Another year, another update to Android. While Google has gotten better at delivering a compelling experience on its mobile OS, it's hard to say the same about its attempts at rolling out flagship phones.
As someone who has owned every single Nexus from the Galaxy Nexus all the way up to the Nexus 5X, it's sad to see the company lose its way. The Nexus logo emblazoned on a smartphone used to imply cutting edge hardware at a reasonable price, along with the first OS updates for the best Android has to offer. Not any more.
For starters, let's talk about the company's choice of manufacturers. Since the inception of Android and the Nexus line, we've seen HTC, Samsung, LG, Motorola, and Huawei all take a stab at what Google envisages to be the paragon of the Android smartphone experience. It's as if Google executives draw names out of a hat annually.
Without a single hardware maker working on and iterating on the Nexus line year on year, it's tough to maintain a sense of consistency, and next to impossible to communicate a concrete road map of what to expect.
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