Google welcomes the Nexus 5X, 6P smartphones

Victor Barreiro Jr.

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Google welcomes the Nexus 5X, 6P smartphones
Google will sell the Nexus 6P for $499 while the Nexus 5X will sell for $379. Meanwhile, Android Marshmallow will come out for Nexus devices next week.

MANILA, Philippines – Google introduced new upgrades to its Nexus smartphone line on Wednesday, September 30 (September 29 US time). The company revealed both the Huawei-made Nexus 6P and the LG-made Nexus 5X.

At around the same size of the iPhone 6 Plus, the Nexus 6P is full-metal Nexus device that’s 7.3 mm thick.

The Nexus 6P sports a 5.7-inch WQHD AMOLED display with tiny bezels that cover 74% of the front of the device. 

It will come with a 12.3 megapixel Sony imaging sensor, and an 8-megapixel front facing camera, and will also take advantage of Stereo forward-facing speakers and the Nexus Imprint fingerprint scanner.



Charging on the device will take advantage on a USB Type-C port, and will reportedly charge twice as fast as the iPhone 6 Plus.

The Nexus 5X, meanwhile, will sport a 5.2-inch display.

It will run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor with 2GB of RAM.

The 5X will use a 2700 mAh battery and the USB Type-C charging system.  

Both the Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X run on Android Marshmallow.



The Nexus 6P will begin selling for $499 while the Nexus 5X will sell for $379. It will be available for pre-order today in the US, UK, Ireland, and Japan, with other countries set to get pre-order

Meanwhile, Android Marshmallow will roll out to the Nexus 5, 6, 7, 9, and the Nexus Player beginning next week.




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Victor Barreiro Jr.

Victor Barreiro Jr is part of Rappler's Central Desk. An avid patron of role-playing games and science fiction and fantasy shows, he also yearns to do good in the world, and hopes his work with Rappler helps to increase the good that's out there.