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.

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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:

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5 November 2013 at 10:56 delete

What your view about 2300 mAh battery?
Is it enough for such big screen and processor???

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5 November 2013 at 11:41 delete

See... it depends on the usage, The OS power management design and i believe it really does not rely on The Processor.
I believe the more processing capability you have more quicker the Processor finishes the Job and enters into IDLE mode.

For example the Nexus 4 has a 2100 mAh battery and it has a 1.5 GHz quad core processor, but most of the times when the screen is turned off it enters into DeepSleep mode.
Whenever it requires processing i found that most of the time it runs on 300 MHz speed(Unless until you are going to play some games), because the CPU governor detects that there is not much load on the processor.

Finally Nexus 4 was designed in such a way to maintain the Temperature and Performance in a balanced manner (Thermal throttling).
Find the below link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2144652

Thermal throttling reduces the CPU frequency when CPU temp. reaches to a threshold.

When you will be unlocking these stuffs, then performance of the device may effect battery life.

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5 November 2013 at 11:54 delete

Ofcourse the resolution will effect the battery consumption but not much.

The battery power consumed by a screen is due to the LEDs behind the screen and not the resolution.

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