Best Buy has the "Matte Gold" Google Nexus 6P at $50 off, throws in $25 gift card

posted by Mihai A. / Feb 09, 2016, 3:10 PM

Ever since late last month, Google and Best Buy have been offering the "Matte Gold" version of Huawei Nexus 6P at a $50 discount, but now it looks like Best Buy has decided to include a $25 gift card with each purchase.

Both the 32GB and the 64GB version of the golden Google Nexus 6P are included in this offer. Overall, you'll have to pay $449 or $499, depending on the version. Google offers the phone at the same price, but without the additional $25 Best Buy gift card, which is valid with both online and physical store purchases and doesn't have an expiration date.

At a starting price of $449 and with a $25 gift card included, the Google Nexus 6P is a rather attractive purchase for those looking for a premium phablet and have an inclination towards gold-colored handsets.

As you'll notice by heading over to our detailed Google Nexus 6P review, we found the phablet's strong points to include an all-metal build with a unique design, a stock Android 6.0 Marshmallow implementation with the promise of timely updates by the end of 2017, a smooth performance ensured by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset and the 3GB of RAM, as well as a responsive fingerprint scanner.

On the downside, we noted that there's room for improvement when it comes to the camera, the display, and the battery life.