Andre Yoskowitz
31 Oct 2013 20:00
Google officially announced the Nexus 5 earlier today, following months of leaks that revealed the hardware, its specs and its price.
The flagship has a Full HD IPS 4.95" 1920x1080 display (445 ppi) protected by Gorilla Glass 3, runs on the brand new Android 4.4 KitKat and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 at 2.3GHz, 2GB RAM, and an Adreno 330 GPU.
Additionally, the phone weighs just 4.59 oz, has a premium glass design, a 1.3MP front facing camera, an 8MP rear facing camera with Optical Image Stabilization, a 2,300 mAH battery and wireless charging capabilities.
The LTE-capable device also has dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4G/5G) 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, NFC (Android Beam), Bluetooth 4.0 LE, and a micro USB port with SlimPort enabled for full connectivity options.
Google has priced the device a bit above its predecessor, the Nexus 4, (understandably given the specs), and the 16GB model costs $349 while the 32GB costs $399. The device is available in black and white/black.
Last year's Nexus 4 launch proved to be a disaster, decimating Google's servers and making orders almost impossible for days. By the time you could place an order, the shipping time was almost two months away, unless you were lucky. Today's launch was much better, but it doesn't appear Google had too much in stock, or demand really was as high as it appears. Shipping times are now showing as "leaving the warehouse in 2-3 weeks" for 32GB models and "3-4 weeks" for 16GB models.
Get your orders in here: Google Nexus 5 at Google Play