It’s been 10 years since Google released the Nexus 6P, the last phone to bear the Nexus name before the Google Pixel followed it in 2016. Usually, a phone turning 10 is nothing more than an opportunity to wax nostalgic about a beloved device from the past. I think the Nexus 6P is different because a decade later, we’re still feeling the ripples of the splash this phone made, from its incredible camera to its timeless design.

The Nexus 6P isn’t any old Google phone. It’s the start of where Google’s devices are today, the Facehugger to the Pixel’s Xenomorph — a proto-Pixel.

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