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Specs surface for alleged HTCNexus “Sailfish”
June 02, 2025
There is a curious situation going on with HTCand water, namely because in the eyes of many, the company’s ship has long since sailed as far as producing anyprogressively pronounced proportionsofprofits. Still, the10has been the One to get for long-term fans, thanks in no small part to excellent build quality, specs, and all-around fantastic nature. Wading around in the water however, lurks another beep from the deep: a recurring rumor that Taiwan’s foremost mobile maker will be producing not one,buttwoNexus smartphonesthis year.
Today’s leak comes from an exclusive storypublished by Android Police, based on an unspecified source. While the site does caution that the details may not only change, but are possibly not even accurate to begin with, given that September – when Google usually announces new products – is quickly approaching, the timing seems quite suitable for some concrete details to emerge from the digital depths.
HTC Sailfish
The smaller of the two Nexus devices HTCis supposedly producing has the codename “Sailfish”. While some may firstthink of the fledgling OSmade in part byformer Nokia staff members, the name fits in quite well with Google’stypical Nexus naming nomenclature: the GSM Galaxy Nexus was called “Maguro” for example, the Nexus 6, “Shamu”, the Nexus 5X “Bullhead” and the Nexus 6P “Angler”. Heck even the Nexus Player was called “Fugu”.
According to the source, specs and details for the more diminutive device are as follows:
Adding a bit of extra detail and disclaimer,Android Police specifiesthat,
The above makes reference to the previous codename believed to be associated with the product, T50.
At face value, the specs listed are neither surprising nor are they implausible. As the alleged smaller sibling, the Nexus “Sailfish” will not be able to bring the best, less Google ends up having two clones differing only in size. Perhaps what is more important are the two topicsnotraised by this rumor report, but still hovering around the side: what will the “better” Nexus bring, and what about HUAWEI?
Musings on the “Marlin”
As nothing about the Sailfish exactly screams amazing, it obviously leads one to believe that the Marlin/T55 will be Google’s main offering and true flagship product. It will likely have a Snapdragon 820 or even 821, 4GB or 6GB of RAM, and a QHD display of a larger size. Given that last year’s pair of Nexus devices had decidedly different design details, the question is raised as to if HTCwill make two products of a similar nature but with different internals, or if both will have intrinsically different looks.
To be fair, creating two separate Nexus devices – from a design perspective – would mean more work for the design teams than were the Marlin just a larger Sailfish. Such potential creativity might also conflict with a recent report that Google has taken more aggressive management of Nexus product design. Last year’s products were produced by two different companies but this would be the first time two Nexus smartphones were created simultaneously by a single OEM.
How about HUAWEI?
There is also the matter of HUAWEI to consider. Several weeks ago, the company made it no small secret aboutcurrently working on a new Nexusdevice. Given the pervasive nature of HTCleaks however, it is entirely possible that HUAWEI is developing a new Nexus tablet, especially since it -unlike HTC- has a number of such products already on the market and thereby would have a considerably easier time making such a device, at least with respect to manufacturing and design.HTC, on the other hand, has only not put out three tablets: the Flyer and Jetstream released back in 2011, and the Nexus 9 released in 2014.
Still, anything is potentially possible. In theory there is no reason that HUAWEI could not be producing the larger Nexus device and perhaps HTC’s second one is the tablet. Or maybe the very rumor that HTCis making two Nexus smartphones is, in and of itself, not correct. At the end of the day however, HUAWEIhasmade it clear it’s making a Nexus this year while HTChas not, so that is something to consider.
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