The phone industry’s worst kept secret since the iPhone 6 (Editor - Shhhh, no one knows yet) has officially been revealed, released, revered and reviled over the last 24 hours.
Google’s inevitable Nexus 5 has been on the cards for some time now, with leak after leak occurring straight from Google’s obviously porous HQ, but finally it’s out and here we are to bring you all the details you need to know about the new pretender to the smartphone crown…
Coinciding with the the release of Google's Android version 4.4 software codenamed KitKat, the Nexus 5 promises to be the smartest and most immersive Android experience yet. There might not be queues stretching for miles or midnight launches with frenzie shoppers experienced, but Google’s Nexus 5 has indeed quietly launched, noticeable only by a post on the official Android blog.
Despite forgoing the glitz and glamour of other phone launches, the Nexus 5 has erupted off virtual shelves, already selling out in its American homeland within a matter of hours.
Back in August we detailed the leaked specs of the Nexus 5, and these have turned out to be overwhelmingly true. The Nexus 5 is an LG branded phone packing a 5 inch 1920x1080p HD display (Xbox One take note) display, a quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU clocked at a hefty 2.3GHz and an 8-megapixel camera for all your photojournalism needs.
Despite the increased screen size and better specs, the Nexus 5 is actually smaller, lighter and slimmer than its predecessor, the Nexus 4.
The KitKat update to Android comes packing a whole host of improvements, including a new Google hangouts app, hands free search and more. Android phones and iPhone’s feature sets are beginning to sound more and more alike, it’s enough to question where these machines are going to have to go next to satiate the urge for yet another marketing bullet point.
Enough rambling, the Nexus 5 is priced at $349/£299 for the 16GB model and $399/£339 for the 32GB and is available from today for those living in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Korea and Japan.
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