The nexus 5 First look: Cheaper, Feature rich and The best steal in the market

The trend of Nexus series mobile phones started with Nexus One and always starts with a New version of Android designed by Google but manufactured by leading mobile phone manufacturers like HTC, LG, Samsung.
Nexus series devices are the first to get the latest versions of Android.
Last year at the same time Google announced a new Nexus phone with LG flagship, the Nexus 4 and this year also there is one announcement of the Nexus 5 with the Google and LG flagship.
Let us see what are the features offered and comparison of the all new Nexus with similar products.

Key Features of Nexus 5 :

4.95 inch Full HD (1920x1080) IPS LCD 445 ppi packed Big screen 2.26 GHz Quad-core Krait 400 (Snapdragon 800 CPU) Android 4.4 KitKat 2GB RAM 8 Mega-pixel primary camera with Optical Image Stabilization 2,300 mAh battery

Hardware Specifications :

Definitely at a cheaper price you cannot expect each and everything new in a device over it's predecessors.
But still there are so many more latest things in the Nexus 5 with the latest hardware specifications.
The best thing in the hardware spec which the author liked the most as in case of the NOTE III is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 CPU bundled with the device; because of the speed that the CPU offers.

Full hardware specification :

DISPLAY: 4.95 inch FULL HD (1920x1080) IPS LCD 445 ppi CPU: Powered by a 2.26 GHz quad-core Krait 400 (Snapdragon 800 chip) RAM: 2GB STORAGE: 16/32 in-built flash memory and no external storage slots available GRAPHICS: Adreno 330 GPU @ 450 MHz CAMERA: 8 Mega-pixel primary camera with Optical Image Stabilization, HDR+, Photo sphere (Introduced in Nexus 4) H/W INTERFACE: 1 microUSB v2.0 port, SlimPort (For HDMI o/p), 3.5mm audio jack, Ceramic Power lock button and the volume rocker buttons, and Micro SIM form factor NETWORKING INTERFACE: WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GPS/GLONASS, NFC, Bluetooth v 4.0 BATTERY: Non-removable Li-Po (Lithium-Polonium) 2,300 mAh

Full review of Nexus 5 in-detail :

Outlook of Nexus 5:
The dimensions of Nexus 5 is 137.84 x 69.17 x 8.59 mm (H x W x T) and it weighs 130 grams which is slimmer and lighter than the previous version of Nexus streamlined devices.
It has a Full HD (1920x1080) display resolution and 445 ppi packed IPS LCD display which is an advancement as compared to the predecessor.


Camera details:

• It has an 8 Megapixels front facing camera with Optical Image Stabilization and Photo sphere.
• Abbreviated as OIS, optical image stabilization is the apparatus, contained within a digital camera or other digital recording device, that compensates in real-time for shaking and vibrating while recording.
  Because OIS is a real-time compensation there is no alterations or image degradation to the image.
• Photo Sphere is a new Android feature that was introduced in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
  It allows for the creation of street view-like panoramic images using the back camera of any device with the correction operating system version.
  It uses the gyroscope to determine the rotation of the camera, and tells the person holding the device to go up, down, left, or right in order to get the needed images.
  Once it has the images, it creates the Photo Sphere.
• It captures 1080p @30fps.
• Secondary camera is of 1.3MP.

Nothing much to be said, but both the primary and secondary camera are OK.


Lets see what's inside the sleek box:

It's obvious that Google has designed the Nexus 5 with a 2.26 GHz Quad-core Krait 400 (Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 CPU). 2GB RAM is more than enough for a hand held device to experience flawless performance. The author has a Nexus 4 and based on the day-to-day usage the above made statement holds true. The Nexus 5 is also the first smartphone to be shipped with the Latest Android version (v4.4) named Android KitKat. It comes with 16 or 32 GB of internal storage, and with a drawback of the fact that it can't be expanded. And of course it has a SlimPort as in case of Nexus 4 that lets you through our display contents to an external monitor.

Comparisons :

Below is the comparison of Nexus 5 and Nexus 4:

Specs	Nexus 5	Nexus 4
Display Size	4.95 inch IPS LCD	4.7 inch IPS LCD
Display Resolution	1920x1080	1280x768
Pixel Density	445 ppi	318 ppi
CPU	2.26 GHz quad-core Krait 400	1.5 GHz quad-core Krait 200
Memory	2 GB	2 GB
Storage	16/32 Static internal memory	8/16 Static internal memory
Graphics	Adreno 330	Adreno 320
Camera	8MP Optical image Stabilization	8MP
Networking	WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GPS/GLONASS, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0	WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GPS/GLONASS, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0
Battery	2,300 mAh Li-Po	2,100 Li-Po

For quick watching here the author has included an embedded link for the Nexus 5 official video from youtube.

References:

The author has referred the following links while preparing this blog post:

Official Google Nexus 5 link Youtube link for Nexus 5 Nexus 5 wiki link Nexus 5 GSM-arena link optical Image Stabilization

Stay tuned to get the latest information.

Author : Modder

I am an embedded software engineer by profession and an advanced Android user who knows a little more than many out there. I work on creating and promoting GCam APK which is a modified APK done to get several extra features on the stock app in Android. Basically this is done using reverse engineering the original app file. I work on publishing about GCam APK Port, custom ROMs and some Linux how-to guides. I use this YouTube Blue APK and the NewPipe APK as a daily Youtube apps.

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