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hey YouTube this is Dan c4 from the verge and this is the history of Nexus five years ago Google tried a daring experiment it was going to sell smartphones direct to consumers bypassing the carriers altogether that experiment largely failed but it did birds the line of Google designed Nexus smartphones and tablets we know today if you want Android the way Google designed it you're going to want a Nexus smartphone the first Nexus device is the Nexus One designed by Google built by HTC and running Android 2.1 Eclair it was a watershed moment for Android hardware finally giving Android fans something that could compete with Apple's iPhone at the time less than a year later Google followed up with the Nexus S switching hardware partners from HTC to Samsung it launched with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and featured a curved design then in late 2011 the Galaxy Nexus came along with an even more dramatically curved design and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and tongue the Galaxy Nexus was the first Nexus phone with LTE now you had to buy the poorly supported Verizon version to get that Google's next big attempt at changing the smartphone industry came with 2012's Nexus 4 which featured high-end specs and a remarkably low price tag the LG Bilt Nexus 4 didn't have LTE like so many other phones at the time did but it's three hundred dollar price tag meant many people were willing to forget that perhaps the most loved Nexus phones 2013's Nexus 5 which blends the Nexus 4's low price with even better specs and performance and through an LTE two years later the Nexus 5 still holds his own against many smartphones and is often referred to as the pinnacle of Google's Nexus program then in 2014 Google took a different approach it went big big in size big in specs and big in price the six-inch Nexus 6 was made by Motorola and still Dwarfs many other smart phones it also heralded Android 5.0 lollipop the first major design update to the system since 2011 the Nexus 6 and $650 price put off many longtime Nexus fans however which we're hoping the company would return to its low price high performance strategy that brings us to today where Google has launched not one but two Nexus smartphones at the same time the Nexus 5x is a spiritual successor to the Nexus 5 built by LG has a smaller display and is priced under $400 the Huawei made Nexus 6p is like the Nexus 6 big brawny powerful and priced higher both run Android 6.0 marshmallow and will beacon the flagships of the android world for the foreseeable future Google didn't kill the carriers in the Nexus program they're still alive and well but it did create something for the fans the diehards the Android nerds that want the best with no compromises if you want to live fully in Google's world there's no better way to start than with a Nexus phone