From CNET: If you're in the market for a bargain you can currently pick up a new carrier-unlocked Google Nexus 6 on eBay for just $299 (which converts to £195 or AU$425), or for $349 (£230 or AU$495) on Amazon.com. If you were to purchase the same 32GB model phone directly from Google it would cost $500, £369 or AU$669 -- and that's with a hefty discount on the original price already applied.
The price drop, spotted by Android Police, comes ahead of an event next week in San Francisco, where Google is expected to launch two new Nexus phones. The first will be a smaller Nexus made by LG and the second will be a larger model made by Huawei -- the first ever Google-branded device from the Chinese smartphone giant.
The new phones will introduce Android 6.0, aka Marshmallow, the newest version of Google's mobile operating system software that powers millions of phones and tablets. Nexus devices are traditionally the first to be updated to the latest version of Android, suggesting that if you manage to get your hands on a cut-price Nexus 6 you'll be able to download Marshmallow sooner than other Android phone owners out there.
Nexus phones don't sell anywhere near as well as top models such as Samsung's Galaxy products, but they carry outsized influence by setting an example for what Google hopes Android should be like. Early adopters and developers often like their "pure" Android software, less cluttered than the customised versions that more mainstream Android phones use, and for the fact that Google keeps them current with prompt Android updates.
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