Finally a substantial HTC Nexus leak, and it looks to be the successor of the Nexus 5X. HTC and Google have kept it super quiet but now we’re seeing what they could have in store.
A source speaking to Android Police detailed one of the two handsets expected this year. The device is codenamed ‘Sailfish’ and will be the lower-end of the two new Google Nexus devices.
According to the source the device will have a 5.0-inch 1920 x 1080 screen, with a pixel density of 440 pixels per inch. Powering ‘Sailfish’ will be a 2.0GHz quad-core processor, 4GB of RAM, rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, USB-C port and 2,770mAh battery.
The rear-facing camera will be 12-megapixels, 8-megapixels front-facing, bottom placed speakers (potentially dual-speakers) and a headphone jack. Internal storage will see adopting of the new unofficial standard of 32GB, with larger capactities not revealed.
From the supposed specs this won’t be the successor the Nexus 6P, more likely the Nexus 5X.
While we enjoy a bit of rumour cake, we should bear in mind this is still just a rumour. Android Police has expressed confidence in their source stating they have been accurate in the past, giving a score of 8/10 in the rumour.
The HTC Nexus leak did not reveal the make of the processor but it is expected to be a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. It was previously rumoured to be the Snapdragon 820, which is the chipset used in current gen top-end devices such as the LG G5, HTC 10 and North American Samsung Galaxy S7. Although the leak reveals a chipset clocked at 2.0GHz, which is clocked lower.
There was no mention of the top-end Nexus device, codenamed ‘Marlin.’ Rumours yesterday point to ‘Marlin’ using a faster Snapdragon 821 chipset (which hasn’t been announced yet by Qualcomm).
A launch is expected this September or October, more leaks will filter through until then. We’ll keep you guys posted.
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Via Android Police.
