Google's new Pixel 2 devices are each manufactured by a different phone maker. HTC made the Google Pixel 2 while the larger Google Pixel 2 XL was contracted by LG. However, this was not the plan from the very beginning. A new report shines some light on a canceled device, one that would eventually be released as the HTC U11+ on the morning of November 2. According to The Verge "a source familiar with HTC" confirmed that the very HTC device that was announced early Thursday morning is synonymous with the Google device codenamed "muskie". The muskie was originally intended to be the direct...
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