Android 4.4 KitKat and Nexus 5 release date pegged for October 15th, say Google Launchpad devs
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Google Launchpad is a "two-week boot camp for early stage start-ups helping with subjects including user interface, product strategy & technology, marketing, business development and more," organized with the help of the Google for Entrepreneurs undertaking of the Silicon Valley giant.
It is a place for sharing ideas, so naturally there are peeps from Mountain View over there. Some developers have apparently been told around the workshops and networking events that the release date of Android 4.4 KitKat and, respectively, the Google Nexus 5 (or Nexus 4 2013) phone will be October 15th, not the 14th date the folks from Down Under speculated on before. We can't vouch for the validity of these claims, but there's been enough smoke around an eventual next week release to conclude there might be fire soon.
As for the actual retail release date of the Nexus 5, the devs say nothing was discussed in that regard, so we'd have to stick with the rumor pegging October 31st as the date the phone will pop up in the Play Store, if it gets announced next week indeed. That's when some case makers like Spigen say you can order your Nexus 5 wrapper as well.
The developers did overhear the pricing scheme, though, and were told Google's handset won't be budging over € 300, which in the US will translate to the $300 price of last year's edition we all know and love.
via TechManiacs.gr
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