More Nexus 5 Render Leaks!

Yet again, thanks to @evleaks on twitter, we get another official looking render of the Nexus 5! Looking good. Please good, just announce the Nexus 5!

Nexus 5 box leaked, Confirms a White Nexus 5

First official renders of the phone, and now this. The new design of the Nexus 5 box looks similar to the one for the New Nexus 7, following the same blue look with the device teased on the box. Not only does this box confirm the official design, it confirms a white model as well. 

Which do you prefer, the white model or the black one?

Nexus 5 is OFFICIAL! Nexus 5 design reviled!

Here we go folks, after all the leaks and rumors, Google has "reviled" there new Nexus 5! The next Nexus looses the glass on the back and opts for the "Nexus 7" feel, and my guess is that the Nexus 10 would look something like these 2 devices too. The Nexus 5 looks much more simple with the front facing camera in the center, the light sensor on the side, and the screen with a smaller bezel. The rear camera looks much more "bigger" because it packs a bigger aperture letting more light hit the pixels, which means this camera should perform superb in low light.

Android 4.4 (KitKat) looks to have more aesthetic changes as well with more simple and "cartoony" icons, with a more poppy feel. The black & boring on screen buttons and the task bar is now "clear" and the task bar's colors have been changed to all white. The new camera icon looks like the icon found in touch wiz, and there is a great refresh on the app drawer button now looking more softer. The phone icon has a great new touch to it.

As we know from the leaks, the Nexus 5 will have the following specs:
- A 2.3 Ghz Quad Core Snapdragon 800 chip
- 2 GB of RAM
- A gorgeous  1080P HD 5 inch screen
- An 8MP camera with a bigger aperture.
- Android KitKat (Android 4.4)

Also, as the ports & buttons goes, there is a headphone jack uptop, volume buttons on the right, power button on the left, and the micro USB port on the bottom.

According to the leaked "Google Play Store" the Nexus 5 will start at $349 and Google will more than likely be dropping the 8 GB version for the more standard 16GB. The URL that the Nexus 5 image leaded to had "black" in it, hinting that where will more than likely be a white or even more color versions of the phone.


Are you exited for this phone? What features are you looking forward to on the Nexus 5?

NEXUS 7 NEXT GENERATION, LEAKED!!!!

What a better look at that new Nexus 7? Well it's back again today, continuing the steady stream of leaked press images that we've seen this weekend.

Prolific leaker @evleaks has shared some press shots that give us a clear look at the front and rear of the new Nexus 7. Looking at the Nexus 7's face, we can see a 7-inch display smack dab in the middle of a front-facing camera and what appears to be a notification light. Around back there's a new rear-facing camera, a speaker up at the top (with another speaker likely at the bottom), and some horizontal "Nexus" branding.

More to come...

UPDATE: SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON OF THE NEW NEXUS 7 vs The Current Nexus 7!

Nexus 4 First Thoughts

The Nexus 4, announced yesterday and rumored for about 50 years before then, goes on sale directly from Google starting November 13. The unlocked, off-contract phone will cost $300 for an 8GB model and $350 for the 16GB version.

 So what's the phone actually like to use? I haven't had it for long -- I'll be sharing more detailed thoughts after I've had a chance to really get to know the thing -- but my first impression is that this is one very nice device.

 In terms of basic hardware and form, Google has clearly taken the best parts of LG's Optimus G -- the foundation upon which the phone is based -- and polished them to near-perfection. This is truly a melding of LG's basic hardware and Google's sense of design.

 Put simply, the Nexus 4 looks and feels like the way a high-end smartphone should. It's sleek, solid, and not at all flimsy. There are no cheap-feeling, plasticky surfaces here.

 The Nexus 4's 4.7-in. display extends all the way to the side edges of the phone's face. That brings up an important detail: On the Nexus 4, the glass is curved, but it's curved in a different way than what we've seen with past Nexus devices. Here, the glass curves along the edges of the phone -- something the Android team did in order to match the way you hold and interact with the device. (The glass curvature on past Nexus devices, in contrast, was designed to match the contours of your face -- but let's face it, most of us hold our phones in our hands far more than we hold them up to our heads these days.)

 Speaking of the screen, boy, is it a beaut. If you've seen the Optimus G, you know what to expect: The device uses True HD IPS technology and boasts a resolution of 1280 x 768, with 320ppi. It looks fantastic -- crisp, clear, and bright, with phenomenal detail. This is hands-down one of the best screens I've seen on an Android phone, rivaling the likes of HTC's One X for the gold-medal spot.

Surrounding the screen is a seamless silver metal band that extends all the way around the phone's perimeter. The level of thought put into this design is apparent: The band meets the edge of the screen's glass in a soft, subtle curve that looks and feels incredible. It's easy to see how the slightest change in approach could have resulted in a sharp-feeling edge or an awkward-looking meeting point -- but Google and LG avoided those pitfalls and achieved a solution that begs to be caressed.

 Last but not least, there's the back of the phone -- which, like the phone's front, utilizes Corning Gorilla Glass 2 for protection. At the risk of firing off an overused adjective, I feel compelled to say that the back of the Nexus 4 is -- yes, I'm going there -- beautiful. LG has created a mesmerizing moving-crystal effect that brings to mind the classic Google Nexus wallpaper. The design actually appears to shift as you change your perspective. It's really something to see. (The downside: The glass does seem to pick up an inordinate amount of visible fingerprint smudges.)

 There's so much more to be said about the Nexus 4 -- and rest assured, we're barely scratching the surface. I'll be spending the next several days using the phone and getting to know both its hardware (this phone is F-A-S-T) and pure Google software (the new Android 4.2 Camera app looks absolutely awesome) inside and out. I'll share my detailed thoughts in an in-depth review next week.

LG Nexus 4 User Manual Up for download on LG Site!!!

The information leaks ahead Google's Android event next week continue to flow, with the latest thanks to support manuals on LG's Australian and UK websites. While we're already familiar with the phone's hardware thanks to a detailed Belarusian review, the manuals confirm it is going to be called the Nexus 4, and that along with the 8GB version we've seen there will definitely be a 16GB edition available. As you can see above, it also includes an induction coil for wireless charging and excludes any microSD slots for additional storage. This all comes after two separate Nexus 10 leaks earlier today, as well as a report byWired of a lost Nexus 4 recovered in a San Francisco bar (sound familiar?) last month. Hit the source link below to check out the LG E960 PDF for yourself (you may need to select the "show all" radio button), although there's only a few diagrams and support info waiting within.

New LG Nexus Phone Specs and Design leaked! [Update New pics in! This is the real deal!]

A steady stream of recent rumors have suggested that Google's next volley of Nexus devices will include an LG smartphone, and a new gallery of photos posted by an xda-developers forum member might give us our first peek at what the handset is going to look like when it's announced in the coming weeks. The images show a phone that bears a striking resemblance to LG's recently-announced Optimus G flagship — as expected —this comes with a 1.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU, an Adreno 320 GPU, 2 GB of RAM, 8GB of non-expandable storage (only for prototype), 768×1184 320 ppi display, an 8 megapixel camera, Jelly Bean MR1 and Kernel 3.4.0. 

More evidence lies in the phone's About screen, which shows a model number of "Fully JellyBean on Mako" — Nexus afficionados might recognize mako as a type of shark, and all Google-designed Android devices (dating back to the T-Mobile G1) have been named after fish. Labels on the phone also indicate a model number E960, which Droid Lifenotes has been attached to the mythical LG Nexus phone in previous rumors and has recently passed FCC testing.

Signs point to an announcement as soon as late October, so we won't have long to wait to find out whether LG's finally getting a shot at the Nexus program.

Honestly, this device looks ok. LG making a Nexus is a not a great idea, I rather see a HTC Nexus then a LG Nexus. The front looks good (normal) but the back looks devastatingly terrible, especially the camera. Would you get this over a Samsung Nexus? 


(UPDATE: In person, the back looks great. Still, the camera and flash looks very un-dynamic compared to the Galaxy S4) 

The Next Galaxy Nexus specs LEAKED!

Will Google stick with Samsung for the next Nexus-series phone? If this spec sheet that just leaked is accurate, it looks like Samsung could be returning for a three-peat, with what amounts to a small upgrade over last year’s Galaxy Nexus.

Instead of a quad-core Exynos, this document claims the phone would stick to a dual-core SoC, but ramp the clock speed up to 1.5GHz. Unfortunately, there’s no work on just which SoC we’re talking about, only that it won’t be a new design based around A15 cores.

Supposedly, this model GT-I9260 will keep a 4.65-inch display, which is now noted as an HD component; that’s a bit odd, since the Galaxy Nexus already has an HD screen. Why mention it for one but not the other if they’re the same resolution?

According to this, the next Nexus would use the same cameras as the Galaxy S III, with an eight-megapixel component around back, and would also offer the same microSD compatibility the GS3 enjoys.

Frankly, it’s all a bit underwhelming, and we can’t help but hope to see something a little more exciting from the next Nexus. That’s not to say that these specs look underpowered; maybe we’re just expecting too much to be wowed, when we really need a more utilitarian upgrade to a solid design.

Via PocketNow