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In recent weeks we’ve told you that Verizon’s Nexus 6 would be launching on March 12th, shown you images with Verizon’s branding, and shown you evidence that Android 5.1 comes with VoLTE support baked in. If you’re still skeptical that Verizon Wireless will finally be carrying the Nexus 6 in just a few days, we have some more information for you Verizon fans drooling for more information.
Yesterday on reddit, user Mh1781 posted the above image, which corresponded with our earlier reports that, indeed, the Nexus 6 was coming. We reached out to our very own dude in the know, aka sources close to Phandroid, and they were able to confirm the same information for us as well as provide pricing information. The Nexus 6 will be available for purchase on March 12 at verizonwireless.com, will be available in stores on March 19th, Verizon’s Nexus 6 will run you $249 with a 2-year contract, $699 if you decide to buy the Nexus 6 without a contract, or $29.16 a month on Verizon’s Edge plan. As for color and storage options, only the 32GB Midnight Blue version will be available.
Since Verizon’s Nexus 6 comes with Android 5.1, one can only assume that Android 5.1 Lollipop will be hitting other Nexus devices in a matter of days. Google generally doesn’t release a phone without providing factory images and source code in a timely manner. Fingers crossed Nexus owners.
Thanks Mr D!
People don’t care about this phone anymore. Move along.
you=idiot
You tight. Did I hurt your feelings?
I think you should consult TechGuy1 through TechGuy100 before making blanket statements on behalf of all the people. Come back along.
I’m surprised you even bothered to reply to such a comment.
I agree, google botched it.
Phone is too old. The next Nexus rumors are hitting. However, if Huiwei (or however you spell it) is making, this may age better.
How so?
Jingoistic ‘Murricans don’t want a Chinese-made phone. No way, no how. Korean, Tawainese, or Japanese is OK though.
Then why do the sheep line up every year to buy the latest iPhone?
Only 32GB in the “official” Verizon version, too old (Snapdragon 805 is already showing its age next to the 810 and the new Exynos in the S6), and battery capacity less than the Turbo. I’d rather have seen a new Droid Turbo Maxx with an SD 810, bigger battery, 6″ screen, and 5.1 pre-loaded.
It was available in early-November. 4 months is too old?
Well I was more interested about android 5.1 in the title myself.
Good thing no one cares about your opinion. Move along.
People might not care VZW nexus 6. But people still care about nexus 6 and getting 5.1 soon
At this rate Verizon will have 5.1 first after coming so late to the party.
Personally, I’d rather go with the Turbo over this
How long before the Turbo is updated to Lollipop, if at all?
Probably in the coming months. If you’re that pressed to get the latest and greatest update then go with the Nexus. For everyone else that would rather have a smaller and better device IMO go with the Turbo
$50 more just because it has VZ branding? Sheesh….I’ll get it from Google instead.
Verizon is trying to be like Apple in that aspect. Apple’s “Apple Tax™” is outrageous. So outrageous that Apple uses really old components to keep costs down. You would be hurting of they had two Apple logos on the device..
I’m no fan of Apple but what you’re saying here makes no sense. Apple is mostly cutting edge with their components.
Cutting edge? The same screen that has been in the phone for 5 years? Yes… Cutting edge
Huh? The iPhone 6 has a brand new screen. Look at the reviews it has some of the best contrast, brightness and color accuracy of any LCD. I think the only one that would top it is the GS5 screen (assuming the GS6 is even better).
You’re talking about the iPhone 6 Plus
No. Smaller screens, lower mega pixel cameras, no memory card slot, smaller batteries, cutting costs by not making razor thin bezels like LG (G3) or the motorola phones, just recently adding nfc. The phone would be cutting edge if it was made in 2011-2012
Apple is a couple of generations behind the competition. For one, 1GB DRAM is considered low end like in the Moto G, it’s DDR3 not DDDR4, cheap low end TLC NAND flash memory, LCD instead of OLED, lower quality aluminum and glass, etc. Only thing high end is the sticker shock and Apple raping I mean profit.
i’m glad it’s dropping on VZW, willing to bet all the N6 phones will be updated to all the bells and whistles.
if not, i’m goin’ to take google wireless for a test drive.
as far as all the naysayers, STFU, you don’t own one.
Don’t think all the naysayers really care much. Some of them own Nexus 6’s too, I’m sure.
These features aren’t something unique to the Verizon sold N6. ALL N6s will be recieveing the same update.
Want to like it primarily for the 6″ display, Lollipop and direct updates from Google but after trying it out at the store wasn’t impressed with other aspects of the phone. Hopefully, the Note 5 will have 6″ with smaller bezels to keep physical phone size relatively the same.
updates will still go out when verizon wants. not when google has finished them. this is already evident by at&t delaying updates. Its based on your sim, not IMEI or where it was purchased.
Thankfully you can still flash factory images or update zips as you wish.
So if VZW is only selling the 32GB, does it mean that the 64GB still won’t be in their “system” and I have to find someone with a phone that takes a comparable sim to activate it?
Whatever it means you can just buy it from Google Play and use it on T-Mobile.
You can buy a N6 from anywhere and use it on T-Mobile. T-Mobile’s the only one not trying to gouge you on the price though.
Yes and no. If you don’t already have an active SIM card with them then you’ll have to do the workaround (you might be able to talk a sales rep into doing this for you). If you have an active SIM then you can just use it if it’s a nano or cut it down to nano size if you have a standard or Miro SIM (just Google it).
I just went to the Verizon store and ask them to turn my phone on. they activated it as a non Verizon device it works fine. After it I even edited the database to allow the hotspot to work.
Okay? So I can just cut my VZW Galaxy Nexus sim card and put it on an N6? I don’t mind the work as long as I am aware of any gotchas involved in this.
What it means is that VZW do that stupid trick it loves to do where it starts off with 1 size and 1 color, and then when sales slow, it screws those people by offering 1-2 new colors and the bigger RAM size.
activating a N6 on VZW is child’s play. all you need is an active nano sim or a cutter and an active micro sim. i bought a nano sim on EBAY put it in a micro adapter got it activated on my RAZR MAXX HD then put it in my N6.
Galaxy s6e or this…hmmm!!
GS6E ftw
I’d go with S6 Edge or wait to see Note 5 Edge.
Isn’t the Note 5 Edge quite a ways off?
Rumors are pinning the announcement in Q3 2015…
Couldn’t pay me to use Samsung.
What’s so great about GS6 or GS6E? Glass backing, sealed battery (no longer removable), no microSD slot. Samsung went all Apple-esque and that’s fucking retarded. Oh, and TouchWiz is still POS. I’ll pass. HTC One M9 is the device I would probably look into getting.
This will be announced when the 2015 Google phone drops. Freaking Verizon.
“Verizon’s Nexus 6 will run you $249 with a 2-year contract, $699 if you decide to buy the Nexus 6 without a contract”
Why would you buy a N6 from Verizon when you can buy it for $50 less elsewhere?
Financing, sadly.
Exactly. Some people just don’t understand that not everyone on is able to drop $650 on a phone.
Just wait until the S6 and S6 Edge hit. $650 might suddenly seem “relatively” less expensive.
Thats why you finance directly from motorola and you dont get the bloat in the carrier partition and you dont get the ugly verizon logo on the back.
Not everyone can do that. I don’t like Verizon or contracts, but that doesn’t mean everyone out there is wrong for having to use those options.
It’s not available elsewhere. At least not the 64 gb version.
Say what you want about Verizon, and their late releases (I’ve said a few things myself), but they release things when they are confident that the devices are actually READY to be released. The same people who have been cursing Verizon for being late to the game with the Nexus 6 are the same people who have been complaining that Lollipop is a buggy mess and not ready for primetime. Well guess what, it probably won’t be on Verizon’s Nexus 6 since it debuts with Android 5.1, AND simultaneous voice and data/Advance Calling. Now THIS phone sounds ready for prime time.
“it probably won’t be”.. bwaa ha ha.. nice throwing in the “probably” because you know you are just talking smack right? Stop giving VZW so much undo credit.
I used the word probably because it has not been released yet and therefore I have no idea. Unlike you, and others on these sites, I don’t state points about things that I don’t have facts on and proclaim that my point is the absolute and only truth.
You sound like you work for them. The more likely answer is that they like to delay stuff for no reason, just like they illegally delayed the nexus 7 with LTE for no reason other than to show they dont have to follow the 700mhz C block rules they are legally bound to.
Same with this phone. If you take a nexus 6 NOW into a Verizon store and don’t already have a sim they will tell you they cant just sell you a sim, which is also a violation of the c block rules. Some reps can ‘cheat’ by entering an IMEI from another phone, like a floor demo, but that shouldn’t be necessary if they wanted to respect the rules they are bound to.
I could just as easily say, “You sound like you work for T Mobile,” or any of Verizon’s competitors. You can’t speak on a “more likely” reason as you have no actual facts to back up that claim. I, actually, already own a Nexus 6 on Verizon, and have for quite some time, as I did not want to wait on them. I’m simply presenting another side of the picture. As for the Nexus 7 LTE, it too was not ready for prime time when 1st released. I think Verizon’s certification process may very well be a little overly aggressive, but I do not believe they are deliberately holding things back JUST to piss people off and highlight their own prouducts. And regardless, that doesn’t change my orinal point:The same people who have been cursing Verizon for being late to the game with the Nexus 6 are the same people who have been complaining that Lollipop is a buggy mess and not ready for primetime. Well guess what, it probably won’t be on Verizon’s Nexus 6 since it debuts with Android 5.1, AND simultaneous voice and data/Advance Calling. Now THIS phone sounds ready for prime time…You can’t have it both ways, people.
If anything, he sounds like he works for the FCC. Good for him, seriously.
Don’t work for them either.
I could just as easily say, “You sound like you work for T Mobile,” or any of Verizon’s competitors. You can’t speak on a “more likely” reason as you have no actual facts to back up that claim. I, actually, already own a Nexus 6 on Verizon, and have for quite some time, as I did not want to wait on them. I’m simply presenting another side of the picture. As for the Nexus 7 LTE, it too was not ready for prime time when 1st released. I think Verizon’s certification process may very well be a little overly aggressive, but I do not believe they are deliberately holding things back JUST to piss people off and highlight their own prouducts. And regardless, that doesn’t change my orinal point: The same people who have been cursing Verizon for being late to the game with the Nexus 6 are the same people who have been complaining that Lollipop is a buggy mess and not ready for primetime. Well guess what, it probably won’t be on Verizon’s Nexus 6 since it debuts with Android 5.1, AND simultaneous voice and data/Advance Calling. Now THIS phone sounds ready for prime time…You can’t have it both ways, people.
the Nexus6 already had simultaneous data/voice calling, to begin with… I’m not sure what the difference is.
Supposedly the N6 doesn’t do simul CDMA voice + LTE data, so that’s “new” with VoLTE.
Then again, my source for that is someone who kept contradicting themselves on it…
It doesn’t.
I have the Nexus 6 on Verizon and I can confirm that it does NOT have simultaneous voice and data on Verizon’s network, which was a big downgrade from my Moto X, but when Verizon officially releases it on their network it will.
I was able to browse webpages on my Nexus6 while being on a phone call and having a voice conversation on speakerphone. T-Mobile.
“it does NOT have simultaneous voice and data on Verizon’s network”
Any word on when the 5.1 update is coming?
7 months. Maybe sooner. Maybe later.
bahahaha you’re always one of my favorites on these
Eh, I did want this phone way back when it was announced and I thought Verizon would be getting it around the same time as everyone else.
Sorry, VZW “extensive testing” delays. You know, “extensive testing”?
Or you could’ve just bought it when it was released and used it on Verizon like I have been doing for months.
Or you know some people want to buy it on contract because they won’t be switching to the other crap carriers in their area in the next 2 years.
Yes because that’s the only reason you’d want to buy it outright… Because everyone on unlimited data plans is just hopping and skipping to shared pools of data.
Meh…. tell me about Nova.
PBS is fantastic. Check your local listings. ;)
I got tired of waiting for Verizon and bought an unlocked nexus from Motorola. Inserted the sim from my 6 plus and it works great. Awesome phone.
dangerously within feet at high speed”? I am on a road. I kinda guess cars might pass me. Doh!!!???!!!
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