Google’s plans for its Nexus brand are always the topic of plenty of speculation and rumor, not least because Google’s lack of a pattern makes things hard to anticipate.
Now sources say Google may actually release not one, but two new Motorola-made Nexus smartphones this year alongside the rumored Nexus 9 tablet.
And it reportedly all hinges on how well Motorola’s Moto X+1does, strangely.
The Moto X+1′s performance will determine which version of the rumored Moto S Motorola releases, and in turn that will influence Google’s Nexus plans, these sources told the site.
Triple threat
You see, Motorola is reportedly testing both a 5.2-inch and a 5.9-inch version of the Moto S, and which one it releases may be based on Moto X+1 sales.
The Moto X+1 is rumored to be a 5.2-inch smartphone, but if that proves too small for today’s phablet-gorged phone users then Motorola will opt for the larger, 5.9-inch Moto S as its next device.
Then – and here’s the point – Google may scoop up the 5.2-inch design and brand it as a Nexus device, to go along with the rumored 5.9-inch Nexus X, which is already said to be almost identical to the Moto S of the same size.
Obviously there are a lot of ifs here, but at the same time this seems totally plausible.
Google already confirmed there’s at least one new Nexus device coming this year, but we won’t be surprised if there are actually three.