Strategy, Innovation, Leadership and Security
EVLeaks was the first to proclaim the coming of a red Nexus 5
Google Nexus 5, in red, by LG. pic.twitter.com/tFyBoS0aj1
— @evleaks (@evleaks) January 31, 2014An Android Police (link) informant also provided the usual "non clear" spy shots from Sprint showing the red Nexus 5 promising a February 4 launch.
Image by solarbotics under creative common license
Nexus line by Google is over in 2015 ;) Yes - this line will be replaced by Play Edition (current name, it will be rebranded)
— Eldar Murtazin (@eldarmurtazin) January 27, 2014Eldar has mixed success with his predictions but this is an interesting discussion.
It seems everything we buy these days is disposable, Disposable phones, tablets and e-readers. Imagine my surprise when the master disassemblers at iFixIt.com gave it a repairability score of 8/10.
This means that the average person can easily replace the most common consumable (battery) or breakable (headphone jack) parts. And all of this with basic easily available tools (no esoteric pentalobe screws like Apple).
The Google Nexus has has been selling on the Google Play store for 2 weeks now and most Canadian carriers list it as coming (Telus, Fido, Rogers, etc.) Now we learn that it may finally switch to shipping as early as this Friday November 8.
None of the carriers have confirmed the release date or pricing but we expect it to sell for between $99-149 with a 2 year contract ($499 outright without a contract).
If you mised yesterday's "Breakfast with Sundar" event which launched the Chromecast, the new Nexus 7 and Android 4.3, you can watch it below now.
Enjoy
