The Reason Why Nexus 6 Will Lead to Next-Gen Nexus Phone & Beyond: Android Silver Project is Dead

Earlier this 2014 or some months prior to the Nexus 6 release date, the device was rumoured shelved by Google but as it turned out the device was given the green light, will soon arrive and will likely be replaced by another Nexus phone in 2015.

Android Silver grabbed considerable attention when it was dubbed as replacement for the Nexus line of devices. With the Silver project, Google aimed to match the high-end specs and features packed in every iPhone releases.

Google, the reports said, would collaborate with device makers in assembling iPhone rivals that boast of powerful components. In paper, it was a perfect plan to take on Apple - Google gathering the major Android smartphone players to defeat the iPhone 6 and possibly the device's succeeding generation.

But it never prospered as some few months back words leaked out that Android Silver stalled and eventually stop running.

Now it can be told why. According to Re/code, the Android Silver terms laid down by Google proved unacceptable to the likes of Samsung and HTC. These phone makers, the report added, were unwilling to take the back seat and allow pure Android to shine on their devices.

"The program was shelved after lukewarm interest from device makers that didn't want to share its branding with another company or employ such a restricted version of the software," Re/code said on its report.

Fortunately though when Android Silver hit a dead end, Google merely resurrected the Nexus project, which if many reports had been correct was earlier tagged as retired.

The retirement may have lasted forever had Android vendors were more open to Google's Silver initiative. But the project's peril prompted the Internet search giant to simply focus on the Nexus smartphone as its main weapon against Apple's iPhone 6.

And the Nexus 6 ended up a solid challenger. The engine inside is 64-bit and made by NVDIA while the operating is Android 5.0 or Lollipop, which Google said fully supports mobile computing in the 64-bit environment.

Also, like its iOS 8 nemesis, Lollipop was given a more simplified and flatter interface without compromising beauty.

Yet the best part is the massive 5.9-inch Nexus 6 screen profile that dwarfs over the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus. And despite its bigger front panel, the Nexus 6 is only slightly larger compared to the 6 Plus thanks to its nearly all-screen face that eliminated the need for a physical home and other navigational keys.

Release date or global rollout of the Motorola-built Nexus begins in the first week of November 2014.