Google Nexus to herald a big screen era

Google's Cheryl Pon shows off the new Google Nexus 7 tablet at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The Nexus 7 will ship in mid-July starting at $199 — the same price as the Kindle Fire. By contrast, iPads start at $499. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

It looks like global smartphone makers are betting on bigger screens in 2015 and Google cannot be far behind.

Google’s next flagship Nexus phone could be a huge 5.9-inch model called “Shamu”.

According to media reports, Motorola is currently collaborating on a new device with Google.

The device is in test phase now and should be released in November this year. The new model will also have a fingerprint sensor.

With Taiwan-based HTC testing a 9-inch Nexus tablet, code named “Volantis”, this new development means that Google has two Nexus devices up its sleeve now, reports added.

The hardware and screen size of the final Google product could change based on test results.

This article has been corrected for a factual error.