Google has launched two new flagship smartphones, the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P, to demonstrate what its new version of Android “Marshmallow” can do.
The two new handsets are made by Google’s long-term partner LG and smartphone newcomer Huawei, and push the new features of Marshmallow, including fingerprint scanners, the new Nexus camera and Google ’s improved personal assistant Now on Tap.
Andrei Popescu, an engineering director within Google’s Android team, said: “The Nexus devices are our idea of embodiment of the perfect Android device – a platform for application developers to show off the new features of Marshmallow and show what Android can do.”
The LG Nexus 5X features a 5.2in 1080p screen with a density of 423 pixels per inch (ppi), which is protected by last year’s Corning’s Gorilla Glass 3. The smartphone features the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 hexa-core processor as the LG G4, 2GB of RAM and the choice of either 16 or 32GB of storage within a relatively compact frame.
The 16GB Nexus 5X will cost £339 – £379 for 32GB of storage – and replaces the now two-year-old Nexus 5. It will be available on 16 October in the UK.
The Huawei Nexus 6P is the Chinese manufacturer’s first Google Nexus device, having made Android smartphones for several years under both the Huawei and Honor brands.
The Nexus 6P features a 5.7in 2K AMOLED screen with a pixel density of 518ppi, rivalling that of Samsung’s Note 5, which is protected by the latest Gorilla Glass 4, as featured on Samsung’s Galaxy S6 range of smartphones. The Huawei smartphone features the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 octo-core processor, 3GB of RAM and a choice of 32, 64 or 128GB of storage in an aluminium unibody shell available in silver, black and white.
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