Google Nexus 5 smartphone

[_Belial]

Here's a quick test of both cameras in low-light last night


Galaxy S4 v Nexus 5 Low light test by c@rljones, on Flickr

[andmor]

Forget CPW if you want one.. they've just hiked the price to £429!!

[maltloaf]

That is fucking horrid.

Agreed

[Ginnerfreak]

And for the usual Iphone/spurious supplier comparison

http://www.itproportal.com/2013/11/05/google-nexus-5-vs-apple-iphone-5s-spec-comparison/

For more Nexus 5 spec comparisons, check out the Nexus 5 versus Samsung Galaxy S4 showdown, and our comparison of the Nexus 5 against its predecessor, the Nexus 4. And if you want to know what's coming with Android 4.4 on the Nexus 5, have a gander at 11 smart new features Google is introducing with Android 4.4 KitKat.

	Google Nexus 5	Apple iPhone 5S
Display
Screen size	4.95in	4in
Resolution	1,920 x 1,080 pixels	1,136 x 640 pixels
Pixel density	445ppi	326ppi
Type	IPS LCD	IPS LCD
Processor and battery
Family	Snapdragon 800	Apple A7
CPU	Krait 400	ARMv8
Cores	Quad-core	Dual-core
Clock speed	2.3GHz	1.3GHz
GPU	Adreno 330	PowerVR G6430
Battery	2,300mAh	1,560mAh
Claimed 3G talk time	Up to 17h	Up to 10h
Storage and memory
RAM	2GB	1GB
Internal storage	16GB /32GB	16GB / 32GB /64GB
microSD	No	No
Camera
Rear	8-megapixel	8-megapixel
Video	1080p @ 30fps	1080p @30fps
Front	1.3-megapixel	1.2-megapixel
Wireless
Standard	4G LTE	4G LTE
Wi-Fi	802.11 a / b / g / n / ac	802.11 a / b / g / n
NFC	Yes	No
Bluetooth	v4.0	v4.0
Integrated wireless charging	Yes	No
Dimensions
Size	137.8 x 69.2 x 8.6mm	123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6mm
Weight	130g	112g
Operating System	Android 4.4 Jelly Bean	iOS 7
Price (SIM-free)	£299 (16GB) / £339 (32GB)	£549 (16GB) / £629 (32GB) / £709 (64GB)

Availability

8 November

Available

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[Armoured Hawk]

Any sugestions on getting my sms/mms over from my S4 to the Nexus 5? I tried backup sms to gmail which worked fine to my S4 from my S3 but doesnt seem to work now, think it's because all SMS' are in hangouts now.

Install SMS Backup & Restore. browse to your folder ( i put my backup in the downloads folder ) then restore it, it will ask you to change from hangouts to SMS and once restore and synced it will ask you to change back to hangouts as your sms app.

[_Belial]

That doesnt seem to backup MMS. In the end I installed GoSMS Pro, i'd done a backup/restore from/to gmail previously so GoSMS saw them all, once i'd installed that, hangouts would then allow me to log out of hangouts and still see my SMS so uninstalled GoSMS.

[_Belial]

I've decided to go back to the S4, called google for an RMA for returning the nexus, reasons

* Worse camera software (hardware seems quite good, better than S4 in low light)
* Bad SMS interface, hate hangouts for SMS
* No hardware buttons for back/menu
* No IR blaster (yes, I use the S4 as a tv remote at times )
* No SD Slot
* Toggles for wifi/bt etc are a simple swipe and press on S4, on nexus it's a swipe, a press and another press
* Speaker nowhere near as loud as S4 one

[Geko]

I've decided to go back to the S4, called google for an RMA for returning the nexus, reasons

* Worse camera software (hardware seems quite good, better than S4 in low light)
* Bad SMS interface, hate hangouts for SMS
* No hardware buttons for back/menu
* No IR blaster (yes, I use the S4 as a tv remote at times )
* No SD Slot
* Toggles for wifi/bt etc are a simple swipe and press on S4, on nexus it's a swipe, a press and another press
* Speaker nowhere near as loud as S4 one

Did you not know a lot them before you bought it?

[iNSPECTA]

I've decided to go back to the S4, called google for an RMA for returning the nexus, reasons

* Worse camera software (hardware seems quite good, better than S4 in low light)
* Bad SMS interface, hate hangouts for SMS
* No hardware buttons for back/menu
* No IR blaster (yes, I use the S4 as a tv remote at times )
* No SD Slot
* Toggles for wifi/bt etc are a simple swipe and press on S4, on nexus it's a swipe, a press and another press
* Speaker nowhere near as loud as S4 one

I know it won't matter now but two finger swipe down on notification bar will take you straight to quick settings.

I'm not too keen on the idea of hangouts and logging in for texts. I assume this will come with kit kat and is something we'll have to get used to eventually.

[andmor]

Over on XDA there is the MMS.apk from AOSP which allows users to set normal sms/mms as default and changes hangouts back to how it was originally.

[_Belial]

Did you not know a lot them before you bought it?

Some of them no, speaker, mms, the toggle wifi etc I had no idea, the others I thought I could live with but can't don't get me wrong it's a great phone and if I didn't have the s4 I'd be more than happy with it.

[andmor]

Interesting article here about kitkat allowing the runtime to be changed from Dalvik to ART.. people reporting greater speed & smoothness using apps.. whatsapp appears to be one of the few apps not working on ART atm..

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/11...uts-in-kitkat/

[GTI]

I've decided to go back to the S4

I've just moved from the S4 to the LG G2, and it pretty much fixes all the issues you had above apart from no SD slot and hardware button. The camera on this thing is amazing, with a Sony Exmor chip and brilliant low light performance. IR blaster works better than my S4 in that I no longer need to point it directly at the equipment, and the battery life is best in class

[_Belial]

I've just moved from the S4 to the LG G2, and it pretty much fixes all the issues you had above apart from no SD slot and hardware button. The camera on this thing is amazing, with a Sony Exmor chip and brilliant low light performance. IR blaster works better than my S4 in that I no longer need to point it directly at the equipment, and the battery life is best in class

thanks mate, i'll go check that out, i'm always interested in upgrading to a phone with a better camera so that sounds ideal, what are the speakers like on it compared to the S4?

[GTI]

thanks mate, i'll go check that out, i'm always interested in upgrading to a phone with a better camera so that sounds ideal, what are the speakers like on it compared to the S4?

Completely subjective of course, but they seem clearer and louder on the LG, perhaps because they're not around the back of the phone like the S4. It really is a peach of a phone, it will be some time before Samsung can catch up with the S5.

[maltloaf]

Thing is there are single degrees of improvement between any of these phones now. A tweak of the ui or faster cpu etc.but the differences are very minute and entirely personal choice.