Sources: Nexus 6P 32GB pre-orders open on September 29th, starting at $499 in US, UK, Ireland, Canada, and Japan, Nexus 5X 16GB starts at $379
[Exclusive] Nexus 6P Will Be Available For Pre-Order On September 29th Starting $499.99 In The US, UK, Ireland, Canada, And Japan — Remember the Nexus 6P?
Context & Ripple Effects
The retail-box leak days earlier had already confirmed the two model names, so this report fills in the last unknowns before launch: the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P branding on retail packaging is now paired with concrete prices and dates.
At $499 for 32GB, the 6P lands well below the $739.99 Galaxy Note 5 Samsung launched through AT&T a month and a half earlier, making Huawei-built Nexus hardware the aggressive value entry in the fall flagship window.
First-order effects
- Buyers in five launch markets — US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Japan — can lock in a large-screen flagship at $499, while the 16GB Nexus 5X opens a $379 on-ramp to stock Android.
Second-order effects
- Rival mid-tier Android makers are squeezed from below: weeks later HTC was forced into a temporary $399 pre-sale promotion on the One A9 before settling back to $499 — exactly the 6P's base price.
- Apple's response ran the other direction: the following year's iPhone 7 opened at $649 for 32GB rather than matching the sub-$500 tier Google now occupies.
Third-order effects
- The flagship market is splitting into two ladders — a value tier anchored near $500 by Nexus hardware and a premium tier above $600 held by Apple and Samsung — a split the later AnandTech review validated by judging the 6P the price-performance sweet spot in the US, even as regional pricing eroded its advantage abroad.
The trend: Android flagships are bifurcating into a roughly $500 value tier led by Nexus devices and a $650-plus premium tier defended by Apple and Samsung, with regional pricing determining who actually gets the value proposition.