Report: Android hits November 1, newest Nexus tablet coming mid-October

BY GreenBot Staff

Published 24 Sep 2014

th all the ione 6 hoopla, must be eager to get its newest Nexus devices Android /a> out into the wild. If another rumor is to be believed (this time from Android Authority), we could see an HTC-built Nexus tablet by October 16 Android on November 1.

The story behind the story: typically unveils its newest Nexus hardware to showcase a major Android update. Nexus phones tablets run an unskinned version of Android, free of hardware carrier bloat, are free from carrier lock-ins. partnered with Asus on the first two generations of the Nexus 7 tablet, but all rumors indicate that this time it’s HTC’s turn.

A whale of a phone?

th HTC making the newest Nexus tablet, we may soon hear more about the follow-up to the Nexus 5. is reportedly partnering with Motorola on a whopper of a phone, a 5.9-inch phablet codenamed Shamu

 could go with an enormous device, given there are plenty of non-supersized Android phones out there, but it’s hard to see something close to the Galaxy Mega held up as the latest greatest of Android. Some rumors put the newest Nexus phone at a more modest 5.2 inches.

Regardless of the specifics, we are definitely getting close to seeing how is going to step up its game in the face of record-setting ione sales. Though iOS 8’s troubles could leave an opening in the minds of many who had thought about aboning their larger Android-powered devices for the not-so-bendproof ione 6 us.