Re: Motorola Nexus 6/Nexus X/Shamu
Something doesn't sit right here... If this was, indeed, a Nexus device, then it would most likely not have that big ol' Motorola logo sitting there... it'd be a Nexus/Google logo... I know it is easy to change, but there's not a lot of benefit to that.
Personally, this screams to me to be Android Silver v2.0... they will be Nexus devices, but the OEM will take a little more prominent role; the HTC Nexus 9, the Motorola Nexus 6 (or whatever). Heck.... for all we know, LG could be readying a Nexus 5 replacement, using the LG G3 Cat 6 (805/420) as its base but with a 5.2" screen and released as the "LG Nexus 5". Yes, they've disavowed all knowledge of doing another Nexus, but they did that with the 5, so I wouldn't put much weight into those comments.
I mean, there have been tons of rumors of a 5.2" device kicking around, benchmark numbers that have popped up, etc.... why would Motorola and Google go through the trouble of creating a 5.2" version of a 5.9" phone, benchmark it, etc.... and NOT plan to sell it? With rumors of the Nexus 5 going out of production, that leads me to believe that we're going to be getting a PHONE sized replacement. Phablets are all the rage, but the S5/G3/M8 sized stuff is still the workhorse. So there could be another player in the game here.
Seems to me that Google REALLY wants to make a splash with the release of the next version of Android... wouldn't unveiling it running on three killer new devices, cause quite a ruckus? A phone, phablet and tablet Nexus (Nexi? heh)