TECHRUMOURS: 2016 Nexus Devices! Or should I say Pixel devices

*All of these are only rumours circulating the internet. Do take it with a pinch (or even more) of salt.

Last year's Nexus, 6P and 5X, were awesome. Great screen, great build, and not to forget one of the best cameras that can be found on smartphones. Though the price point has certainly been increased, it can still be considered as one of the best value phone on the market, offering the highest end specifications (6P) at mid range price. The 5X on the hand, had a smaller screen and a smaller price but retained the same excellent camera as its bigger camera.

Nonetheless both are excellent smartphones ranking among the best throughout the year and are still are up to now. 

Expect the Nexus' of this year to be similarly amazing.

LAUNCH DATE 

As of now, the known date is October 4. Alongside the device would the launch of a new 4K Chromecast and a Daydream VR headset

Source: TomsGuide

DESIGN

Several photos of the said devices have already popped up on the internet. There would be two devices as per last year, this time dropping the Nexus name altogether: Pixel and Pixel XL. (I guess they're taking a cue from their Pixel tablet)

Source: TalkAndroid

As per the name you might have been able to guess which one is going to have the bigger screen size. Pixel would be the one with a 5-inch Full HD screen while Pixel XL would have a bigger 5.5-inch Full HD screen. 

Compared to last year where the Nexus 6P was designed by Huawei, this year HTC is said to be responsible for both Pixel designs.

Source : BGR

The design of the Pixel phones are to be of two-tone with current colours being rumoured to be gray/black, white and possibly an electric blue which is starting to be the colour for 2016. 

Apparently another source also cited that the Pixel smartphones might sport a bit of an ugly backside with half of it being aluminium half being glass. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, i myself am fine with the back design. 

Source: BGR

Fingerprint scanner would be at the same place as last year's phones, ths time there would not be any camera hump. The material used would be aluminium, similar to the HTC 10. 

SCREEN

As stated above, Pixel - 5-inch Full HD 

Pixel XL - 5.5-inch Full HD

Source: BGR

Another leak points towards:

Pixel XL - 5.5-inch QHD/2K Amoled screen

Pixel - 5-inch Full HD Amoled 

CPU

So far what's confirmed is that it will be a Quad-core Snapdragon processor.

The RAM available would be a more than enough 4GB. 

CAMERA

Rumours are coming in pointing towards the new Pixel smartphones using the Sony IMX378 sensors, a 12MP sensor that is supposedly an upgrade to the IMX278, the ones found in Nexus phones of last year and were excellent. 

This should promise even better photos. 

Front cameras are going to be Sony IMX179, 8MP shooters. 

Source: http://www.androidheadlines.com/2016/09/rumor-htcs-marlin-sport-sony-imx378-camera-sensor.html

BATTERY

The Pixel XL is said to have a standard size 3,450mAh battery for its size. 

Pixel is to get a 2,770mAh, slightly bigger than the standard for its size. 

Similar to the previous Nexus, it'll have a USB Type-C port.

AUDIO

OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES

1. Internal storage is to be available in 2 options: 32GB and 128GB. Pixel is to start with at least 32GB as well. 
2. Will be launching with Android 7.1 Nougat

OTHER SOURCES: Techradar, Android Headlines