Google Officially Unveils Nexus 5 with 5-inch Screen, Android 4.4 KitKat

Posted on the 01 November 2013 by Nrjperera @nrjperera

After months of speculations, rumors and leaks, we can now finally take a look at the official Nexus 5. Google has officially announced the next generation Nexus smartphone with LG, which comes with a massive 5-inch display and Google’s latest Android variant, Android 4.4 KitKat.

Nexus 5 Full Specs -:

  • Display - 4.95-inch 1920×1080 Full HD IPS (445 ppi) display with Gorilla Glass 3
  • CPU - 2.26GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor
  • GPU - Adreno 330, 450MHz
  • RAM - 2 GB of RAM
  • Internal Storage - 16GB or 32GB
  • Camera - 8MP rear camera and 1.3MP front facing camera
  • Battery - 2300 mAh
  • Dimension - 69.17×137.84×8.59 mm
  • Weight - 4.59 ounces (130g)
  • Others - Wireless Charging, Dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC

With those impressive specifications, Nexus 5 comes in a pretty standard design and offers a talk time of up to 17 hours. Folks over at Tech Crunch says that this is “by far the smoothest Android experience” they’ve had. All thanks to the latest Android KitKat sweetness. Although, they have also noticed few minor issues with the phone including the camera which has crashed constantly when trying to open it. Still they say the device experience felt like Nexus 4, the Moto X, and HTC One combined.

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Nexus 5 is now available in black and also white colors. And costs $349 and $399 for 16GB and 32GB models and it’s now available on Google Play.

[Source: Google ]
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