Google is finally getting serious about selling its own phones

Google is holding an event October 4 where it will almost certainly announce new phones, just like every other fall. But something is different this time around: Google is actually hyping them up like proper flagships. (Oh, and they'll probably bear the Pixel brand, not Nexus.) Nexus phones are always some of the most powerful around, but they have never been huge sellers. The phones often weren't available from US carriers, and as such have never been as popular as models from the likes of Samsung. For a company with the clout of Google, you'd expect better. But this year, the…

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