Huawei has joined to build a brand new Nexus, but HTC also cooperated with Google named HTC Nexus S1 Sailfish. So there will be one Huawei Nexus phone and the other HTC Nexus S1. Right now the HTC Nexus S1 has been first leaked according to the latest news. HTC S1 will be also the one based on HTC 10 smartphone, but small version.
It’s said HTC Nexus S1 will use 5.5inch 1080p screen, 440PPI, powered by Snapdragon 820 Quad core 2Ghz processor, and it will have RAM 4GB, 2770mAh battery, RAM 32GB, 12MP back camera and 8MP front camera, it support back fingerprint ID, and take USB Type C port. The speaker is at the bottom of the phone and the 3.5mm earphone jack on the top.
We can see the back fingerprint scanner to reflect Nexus S1 doesn’t take the same design as HTC 10. But this is the first time for HTC and Google to create a new phone. And Google wants to keep the similar style as Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P. By the way, Huawei Nexus 7P will be powered by Snapdragon 820 processor, and HTC M1 will come with Snapdragon 821 processor, but the release time will be later. So the price of HTC Nexus S1 will be over $700. How do you feel?