on the manufacturer. According to the latest rumor, the hardware partners Google is neither Lenovo nor LG, but HTC . If so, it would be a return to basics.

The Taiwanese company, in fact, has created the first ever Android smartphone in 2008, the famous HTC Dream (also known as T-Mobile G1 in the United States), and the Nexus One in 2010. Next, Google has signed an agreement with Samsung to produce the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus. New change in 2012, when it was announced the Nexus 4 by LG. The Nexus 5 was carried out by the Korean. According to rumors circulating earlier this month, the Nexus 6 was supposed to be a “light version” of the G3, the next high-end LG smartphones.

Now, however, it seems that Google chose HTC . It is obvious, therefore, assume that the Nexus 6 can be derived from the recent HTC One (M8), which is scheduled to Google Play Edition. Probably, the Mountain View company has liked the design of the new smartphone and want to make a Nexus 6 by similar characteristics. Recall that the new HTC One (M8) has a 5-inch display and full HD integrates a quad-core Snapdragon processor 801 2.3 GHz, 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory, expandable via microSD (up to 128 GB .)

The Nexus 6 is expected to arrive on the market at October 2014 and compete directly with the iPhone 6. The operating system may be Android 4.5 or Licorice Lollipop . HTC would also be the producer chosen by Google for the Nexus tablet 8.