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Google Nexus 5X smartphone release date set

Google is bringing its newest showcase Nexus smartphones to India today. It’s possible these prices may not be the final ones but do give a hint.

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There are only a handful of similarities between the Huawei Nexus 6P and the LG Nexus 5X. Android 6.0 Marshmallow was released on 5 October and following this launch, Nexus 5P and Nexus 6P will be the first devices to receive this update.

Neither handset has a microSD card slot. Doze will help users save more battery by reducing idle apps in the background.

GOOGLE fired back at Apple on Tuesday with a pair of new smartphones, a “convertible” tablet and other gadgetry ahead of the year-end holiday shopping season. A white border will appear around the sides of the device, informing you that Google is looking for and identifying items being shown on its screen. Gartner analyst Werner Goertz saw the new Google offerings as aimed mostly at the consumer market, and playing catch-up with devices launched by rivals. The Xiaomi Mi4c smartphone weighs 132 grams and measures 138.1 x 69.6 x 7.8 mm. Google also has extra Nexus 6P, 5X covers on the site. It is powered by a 64 bit 2.0 GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with 3 GB of LPDDR4 RAM. Instead the Nexus 5X is a solid, little phone that offers everything that a consumer demands.

The Nexus 6P was listed at a starting price of Rs 39,999 while the Nexus 5X was listed at Rs 31,900. There’s also a dualtone LED flash.

Ensure that your Nexus 5X carries more than 80% of charge. It comes with Fingerprint scanner dubbed as Nexus Imprint. It has dual front-facing stereo speakers for great sound and a good location for watching videos or playing games. It will cost you $500 for the 32GB model. Yes, the Nexus 5X is a better phone for you?

A few might be unnerved by Google analysing what you are viewing on your display, but this is the sort of pre-emptive learning which makes Google’s mobile OS smarter than the competition. It derives power off a 1.8GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 SoC and has 2GB of LPDDR3 RAM unit. The Nexus 6P made a decision to go the v2. The handsets come with a unique 12.3 MP camera with a Sony IMX377. It has a large 5MP FFC for selfies and video chats. The Nexus 5X will let you do it.

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The “C” in the name stands for “convertible” because it features an optional keyboard that doubles as a cover and connects magnetically for laptop-computer style use. The colors available are Carbon, Quartz and Ice. The costliest version of the Mate S also has Force touch integrated into its display. Yes, you can do that with the Nexus 5.

After logging in to your Google account the initial setup in Lollipop and above will let you choose which device profile you want to restore from