Google Announces Nexus 6, Nexus 9, & Nexus Player With Android 5.0 Lollipop Coming Nov

October 16 09:07 2014 by Alexei Rivera Print This Article

What do you get when you combine forces with Motorola, HTC, Asus, and Google? You get the newest batch of Nexus devices powered by the newest iteration of Android – version 5.0 Lollipop. Motorola, the company formerly owned by Google, has come up with a beastly 5.96” phablet with Quad HD resolution and bleeding edge 2.7Ghz Quad-Core Snapdragon 805 processor. HTC brings us a 8.9” 4:3 ratio 2K display tablet with Boomsound and NVIDIA’s 64-bit Tegra K1 processor. Even Asus comes up big with a new TV Box called Nexus Player powered by a 1.8Ghz Quad-Core Intel Atom processor and optional Asus Gamepad. All of them will of course be running Android 5.0 Lollipop with all of its new features, though the prices are now less competitive and more at par with other Android OEMs. Specs, videos, and prices are below.

Google (Motorola) Nexus 6 – US$ 649

• 2.7Ghz Quad-Core Snapdragon 805 Processor
• 5.96” 2560×1440 (QHD) AMOLED Gorilla Glass 3 Display
• Android 5.0 Lollipop
• 13MP Camera With OIS & Dual LED Ring Flash
  • f2.0 aperture, 4K video capture
  • 2MP Front camera
• 3GB RAM, 32/64GB ROM, No MicroSD
• 3,220mAh Non-Removeable battery
• Single Nano SIM LTE
• Dual front-facing speakers, fast battery charging, NFC

Google (HTC) Nexus 9 – US$ 399

• 2.3Ghz 64-bit NVIDIA Tegra K1 Dual Denver
• 8.9” 4:3 Ratio 2048×1536 (QXGA) Gorilla Glass 3 Screen
• Android 5.0 Lollipop
• 8MP Camera + LED Flash, 1.6MP Front
• 2GB RAM, 16/32GB ROM, No MicroSD
• 6,700mAh Non-Removeable battery
• BoomSound Dual front-facing speakers, fast battery charging, NFC, optional keyboard cover

Google (Asus) Nexus Player – US$ 99

• 1.8Ghz Quad-Core Intel Atom Processor
• 1GB RAM, 8GB ROM
• 1920×1080 60Hz HDMI Out, MicroUSB 2.0
• 802.11ac MIMO WiFi, Bluetooth 4.1
• Remote with voice search
• Optional Gamepad controller

Android 5.0 Lollipop

• New Material Design
• New Notification Settings
• Improved Battery Life
• Automatic Encryption
• Device Sharing
• Improved Quick Settings
• Running Android RunTime
• Support for 64-bit Devices
• A lot more

These new Nexus devices can be ordered this October and will be available in November. Of course though, that doesn’t necessarily mean here in the Philippines. We’ll likely get it a few months after, but here’s to a bold new generation of Androids with massive screens and more than Full HD resolutions!