Nexus 6 Release Date, Specs, Design & Features: Google Officially Launches With Pre-Orders From October 29

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It’s official, most of the rumours were true. Google has unveiled the latest Nexus devices and its new Android 5.0 Lollipop software, with the latest smartphone being the 6in Nexus 6.

Google posted the announcement on its official Google Blog, saying “we work with hardware partners to build Nexus devices to help push the boundaries of what's possible. Nexus devices also serve as a reference for the ecosystem as they develop on our newest release.”

The Nexus 6 was indeed developed with Motorola, as per the rumours, and as per Google’s promotional material it does look a lot like a large Moto X 2014 edition. Google describes it as having a “contoured aluminium frame” and a “6-inch Quad HD display”, while imaging duties are handled by a 13MP camera (with f/2.0 aperture), and audio comes from dual front-facing stereo speakers. Google also teased the “Turbo Charger” Qi charging stand which can allegedly give you six hours of juice after a 15 minute top-up – the battery is a 3,220mAh setup.

Google has confirmed it will run Android 5.0 Lollipop and that this software will roll out to the Nexus 5, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 “in the coming weeks”.

Additionally, the Nexus 6 has not yet landed on the Google Play store and we have no idea of pricing either. However, Google has set up an information page which details a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 quad-core processor clocked at 2.7GHz with an Adreno 420 GPU. The display is listed with a 5.96in size and a resolution at 2560x1440 pixels at 493 pixels-per-inch (ppi). A front-facing secondary camera is rated at 2MP and storage options for the phone include 32GB and 64GB models.

Here are Google's promotional videos for Android L:

Comes With Waterproofing

When the new Nexus products were announced, Google didn’t push the water resistant technology inside the Nexus 6. None of the marketing material from the big G explained whether it would be water or dust resistant, so we here at KYM assumed it didn’t.

Now we’ve heard directly from Motorola that the device does in fact have water resistant protection. Under the “Water Resistance” section on Motorola’s product page it says “Yes” but doesn’t give us what level of liquid it can handle.

Motorola’s Moto X 2014 comes with water-repellent coating that means it can handle a slight amount of splash damage but not full-on immersion. For now we’ll assume the same is the case for the Nexus 6 until we can test it out.

The Nexus 6 will be up for pre-order in “late October”, but you can already sign up to be notified, and The Verge reports pre-orders will actually start from October 29.

Following the Nexus 6 announcement, Motorola has released a statement about its involvement in the phone's production:

"At Motorola we’ve been big believers in Android since the very beginning. We love its power, its flexibility, and how it gives you the freedom to choose the experience that’s right for you. In fact, the only thing that would be better than Android is...more Android. That’s why we’re so excited to have been able to work with Google’s Android team to bring you the new Nexus 6, featuring Android 5.0 Lollipop.

"With Nexus 6, we’ve worked with Google to bring you a bigger phone with more everything. More screen. More speed. More power. And, it’s the best Android experience ever."

Head over to page 2 for all the pre-launch rumours and details from the run-up to Google's announcement

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