Nexus 5/6 2016 release date

OnePlus 3 - June

OnePlus has carved out an interesting niche for itself with the OnePlus 2 and OnePlus X, selling high-quality phones at much lower prices than you'd usually expect. Originally, OnePlus only sold phones to people with an invite, but it has since removed that restriction for its current phones. With any luck, the same will hold true for the OnePlus 3, but I wouldn't be surprised if its initial launch was still limited to a strict invite-only system.

So, what can we expect? Well, early rumours point to the phone having a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chip, 4GB of RAM and a huge 3,500mAh battery, which should mean better battery life and super fast performance. I'm also expecting OnePlus to stick to its 1,920x1,080 resolution display. Recent renders of the phone don't show the expected fingerprint reader, so there's a chance that this has been removed or simply integrated into another button.

More difficult is trying to work out when it's going to launch. So far, OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has said that it will launch by the end of Q2 this year, so that means June at the very latest. That's not long to go, so I'd expect OnePlus to announce official details about the phone very shortly. 

Nexus 5/6 2016 - October

This one's a little funny, as it's always hard to tell what Google is up to with its own-brand phones and we're not always guaranteed to get a like-for-like upgrade every year. However, it feels as though Google got into its stride last year with the 5.2in Nexus 5X and the 5.8in Nexus 6P, both replacements for older handsets. So, what will 2016 bring?

So far, it seems the internet has decided that HTC will be making the new Nexus phones. HTC, of course, made the excellent Nexus 9 tablet in 2014, so it's definitely got a good track record when it comes to making great Nexus devices.

Otherwise, little is known about the devices themselves apart from their general code names. This year, the new Nexus phones will be called Marlin and Sailfish during development, making them easier to track until Google give them both official names. And, of course, we're almost 99% certain that the new Nexus phones will come with the next version of Android. Read our Android N 7.0 hands on review to find out all the latest features. Google usually launches its new Nexus phones in October, too, so a October 2016 luanch seems like a safe bet for these new phones.