Nexus (Google)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nexus logo

Nexus is the name for Android-based devices by the US company Google Inc. , which were produced by contract manufacturers until around 2016 . The devices are considered to be the forerunners of the Pixel series .

Nexus

Reasons for the Nexus series

In 2008, HTC launched the first Android smartphone, the HTC Dream . Later other manufacturers followed with Android devices and mostly gave them their own user interfaces and pre-installed software. Apart from the hardware, one reason for modifications was that it could be differentiated from devices from other manufacturers. Manufacturers often get money for preinstalled software.

However, the additional software, which runs constantly in the background, makes devices more sluggish - and the energy requirement also increases. In addition, many manufacturers hesitate to update to newer Android versions .

Therefore, from January 2010, Google offered its first smartphone, the Nexus One . For Nexus devices,

  • no software preinstalled other than Google's own
  • given the opportunity to receive future Android versions.

Since new Nexus versions get a new Android version, they also serve as a reference device to present the new software. The Nexus 5X and 6P demonstrated with the fingerprint scanner how this is supported in the Android version 6.0 “Marshmallow”, which was presented at the same time. In addition, app developers with Nexus devices can test applications on a device with the latest firmware .

Manufacturing

Google was n't a hardware manufacturer until it took over Motorola Mobility . Therefore, contract manufacturers manufactured Nexus devices. For this purpose, Google works closely with a contract manufacturer months in advance, since the latest device usually introduces a new Android version. In order not to prefer a manufacturer, which might cause others to withdraw from Android, Google alternates with the contract manufacturer. The previous selection was made by established smartphone and tablet manufacturers such as HTC , Asus , LG or Samsung , some of them several times.

distribution

The first Nexus device was initially exclusively sold directly via a Google website. Due to low sales figures, Google stopped sales in June 2010. The market research company Flurry saw the reason for the low sales figures in exclusive sales only via a website without being able to look at or try out the device beforehand. On the other hand, the then Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in an interview with the Telegraph that Google achieved its goal of promoting the Android platform with the Nexus One and is not offering any other Nexus devices.

As of December 2010, the Nexus S Nexus devices were also sold in stores. Between 2012 and 2015, the devices were also sold through Google's own platform, Google Play . The devices have been sold in the Google Store since March 11, 2015 .

On October 4, 2016, Google published the successor series Pixel .

List of Nexus devices

Surname Device type Manufacturer Manufacturer
number 		Code name Market launch RRP from
(Euro) 		Android version screen
at
market launch 		current size resolution
(Inch) (cm)
Nexus One (HTC Passion) Smartphone HTC Corporation PB99100 / 110 passion Jan. 5, 2010 400 2.1 2.3.6 3.7 09.4 0800 × 480
Nexus S Smartphone Samsung GT-I9020 / 23 crespo / crespo4g Dec 16, 2010 579 2.3 4.1.2 4th 10.2 0800 × 480
Galaxy Nexus (Nexus Prime) Smartphone Samsung GT-I9250 maguro / toro (plus) Nov 17, 2011 679 4.0.1 4.3 4.65 11.8 1280 × 720
Nexus 7 (2012) Tablet Asus 90OK grouper / tilapia June 27, 2012 199 4.1.1 5.1.1 7th 17.8 1280 × 800
Nexus 4 Smartphone LG Group LG E960 mako / occam Nov 13, 2012 299 4.2 5.1.1 4.7 11.9 1280 × 768
Nexus 10 Tablet Samsung GT-P8110 manta Nov 13, 2012 399 4.2 5.1.1 10 25.5 2560 × 1600
Nexus 7 (2013) Tablet Asus K008 / 09 flo / deb July 26, 2013 229 4.3 6.0.1 7th 17.8 1920 × 1200
Nexus 5 Smartphone LG Group LG D820 / 21 hammerhead Oct 31, 2013 349 4.4 6.0.1 4.95 12.6 1920 × 1080
Nexus 6 Smartphone Motorola Mobility XT1100 / 103 shamu Oct 29, 2014 599 5.0 7.1.1 5.96 15.14 2560 × 1440
Nexus 9 Tablet HTC Corporation OP82100 / 2200 flounder Nov 3, 2014 399 5.0 7.1.1 8.9 22.60 2048 × 1536
Nexus Player Multimedia player Asus TV500I fugu Nov 3, 2014 99 5.0 8.0.0 - - 1920 × 1080
Nexus 5X Smartphone LG Group LG H-791 bullhead 29 Sep 2015 479 6.0 8.1.0 5.2 13.21 1920 × 1080
Nexus 6P Smartphone Huawei H1511 / 1512 angler 29 Sep 2015 649 6.0 8.1.0 5.7 14.48 2560 × 1440

  • Nexus One

  • Nexus S (GT-I9023)

  • Galaxy Nexus (Nexus Prime) (GT-I9250)

  • Nexus 7 (2012)

  • Nexus 4 (LG E960)

  • Nexus 10 (GT-P8110)

  • Nexus 7 (2013) (2nd Gen.) (1A019A)

  • Nexus 5 (LG D821)

  • Nexus 6

  • Nexus 9

  • Nexus 5X

Web links

Commons : Google Nexus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mark Gurman: This Man Is Explaining Google's Hardware Bet to Android Partners . Bloomberg LP . October 4, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ Flurry Blog: Report of Google Nexus One Launch Week Sales ( Memento of the original from August 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blog.flurry.com
  3. ^ The Register: Google Nexus One Sales after 74 days .
  4. ^ Google's Eric Schmidt: You can trust us with your data . In: The Telegraph . July 1, 2010.
  5. ↑ Jessica Conditt: Google opens a new online store for all of its gadgets. Engadget, March 11, 2015, accessed on September 3, 2016 .
Google Nexus
Smartphones

Nexus One (January 2010) • Nexus S (December 2010) • Galaxy Nexus (October 2011) • Nexus 4 (October 2012) • Nexus 5 (October 2013) • Nexus 6 (October 2014) • Nexus 5X (September 2015) • Nexus 6P (September 2015)

Tablets

Nexus 7 (June 2012) • Nexus 10 (October 2012) • Nexus 7 (July 2013) • Nexus 9 (October 2014)