LG and Google announce Nexus 5-smartphone

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Google has the LG-made Nexus 5 presented. The smartphone has a 5″screen with full hd resolution, runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, and has as its first smartphone to Android 4.4 on board. The phone goes from 349 dollars.

The four Krait 400-processor cores of the Snapdragon 800 in the Nexus 5 has a maximum speed of 2.3 GHz, while an Adreno 330 gpu for graphics tasks. The smartphone has a ram size of 2GB. The screen is an ips-lcd is manufactured by LG itself and has a diagonal of 4.95″ with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. The display is protected by Gorilla Glass 3.

In spite of that the screen is larger is that of the Nexus 4, the housing is barely larger. That’s because LG and Google the bezels have tried to be as small as possible. The phone measures 138x69mm, opposite 134x68mm of the Nexus 4. The battery has a capacity of 2300mAh and the camera has a maximum resolution of 8MP, while it also features optical image stabilization and a single led flash. The front camera has a resolution of 1.3 megapixel. LG has the Nexus 5 is equipped with 802.11 ac wi-fi, bluetooth 4.0, and nfc. The smartphone can also connect to lte networks. The unit weighs 130 grams and measures 69x138x8,6mm.

The Nexus 5 is the first device with Android 4.4, the latest version of Android, which Google at the same time announced. In Android 4.4 there are more changes to the styling of Android. Android 4.4 also comes as an update to the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 models and the Nexus 10.

The name Nexus 5 is not only a reference to the screen diagonal, but it is also the fifth smartphone in the Nexus line of Google, which earlier the Nexus 4, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S and Nexus One fell. Just like the Nexus 4, the Nexus 5 manufactured by LG and based on a recent unit of that manufacturer, the G2.

Just like the Nexus 4 last year Google could have new smartphone is not good to keep that a secret. Advance there were not only the usual rumors, but there popped up a system dump. Also published on the details and marketingafbeeldingen, and Google dropped the unit accidentally see in a video and on the website of the Play Store.

The Nexus 5 comes in november in several countries, including Germany and France. There are versions with 16GB and 32GB storage. The 16GB version costs 349 dollars, while the 32GB version is 399 dollar deposited must be. The Nexus 5 is now also available in Dutch webshops. The price is in the Netherlands for 399 euro, so sign LG.