Everything you wanted to know about Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P - new smartphones by Google

Today, Google introduced an updated line of Nexus smartphones. Dave Burke (Dave Burke), vice president of engineering, in his fluent presentation read from the stage practically everything that was known as early as Sunday, and introduced the 5.7-inch Nexus 6P and 5.2-inch Nexus 5X.

Nexus 6P

As expected, the result of collaboration with the company Huawei. Novelty has an anodized aluminum and in three colors: white, gray and dark. 5.7 inch 2560 × 1440 WQHD AMOLED display due to thin frames took around 74% of the front part of a smartphone, leaving space for 5 megapixel front camera and stereo speakers.

Updated Dave cameras focused on. Smartphones received 12.3-megapixel sensor from Sony, you can use that will double click on the lock button. Due to the size of 1.55 micron pixels, the camera 6P should cope well with the conditions of low light.

It's an amazing camera.

At the presentation there were many comparisons with the iPhone, and, when it came to shooting the evening, the smartphone Google was better than expected. It is hoped that this is indeed the case, because, given the aperture f / 2,2 iPhone camera, get a championship is not so difficult in this aspect.

Was not spared another strong side of iPhone - shoot slo-mo-video. Here 6P is not far behind and provides frame rates up to 240 per second. The same goes for recording 4K-video. In addition, there was a strange mode of "Photo Series": smartphone makes consecutive pictures at 30 frames per second, then one can make SIFCO or choose the best.

Separately, Dave told about a new fingerprint sensor the Imprint, which will be integrated into the system at the program level, and thanks to a special SDK to it can access developers.

According to Burke, for storing the fingerprint takes only a few seconds, and recognition takes place in less than 0.6 seconds. In addition to its primary function, Imprint similar to the Touch ID can be used to quickly make payments.

Smartphone is built on a platform with a 64-bit processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2.1 2 GHz and graphics Adreno 430 and RAM, the new product already 3GB, and even LPDDR4 standard. In addition, the new Nexus have received an auxiliary co-processor, which monitors motion sensors and accelerometers. Thanks to this smart know when you their picks up, and automatically turns on the screen and display Ambient-screen with the most important information, which, through the use of AMOLED screens, virtually consumes energy. Incidentally, the battery capacity at Nexus 6P is 3450 mAh.

Also, the new Nexus have received port USB Type C with Enhanced Data Rate and fast charging. Price new items will start with a mark of $ 499 for the version with 32 GB.

Nexus 5X

second novelty almost everything repeats Nexus 6P and is perceived as a slightly smaller version of it. The screen is less than half an inch, and the battery is 20% more than its predecessor, and for exactly the same number of smaller flagship 6P. Its volume is 2700 mAh.

Instead of aluminum here Soft-touch-plastic in three colors: Carbon Black, Sports White and Ice Blue. The rest is all the same as in the 6P, except for time-lapse shooting only at 120 a / c. This stems from the weaker Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 808 with a frequency of 1.8 GHz and graphics chip 418 Adreno. Furthermore, Nexus 5X completed only 2 GB of memory LPDDR3 standard.

Price trends in the basic version with 16 GB of 379 dollars, a 32-gigabyte model will cost $ 429, and the start of sales of both smartphones scheduled for October. Holders of the new Nexus will also receive three months of Google Play Music free use.

If desired, for an additional $ 69 for Nexus 5X and 89 dollars for Nexus 6P can be issue year warranty extended Nexus Protect, which covers even the occasional drop devices. In this case, you simply replace the smart phone during the day.

Android 6.0 Marshmallow

At the presentation we spoke mostly about previously announced system functions. And yet we talked about a couple of new features that will delight Android-smartphone users.

First - Now on Tap - adds a context into the system. Works with any Android-application and allows, for example, a discussion place for dinner in WhatsApp quickly find and book a restaurant that is mentioned.

Another interesting change in voice assistant - the emergence of Voice Interactions, which developers can deploy their applications. This will ensure that the dialogue not only for system functions, but also for third-party solutions.

In addition, the system has a Doze mode, which detects when the phone is inactive, and translates it into sleep mode to save power.

Updates will reach the Nexus smartphone during the week.

What do you think about upgrading Nexus line? We look forward to your impressions in the comments.