The company Google has introduced a new device in its line of Nexus – the Nexus 6, 9 and Nexus tablet Extender Nexus Player. This was in the company’s official blog wrote vice president of Android and Chrome Sundar Pichai.
In the line of Nexus, Google and its partners produces the so-called reference Android-based device. They are designed to help developers to test applications for the most current version of the platform. All three products will initially work on a previously announced platform Android 5.0 Lollipop.
Nexus 6, the first fablet (smartphone with a screen diagonal of more than 5 inches) in the line of smartphones from Google, will be manufactured by Motorola Mobility in an aluminum casing. The smartphone has a screen with a diagonal of 6 inches – for comparison, its competitor Samsung Galaxy Note has a 5.7-inch display, and the recently introduced Apple iPhone 6 Plus is equipped with a screen diagonal of 5.5 inches.
In Google stressed that the smartphone is designed as a media device – a large screen dual stereo speakers complement for playing games and watching videos. Nexus 6 is equipped with a powerful quad-core Snapdragon processor with a frequency of 2.7 GHz, which ensures smooth multitasking. Comes device versions with 32 and 64 gigabytes of internal memory.
The smartphone is equipped with Google’s 13-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization, which is also a hallmark of iPhone 6 Plus, and 2-megapixel front camera. The device is equipped with a battery that is able to work more than 24 hours after a full charge. Also, according to the manufacturer, 15 minutes of charging him enough for 6 hours of work.
Pre-order on the Nexus 6 will open at the end of October to the end of the year, Google is going to start selling the device with a contract of the largest operators in the United States. No contract smartphone will be sold in the online store Google for as low as $ 649. A similar price in the United States is set at a younger version of the iPhone 6 with 16 gigabytes of memory, so we can not say that Google is essentially dumping market flagship smartphones.
The manufacturer of a new Android-tablet Nexus 9 became the Taiwanese company HTC. Justifying the title, the device has the display with a diagonal of 8.9 inches and complete the range of tablet Nexus, where there were already a model with seven-and ten-inch screens.
The tablet will be available in black, white and beige body with a storage capacity 16 and 32 gigabytes. One of the features of the device became processor Nvidia Tegra K1 with 64-bit architecture, which provides multi-tasking. In Nexus 9, there are two cameras – the main 8-megapixel and 1.6-megapixel front.
The cost of the tablet will be from $ 399 in the United States in the online store Google. Pre-order it can be issued from 17 October, and sales will begin on 3 November. Separately, a user can buy a keyboard cover joins price of $ 129, which also serves as an additional battery – similar solution Microsoft offers Tablet Surface.
Finally, the third announced today was the Extender device Nexus Player, which produces for Google company Asus. This is the first experiment with the platform manufacturers Android TV.
Prefix costs $ 99 for functionality and price similar to its competitors Apple TV and Fire TV from Amazon and is connected to a TV via HDMI-port. The device integrates the functions of previously released consoles-stick Google Chromecast – the user can transmit content from your smartphone, tablet or computer to your TV.
Google Nexus Player also positioned as a gaming device – the user will be able to play games on Android-TV. Like the Nexus tablet 9 console can be ordered from 17 October, and buy – from November 3. The device comes with a remote control and game controller can be purchased separately.
Using the Google announced plans to expand Android-ecosystem with new form factors, as well as to show in the most favorable light work platform Android 5.0 Lollipop, which will be pre-installed on the new Nexus-gadgets.
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