Nexus (Google)
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 | 9.4 | 800 × 480 |
Nexus S | Smartphone | Samsung | GT-I9020 / 23 | crespo / crespo4g | Dec 16, 2010 | 579 | 2.3 | 4.1.2 | 4th | 10.2 | 800 × 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 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mark Gurman: This Man Is Explaining Google's Hardware Bet to Android Partners . Bloomberg LP . October 4, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
- ↑ 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. .
- ^ The Register: Google Nexus One Sales after 74 days .
- ^ Google's Eric Schmidt: You can trust us with your data . In: The Telegraph . July 1, 2010.
- ↑ Jessica Conditt: Google opens a new online store for all of its gadgets. Engadget, March 11, 2015, accessed on September 3, 2016 .