Google and LG’s long-rumoured, yet still unannounced Nexus 5, could be ready for an Oct. 28 or 30 launch, according to a recent post on MobileSyrup. The Nexus 5′s release date was originally expected to be Oct. 15.
The phone will reportedly sell for somewhere between $349 and $399 USB for its 16 GB and 32 GB models (it will cost slightly more in Canada). The Nexus 4′s 8 GB model sells for $199 and the 16 GB is priced at $249.99. When it was first released, the Nexus 4 was sold at $299 for its 8 GB model and $349 for the 16 GB version.
The Nexus 5 will probably be sold by most Canadian wireless companies as well as on Google’s Play store. MobileSyrup recently posted leaked images of Telus branded Nexus 5 photos.
These photos of the Nexus 5 reportedly leaked out of somewhere in Germany.
The Nexus 5 could come with Android 4.4 KitKat, a new launcher called the Google Experience and translucent navigation and menu bars. Pictures have all these new features have leaked on numerous websites over the last few weeks. Various icons seem to have received an overhaul as well. Android 4.4 is expected to also give users the ability to set a default SMS app, removing the annoying duplication third-party apps like ChompSMS sometimes cause.
The back of the Nexus 5 is apparently made of rubber, removing the sparkly back featured on the Nexus 4. Other then this change though the smartphone’s overall build seems very similar to the Nexus 4′s.
MobileSyrup got their hands on this Telus branded photograph of the Nexus 5.
Details cited from the U.S. federal communications commission recently confirmed that the Nexus 5 will be manufactured by LG, just like the Nexus 4. The Verge describes the phone as a, “reworked version of LG’s G2 smartphone.” Apparently both phones share a lot of internal components.
The Nexus 5 is rumoured to feature a Snapdragon 800 chip, 2 GBs of RAM, a 2,300mAh battery and LTE support, a feature many people wanted from the Nexus 4.
This leaked Nexus 5 video from 9to5Google has been floating around for a few weeks now as well. Perhaps Google should just come out and state the phone actually exists, since we all basically know it does at this point.
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