![]() It’s definitely inconsistent, and the response on Google+ seems to reflect this: a few people get really great battery life and a few people can barely make it through the day. However, on the day of writing it has improved considerably, leaving me with 33% rather than 10-15%. For the first 6 days of using it I found it to be awful, to the point where it barely lasts my usual 7–16 daily routine of tweeting, messaging and listening to music. This is definitely the worst thing about this phone. The latter certainly look more pretty, but a bit oversaturated in places.Īn inside close up with artificial light and HDR+. I’ve included both normal and HDR+ versions. I took a selection of shots which you can see below, but unfortunately I did not have the ability to experiment with low light shots. They’re crisp and the colours are vibrant. While it’s not a mind-blowing camera, it’s now far beyond what you need to shoot with a smartphone and the photos look good. While I haven’t seen that much of a change with the front camera, the back camera is a big improvement over both my Galaxy Nexus and my Nexus 10. There’s a 1.3MP camera on the front and an 8MP camera with optical image stabilisation at the back. Since the screen is clearly visible outside at this time of year on 10% darkness, I’d also imagine it’ll produce no visibility problems in the summer either. The screen is also unreasonably light, so you’ll probably end up keeping it at 5–10% (or even 0% in dark conditions, where it can still be too bright) instead of automatic brightness. The narrow screen margins can also cause unwanted touches, but on the other hand keep the size of the phone small. ![]() It’s quite big, so it’s difficult to reach some areas of the screen sometimes. Even then, most of these only depend on how you hold the phone. Even the smallest icons are crisp and the overall display is bright. Even better, the Google Play Store now offers more high-resolution apps than there were back in January when I reviewed the Nexus 10.Īside from being, perhaps, a little bit big, there are a few niggles to be found with it. It’s a 5 inch display with a full HD resolution at 445ppi (pixels per inch) and actually pleasing to look at. ![]() ![]() Let’s start with the screen, as it really is a thing to behold. The screen is probably a highlight of this phone. Overall, the device feels solid, well made and it never creaks. We’ll cover the importance of this in a moment. The rear camera protrudes slightly out of the top-right corner of the device, with the LED flash located below it.įinally, neither the back cover nor the battery can be removed. The back itself is a wonderfully silky and smooth, high quality plastic, with a landscape Nexus logo centrally across it, a tiny portrait LG logo below it and hardly visible legal information. The positioning of the speaker can be a little annoying, as you can cover them with your finger and muffle the sound, especially when holding the phone landscape while playing motion controlled games like Riptide GP2. This is slightly disappointing and at the moment there appears to be a bug affecting the quality of the speaker in some apps, as Android Central confirmed. Even though there’s two grilles at the bottom on the phone, there’s only one speaker, and the other grille is used for the microphone. Perhaps more unusually the speaker is also on the bottom. The volume and power buttons are made out of ceramic, although I’m uncertain of the benefit of this. The power and volume buttons are in their usual places, the headphone jack is on the top and a micro-USB port is on the bottom. On both colour models the sides are black. The Nexus 5 uses the newer Gorilla Glass 3 for the screen, so it’s both tougher and more scratch-resistant than that found on the Nexus 4. On the white version, the speaker is the only thing that stands out, which is helpful as it helps orientate the phone when you take it out of your pocket. It only has a subtle notification light below the screen and a camera, speaker and some sensors above the screen. Like all other Nexuses, the 5 has no branding whatsoever on the front. I ordered the 16GB white version, and it really is a beautiful thing. There are no headphones, but given that most in-box headphones tend to be fairly substandard, this isn’t a massive loss. The Nexus 5 comes with a pretty standard assortment of accessories: a longer-than-usual USB cable, a 1.2A mains plug, SIM card ejector tool and a few booklets. In the article I share my take on Google’s newest flagship Android device. Google recently released its 5th foray into the smartphone space with the Nexus 5 – but what’s it like?
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