Google plans to sell the Nexus 6 smartphone as a 'traditional'

The latest Google Nexus smartphone is larger and faster than any model that has so far been revealed. But the Nexus 6 is also the most expensive Google launched to date, with a starting price of 649 euros for an unlocked smartphone smartphone. This decision led many fans to believe that Google was crazy and there was no way they spend so much money on the Nexus 6.

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But, here's the news: Google would not really intend to sell the Nexus 6 how he sold the last Nexus smartphones . This is not a phone that will sell its manufacturing cost, but rather as a flagship smartphone, similar to what Samsung, LG, HTC, Motorola or do. If you do not want to pay 650 euros, it will go through an operator ...

While all major US mobile operators will sell the smartphone, we can expect that Google adopted the same principle in France. In other words, you just have to take a 2-year subscription to your favorite operator, and you can walk away with the Nexus 6 for a few hundred euros.

As noted CNET, this is the first time a Nexus smartphone will be available in five major US mobile operators to launch . This makes it so that the first Google Nexus really positioned as a competitor to the iPhone, Samsung Galaxy or another high-end smartphone.

Historically, Nexus smartphones have been developed to showcase the software and hardware aspects, to show the latest vision of what a Google Android smartphone could (and perhaps should) be. In some ways, the Nexus 6 "follows" the trend, and it would have been stupid that Google does not launch a smartphone with a big screen. If you still want a smartphone with a smaller screen, the Nexus 5 last year is always a good option.

Nexus 6 often out of stock on the Google Play Store
But while the Nexus smartphones are designed to appeal to developers and fans of Android and perhaps inspire other manufacturers, they do not usually end up on store shelves next to the latest high-end smartphones.

The new Nexus 6 could break the principle of Google to date: selling smartphone in abundance on its own platform . While Google seems to be turning to mobile operators, more traditional sales model could allow the Mountain View giant to generate more revenue.
So maybe we should not be surprised that the Google Play Store often displays a break stock for the Nexus 6 ... That's what happened shortly after its launch in the US this week. It is likely that Google had only a limited released for sale appliances number.

Personally, I'm still a smartphone that can acquire naked without needing to go through a mobile operator. I hope that companies like Xiaomi or OnePlus continue to innovate in this area, even if Google changes its strategy.
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