Huawei is on Google's shortlist for its 2015 Nexus device, rumors have it, and a new trio of mock-ups courtesy of SlashGear imagine a world where the rumor is fact.
Based on the Honor 6 Plus,
the Huawei Nexus retains all that is true of the device – like the
innovative dual camera setup – and simply adds a touch of Nexus branding
on top. Obviously, with the Honor 6 Plus already a market reality, and
the next Nexus seemingly still many months away, this is nothing more
than an exercise in speculation. Still, word on the street is that if a
Huawei Nexus device is, indeed, in the works, it'll be based on no other
than the aforementioned phablet.
The Huawei Honor 6 Plus as we know it
has a 5.5-inch display with a 1080 x 1920 resolution, an octa-core
HiSilicon Kirin 925 processor, 3GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage expandable
through microSD, a 3,600 mAh battery, an 8-megapixel selfie snapper, and
two 8-megapixel cameras at the back that allow for some cool bokeh effects and post-capture aperture adjustment.
So
what are the odds that Google is seriously considering Huawei for a
Nexus partner? Despite our initial skepticism, it does make a certain
amount of sense to seek such a course of action. For the most part, the
Chinese market is heavily dependent on Android, but Google wins nothing
out of the millions of users in the Middle Kingdom. That's because
virtually every device running Google's platform in mainland China ships
stripped off its layer of services and apps, including the Play Store.
Instead, Chinese manufacturers rely on local or proprietary app stores
that give them, and not Google, a piece of the pot. A Nexus-branded
Huawei device, however, could be a way in for Google, for it will
demonstrate the superiority of its own solutions over local
competitors'. Considering China's population of over 1.3 billion people,
it's easy to imagine that Google would be interested in cracking that
particularly tough nut.
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