Sunday, August 11, 2013

Nexus 5 by Motorola? [Rumors] 8/11/13

So rumor has it that the nexus 5 will be made by Motorola. This is not surprising considering they now own Moto. I personally am very excited to see what they are going to do because often I have enjoyed Moto hardware but their locked boot loaders and Moto-interface has been terrible. This has been enough that I have owned only 1 Moto android phone in the past and it was because at the time it was the ONLY android phone available for my carrier. There are certain things I really hope for in the nexus 5:
1. AT&T LTE support. (Please?)
2. Perhaps all the software to be released to the AOSP community? I mean Google now owns the manufacturer as well..
3. The usually expected "ooh" and "ahh" features we love from Google.
4. Price. This is where things can get interesting. Motorola has released really good hardware BUT it was never as cheap as the N4. So the question is, can they give me a super phone at a $300-$350 price point?

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