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The Nexus 5X vs. the competition: Smaller is still powerful


After last year's unwieldy attempt, Google had to think a little more carefully about how its nerd-friendly Nexus line should work and feel. Rather than just offer one new phone today, Google showed off two -- the Nexus 5X and 6P -- meant for different subsets of people

If last year's Nexus 6 was too big for your hands, this year Google and LG have scaled things back a bit with the Nexus 5X. It sports a more manageable 5.2-inch screen size, while also dropping some new features into the mix like USB Type-C and Nexus Imprint. But are these added bells and whistles e...

The Nexus 6P vs. the competition: More than just big screens


After last year's unwieldy attempt, Google had to think a little more carefully about how its nerd-friendly Nexus line should work and feel. Rather than just offer one new phone today, Google showed off two -- the Nexus 5X and 6P -- meant for different subsets of people.

Nexus flagship phones would be a Huawei-built device called the 6P, and now Google has just made that official at its event in San Francisco this morning. Naturally, the new phone is running the latest version of Android: 6.0 Marshmallow. Surprisingly, the device is a little bit smaller than the Nexus 6 it's replacing -- the Nexus 6P has a 5.7-inch screen running at 1440p resolution. That works out to 518 pixels per inch, an absurdly high ratio that's becoming commonplace on plenty of flagship devices.

Google might not have a new 6-inch handset this year, but fans of larger phones will still be pleased with the 5.7-inch Nexus 6P. It's got a 12.3-megapixel camera, laser-assisted autofocus and, as always, a stock version of the latest Android. But with manufacturers increasingly putting lighter, les...

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That was the message that greeted many Facebook users trying to log in Today's evening "Still occur". It was unclear at publishing time how many accounts and users were affected. The social media leader rarely experiences a site crash and prides itself on its reliability. With some one billion active users (that's according to Facebook), it is one of the biggest sites on the web, and pulls in billions of dollars in advertising revenue.

For the second time in a week, Facebook had outage issues. The giant social network - the billion and some users website began having issues around 8 p.m. EET – Eastern European Time, causing a flurry of angry posts on the other social media networks that were working.

Facebook went down on September 24th for a brief time, much to the frustration of their one billion active users - billion and some active users. That's a lot of advertising revenue to lose for the second time in a week. For now we don't know yet what caused such outage and for a second time in a week. We'll update you when the blue social network went back online.

The leaks continue to flow out of Mountain View-Google, with some some pretty detailed leaks regarding the two new Nexus devices. The latest information on Huawei's Nexus 6P, the larger and presumably the more expensive of the two Nexus devices Google is expected to announce within a week, comes from a public image gallery posted to Imgur, that showcased both the front and back design in some fancy press images.


Today, a leaked presentation has surfaced, which goes further and confirms the design and specs of the bigger 6P, along with the four colors it will be sold in. The presentation was designed for internal training purposes.

First the specs. The slides confirm the Nexus 6P will have a 5.7-inch 2560x1440 resolution display (no confirmation on display tech), metal body, Snapdragon 810 v2.1, 3450mAh battery, 178g weight, front stereo speakers, and USB Type-C connector. The slide also claims faster charging and transfer rates, so Qualcomm Quick Charge might be on board.

The other slides talk about the improved camera, fingerprint sensor on the back, and Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box, which brings with it many features, including Doze that saves battery when the phone is not in use, and app permissions.

The Nexus 6P will be available in 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB capacities in aluminum, graphite, frost, and gold color options, with the gold color being exclusive to Japan initially.

Other than that, we get a good look at the design, including the camera bump at the back, which seen from the side isn't quite severe and only slightly raised. The smaller Nexus 5X also makes an appearance in one of the slides.

There's still a few things we haven't been able to confirm: the price, still unmentioned, and the display panel type, though IPS-LCD seems most likely. Google will announce the Huawei Nexus 6P, along with the LG Nexus 5X (and probably a few other things), in San Francisco on September 29th.