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Nexus Rumours: A Nexus for all manufacturers?

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We could be seeing a radical change to the “Nexus” line of devices, just in case the release of the Nexus 7 tablet and the Nexus Q wasn’t change enough for you. A leaked roadmap of upcoming devices for the Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo was released on Japanese site Android Noodles, and there’s a few gems buried in the list.

Among the upcoming devices listed are a Galaxy Nexus II, an LG Optimus Nexus and a Sony Xperia Nexus. If correct this could indicate a complete rethink of the Nexus phone line. Rather than one phone a year being made by a manufacturer chosen by Google, each major manufacturer could have their own Nexus device. We would expect each manufacturer’s Nexus device would be closely based on their flagship device. If so, there’s a good chance that hiding behind closed doors somewhere is an HTC One Nexus and a Motorola RAZR Nexus to round out the three already mentioned. This meshes well with rumors earlier in the year that this year would see the release of multiple Nexus devices.

This would be a great thing for consumers. It would give us a wider selection of devices that come with the guarantee of rapid updates to the latest version of Android. This would be particularly great for all the fanboys of LG, Sony, Motorola or HTC, who have been waiting for a Nexus device in the style of those manufacturers for the last few years.

So what future Nexus device tickles your fancy? Personally the idea of an HTC One X or a Sony Xperia S with the Nexus treatment is pretty close to my Android wet-dream.

Source: Android Noodles
Via: Phandroid

Written by : Bob is a physicist currently working in Milan, Italy, though originally he's from Newcastle. He's been an Android addict for a while now and rarely stops tinkering with any of his devices. His dream is to tinker with his phone long enough to teach it to fetch him a beer.
  • Cam Charles

    im all for this imagine a line up of different price/feature range nexus devices would be great for the platform

  • James Webb

    Android Wet Dream? Really Man? Really?

    • Bob Burgess

      I’ll admit, I find the idea of a One X Nexus exciting. Perhaps more exciting than is entirely appropriate.

      • http://androidaustralia.com.au Josh Berg

        As do I. The One X has an incredible build quality and sometimes makes me stay up at night …

  • Norman Ma

    A Sony Xperia Nexus would totally rock. I’ll take one.

  • Tim

    This is the biggest issue with Android (delays on software and fragmented approach) and I’m honestly surprised Google haven’t jumped on this sooner.

    I’d be a lot more interested in Android devices if wasn’t such a lottery on getting new software straight away.

    Bag Apple all you like but at least I know if an new release comes out I can upgrade straight away.

    If Google could solve this and continue to bring together a unified content portal (Google Play with apps, books, music, TV and movies all in one spot) then they would be a much more formidable competitor.

    Not a hardware issue Google, get your software and content story straight!

    • Cam Charles

      your sort of right and wrong at the same time, the nexus phones in their unlocked state are guaranteed the latest update when google releases it, for as long as the phone is supported, JUST like the iphone, you can safely buy the latest nexus device (unlocked) with the expectation to get the next couple of major version updates as they hit.

      The problem is, for the nexus devices, carriers aren’t in anyway obligated to pass through those updates in any timely manor at all, as is the case with apple/ios, who have said “timely updates or no iphone” to carriers, google havent done this and so we end up with all the carriers tossing about promising this and that and delivering nothing, if google were to crack down on carriers and make them pass through updates in a set time space, the nexus devices would be exactly like iphones in this regard.

      Other devices suffer a “worse” fate in that its first upto the OEM to decide wether to bother with an update or not and then up to the carrier if they bother localising it, but these devices dont promise any updates (if someone does and it doesn’t come thats fraud) nor should you buy one expecting updates, this is downside to the open eco system, we get a large range of different specd devices all with android at their core but those differences and market spread reduce the likelihood of updates, honestly unless you buy a nexus phone you should consider the phone as is with its current version of the OS as the set device your buying with no possibility of an upgrade like you would say a dvd player back in the day, you brought that knowing its current specs not expecting an update despite knowing full well advances would be made, this may sound bleak but its the pay off for such a large range, if ios was suddenly available to all OEMS the same thing would occur unless apple reigned it in (which they admittedly would)

      your dead on about the play store globalisation it needs major work, the itunes store isnt globally equal either but the play store sucks compared to it

      • Bob Burgess

        Another point worth mentioning is that Google is returning to the concept of selling Nexus devices directly through their Play Store. I know the world in general is hooked on two year contracts but a quick look at the numbers shows that in many instances signing up to an expensive two year contract just to get a good phone makes no financial sense (I’ve been planning an article investigating this incidentally).

        But an increase to the range of devices that are almost guaranteed fast updates is a great thing for Android and as well as helping solve the fragmentation problem directly will also go a long way to encouraging the OEMs to be timely about their own updates.

  • http://bryce.se Bryce Adams

    I think we need to set up an 18+ check for articles by Bob? ;)

    • http://androidaustralia.com.au Josh Berg

      This just might be in order. ;-)