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HTC Might Build Google’s 2016 Nexus Handsets
It built the Nexus One and now it looks as if HTC will return in 2016 to build Google’s upcoming Nexus handsets
HTC is apparently being lined up to build Google’s 2016 Nexus handsets. The company has worked with Google in the past, building the Nexus One as well as the T-Mobile G1, but has fallen on tough times recently after a series of poorly received handset launches.
In 2016 the company is looking to regain its footing in the consumer technology space with the release of a bunch of new products, including a VR headset and some fitness gear — both of which have been getting very positive write-ups of late. We also have a new flagship to look forward to and, potentially, two Nexus handsets.
Android & Me reports that Google has chosen HTC to build 2016’s Nexus range of smartphones. According to the report, which cites sources in China, there will be two handsets: one with a 5in display and one with a 5.5in display. Both will run the next iteration of Google’s Android platform, Android N.
Huawei and LG made last year’s Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X, while Motorola made 2014’s Nexus 6. Prior to that we had two solid years of LG-made handsets. Building a Nexus handset does not guarantee BIG sales, but it usually does quite a bit for a company’s brand appeal in the wider mobile space.
LG and Huawei have both benefited from ties to Google’s Nexus problem. Plus, one could argue that HTC’s early success in the Android space — the company used to dominate things back in the day — might have been linked to its close ties to Google and the fact it built the first proper Android smartphone, the G1.
Not much else is known about Google’s 2016 Nexus handsets but we’ll be sure to update you with all the latest information as soon as it becomes available.
09:16, 25 Jan 2016