Google has taken the wraps off the Nexus 6, a six-inch smartphone (phablet) that is essentially an enlarged Moto X. It runs Android 5.0, which is now officially called Lollipop. It will be available to pre-order from October 29, and will appear in stores/on your doorstep in the first week of November. Pricing starts at $650 off-contract — or about twice what the Nexus 5 cost.
Google says the Nexus 6 — which is made by Motorola — has a Quad HD (2560×1440) display,
dual front-facing speakers,
a 13-megapixel rear camera, and
Turbo Charger tech (get six hours of use from a 15-minute charge). OMG!!!
Internally, there’s a Snapdragon 805 SoC clocked at 2.7GHz,
32 or 64GB of storage,
and a large 3,220 mAh battery.
Dimensions-wise, the Nexus 6 is large: 160 mm long, 83 mm long, and 10 mm thick.
It weighs 184 grams (6.49 ounces). It is significantly larger than both the LG G3 or Galaxy Note 4.
Curiously, despite no mention of it in the official Google blog post, the Nexus 6 also comes with Qi wireless charging built-in. 802.11ac 2×2 WiFi is provided by a Broadcom chip. There’s 3GB of RAM. The device supports a lot of cellular bands (LTE, GSM, etc.) but we’ll have more on that later in a separate story.
Sadly, it seems there’s no smaller version of the Nexus 6 — it seems you’ll have to accept a phablet form factor, or simply go home empty handed. LOL...AWESOME
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