In early 2014 I gave a review of the information Google's latest smartphone, the Nexus 5. Like its predecessor, the Nexus 4, the latest pure Android smartphone manufactured by the South Korean vendor, LG. The specifications are already using the best available on Android smartphones top smartphones today, namely:
- 5-inch screen Full HD 1080p (445 ppi)
- 800 quadcore chip Qualcomm Snapdragon 2.3 GHz, Adreno 330 GPU
- 2GB RAM, 16GB storage
- 8MP camera with Optical Image Stabilization and LED flash, 1080p video recording at 30fps, 1.3 MP front camera
- Android 4.4 KitKat
- Battery 2300mAh
Impression Design and Materials
From design and body, in photo 5 is the Nexus is not too good, in other words less photogenic. But if you look at the original, you will feel that this phone is not a haphazard material. Although the design is simple, his finishing is very good and above average, making it look cheap, even though the material is not as fancy as the Nexus 4 which uses glass with 3-dimensional pattern on the back. What is certain thinness is very pronounced compared to the Nexus 4. When compared to the Nexus 4, Nexus 5 design looks more simple and not as rigid as the Nexus 4, as compared to the LG G2, Nexus 5 looks more firmly with the side that is more flat.
In our opinion feels less well in black, white color is more visible to the premium, especially the Nexus logo on the back so it is more visible. Shortage of white color, as quickly dirty and matte materials, including difficult to clean, then you should keep it out of the dirt. The back of the matte finish, while the front and sides are glossy plastic. In the hand, the Nexus 5 feels sturdy and solid although quite light (130 grams), as well as ergonomic enough for the back is slightly curved to follow the hand grip.
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Screen
Using IPS screen, the Nexus 5 using a resolution that is widely used throughout the upper-class smartphones in 2013 ago, ie 1920x1080 pixels. With a 5-inch wide-screen field, reaching 441ppi pixel density. So of sharpness is absolutely no problem. The problem is a matter of contrast and saturation, the screen Nexus 5 nonjok less obvious than the iPhone 5S and LG G2 also adopt IPS technology, so even when compared to HTC which uses Super LCD 3. Moreover, compared to the Super AMOLED obviously too much saturated.
Maybe Google is targeting display more natural, since the Nexus 4 also has a screen that is less shiny than its competitors at the time. Still does not mean the Nexus screen 5 ugly, because of other terms such as brightness, and viewing angle performance in the sun has been very good, especially the level of reflection shadow on the screen even includes low. The most obvious is the gap on the surface of the screen and the phone is very minimal. To the right and left side frame is not slim G2, although it does not mean the frame greatness.
Interface
Matter of appearance and design, Android 4.4 is actually not much different KitKat with Android 4.2 or 4.3, but prettier and sweeter than both its predecessor, the larger the size of the icons. Feedback when the touch-screen effect is very subtle vibrations. Effects reproduced (though not as much as the big vendors), but did not interfere with the performance, overall very well exceed other Android upscale my ever. Not many interface settings on the pure Android phone. There is only the brightness, wallpaper, auto rotate, sleep, Daydream, font size, active LED notification least (can not change the color) and Wireless Display.
Lockscreen displays the date, hour, and direct access to the camera and Google Now. Also of course you can use other types such as Slide Lockscreen, Face Unlock, Pattern, PIN and password. Could use a lockscreen widget but must first be activated in Settings - Security - Enable Widgets. After the selection of widgets on the left side, although the choice is quite limited.
To set the homescreen you need to hold the screen on the homescreen is empty. Now the setting is more enhanced and more hit to the overall theme of the phone. Homescreen consists of 5 home screens are arranged horizontally, you can add widgets and shortcuts to access it, and use a live wallpaper or regular wallpaper. Widgets Google Search always appear on each page Home. Each icon can you collect into a folder, while for the widget size can be changed according to your wishes. At the very bottom of the screen replacement icons present 3 physical buttons namely Back, Home and Task Switcher. On top of this there are 3 icon Contact icon, Phone, Menu, Messaging and Browser arrangement and composition can change at will, unless access menu. Unfortunately there is still no application to the innate Task Manager Task Switcher.
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Contacts and Messaging
Not much changes on the menu People (contacts). There are groups and favorites for ease of grouping your friends. As with other Android devices you can sync contacts with Gmail accounts, Facebook, Twitter and others, of course, if the social networking applications already on your phone. For new contacts, some additional fields that can be selected is the ringtone, IM, Email, Postal, Organization, Notes, nickname, Website and Internet Call.
Now there is no application Messaging (SMS), superseded or rather into one with Google Hangouts, as did Apple with iMessage. You could say this is a form of forced Google to users who want to use Google Hangouts is inherited from Google+, because you can not use this app before updating Google Play services. On the bright side, chat with fellow users Hangouts course for free (of course using your internet data). In addition there are settings mood, invite, notification and access to archive your chat.
Input Text
This time when you type nothing appears in the notification bar to adjust the input text you want to use, but there are periods and commas at the keyboard. There is a sliding gesture features through letters, such as Swype. In addition there are standard features such as voice typing, auto-capitalization, vibrate, sound, popup, show key settings, auto correct, suggestion. Typing through its own QWERTY keyboard is quite comfortable and can be done accurately and quickly in spite of the portrait condition, considering the Nexus screen 5 (5 inches) is slightly larger than the Nexus 4 (4.7 inches), but typing with one hand can still be done. There Emoji input like on iOS devices and apps WhatsApp, with different models but the picture is basically the same character because if you send a message with emoji to any iOS device should appear emoji on Apple products. However, to access the Emoji rather complicated.
Camera and Video Recorder
Nexus 4 camera interface recast, rather have a viewfinder with a new style, with a circular arrangement, such as a button on a pocket digicam. Its features include: flash, Touch's ability to focus, HDR, brightness, white balance, scene modes (action, night, sunset, party), location and resolution. The interface is frankly a bit confusing, especially for beginners because the coil-ring and an explanation of the function of an icon only appears when the icon is touched. Still camera with a resolution of 8 MP also features a panoramic and Photo Sphere. Photo Sphere has the ability to take a panoramic picture is similar, but more extensive, allowing it to take a photo with a broad view of the catch. If panorama only sideways only, then Photo Sphere can be up and down. As an illustration, the results are similar to the look on Google Street View.
The camera appears to be rising compared to the Nexus 4. More colors appear, while for the lighting conditions in the room with frosted picture was still quite good results.
For its video recording features simple, such as: flash, white balance, time lapse, resolution and location. Although Snapdragon 800 used Nexus 5 is capable of 4K resolution video recording and 1080p 60fps, but this phone is only a maximum of up to full HD 1080p with a framerate of 30 frames per second.
The results of the video recording is clear and good, with a framerate of 30 fps and 17 thousand kbps bitrate, generating a file of 124MB. It's just a pity there is no recording of 4K UHD resolution or framerate of 60fps, but already using Snapdragon 800 which incidentally supports 4K format. Autofocus is also sometimes slow response. But, on the whole is quite satisfactory for the smartphone category.
Photo Gallery and Video Players
Not much change for a gallery of photos into one with this video. Photos can be viewed by album, location, times, people and tags. Photos can be shared to social networking and messaging, can also be rotated, dicrop, used as wallpaper and see detailed info. There are Instagram-like editing features, there is a kind of punch filters, vintage, bleach and so on, you can add a picture frame, then edited the brightness, contrast, vibrance, sharpness and others.
There is no dedicated video player on Nexus 5, as happened in the Nexus series before. So you need to play videos from the Gallery. Feature is very simple, there is only the option to share and timeline alone. Not only features, videos can be played smoothly even up to 1080p mp4 format only. Mkv can be played, but for only 720p resolution faltered, mov and avi and srt subtitle even unreadable. It is recommended to install third-party applications such as MX Player or Mobo, because by using the application then you can play a variety of video formats freely, let alone its even more complete than the default video player.
Music Player
Using Play Music app, now zoom already using the latest, with orange accents. Not only format mp3, m4a and formats. Flac can be read by Google's default music player. Now Playing view is very beautiful, with album art that moves. There is a queue feature, shuffle, thumbs up and added last, songs divided by playlist, recent, artist, albums, songs, genres, just as there are standard on other phones. There equalizer with a wide selection, as well as special options utuk Bass Boost and Surround Sound. The loudspeaker is pretty loud, but a bit shrill but still classified as a standard of quality for smartphones. To output the sound is not as good as the Nexus 4, the resulting output is not covering the Nexus 4, but in general the quality of sound via the headset still include clear and pleasant.
Connectivity
- GSM / HSDPA / LTE
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
- Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP
- MicroUSB
- NFC
- GPS with A-GPS support
Web Browser
Nexus 5 only use Chrome as default browser only, so that you can sign-in and synchronize with your desktop Chrome browser. Good performance in the open full websites, tabs no limit. Standard features just like the incognito mode, bookmarks, find, request the desktop. Thus even with the setting, there are privacy settings, cookies, javascript, block pop ups, Google's location, as well as a separate setting for a particular website. For accessibility arrangements no scaling text zooming is enabled and force alone.
Battery Life
Screenshot: the 183-minute time-out 55 per cent
Watch the video: 4 hours 10 minutes
* Condition screen brightness level of 50 percent, the internet using WiFi, cellular signal is turned off
Conclusion
Nexus 5 offers guaranteed Android updates and the fastest, and the hardware is very capable compared to Android devices in its class. This phone is the most smooth Android smartphone ever my review. It is unfortunate that the battery life is not too good.
Pros:
- Performance of the top
- The current maximum hardware spec
- Full Screen HD
- The results of the camera there is an increase
- Latest Android, the fastest updates
Disadvantages:
- Colors on screen rather pale and less attractive
- Battery life is less satisfactory
- Battery is not removable
- There is no micro SD slot
