Sometimes I can't help but sigh—Japan really is an antiqueMobile phonesA paradise for enthusiasts—even machines from twenty years ago, like the previously released Sharp W-ZERO3, can be delivered in a nearly brand-new condition.

Recently, I have been receiving the Nexus series: all boxes are complete, 95% brand new, even brand new and unopened, all ready to use right after booting.

Nexus was once my favorite. Since 2010, Google has partnered with one manufacturer each year to create the "reference answer" for Android: starting with HTC's Nexus One,HuaweiThe 6P ended with six years, eight phones, and four tablets. I focused on my phone, picked up six of them, and also picked up the ASUS Nexus 7.

There are also regrets: the first two models—HTC's Nexus One and Samsung's Nexus S—were never released in Japan, and decent condition cannot be found on eBay. Fate hasn't arrived yet, so let's leave a keepsake for now.

The other six departments have all met their ideal expectations:

Galaxy Nexus (Samsung, 2011): The first Android to throw away physical keys, the starting point of the Holo aesthetic
Nexus 4 (LG, 2012): 9Cost performanceBombs; That glass backdrop looked like a sky full of stars, and also like a storm of information from The Matrix—so both black and white were taken away

Nexus 5 (LG, 2013): First launched on KitKat, Snapdragon 800 priced at only 9, a legendary device
Nexus 6 (Motorola, 2014): 6-inch 2K giant screen, a gentle giant that overdoes the effort

Nexus 5X (LG, 2015): The leader in USB-C and fingerprint recognition; I spent a year as the main engine, and my feelings were the deepest
Nexus 6P (Huawei, 2015): The only all-metal product in the entire lineup. Only by holding it among the plastic pile do you understand what premium feel really means. It was also a swan song

The Nexus 7.7 tablet line is a 7-inch tablet, and at 9, it's a bargain for tablets. Later, tablets took up all the numbers 7, 9, and 10, so phones had to be called 5X and 6P—I always joke: when the numbers run out, the series is finished too.

In 2016, Google made its own Pixel and kept getting better, with prices matching those of the iPhone. Value for money and geek spirit, it stayed in the five letters Nexus.