Google planning to work with multiple OEMs for the next Nexus

[dmapr]

Google is planning on working with multiple OEMs, as many as five, for the next Nexus phone, reports The Wall Street Journal. The phones will all come with the next version of Android (Jelly Bean), will be sold unlocked directly to the customers and will be out by Thanksgiving in the US, just before the holiday season.

Google planning to work with multiple OEMs for the next Nexus - GSMArena.com news

[RadioRaiders]

I don't understand this. How can a "Nexus" phone be made by (for example) 5 different companies? Will it be the same exact phone (design, specs, hardware, etc.) just made by different companies? Or will they be 5 completely different phones, just all with the same name?

[dmapr]

I don't understand this. How can a "Nexus" phone be made by (for example) 5 different companies? Will it be the same exact phone (design, specs, hardware, etc.) just made by different companies? Or will they be 5 completely different phones, just all with the same name?

My guess would be you'll have an HTC Google Nexus, Samsung Goole Nexus, etc. The hardware is likely to be different to some degree, but the software (with the exception of hardware-related differences) will be the same.