2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
Google today unveiled updates to its Nexus line of smartphones. Dave Burke, VP of Development, in his quick presentation read from the stage almost everything that was known back on Sunday, and presented the 5, 7 "Nexus 6P and 5, 2" Nexus 5X.
Nexus 6P
As expected, this is the result of the company's cooperation with Huawei. The novelty has received an anodized aluminum body and three colors: white, gray and dark. 5.7-inch 2,560 × 1,440 WQHD AMOLED screen, thanks to thin bezels around it, took up 74% of the front of the smartphone, leaving room for a 5-megapixel front camera and stereo speakers.
Dave paid special attention to the updated cameras. Smartphones received 12.3-megapixel sensors from Sony, which can be used by double-pressing the lock key. With 1.55 micron pixels, the 6P's camera should handle low light conditions well.
It's an amazing camera.
At the presentation there were many comparisons with the iPhone, and when it came to evening photography, the Google smartphone was, as expected, better. We can only hope that this is actually the case, given the f / 2 aperture of the iPhone's 2 cameras, it is not so difficult to get ahead in this aspect.
Another strong point of the iPhone has not been spared - the shooting of slo-mo-video. The 6P keeps up here and delivers up to 240 frame rates per second. The same goes for 4K video recording. In addition, a rather strange "Burst of photos" mode appeared: the smartphone takes pictures in a row at a speed of 30 frames per second, after which you can make GIFs from them or choose the best one.
Separately, Dave spoke about the new Imprint fingerprint sensor, which will be integrated into the system at the software level, and thanks to a special SDK, developers will be able to access it.
According to Burke, it only takes a few seconds to memorize a fingerprint, and recognition occurs in less than 0.6 seconds. In addition to its main function, Imprint, by analogy with Touch ID, can be used to make payments quickly.
The smartphone is built on a platform with a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2.1 processor with a frequency of 2 GHz and Adreno 430 graphics, and the new product has 3 GB of RAM, and even the LPDDR4 standard. In addition, the new Nexus received an auxiliary coprocessor that controls motion sensors and an accelerometer. Thanks to this, smartphones know when you pick them up and automatically turn on the screen and display the Ambient screen with the most important information, which, thanks to the use of AMOLED screens, practically does not consume energy. By the way, the battery capacity of the Nexus 6P is 3450 mAh.
Also, the new Nexus received a USB Type C port with increased data transfer speed and fast charging. The price of new items starts at $ 499 for the 32 GB version.
Nexus 5X
The second is almost identical to the Nexus 6P in almost everything and is perceived as a slightly smaller version of it. Here, the screen is half an inch smaller, and the battery is 20% larger than its predecessor, and exactly the same amount less than the flagship 6P. Its volume is 2,700 mAh.
Instead of aluminum, there are Soft-touch plastic in three colors: Carbon Black, Sports White and Ice Blue. Otherwise, everything is the same as in 6P, except for slow-motion shooting only at 120 fps. This is due to the weaker Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor with a frequency of 1.8 GHz and the Adreno 418 graphics chip. In addition, the Nexus 5X is equipped with only 2 GB of LPDDR3 RAM.
The price of new items in the basic version with 16 GB is 379 dollars, the 32-gigabyte model will cost 429 dollars, and the start of sales of both smartphones is scheduled for October. Owners of the new Nexus will also get three months of free use of Google Play Music.
Optionally, for an additional $ 69 for the Nexus 5X and $ 89 for the Nexus 6P, you can get an extended two-year Nexus Protect warranty that covers even accidental drops. In this case, you will simply have to replace your smartphone during the day.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
At the presentation, they mainly talked about the previously announced functions of the system. Still, they talked about a couple of new features that will delight Android smartphone users.
The first, Now on Tap, adds context to the inside of the system. Works in any Android application and allows, for example, from the discussion of a place for dinner in WhatsApp, to quickly find and book the restaurant that is mentioned.
It is also interesting to change the voice assistant - the emergence of Voice Interactions, which developers will be able to implement in their applications. This will provide dialogs 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 puts it into sleep mode to save battery power.
The update will reach Nexus smartphones within a week.
What do you think of the update to the Nexus line? We are waiting for your impressions in the comments.
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