Widely known in the IT-circles twitter account @ evleaks has published information that the next tablet from Google Nexus line will be created by HTC and will be called ” Nexus 9. ” In this regard, “Times” decided to recall, which began with Nexus devices and that they are at the moment.
Nexus – a family of devices created on behalf of itself Google, but produced by different vendors. They are like the reference device for Android: pretty powerful stuffing, “clean” OS without add-ins and graphics with all of this relatively small price. Also, have a line of devices Google Play Edition, which includes the existing devices installed in them the basic Android
Currently there are six versions of devices Google Play Edition: it is the flagship Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC both generations One, smartphone Moto G, tablet LG G Pad 8.3 and planshetofon Sony Xperia Z Ultra. All of them, except Moto G, popular devices that are on the top of the “food chain” of the smartphone market. And all of them – a top alternative product line is Nexus, which includes primarily utilitarian gadgets.
Google Nexus One (HTC, 2010)
starting lineup in 2010 with a smartphone Nexus One from HTC. This smartphone was the technical bit more expensive brother HTC Desire. Unlike Google-version of the smartphone was to slightly less than the amount of RAM and a cheaper trackball instead of an optical sensor. The rest of it was one of the most powerful smartphones in the market to sell while at more than affordable price: for the device with the most powerful at the time Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocked at 1 GHz, a huge display for 2010 at 3.7 inches and 5 megapixel camera asked not so much – $ 529.’s twin brother HTC Desire starts to sell at $ 600, and from a psychological point of view, the difference was great.
Nexus One is the first device running on Android 2.1 Eclair . Ended his official support for Android 2.3 Gingerbread, which was released in late 2010. In this OS upgrade to version 2.3.6 on a smartphone were also available. For comparison – the same HTC Desire officially updated only to Android 2.2.
Google Nexus S (Samsung, 2010)
baton after the HTC Nexus took over Samsung, which released in December 2010, the Nexus S. This device is already brother first generation flagship Galaxy S, which appeared six months before the release of Nexus-version. As it has become traditional for the line of Nexus, slimmed down version of the machine turned flagship – slightly worse screen and no memory card slots allow Samsung to smash the device so they do not compete with each other. Own smartphone chip was curved glass screen. The display itself was flat while.
Path smartphone started with Android 2.3 (which concluded the Nexus One) and ended on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The original Galaxy S stopped on Android 2.3, and did not upgrade to the fourth version of Android.
name «Nexus S» by chance. Originally intended that the smartphone, as the successor to Nexus One, will be called the Nexus Two. However, Samsung did not want to be “second”, and because the name was so.
Galaxy Nexus (Samsung, 2011)
third version of “pure» Android-smartphone is also entrusted to make Samsung. Unlike the previous version, this smartphone can not be called a variation of the flagship of the Korean company. So, Galaxy Nexus is the first smartphone, though devoid of any buttons on the front panel (the lock key and volume control on the left end). Manage smartphone carried by the virtual keys, which was made possible thanks to Android 4.0.
C presentation device small problem: initially planned to show the Galaxy Nexus October 11, 2011, but due to the death of Steve Jobs’ announcement of the device was moved to October 19. It is curious that the presentation was carried out as representatives of Google, and representatives of Samsung, and the official name of the device disappeared name search giant.
Nexus 7 (ASUS, 2012)
next device in the line became Nexus 7 tablet, initiated a new method here – diagonal display. Number “7″ in the title indicates that it is in front of us a seven-inch device. Together with the tablet was shown to Android 4.1.
apparatus developed in conjunction with ASUS, was a huge success, and this is no accident. For $ 250 users get excellent device with a top for filling 2012: quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB of internal memory and HD-display. Version with 8 GB and does cost $ 200. This tablet had no reference to the content store, as is the case with the Kindle from Amazon.
Critics were also delighted with the tablet: Nexus 7 received the prestigious journal T3 «Gadget of the Year”, beating strong competitors such as the iPhone 4S and Sony PlayStation Vita. The title “Tablet of the Year” also got this seven-inch tablet. In favor of the competitiveness of the Nexus 7 also says that during the presentation of the first-generation iPad Mini Tim Cook Apple’s new product compared it with the device from Google.
Nexus 4 (LG, 2012)
Following the notorious Nexus 7 Google introduced the same in 2012 in conjunction with the new smartphone LG Nexus 4. However he received, despite the name, a 4.7-inch display (non-native resolutions of 1280×768 pixels). First with the Nexus One device has a smart line aesthetically design: its back cover is made of two layers of plastic and glass. And the light, this combination gives a very beautiful iridescent pattern.
Filling the smartphone, as before, was on the cutting edge of progress: for the most powerful 2012 processor Qualcomm Snapdragon S4, 2 GB of RAM and has become traditional for the line 8 and 16 GB of internal. It is with this smartphone in the line starts to feel the lack of memory card slot. We previously presented a tablet this problem was not as acute as the Nexus 7 is released later in the version with 32 GB. Another drawback – the lack of support networks flagship product LTE (although craftsmen and it has been fixed for Canada and Latin America).
Otherwise deficiencies in the smartphone was not, and even contrary, present such a unique feature as support wireless charging standard, Qi. By the time the world had only one smartphone that could the same “out of the box» – Nokia Lumia 920, presented a week earlier.
Nexus 10 (Samsung, 2012)
Together with Nexus 4 (and Android 4.2) was presented and a 10-inch Nexus tablet 10, jointly developed with Samsung. Appearance of new items very different from a small tablet Nexus: if a seven-inch version was a such a harsh rectangle, then a ten-gadget has become more rounded and somewhat repeated design of the other devices Samsung.
And while filling the Nexus 10 is not was outstanding (dual-core Samsung Exynos, for example), its screen was the best at the time (and one of the best so far): 10-inch matrix obtained permission to 2560×1600 pixels that betrayed pixel density of 300 ppi. For comparison, the iPad with Retina display, and this figure now stands at 264 ppi.
The rest of this tablet appeared mediocre product and glory of his seven-inch sibling did not seek out. Largely due to the absence of a version with SIM-card and a limited amount of memory: 16 GB or 32 without the possibility of extension.
Nexus 7 (ASUS, 2013)
As the famous proverb, ” horses in midstream is not. ” Given the phenomenal success of the first generation of the Nexus 7, it would be foolish to give the right to develop a new version of someone else other than ASUS. The Taiwanese company also did not make major changes to the plate – it was not a revolution but a qualitative evolution. New iteration has become lighter, thinner, received fresh toppings (processor Snapdragon S4, as in the Nexus 4), 2 GB of RAM, 16/32 GB of internal memory and FullHD-display (1920×1080). Works on all this splendor presented together with the tablet Android 4.4 KitKat.
qualitative changes in the plate was two: support for LTE version with a SIM-card and rear camera. Although it is not the best quality, but still it is, unlike the first generation. Often former Nexus 7 come under fire because of the lack of these two items, but here nothing to complain about.
noteworthy that initially the new version of Android to be called «Key Lime Pie» («lime cake “). However, Google realized that no one, except the Americans, and close does not know what kind of miracle confectionery, and it was decided to apply to Nestle, to get permission to use their brand name in the OS. Later in cooperation with Google co Nestle spent drawing tablet buyers of this brand of chocolate, and Russia was played one thousand devices.
Nexus 5 (LG, 2013)
Following Google updated for your tablet and smartphone. Now it’s 5-inch (yes, the name corresponds to the parameters) gadget, made in the same design as the Nexus 7 second generation. Both devices feature is the huge glass, cover the camera lens. Actually, other than that and vyshtampovki «NEXUS» on the back cover, and other delights in appearance not. Even talking about the design elements in the case of Nexus 5 difficult. As if to somehow divert attention from this, the new smartphone is available in three colors: black besides, there are also white and bright red version.
Nexus 5 is notable, however, is not the body, and stuffing : $ 350 users get a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 800, FullHD-display, 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal. Version 32GB traditionally worth $ 50 more. The first time in a long time we can say that the Nexus has a technical brother: this LG G2. Although Nexus 5 and was “gutted” (as in the past), but the difference in cost of the two smartphones in the U.S. was huge: at the start of sales version G2 LG sold without a contract for $ 630 – almost $ 300 more expensive Nexus-version!
noteworthy that 5 was the first Nexus device lineup, with whom he was not shown the new version of the OS. It has been demonstrated only minor update Android KitKat, corrects minor errors.
Nexus 8/9? (HTC, 2014)
tablet yet appears as a Nexus 8, new labeling, Nexus 9, has only recently emerged. Information about it a little, even about the iPhone 6 is better known. Thus, according to some reports, the novelty will receive a 8.9-inch display, development and production of the tablet will be engaged in HTC, and his “heart” will be the chipset from Intel, 64-bit Atom Moorefield. While it is unknown when it will be presented. Earlier it was expected that the tablet will be shown in April, but now we are talking about the third quarter of this year.
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