Nexus 5 leaked

TallPaul_S · 18 Sep 2013 at 12:59

I'm calling fake on that press leak, don't all nexus press shots have the clock time the same as the version of android it's running? On that leaked shot the clock is on 11:54. If the N5 is gonna come with KitKat (I wonder if they'll bundle a free KitKat in with them

) then it'll show 4:40 shurely?

And of course then there's no speaker grills, as someone else noted.

It's probably not far off though.

Aod · 18 Sep 2013 at 13:10

The big camera-surround is dual-purpose. It helps to reduce glare and reflections when taking photos with the camera perpendicular to a light source, and more importantly, it helps you feel when your pudgy fingers are getting into the camera's "danger zone" so you don't accidentally get a splodge o'finger in your photos or videos

grudas · 18 Sep 2013 at 13:13

TallPaul_S said:
I'm calling fake on that press leak, don't all nexus press shots have the clock time the same as the version of android it's running? On that leaked shot the clock is on 11:54. If the N5 is gonna come with KitKat (I wonder if they'll bundle a free KitKat in with them ) then it'll show 4:40 shurely?

And of course then there's no speaker grills, as someone else noted.

It's probably not far off though.

I dont think anyone has seen the bottom of the phone..

TallPaul_S · 18 Sep 2013 at 13:18

grudas said:
I dont think anyone has seen the bottom of the phone..

Was talking about these "leaked" press shots, they show both sides of the phone http://www.gsmarena.com/nexus_5_specs_get_confirmed_as_an_alleged_press_shot_leaks-news-6810.php?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook and there's the shot of the rear in the leaked bar shots.

Although looking very closely at that photo there does seem to be some perforations at the very bottom edge. Maybe just a mono speaker for the Nexus 5?

grudas · 18 Sep 2013 at 13:40

lg g2 - http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Pnq79mknOvA/UeT44ZH0K9I/AAAAAAAAfqA/uGZxbhXgYc8/LG%2520G2.png?imgmax=800

so if lg is to base and by the looks of it they are going to base it on g2 or at least take a few bits of it.. speakers will be at the bottom

sarge78 · 18 Sep 2013 at 14:34

The large camera unit probably houses the OIS. Shame its a tiny lens + 1.1um pixels though, wonder if Goole have saved money by selecting the 8MP variant again? Hope not...

_Jimlad_ · 18 Sep 2013 at 22:47

As long as the camera is better than the n4 I don't mind!

Rimsy · 18 Sep 2013 at 22:55

_Jimlad_ said:
As long as the camera is better than the n4 I don't mind!

I'm hoping for it to be better than the Galaxy S3 - may be a big ask if its going to be Nexus 4 priced but fingers crossed!

Fallen god · 18 Sep 2013 at 23:11

sarge78 said:
The large camera unit probably houses the OIS. Shame its a tiny lens + 1.1um pixels though, wonder if Goole have saved money by selecting the 8MP variant again? Hope not...

If it is the same sensor but at 8MP I would take it, large pixels and still decent amount of detail.

steveo · 19 Sep 2013 at 07:55

when could this be announced ??? contract on my 4s is up and am either waiting for this or going for a htc one/S4

grudas · 19 Sep 2013 at 08:17

October for November release..

Dangerous · 19 Sep 2013 at 12:48

There is nothing fixed yet, it's all rumour.

grudas · 19 Sep 2013 at 13:06

Dangerous said:
There is nothing fixed yet, it's all rumour.

n4 is going out of stock everywhere.. it was also released in november..

Sunbed · 19 Sep 2013 at 13:21

I imagine almost all the details of the phone itself will be leaked by early-mid October.

Dangerous · 19 Sep 2013 at 13:31

grudas said:
n4 is going out of stock everywhere.. it was also released in november..

That maybe so, just confirming nothing is fixed yet.

Grrrrr · 19 Sep 2013 at 14:09

Sunbed said:
Valid reasons, although I'm fairly certain Google released the Nexus 4 at such a low price to entice people into their ecosystem. If you aren't using their services (for whatever reason) then Google make less money from you, hence you are of less importance to them.

Not quite. Or rather, not entirely.

http://www.androidcentral.com/why-nexus-devices-have-no-sd-card
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Why-Google-wants-to-kill-SD-cards-and-whats-holding-them-back_id23986

We got tired of seeing OEMs include many GB of internal storage for music, while users were still running out of space for apps and data. This approach lets us merge everything on one volume, which is way better.

-- Dan Morrill, Android engineer at Google

uvarvu · 25 Sep 2013 at 16:55

Benchmark looks promising, it shows the handset being on par with the 5S so far.

_Jimlad_ · 25 Sep 2013 at 17:04

uvarvu said:
Benchmark looks promising, it shows the handset being on par with the 5S so far.

looks nice, getting excited tbh

Terrier_Jimlad · 25 Sep 2013 at 19:55

Looking forward to this, will be a nice upgrade from the GS3 ... Estimated costs for basic model?

dparksinger · 25 Sep 2013 at 19:57

Nice benchmark GPU on par with that awful apple device :-)