Google's Nexus 6 Android 5.0 Lollipop smartphone arrives. Specifications.

Google Inc. unveiled 3 new Nexus-branded devices Wednesday, signaling plans to compete with Apple Inc. for high-end consumers.

Google’s new Nexus 6 smartphone, Nexus 9 tablet and Nexus Player set-top box are priced slightly below, or in line with, competing devices from Apple. That’s a departure for Google, which in the past has priced new models significantly less than Apple products.

Google also said it would introduce a new version of its Android operating system, dubbed Android L, for Lollipop, next month.

Google said all three new devices can be pre-ordered online later this week. The phone will be sold in 27 countries and in stores in November.

At 5.9 inches diagonally, the Nexus 6 is larger than Apple’s new iPhone 6 Plus, which measures 5.5 inches. It will sell for $649, compared with $749 for the iPhone 6 Plus. Last year, Google introduced the Nexus 5 at $349. Full specifications right below.

More doing, less charging

Get up to 6 hours of use from only 15 minutes of charging.* With a large 3220 mAh battery, you get over 24 hours of use from a full charge.

More epic shots

An f2.0 lens and 13 megapixel camera with optical image stabilization capture great photos in daylight and low light. Using advanced computational photography technology and HDR+, the pre-installed Google Camera does the heavy lifting so you can effortlessly take great photos.

Specifications:

OS

Android™ 5.0, ®

Screen

5.96” 2560x1440 QHD AMOLED display (493 ppi)

16:9 aspect ratio

Gorilla Glass 3

Rear Camera

13MP with optical image stabilization

Dual LED ring flash

f/2.0 aperture

4K video capture at 30fps

Front Camera

2MP

HD Video Conferencing

Size

82.98mm x 159.26mm x 10.06mm

Weight

184g

Color

Midnight Blue, Cloud White

Network

North America:

GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz

CDMA Band Class: 0/1/10

WCDMA Bands: 1/2/4/5/8

LTE Bands: 2/3/4/5/7/12/13/17/25/26/29/41

CA DL Bands: B2-B13, B2-B17, B2-29, B4-B5, B4-B13, B4-B17, B4-B29

Rest of World:

GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz

CDMA: not supported

WCDMA Bands: 1/2/4/5/6/8/9/19

LTE Bands: 1/3/5/7/8/9/19/20/28/41

CA DL: B3-B5, B3-B8

Audio Output

Dual front-facing speakers

CPU

Quad core Krait 450 CPU 2.7GHz (Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 SOC)

GPU

Adreno 420

Wireless

802.11ac 2x2 (MIMO)

Bluetooth 4.1

NFC

Memory

32GB & 64GB

Ports

Micro USB 2.0

Nano SIM

3.5mm audio

Sensors

GPS

Accelerometer

Gyroscope

Magnetometer

Ambient light sensor

Barometer

Battery**

3220mAh

Standby time (Ambient Display on ) up to 250 hours

Standby time (Ambient Display off) up to 330 hours

Internet use time (Wi-Fi) up to 9.5 hours

Internet use time (LTE) up to 10 hours

Talk time up to 24 hours

Video playback up to 10 hours

**Testing was conducted by Google using pre-production Nexus 6 devices and software. Talk time tests used default settings with Wi-Fi off and LTE on. Standby time tests used default settings with LTE on and Wi-Fi on. Wi-Fi internet tests had Airplane Mode on with Wi-Fi connected to a test access point, while loading three popular websites cached on a local server. The Nexus 6 loaded a page, waited 40 seconds, and then loaded a page from the next site. LTE internet tests had Wi-Fi off and LTE on, and used the same testing method as the Wi-Fi internet tests.