Google Cuts The Price Of The Nexus 5X And Nexus 6P Again

Google is once again offering a discount on the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P, which will save you $50 on all models of the phones. With the discount you can currently get the Nexus 5X for just $299 and the Nexus 6P for $449. This will only apply to the U.S. Google Store. It’s unclear how long the discount will last, so if the Nexus 5X or Nexus 6P is the phone you’re after nows the time. 

The Nexus 5X Will Cost You $50 Until The End Of December

Google’s Nexus 5X will be $50 cheaper until the end of December. This deal will be available at Amazon, Best Buy, and of course the Google Store, the $50 discount reduces the price of the 16GB Nexus 5X to $329, and the 32GB Nexus 5X to $379. It’s a good price reduction for a device that’s only been on the market for just 2 months. The Nexus 5X comes with Android 6.0 Marshmallow and has a 5.2-inch 1080p display, a hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 12.3-megapixel rear-facing camera. If you’re in the need of an Android phone you cant go wrong with the Nexus 5X. 

Google To Follow In Apple’s Steps In Building Their Own Mobile Chips

It appears that Google is in talks with chipset manufacturers to design their own processors and other components for future Android devices. Google is interested in following Apple’s footsteps in an effort to make Android “more competitive” at the high end of the market. “The designs enable new features Google hopes to implement within Android software in the next few years, according to people briefed on the discussions.” Apple designs its own A-series chips, allowing the company to optimize them specifically for its own hardware and software. Where as Google relies on third-party hardware, which means it is unable to design its Android code especially for certain components. This means Android isn’t always as efficient and as fast as Google would want it to be. It’s unclear which manufacturers Google is in talks with, but Qualcomm is a likely choose as they are one of the biggest chip venders for Android devices. What do you think of Google doing this ? 

Google Announces The Nexus 6P

Google has revealed the Nexus 6P.The device has a metal unibody design that packs a 5.7-inch Quad HD display, an octa-core Snapdragon 810 processor and comes with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The Nexus 6P also has an 8-megapixel camera on its front, a 3,450mAh battery, and 3GB of RAM. It will be available in 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB variants in aluminum, graphite, and ice white. The Nexus 6P will also take advantage of its native fingerprint recognition and new connectivity options with the finger scanner mounted on its back, and a USB-C port on its bottom edge in place of micro-USB. Nexus 6P is the larger, more expensive option in Google’s new Nexus lineup, which also includes the Nexus 5X.  The Nexus 6P will be available to pre-order today from the Google Store. Prices start at $499 (£449/€649) for the 32GB model, $549 (£499/€699) for the 64GB model, and $649 (£579/€799) for the 128GB model.

Apple’s iOS Is Dominating Google’s Android

Between October and December, Apple’s iPhone took a record 89% of smartphone operating profits worldwide. This compared to Android’s 11.3%, which is a record-low. These are the results of a new Strategy Analytics survey by AppleInsider. For Q4 of 2014, smartphone profits reached $21 billion, which is up 31% year over year. Of that, $18.8 billion was collected by Apple, while Android based suppliers took the rest, $2.4 billion. In Q4 of 2013, iOS and the iPhone represented 71% of all smartphone profits, or $11.4 billion. Android’s take at the time was 30% or $4.8 billion. In January of 2015, Apple announced they had sold a record 74.5 million iPhones during the holiday quarter. At the same time, the iPhone’s market share in the United States overtook Android for the first time since 2012.