Google’s big event just happened last night, September 29. Together with Chrome cast, Google launched their long awaited Nexus smartphones: Nexus 5X made by LG and Nexus 6P made by Huawei. Let’s see what they have to offer
The Nexus 5X has a plastic casing with flat and smooth back side, full body, non-removable battery. Meanwhile, the Nexus 6P is Google’s first full metal device. The Nexus 5X is more affordable, or in other words, less premium in terms of specs. With a higher price tag, the Nexus 6P
Design-wise, both Nexus smartphones come with the logos of their company and signature “Nexus” elegantly printed on the back cover. Both devices looks very classic and beautiful on the hand, which can be a very nice selling point for Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P
Now let’s move on to see Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P specs:
LG-made Google Nexus 5X specs
| Device | Google Nexus 5X by LG |
| Display | 5.2” Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 1080 x 1920 pixels- Corning Gorilla Glass 3, Oleophobic coating |
| Thickness | 7.9 mm |
| Weight | 136 g |
| Camera | -Rear: 12 MP, laser autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash-Front: 5MP |
| Processor | -Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808-Quad-core 1.44 GHz Cortex-A53 & dual-core 1.82 GHz Cortex-A57 |
| RAM | 2GB |
| Storage | 16GB/32GB (No card slot) |
| OS | Android v.6 Marshmallow |
| Battery | Non-removable Li-Po 2700 mAh battery |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot |
| Color | Black, White, Blue |
| Special features: | USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
Huawei-made Google Nexus 6P specs
| Device | Google Nexus 6P by Huawei |
| Display | 5.7-inch AMOLED display (2560 x 1440 and 518ppi) with Gorilla Glass 4 protection |
| Thickness | 7.3 mm |
| Weight | 178 g |
| Camera | -Rear: 12.3-megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture, IR laser-assisted autofocus and 4K video recording-Front: 8MP |
| Processor | -Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808-Quad-core 1.44 GHz Cortex-A53 & dual-core 1.82 GHz Cortex-A57 |
| RAM | 3GB |
| Storage | 32GB / 64GB / 128GB |
| OS | Android v.6 Marshmallow |
| Battery | 3,450 mAh |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot |
| Color | Black, White, Blue |
| Special features: | Micro USB Type-C connector |
Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P price
I will leave the specs there for you to consider and compare with other flagships on our market nowadays. What we want to mention in this post is how Google decided the pricing for their latest flagships. Take a look at this table telling Google Nexus 6P price around the world:
As you can see, the Nexus 6P price in the US is USD 499. But the same device is sold for around USD 730 (EUR 649) in European countries (France and Germany). Also that exact same device is priced at USD 604 in Hong Kong and USD 620 in Japan. This means many European and Asian users will have to pay up to 1.5 times more expensive than those in the US.
Wow, this obviously does not make many users happy. I wonder what Google thought when they decided the price list that way? Should it be that other parts of the world are not as of priority as the US? Give us a decent and convincing explanation for this, Google!