Nexus 5 Packs 2.3Ghz Snapdragon 800, 5-inch Display
Google has finally put us out of our misery and confirmed the Nexus 5.
After countless leaks, Google has finally made the next phone in its Nexus line of handsets official. Instead of holding a big, glitzy event, Google decided to announce the phone via a blog post published on its official Android blog.
Thanks to the numerous leaks we've had over the last month or so, the Nexus 5 and its specs come as no surprise. The Nexus 5 is an LG made phone and Google says it's the slimmest, fastest Nexus phone yet. It packs a 4.95-inch 1920x1080p full HD display (though Google is calling this a 5-inch phone), a quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU clocked at 2.3 GHz, support for 4G/LTE and dualband WiFi, wireless charging, a 2300mAh battery, and an 8-megapixel camera with Optical Image Stabilization. There's also a 1.3-megapixel camera up front for video calling.
Of course, the big news is that the Nexus 5 will ship with Android 4.4, also known as KitKat. KitKat packs improvements to the phone application, as well as a new Hangouts app, a new camera shortcut on the lockscreen, support for third-party cloud storage in the Gallery application, and hands-free voice search.
What is surprising is that though rumors pointed to a November 1 launch, the Nexus 5 is actually available today. Priced at $349 off contract, those living in the U.S., Canada, UK, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan and Korea can buy the phone right away.
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I've been dealing with this rather awful thing for a long while now, waiting for the Nexus 5. It's going to be a nice upgrade.
Seriously, you're saying this as if the screen is noticeably short of being a full 5" diagonal measure. The 0.05" (less than 1.3 mm) that the author seems to have a problem with Google's rounding up is less than the thickness of a dime. Not really a big marketing ploy on Google's part.
Now, if you're fishing with a buddy and the 19" fish he caught is described as "about two feet long" then you've got a bit of a meaningful rounding error.
The Snapdragon 600 in my Galaxy S4 already gets uncomfortably hot and drains the battery in a few hours. It 2600mAh and lasts long enough for my purposes but I wouldn't want anything that drains faster.
The Snapdragon 600 in my Galaxy S4 already gets uncomfortably hot and drains the battery in a few hours. It 2600mAh and lasts long enough for my purposes but I wouldn't want anything that drains faster.
Not quite. My SGS4 GP Edition lasts about 2 days on it's old battery and 3-4 days on an extended battery. It's all in the software optimization, and pure Android devices (like Nexus, or GP phones) are pretty good at that.
It'll work with AT&T... Verison is the only carrier a Nexus device won't work with.
It'll work with AT&T... Verison is the only carrier a Nexus device won't work with.
No, I mean they don't let you get away with wifi only because I really don't need a data plan.
Network
2G/3G/4G LTE
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
CDMA: Band Class: 0/1/10
WCDMA: Bands: 1/2/4/5/6/8/19
LTE: Bands: 1/2/4/5/17/19/25/26/41
Confusion? These specs are from this page: https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_5_16GB_Black?id=nexus_5_black_16gb
I didn't think phones usually supported both GSM and CDMA on the same exact device, I always thought it was one or the other per model(ex. A CDMA model and a GSM model).
Exactly. Screw google pushing their google drive on us so they can scan our files for advertising algorithms and charge us directly for more storage capacity.
You are condoning this kind of behavior if you buy this phone.
You also might want to get a phone that allows you replace a $20 battery that will be significantly degraded in one year.
You don't know the trick for that? When it comes time to upgrade, say you don't want to pay for a data phone and want a "dumb"phone - it should be free, even though it'll use your upgrade; any phone with a SIM card that you don't have to pay for data with will work.
Then you aren't paying for a data plan, and you can just take the SIM card out of that phone and plunk it in whatever phone you like.
You don't know the trick for that? When it comes time to upgrade, say you don't want to pay for a data phone and want a "dumb"phone - it should be free, even though it'll use your upgrade; any phone with a SIM card that you don't have to pay for data with will work.
Then you aren't paying for a data plan, and you can just take the SIM card out of that phone and plunk it in whatever phone you like.
I thought AT&T would find out and slap a data plan on your contract? I currently use a dumbphone.
I've done it for years with T-mobile and they've never put a data plan on me. They can't tell what phone you have through your SIM card - and as long as you block/are careful with your data usage and don't do the thing for which data plans are now mandatory (racking up $1000s in data charges then pleading ignorance and threatening to go to the press), you're fine. I know people who do it on AT&T, as well; works a treat. If you aren't sure about it, you can always pick up a used smartphone like the original Galaxy S for dirt cheap - often free on craigslist.