Nexus 7 Release Date, Specs News: Google Smartphone to Be Developed by LG Again
Before the year ended, Google announced its next-generation Nexus 6 by Motorola.
Back then, the move to work with Motorola was hardly a surprise to anyone as the company briefly became a part of Google. The success of the Moto X and Moto G the year before could have also pushed Google to choose Motorola over other manufacturers.
However, according to a report by Android Origin, Google may be returning to LG Electronics for the upcoming Nexus 7 smartphone. Insiders claimed that several Google engineers paid a visit to LG's headquarters last week.
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According to Korean media, the Google employees checked the Korean manufacturer's LG Display and LG Innotek facilities.
Due to this development, the media believes that this could confirm that Google will return to LG for its upcoming smartphone after allowing Motorola to design its Nexus handset last year.
Meanwhile, the report also speculated that Chinese manufacturer may also be involved in the picture. As a result, there could be two possible scenarios – either LG or Huawei will be given the task to develop the smartphone, while the other would work on the next-generation Nexus slate.
Last year, Motorola announced the biggest Nexus smartphone ever, with its 5.96-inch display and QHD or 2K (2560 x 1440) resolution.
The device was also super fast with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 805 chipset, 3GB of RAM, and 32GB of built-in memory.
The only feature lacking in the device is a better camera, and the 13MP/2MP combo may not have impressed most Android fans.
But with the latest rumor, LG would definitely do its best to make Google stay in their partnership of developing upcoming Nexus devices.
