A few of the key specs of the upcoming HTC-made Nexus smartphone, codenamed “Sailfish”, have surfaced on-line courtesy of @evleaks. The leakster right now shared the construct.prop file from the smartphone on his official Twitter web page, which confirms a number of the handset’s specs.
Based on the construct.prop file shared by Evan Blass, the “Sailfish” or S1 as it’s recognized internally at HTC can be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 quad-core 64-bit SoC. The show measurement is predicted to be round 5.2-inches, going by the pixel density worth of 420. Because the Sailfish is predicted to succeed the Nexus 5X, it is going to be no totally different from its predecessor on the subject of display measurement and determination. We will additionally see quite a lot of references to a fingerprint sensor, which is something however a shock because the function is beginning to turn into fairly widespread even on mid-range units this yr. If rumors are to be believed, the fingerprint sensor on the Sailfish will probably be positioned on the again, identical to the LG-made Google Nexus 5X.
Its greater sibling, codenamed “Marlin” might be powered by the exact same Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset as properly, though we wouldn’t be stunned if it finally ends up being powered by the newer and extra highly effective Snapdragon 821 chipset when it’s made official later this yr. Some reviews even recommend that each the Sailfish and Marlin shall be powered by the newer Snapdragon 821 chipset and never the Snapdragon 820. It can additionally sport a bigger 5.5-inch display with 1440 x 2560 Quad HD decision.
Based mostly on no matter information has cropped up on-line thus far, it seems each the Sailfish and Marlin will function an aluminum unibody design and shall be similar to the Google Nexus 6P within the digital camera division. On the again, each smartphones are anticipated to function a 12MP main shooter. For selfies, the 2 2016 Nexus smartphones will supply an 8MP snapper on the entrance. The 2 units may even supply 4GB of RAM, no less than 32GB of onboard storage, and a USB Sort-C port.