Over the last year, consumers have witnessed Google tie-up with tech-leaders like LG and Huawei to launch their 2015 Nexus phones, LG Nexus 5X and Huawei Nexus 6P, respectively.
Though others might be seeing that Google will continue with its foregoing strategy of partnering up with other manufacturers, some sources are likely to tell otherwise.
To take full control of what Apple does to it devices, this year might not yet be the best time for Google to follow that scheme.
Pocket-lint revealed in its report that although full control over the Nexus might not be Google's plan for this year, the tech-giant is eyeing to be taking a larger control rather, both in hardware and software design. The report also stated that it would be partnering up with HTC to manufacture the two upcoming smartphones.
It can be recalled that the Google-HTC partnership wouldn't be a first for the 2016 Nexus as HTC also manufactured the first Nexus phone, Nexus One, in 2010 and the first Nexus tablet, Nexus 9 last 2014, MobiPicker reported.
As for the release date, Nexus smartphones are usually unveiled together with the new Android OS so it is most likely that the same thing will happen for 2016. Pocket-lint suggested the announcement may come sometime in September and the phones will finally be out by October.
For the specifications of the new Nexus phones, there hadn't been any clear details regarding this information but Pocket-lint claimed that a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor might appear in one of the devices as well as an ID sensor, a USB Type-C and a reliable camera.
According to MobiPicker, the two smartphones will obviously come in different screen sizes, one in a 5-inch display and the other in a 5.5-inch screen, with the latter having the most advance specifications and the former being the more affordable option.