In the same way that Droid is a Motorola brand. Officially, Droid is a Verizon brand, and Nexus is a Google brand, but other companies make the phones. In the c

In the same way that Droid is a Motorola brand. Officially, Droid is a Verizon brand, and Nexus is a Google brand, but other companies make the phones. In the case of Nexus, half of the models were made by Samsung.