the next Nexus Phone from LG?

Posted by Charles Stanton on October 9,

Sources say that Google Inc(NASDAQ:GOOG) will be teaming up with appliance-maker LG for the new Nexus phone. This phone is said to be modeled along the lines of LG’s Optimus G. However, apart from the rumor, there is no further information about the smartphone apart from the fact that it will be a quad-core phone which will be available to the U.S market, for a change. The new phone has not been given a name yet.

However, sources also confirm that the building of a Nexus phone has not been made exclusive to LG. other companies are also making Nexus phones, because the Nexus device has gained a lot of popularity amongst phone-makers. From Samsung, came the Galaxy Nexus as well as the Nexus S, from HTC came the Nexus One, and Asus produced the Nexus 7 Tablet. The Nexus phones, therefore, are quite popular, and they have been popular in the market as well.

Despite a number of quad-core one phones being shipped in 2012, the reason why many of them failed to make a mark in the U.S market was because of the fact that they used the Tegra 3 chip by Nvidia. However, these models do not possess an integration modem for the 4G LTE. U.S carriers naturally, did not want the phones because they wanted dual-core processors. Such facilities are available in phones like   the HTC One X, the Samsung Galaxy S III as well as the HTC Evo 4G LTE. These phones enable dual processors, which in turn, lets the 4G LTE run.

The new phone coming up between LG and Google might be inspired by the Optimus G, but it will have to undergo some changes in order to accommodate the Nexus program into it. There will have to be certain changes in the hardware of the phone. According to the Nexus program, in order to build the smartphone, the Android stock version will have to be shipped to the hardware. The program also demands that the hardware be able to support the Nexus games, and that Google Wallet be able to work properly. The phone should be able to accommodate NFC or Near Field Communication.