The leak storm is finally over, Google
has just made the Nexus 5 official.
The latest Nexus smartphone is
manufactured by LG. It rocks a 4.95"
LCD display with 1080p resolution,
which adds up to a pixel density of
445 ppi. The good news keeps on
coming with the addition of Gorilla
Glass 3 for enhanced screen
protection.
Inside the Nexus 5 is a 2.3GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset
with four Krait 400 cores and Adreno
330 GPU. It's definitely not a slouch
with 2GB of RAM and Android 4.4
KitKat at the driver's seat.
In a traditional Google manner,
internal storage options are either
16GB or 32GB with no microSD card
slot to be found. Below the back
cover sits a 2,300mAh battery, which
isn't exactly the largest we've seen
on a 5" smartphone. However, it
does support wireless charging,
which is cool.
At the back, there's an 8MP with OIS
and LED flash. The camera uses a
1/3.2" sensor and an f/2.4 aperture.
The camera module protrudes a bit
from the rear casing with a LED flash
below it. At the front, there's a
1.3MP camera for video calling, too.
The LG Nexus 5 measures 137.84 x
69.17 x 8.59mm and weighs just
130g.
On the connectivity side, the LG
Nexus 5 has it all - penta-band 3G,
4G LTE, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth
4.0 LE, A-GPS, NFC and even.
The Nexus 5 will be available in the
US and Canada in North America,
the UK, France, Germany, Spain and
Italy in Europe, plus Australia, Japan
and Korea (and coming soon to
India).
The 16GB version of the Nexus 5 is
priced at $349 / €349 / £300, while
the 32GB versions are $400 /€400 /
£340. Sales start tomorrow,
November 1 from the Google Play
Store. Other than the Play Store,
you'll be able to grab one from
Sprint, T-Mobile, Amazon, Best Buy
and RadioShack.
By the way, the Play Store will also
sell accessories for the Nexus 5 -
bumpers and QuickCovers.
Update: Boy, that was quick. The US
Play Store is reporting that the 16GB
Nexus 5s are sold out just a couple
of hours after the launch. If you
managed to snag one, it should ship
by November 8.
Both 32GB versions (Black and
White) are still available, but who
knows how long this will last.
Hopefully, the other retailers will
have more units available.
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