After months of speculation, Google has finally officially released the Nexus 5! It is available (as rumored) at $349 for the 16 GB model and $399 for the 32 GB model. Both prices are off-contract, of course. The short version of the specs are that the Nexus 5 has a 1080P screen, a Snapdragon 800, 2 GB of RAM, an 8 Megapixel camera with optical image stabilization, and many bands of 4G LTE.
This looks like a great Nexus phone, the best Google has ever built. This will sell like mad, so order one as soon as possible if you are getting one. I might get one, but I’ll have to sell my Google Play Edition HTC One first. The full specs of the Nexus 5 are as follows:
- Screen – 4.95″ 1920 by 1080 display at 445 ppi made of Gorilla Glass 3
- Camera
- Rear – 8 Megapixel lens with optical image stabilization
- Front – 1.3 Megapixel lens
- Audio
- Built-in speaker
- 3.5mm stereo audio connector
- Dimensions and Weight
- Dimensions – 69.17×137.84×8.59 mm
- Weight – 4.59 ounces (130g)
- Battery
- 2300 mAh battery with wireless charging
- 17 hours of talk time **
- 300 hours of standby time **
- 8.5 hours of Wifi browsing with 7 hours of browsing on LTE
- 60 hours of audio playback
- Processing
- CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 800 at 2.26GHz
- GPU: Adreno 330 at 450MHz
- Wireless
- Dualband WiFi (2.4G/5G) 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
- NFC with Android Beam
- Bluetooth 4.0
- North American Network Bands
- 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
- Rest of the world’s network bands
- GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- WCDMA: Bands: 1/2/4/5/6/8
- LTE: Bands: 1/3/5/7/8/20
- Sensors
- GPS
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Compass
- Proximity/Ambient Light
- Pressure
- Hall
- Ports, Connectors, And Buttons
- microUSB charging/syncing port
- SlimPort™ enabled
- 3.5mm stereo audio jack
- Dual microphones
- Ceramic power and volume buttons
Google’s battery life testing information: Testing was conducted by Google using preproduction Nexus 5 devices and software. Talk time tests used default settings with WiFi off and LTE on. Standby time tests used default settings with LTE on and WiFi connected to a test access point. WiFi internet tests had Airplane Mode on with WiFi connected to a test access point, while loading three popular websites cached on a local server. The Nexus 5 loaded a page, waited 40 seconds, and then loaded a page from the next site. LTE internet tests had WiFi off and LTE on, and used the same testing method as the WiFi internet tests.
Source: Google, Nexus 16 GB, Nexus 5 32 GB
