After 13 months of service, Google has retired the Nexus 6

After 14 months on sale, Google has quietly retired the Nexus 6

GOOGLE has finally retired the Nexus 6 – the predecessor to the firm's phenomenal new Nexus 6P flagship smartphone.

Google has quietly retired the Nexus 6.

Alongside the roll-out of the Pixel C two-in-one tablet on the Google Store, the US technology firm quietly dropped its 2014 flagship smartphone.

The decision to ditch the Nexus 6 comes weeks after the release of two new Nexus smartphones, the Huawei-made Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X.

In our review of the Nexus 6P, we branded it "the best way to experience Google's stellar Android 6.0 Marshmallow."

The latest flagship Nexus smartphone is currently on-sale in the Google Store with prices starting from £449 for 32GB of internal storage.

Google also sells its new LG-made 5.2inch smartphone, the Nexus 5X, from £304 for 16GB of internal storage.

Both devices have smaller displays than the mammoth six-inch Nexus 6.

Built by Motorola, the sixth smartphone in the Nexus range closely resembled a second generation Moto X and released to showcase Android Lollipop.

 



The Motorola-made Nexus 6 boasted a large six-inch Quad HD display



The Nexus 6 was powered by a 2.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon 805 processor and 3GB of RAM, coupled with either 32GB or 64 GB of internal storage.

The six-inch Quad HD phablet was criticised for its hefty price tag and mediocre 13MP rear camera.

But despite these quibbles, the smartphone still found an passionate audience.

Motorola's Nexus 6 was also the first smartphone compatible with Google's virtual mobile network, dubbed Project Fi.

It is still possible to pick-up a boxed Google Nexus 6 from a number of popular online retailers, including Amazon.

But with the arrival of the Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X – which both ship with Android Marshmallow are fully compatible with the Project Fi network – there seems little reason for Google to keep its year-old phablet around.