Google picks new Nexus-producers. Huawei has in fact – Computer Information Portal

Smartphone Motorola Nexus 6 presented by Google at the end of last year with Android 5.0 Lollipop, was not very popular in the territory of the post-Soviet space because of the lack of activity of Motorola Mobility in the region. But the next version of Google’s smartphone may return to the market, as Huawei has announced that will be engaged in designing and manufacturing a new smartphone Nexus.

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Director of Research of the Chinese market research and consulting company IHS iSuppli Kevin Young (Kevin Yang) confirmed various rumors that Huawei will be engaged in manufacture and distribution of the smartphone Nexus. A formal agreement with Google has already signed, and now are various agreements with suppliers of components. On your smartphone at the moment nothing is known, except that it will be built on the basis of the hardware platform HiSilicon Kirin 930, which was announced at the MWC with Phablet MediaPad X2. Despite the fact that the system-on-chip has eight-ARMv8-processor on the concept big.LITTLE (4 core Cortex-A57 and 4 core Cortex-A57) and is produced by the standards of 16 nanometer process technology HPM-there is reason to believe that the smartphone will not be refer to the premium segment, or buyers will receive an unpleasant “surprise” after purchase. The fact is that as a graphics accelerator HiSilicon company still uses the Mali-T628MP4, which although is a good chip, providing support API OpenGL ES 3.1, but in terms of performance it seriously inferior to competitors. Thus, the use of the GPU in flagship devices would be justified in 2013, but not at the end of 2015.

However, we can not exclude the release of the new chip Kirin by the end of the year with more advanced graphics processor, more suitable for high-end smartphone segment. However, Mr. Young argues that Google’s new strategy is more complicated, and the main Nexus-smartphone can become a model not from Huawei. According to him, the Internet Corporation plans to launch two models – one that will replace the Motorola Nexus 6, and the second should be a more compact version. We do not know which model will produce Huawei, and it is unclear which company will deliver another partner Google. ISuppli have no reliable data on the second manufacturer, but some information about what is going on cooperation with South Korea’s LG, but the essence of the relationship remains a mystery. Announcement of new smartphones traditionally take place in the fourth quarter of 2015. Manufacturer Info heir tablet Nexus 9 until there is no, there is no data on Google’s intention to produce a full-size all Android-tablet. Recall that the HTC Nexus 9 was released two years after the Samsung Nexus 10, and the alleged LG Nexus 10 and never saw the light.