The Android-gossip consensus is that we'll see a Nexus 5 running Android 4.4 KitKat revealed on Tuesday, yet we've heard of no confirmation or official invites to any unveiling.
Whether the big debut of the next pure Google phone has been pushed
back or not, there's one killer feature I expect to see in the next
Nexus that hasn't been directly addressed by the multitude of leaks -- the touchless control capability we've already come to know through Motorola's Moto X and latest Droids.
Voice control assistants like Google Now and Apple's Siri didn't
revolutionize our relationships with our devices and the wider digital
world overnight, but Google continues to play the long game on the
concept. With touchless control, Motorola and Google upped the ante in
the quest for that holy grail of Silicon Valley buzzwords that means
nothing to most normal humans -- frictionless user interaction.
By my estimation, it's no coincidence that Google-owned Motorola
rolled out touchless control on its flagship phones in advance of the
consumer release of
Google Glass.
Just as the original iPhone introduced iOS, established a cultural
comfort level with touch-based interaction, and paved the way for the
success of the
iPad
and a whole new way of computing, Google surely hopes touchless control
will act as a societal primer for a brave new world in which we all walk
around communicating and accessing data by talking to our glasses.
A no-brainer?
Given all this, it seems like a no-brainer to me that Google would include touchless control as a key feature in its next reference-design Nexus device. According to Motorola, the secret sauce behind touchless control in the Moto X is its "X8" computing system that features "two low-power cores" that are always listening for the user's voice to give the "OK, Google Now" command to activate it.
Given all this, it seems like a no-brainer to me that Google would include touchless control as a key feature in its next reference-design Nexus device. According to Motorola, the secret sauce behind touchless control in the Moto X is its "X8" computing system that features "two low-power cores" that are always listening for the user's voice to give the "OK, Google Now" command to activate it.
Teardowns of the Moto X reveal that the
"X8" is essentially a Snapdragon-based custom system on a chip
consisting of four GPU cores, a dual-core CPU, and then the two
low-power cores. The Snapdragon 800 that the Nexus 5 is rumored to be
based on is a different animal, but as GigaOm points out, the hardware should be natively capable of running touchless control.
That's
because the Snapdragon 800 has basically incorporated the same
always-listening capability that Motorola custom-built into the X8 --
Qualcomm calls it "voice activation." Right now there are three phones
on the market running the Snapdragon 800 -- Samsung's Galaxy Note 3, the Sony Xperia Z Ultra, and the LG G2, which is rumored to be what the LG-made Nexus 5 is based on.
The waiting game
On the Note 3, Samsung's S voice is not as impressive as Moto's touchless control; it's built to work best with Samsung's native apps rather than Google's. Sony's Xperia Z Ultra isn't sold by any U.S. carriers, and Sony's own marketing makes no mention of voice activation capabilities, while the LG G2 uses third-party software called Voice Mate for the same functions, which CNET's reviewers found to be nearly useless.
On the Note 3, Samsung's S voice is not as impressive as Moto's touchless control; it's built to work best with Samsung's native apps rather than Google's. Sony's Xperia Z Ultra isn't sold by any U.S. carriers, and Sony's own marketing makes no mention of voice activation capabilities, while the LG G2 uses third-party software called Voice Mate for the same functions, which CNET's reviewers found to be nearly useless.
In
other words, Google seems to be the only Snapdragon 800 client with an
interest in pushing voice activation as a major feature. I'm banking
we'll hear a lot about it at the release of the Nexus 5, but then again,
I've been disappointed in the past -- I'm still a little shocked at the
lack of LTE on the Nexus 4.
So now all we can do is wait.
Before the October 15 date popped up, I was hearing that Nexus 5
availability was more likely to happen closer to the end of the month,
which could make sense for a Halloween trick-or-treat tie-in given the
introduction of Android KitKa
Rumors and leaks that have to do next phone Nexus 5 of Google Inc. made its way to the Internet more than once. And now , here we are with a new leaked images of the same device, but this time, we received leaks from Russia. This new infusion actually identical to the leaks that we 've seen in the last period .
Going back to the previous rumors , it is expected to be announced Nexus 5 along with the Android system KitKat later this month. It is expected that this device comes with a 4.9 - inch screen at a resolution of Full HD, Rear Camera 8 megapixel technology supports to prevent vibration . It is also expected that the device is provided with a Snapdragon 800 processor with 2Gb of RAM and a graphics processor Adreno 330, and to a large extent , these specifications are the highest in the market.
In spite of all this, the most important thing will distinguish this device probably is its low price . It is expected that the Nexus 5 price starts from U.S. $ 300 without a contract , this is half the price of most of the leading smartphones in the market such as the iPhone 5S and Galaxy Note 3 and sold more than U.S. $ 650 . In spite of everything , there is a probability that comes Nexus 5 is also somewhat at a high price given the very strong specifications .
Going back to the previous rumors , it is expected to be announced Nexus 5 along with the Android system KitKat later this month. It is expected that this device comes with a 4.9 - inch screen at a resolution of Full HD, Rear Camera 8 megapixel technology supports to prevent vibration . It is also expected that the device is provided with a Snapdragon 800 processor with 2Gb of RAM and a graphics processor Adreno 330, and to a large extent , these specifications are the highest in the market.
In spite of all this, the most important thing will distinguish this device probably is its low price . It is expected that the Nexus 5 price starts from U.S. $ 300 without a contract , this is half the price of most of the leading smartphones in the market such as the iPhone 5S and Galaxy Note 3 and sold more than U.S. $ 650 . In spite of everything , there is a probability that comes Nexus 5 is also somewhat at a high price given the very strong specifications .
الإشاعات والتسريبات التي لها علاقة بالهاتف
Nexus 5 القادم من شركة جوجل شقت طريقها إلى شبكة الإنترنت أكثر من مرة.
والآن، نحن هنا مع صور مسربة جديدة لنفس الجهاز، ولكن هذه المرة، التسريبات
وردتنا من روسيا. وهذا التسريب الجديد مطابق فعلا للتسريبات التي رأيناها
في الفترة الماضية.
وبالعودة إلى الإشاعات السابقة، فمن المتوقع
أن يتم الإعلان عن Nexus 5 جنبا إلى جنب مع نظام الأندرويد KitKat في وقت
لاحق من هذا الشهر. ومن المتوقع أن يأتي هذا الجهاز مع شاشة 4.9 إنش بدرجة
وضوح Full HD، كاميرا خلفية بدقة 8 ميغابكسل تدعم تقنية منع الإهتزاز. ومن
المتوقع أيضا أن يتم تزويد الجهاز بمعالج Snapdragon 800 مع 2Gb من الذاكرة
العشوائية وبمعالج الرسوميات Adreno 330، وإلى حد كبير فإن هذه المواصفات
هي الأعلى في السوق حاليا.
وعلى الرغم من كل ذلك، فإن أهم شيء سوف يميز
هذا الجهاز على الأرجح هو سعره المنخفض. ومن المتوقع أن يبدأ سعر Nexus 5
من 300 دولار أمريكي بدون عقد، وهذا هو نصف سعر أغلب الهواتف الذكية
الرائدة في السوق حاليا مثل iPhone 5S و Galaxy Note 3 والتي تباع بأكثر من
650 دولار أمريكي. وعلى الرغم من كل شيء، فهناك إحتمال أن يأتي Nexus 5 هو
الآخر بسعر مرتفع نوعا ما بالنظر إلى مواصفاته القوية جدا.
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