Nexus 5 launched

Possibly the worst kept secret ever - the Nexus 5 has finally been announced 3 days ago. It will be immediately available in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, Korea  and even coming soon to India. Malaysia will not be getting any loving as Google has yet to set up their Play Store here yet.

Source: The Verge

Nexus 5 specifications
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 2.3GHz quad-core processor
RAM: 2 GB LPDDR3-800MHz
GPU: Adreno 330
GPS: A-GPS and GLONASS

Battery: 2300 mAH (rated for 17 hours talk time and 300 hours standby time by Google)

Camera: 8 MP with Optical Image Stabilization
Screen: 4.95 inch True HD IPS Plus 1920 x 1080 (by LG) 
Screen Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 3

3G: DC-HSDPA (42 Mbps), HSDPA (21 Mbps), HSUPA (5.76 Mbps)

LTE: Cat3 (100 Mbps download/50 Mbps upload)

Source: The Verge

Source: The Verge

From the specifications itself, we can see that Google/LG spared no expense by stuffing the Nexus 5 with top of the line internals with the exception of the battery size but that was all because of thickness/weight concern. Let's just hope that it lives up to Google's claim on its battery life.

Why you should get one

Screen - With a Full HD 1080P screen manufactured by LG with a PPI of ~445, this screen should be marvelous to behold. 

Top of the line internals - Speaking purely regarding mobile processors by the most popular company in the world, Qualcomm - this is the best processor that they currently have in their lineup. The processing power is leaps and bounds from what we see from the early days of quad core processors, namely, the Tegra 3. 

Adreno 330 is also simply the best GPU on the market right now. Throwing in a built-in 4G modem, there's no denying that this is what every mobile phone should be. 

Camera - Alright. We are not talking Lumia 920, Lumia 1020, or Sony Xperia Z1 specs here. But judging from early picture samples, the 8 MP sensor coupled with OIS produces pretty decent pictures. Low light shots with the new HDR+ mode a.k.a. true HDR mode which the camera takes a few pictures with different exposures and then combine them into one, and with the help of OIS, is pretty impressive.

Source: Android Central

Price - The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 might be slightly higher specced compared to the Nexus 5, but at an RRP of RM2399, it does not give a whole lot more compared to the ~RM1350 Nexus 5 in terms of internals (discounting the S-Pen functions for the sake of this argument).

Screen - 1080P IPS screen. Do I really need to say more?

Note that these are all speculations. I mean, the Nexus 5 might be hit with catastrophic production problems, hardware issues and the such. But from what's I can gather now, this is shaping up to be a winner for Google. And kudos to LG too.

Source: The Verge, Engadget, Android Central