Google Nexus 6 Motorola Release Date: Next Google Flagship Smartphone Allegedly Set For Release Later In The Year, Early Estimates Put The Price At $550
Google Nexus 6 Motorola release date is allegedly set for release later in 2014. The Epoch Times earlier stated this device is allegedly slated for a November release. Recent reports indicated that Motorola is working on a device with Google. According to Christian Post, the Nexus 6 also known as the Nexus X will cost $550 based on early estimates. So they say, Google's next flagship smartphone, made by Motorola is under the codename Motorola Shamu.
According to The Epoch Times, "Shamu is the name of a killer whale, and is in line with the "sea animal" code names that Google dubs its Nexus line. For instance, the Nexus 5 was code named Hammerhead."
Reportedly, this project came about after Lenovo agreed to buy Motorola in January 2014 that paved a way for Google's Android unit to collaborate with Motorola for the new phone.
The rumored timing of the Nexus 6 release puts it right in line with the launch of Google's upcoming mobile OS, the Android L. According to Christian Post, Android L is to be released sometime this fall.
The Epoch Times reported the Nexus 6 could be unveiled at a secret Google launch event on or around the Halloween period in 2014.
Chrsitian Post noted that the Nexus 6 will allegedly be getting either a 5.5-inch or a 5.2-inch QHD display (2560 x 1440 pixel resolution). The display size and resolution is a boost from previous models and is a response to the LG G3's QHD display move.
The device is going to make a jump to the 64-bit chipset powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 quad-core 2.7GHz Krait 450 processor with an Adreno 420 GPU. There's going to be only a 32GB variant so far and has 3GB of RAM.
Head of Android engineering and the Nexus program at Google Dan Burke told ReadWrite in June that Nexus is still flourishing at Google. This may indicate that the project is good to go.
"When we are working, there are sort of two outputs. We're building a Nexus device and we're building the open source code. There is no way you can build the open source code without the phone or tablet or whatever you are building," Burke said.
