Nexus 6 ‘Coming Soon’ To Verizon Wireless
The Nexus 6 is “coming soon” to Verizon Wireless customers. The smartphone has been available through AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile. Verizon has been reportedly quiet about selling Google’s Nexus 6 until now. On Tuesday, the wireless carrier teased that the device is finally coming to its network.
Verizon’s website features a banner, advertising the Nexus 6 is “coming soon.” The banner only pops up when you search for the Nexus 6 on the Verizon Wireless site. When you click on the banner, you’re invited to register your email to receive future updates about the Nexus 6 smartphone.
Verizon Wireless is finally selling the Nexus 6 in the coming future. It’s not clear when the mobile carrier plans to sell the smartphone on its website. This is great news for both customers and Verizon Wireless. It will give users another way to buy the Nexus 6, which is still in limited availability, according to Android And Me. It’ll also give customers a way to get the Nexus 6 on a subsidized or Verizon Edge installment plan.
Google first unveiled the Motorola-made Nexus 6 in October 2014. Photos and specs of the device leaked out onto the Internet, according to a report on the Inquisitr. The search giant also began selling the “phablet” version in November. The Nexus 6 was the first handset to include the Android 5.0 Lollipop OS out of the box. Google said that the Nexus 6 was only available through four major U.S. carriers like AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular. It seems like things are changing, now that the Verizon is offering the Nexus 6 on its site soon.
Verizon hasn’t posted any information on its site in regards to the Nexus 6. Its message of “Coming Soon” is enough for Verizon customers to want to the purchase the phone in the near future. Those who are looking to upgrade their phones will have to wait until Verizon Wireless officially sells the Nexus 6.
The Google Nexus 6 has a 5.9-inch, 2560 x 1440 Quad HD display with a pixel density of 493 pixels per inch (ppi), according to Tech Times. It runs the latest version of the Android 5.0 Lollipop OS that everyone wants to get their hands on. The Nexus 6 is also powered by a 2.5GHz quard-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor, Adreno 420 GPU (graphics processing unit), and 3GB of RAM, according to the report.
It includes features like a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash, OIS (optical image stabilization), and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. This Nexus 6 phone will provide users with up to 24 hours of battery life on a full charge, according to Google.
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