The Nexus line is a curious beast. The first of its ilk, the Nexus One, is largely considered to be both a huge success and dramatic failure depending on the context. Catering to both Android developers and purists alike, the Nexus One had, at the time, several major advantages over its competition. Firstly, the version of Android included with the device was completely stock: no carrier bloatware, no vendor skins. It was the first Google-endorsed phone, and was to receive over-the-air updates, ensuring that while it may be surpassed in hardware specs, it would always have the newest software for developers to play with. It also didn’t sell very well. Less than five months after its release, Google abandoned the online-only sales model and the Nexus lineage seemed dead.
But the Nexus Two does exist in the form of the Nexus S and it’s coming from Canada through multiple carriers in both subsidized and unsubsidized forms.
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