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The (thinly sourced) rumor is that Google wants to build a new phone from scratch, a separate project from Nexus



For this to work they only need one little chip that can do what the secure enclave does. They can then require that chip in Android phones. That's a lot cheaper and easier. Then they need to control the manufacturing of this chip, not outsource it to China.


If only they had an OEM to do this, with a plant in Texas....


ARA?


Nope, that's the modular phone. This is talking about a standard phone manufactured by Google.




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