The Nexus 6P: Google's 'most premium phone'

As expected, the Huawei-produced Nexus 6P has several hardware upgrades from last year's Nexus 6 — Google is calling it its "most premium phone yet." The metal-bodied 6P is 7.3mm thick, backed by a new fingerprint sensor called the Nexus Imprint. It now uses a USB Type-C port; while getting new cables might be an inconvenience, Google claims it can charge the device twice as quickly as an iPhone 6 Plus.

The 6P is equipped with an 8-megapixel front-facing camera and a 12.3-megapixel Sony sensor on the back, which can take 4K video and slow-motion shots. It will be available in frost white, aluminum, and graphite, and pricing will begin at $499. Preorders open today in the US, UK, Ireland, and Japan, and Google will be working with third-party retailers outside the US. The actual phones, meanwhile, will ship in late October.