So, if the rumors are true, HTC will make the 2016 Nexus phones, which I expect will have at least one model with a Snapdragon 820 processor and all the usual bit that Qualcomm delivers alongside it.
That brings the question, given that Qualcomm completed the purchase of CSR, the outfit behind aptX, last August, and all three of the flagship Snapdragon 820-packing phones (LG G5, Samsung S7, and the HTC 10) have incorporated aptX (which CSR/Qualcomm do say has to happen at the device manufacturers level, so it's not a requirement from Qualcomm to support the codec), what are the odds that an HTC Nexus phone will?
Bear in mind that no Nexus phone has supported the aptX codec so far as it is considered to be a proprietary technology and Google won't support/pay for proprietary tech, be it codecs or otherwise. I suppose it's the purist approach, which they are fully in the right to pursue, even if I preferred otherwise.
tl;dr version: No Nexus phone supported aptX, if HTC makes 2016 Nexus phone(s) with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (and Qualcomm owns the aptX technologies), what are the odds that Google might support aptX on a "pure" Android platform?
That brings the question, given that Qualcomm completed the purchase of CSR, the outfit behind aptX, last August, and all three of the flagship Snapdragon 820-packing phones (LG G5, Samsung S7, and the HTC 10) have incorporated aptX (which CSR/Qualcomm do say has to happen at the device manufacturers level, so it's not a requirement from Qualcomm to support the codec), what are the odds that an HTC Nexus phone will?
Bear in mind that no Nexus phone has supported the aptX codec so far as it is considered to be a proprietary technology and Google won't support/pay for proprietary tech, be it codecs or otherwise. I suppose it's the purist approach, which they are fully in the right to pursue, even if I preferred otherwise.
tl;dr version: No Nexus phone supported aptX, if HTC makes 2016 Nexus phone(s) with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (and Qualcomm owns the aptX technologies), what are the odds that Google might support aptX on a "pure" Android platform?
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