@evleaks: There is no Nexus 6, alludes to Android Silver

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@evleaks: There is no Nexus 6, alludes to Android Silver

After hints of the Nexus 6 and Nexus 8 turned up in Chromium code the other day, this newest rumor might come as a surprise to many of you. @evleaks, otherwise known as Evan Blass, dropped a bombshell of a tip this afternoon after tweeting that there will be not be Nexus 6 to follow up last year’s Nexus 5.

There is no Nexus 6. Farewell, Nexus. [discussion: http://t.co/dMTT3g393q]

— @evleaks (@evleaks) May 16, 2014

You may remember rumors from earlier this year that said Google would be killing off the low-priced Nexus line, only to be followed up more recently by whisperings that Google was working with OEMs on a new project called Android Silver (think Google Play edition devices). @evleaks followed up Nexus farewell tweet with another mentioning there was a silver lining to the story. See what he did there?

Don’t worry, there’s a silver lining to this cloud…

— @evleaks (@evleaks) May 16, 2014

I guess the real news is that previous rumors stated the death of the Nexus line and Android Silver wouldn’t debut until next year. If @evleaks sources are correct, this would date Android Silver making its debut later this year with no Nexus to replace the Nexus 5.

Of course, none of this was confirmed by the usual leaked images but as always when Mr. Leaks talks, the tech world listens.

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