Google and HTC will once again partner up for two brand-new Nexus smartphones in the fall. One of those handsets has just made an appearance on Geekbench, revealing many of its key specs and hardware.
Google officially entered the smartphone race with its own Android handset, the Nexus One, in 2010 and the company partnered with the same manufacturer it chose to release the very first Android smartphone, the T-Mobile G1, in 2008. The Nexus One attracted many Android fans because it was designed with the specifications and features Google thought would best show off Android 2.1 éclair, and was guaranteed to receive future Android updates. HTC's added sense of style made it a popular handset.
Back in January, a report sprung up claiming that Google had chosen HTC to build two new Nexus smartphones that would succeed the Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X. The devices were codenamed HTC T50 and T55 and most recently leaked as "Sailfish" and "Marlin."
A smartphone believed to be the HTC Nexus M1 Marlin was just spotted at Geekbench, revealing the smartphone's key specifications. The device is listed as "google marlin" and received a single-core score of 2,084 and multi-core score of 4,969.
The Nexus M1 Marlin will reportedly include a 5.5-inch, 2,560 x 1,440 QHD AMOLED display and run Android 7.0 Nougat, and to be powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, Adreno 530 GPU (graphics processing unit), and 4 GB of RAM.
Recent reports claim the HTC Nexus M1 Marlin will pack in a 12-megapixel rear camera and 8-megapixel front-facing camera for video chat and selfies. Google is expected to offer the unlocked smartphone in a 32 GB and 128 GB internal storage configuration and, like last year's Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X, the Nexus M1 will adopt a USB Type-C port instead of a micro USB.
HTC just announced that its current flagship HTC 10, One M9, and One A9 will all receive an update to Android 7.0 Nougat and while it didn't confirm an actual release date, let's hope that since Google and HTC are working closely together on two Nexus smartphones, HTC gets a head start on delivering Nougat to more Nexus devices in the near future.
As always, we'll keep you updated on any additional HTC Nexus news as it becomes available. Are you looking forward to HTC-built Nexus smartphones this fall? Let us and our readers know in the comments below.
