New version of the Nexus 6P hits Geekbench with Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM and Android N

The Google Nexus 6P was one of last year's great smartphone success stories. Built by Huawei, the device packs a strong array of tech. specs including the Snapdragon 810 SoC and 3 GB of RAM, capped by a superb rear-facing camera. Even though it was only rolled out in November, it doesn't take long for modern-day smartphones to begin feeling their age, and already, the 6P has a slew of strong, Snapdragon 820-powered rivals for company. In a real turn up for the books, though, a seemingly new variant of the Nexus 6P has been caught on Geekbench with the Snapdragon 820, 4 GB of RAM and Android N in tow. 

Though it seems that HTC may take the reigns for this year's fleet of Nexus devices, this doesn't necessarily mean that the Nexus 6P won't get a successor, or at least a refresh. With HTC said to have penned a long-term deal to oversee the creation of Nexus devices over the next few years, it was looking likeHuawei's recent '7P' trademark would be the only hope of the Nexus 6P's continuation. But with these specs having checked in through Geekbench, we may not have seen the last of the handset's legacy...Read more