Motorola's Nexus - possible details on new mid-range Nexus phone

Alex Dobie

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Update, 5/13: Fresh intel suggests this won't be at I/O, if it's even still a Nexus. (There's been some talk that whatever this was might eventually come to market with Moto badging instead.) Again, full rumor mode here, so take with a pinch of salt.

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We're hearing that Moto and Google might well be working on a mid-range Nexus device -- i.e. something not intended to replace the Nexus 4, but a device that's just as aggressively-priced.

Some quick hits --

- A Nexus phone built by Motorola and branded as such
- 4.5-inch screen, likely 720p or thereabouts, very little bezel
- Unknown CPU, 1GB of RAM, 5MP camera
- Composite, interchangeable colored back plates (red, purple, white, pink, green, blue)
- May be advertised alongside the Google Watch, with Google Now support
- Price $199 outright with 8GB of storage

Given the timing of all this, I'd guess this thing is a good bet for an appearance at Google I/O, though we have no specific info on that.

Very much unconfirmed rumor territory for the moment, so treat it as such. (There's a reason this is being posted here and not anywhere more official :))
 
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There's something more official than one of the official authorities posting in the official forums? Can't be!
 

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Cool! Could be something I get for my girlfriend to get her an upgrade to the Wildfire S :). That phone is showing its age hehehe.
 

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Heh, with Google being on their minimalism trend, I wonder why even have space for anything else than apps on a device. I guess that's gonna be a feature for their 'low end' Nexus if they ever come out with one.

Doesn't sound that bad otherwise. Possibly recycling the design from the Razr M/i? Because of the mention of the very little bezel. Now a nice new Nexus 7-2 and a 32GB Nexus 4 and I'm good ;)
 

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We're hearing that Moto and Google might well be working on a mid-range Nexus device -- i.e. something not intended to replace the Nexus 4, but a device that's just as aggressively-priced.

Some quick hits --

- A Nexus phone built by Motorola and branded as such
- 4.5-inch screen, likely 720p or thereabouts, very little bezel
- Unknown CPU, 1GB of RAM, 5MP camera
- Composite, interchangeable colored back plates (red, purple, white, pink, green, blue)
- May be advertised alongside the Google Watch, with Google Now support
- Price $199 outright with 8GB of storage

Given the timing of all this, I'd guess this thing is a good bet for an appearance at Google I/O, though we have no specific info on that.

Very much unconfirmed rumor territory for the moment, so treat it as such. (There's a reason this is being posted here and not anywhere more official :))

Very interested in 4.5 if edge-to-edge like the RAZR i/DROID RAZR M.

Google Watch = a "Nexus"-like version of MOTOACTV?

And ZOMG WHY NOT 128GB OF STORAGE?! SUPER FAIL. (i did it for the lulz)
 

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Its the phone you saw a couple weeks back. It will most likely be shown at I/O as a Motorola device running the Google experience (ex.Xoom). It will have a dual core soc.
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