It's a rectangle with a screen in the middle. Like an iPhone without the button. I didn't need to see a leak to know that, and don't see why this is news. The smartphone market has become really boring in the last few years. Does anyone care anymore?
This doesn't really tell us much, other than that it looks like a phone and seems to run software. There's going to be much more to it than this, I suspect.
"Most other smartphone manufacturers, including the world’s largest, Samsung, use Android but do not actively develop the software, only modify it, relying on Google for primary development."<p>I never really understand this. Surely Samsung has the technical expertise to develop an OS to suit their own hardware?<p>Is it really worth relying on Google to make Android, and then "modify it" to suit their needs?<p>It is clear the benefit of Apple having control over the entire product - why do other large smart phone companies not do this?
Disappointing change of direction by Google. When they started on Android they envisioned phones becoming like PC's (i.e. you would buy the hardware and install whatever software you liked). I realise that phone manufacturers stood in the way of that somewhat but at least they didn't go full Apple, until now.
Happy to see 128GB versions at launch. I like to keep my stuff (including music etc) on my phone and I've had to resort to phones with microSD slots to date. If this is a "sensibly" specced phone, I might skip modding my N5 with 128GB flash.<p>EDIT: appears to also have microSD slot!
Wouldn't having the fingerprint scanner on the back be annoying sometimes? For example, when your phone is just laying on the table and you want to quickly unlock it without picking it up.