HTC Nexus “Sailfish” specs outed with a little doubt

Biting your nails for the Nexus launch this quarter? We’re creeping up on it ever so slowly and yet, leaks have been all about who’s making it, who else’s making it and how many they’re going to make.HTC is said to be in charge of two projects — “Marlin” and “Sailfish” — and it seems ...

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Huawei Nexus redux spoiled in South Africa

Rumor has it that HTC will be making some Nexus phones for Google in the near future. Huawei has it that the company is also make a Nexus phone for this year.The company launched its P9 series of phones in South Africa today. Like the US, China has had strong investment interests in the entire continent for a ...

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Pichai: Nexus stays with OEMs, but Google has more authority

Google knows what it wants when it comes to Android hardware. It always could make those machines on its own, but it doesn’t as a favor to the manufacturers that it would be cannibalizing. Instead, those OEMs help Google execute its reference designs.But something changed when Mountain View decided to make the Pixel C. The company put in ...

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Halfbeak delayed again: Blass calls HTC smartwatch project a cluster

Maybe someone just can’t compete with Pebble and they just need some room.Maybe HTC really is making the Nexus phones this year and Google decided to take them up for a reference design.Maybe one of the prides of Taiwan has just one huge feature it wants to stuff in and it needs rigorous testing before they feel like it’s going to be okay.Maybe it’s just a ...

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HTC ends Nexus 9 factory run, limited number left at site

The old guard is going away.The Nexus Player just left the Google Store and the Nexus 9 left not long before that. Now we know that HTC is completely done with its own-made tablet as well.The company has said to CNET that it has ended its manufacturing run of the Nexus 9 and has a limited number available at its ...

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A Nexus 6P with the Snapdragon 820? Or is it the Huawei 7P?

The Nexus nebula, as thick as it is, could use some more muddying.Huawei had done a bang-up job with the Nexus 6P according to critics across the board. There was a little doubt to its future-proofedness, though: it had a Snapdragon 810 and 3GB of RAM. These specs were old news by the end of September last year. Why not really step things ...

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HTC 10-like renders sparked Reddit discussion on HTC Nexus design

There’s an interesting thread on the /r/Android subreddit that has people talking about what a new HTC Nexus phone might actually look like. If you like the HTC 10 now and wouldn’t mind seeing it again, this mock-up — based entirely on that phone — should suit your bill perfectly.Edits to the front panel include a near-zero bezel between the edge and a humongous screen while an extra speaker replaces the capacitive keys and ...

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Will building both Nexus phones in 2016 pull HTC out of its tailspin?

I’ve built up a love/hate relationship with HTC. This is a company which fueled most of my gadget obsession moving out of Windows Mobile and into the early days of Android. The One M7 was my favorite phone of 2013. However, recent efforts from the company haven’t satisfied. HTC’s mobile hardware of late has inspired plenty of discussion but not a lot of sales.Be it repetitive design, underwhelming camera tech, or fear of throttled performance, many people seem to have a reason why they aren’t ...

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Will building both Nexus phones in 2016 pull HTC out of its tailspin?

I’ve built up a love/hate relationship with HTC. This is a company which fueled most of my gadget obsession moving out of Windows Mobile and into the early days of Android. The One M7 was my favorite phone of 2013. However, recent efforts from the company haven’t satisfied. HTC’s mobile hardware of late has inspired plenty of discussion but not a lot of sales.Be it repetitive design, underwhelming camera tech, or fear of throttled performance, many people seem to have a reason why they aren’t ...

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