Google will present on October 14 the latest operating system Android 4.4 KitKat, and a new smartphone Nexus line 5, according to informed sources. In addition, the property of the public have new details about the Nexus 5.
Google presents 14 October smartphone Nexus 5, which will run on the latest version of Android 4.4 KitKat, reports Australian IT-portal Ausdroid. Previously, it was already known that the new version of Android will have a code name KitKat.
Most recent version of Android for the first time appear just on the line of gadgets Nexus, the premiere of which take place in October. So, in October of last year included a new version of the operating system Jelly Bean, the new smartphone Nexus tablet Nexus 4 and 10, and in October 2011, Google presented the first in a line of smartphone Galaxy Nexus. Earlier in the media and blogs appeared information that the Nexus 5 and the next version of the operating system (when it was expected that it will be called Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie) will be presented on October 5, but the term is likely to be shifted.
IT-bloggers suggest that the Google partnership with the company Nestle, which owns the trademark KitKat, – one of the reasons to present the new OS shortly before Halloween. Candy – a traditional attribute of this holiday, and the new version of Android will serve as a kind of advertising chocolate bars.
production of new items, like its predecessor Nexus 4 will deal with the Korean company LG Electronics. Earlier, in a line of gadgets released HTC Nexus and Samsung.
registration is not the only new information about the new smartphone from Google. As the resource International Business Times, bloggers found on the official website of the Federal Agency of the United States (FCC) regulations photos and some characteristics of the smartphone from LG with an index of D820, which, according to experts, is the new Nexus 5. In particular, the location of the camera and flash, and black matte body gadget pictures are the same as in the gadget, noticed in the video of Google, about the name of the newest version of Android. Google has removed the original video soon after it became aware of the “overexposed” in it gadget bloggers but managed to copy the video.
Judging from published specifications, the Nexus 5 will be equipped with a sufficiently large 4.96-inch touchscreen display with Full HD 1080p resolution and is built on a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon chip 800.
This gadget will have a relatively modest battery with a capacity of 2300 mAh. New products will be equipped with 13-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization, which can be considered the norm for today’s high-end smartphones.
Other technical features of the new gadget known in sufficient detail: as reported by sources close to Google, Nexus 5 will be equipped with wireless connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n / ac, Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC. Also new is support mobile communication technology LTE. Probably, Nexus 5 will receive a fingerprint scanner, as shown Last week Apple iPhone 5S. Dimensions of the new gadget: 131.9 mm long and 68.2 mm in width, that is, the smartphone will be slightly smaller than the Nexus 4, whose dimensions: 133.9 mm by 68.7 mm.
How much will the new smartphone from Google, remains a mystery. Recall the starting price of Nexus 4 was $ 349.
«If Google is able to keep prices at a line of Nexus smartphones at the same level, the Nexus 5 is a great choice for users of Android», – noted columnist portal Techcrunch Darrell Etherington.
Quite a lot is known about the new version of Android. According to preliminary information, Google will update the core of the system, which will provide an enhanced platform compatibility with older devices by reducing the requirements for the minimum amount of memory will improve support for multi-core processors and significantly increase the battery life of gadgets. Google has already alluded to this feature of the new version of the. “Our goal – to make Android available to everyone,” – said in a statement on the website dedicated to Android KitKat.
Also, Android users are waiting for an improved display scaling to reduce fragmentation, updated wireless technology to display images Miracast (standard for wireless transmission of multimedia signals based on Wi-Fi), a new design gallery, new widgets, notifications and the ability to change the default blue color interface to other colors .
Also expected to appear exclusive for Android users of cloud storage.
Resource PhoneArena previously reported that Android 4.4 can receive support for 64-bit processors. Samsung has already announced plans to begin equipping its smartphones such chips – as soon as it was made Apple.
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