![]() ![]() Low light performance isn’t exactly poor, but getting it to snap the picture you want at the moment you want will drive you absolutely nuts. The Nexus 5 takes photos and video with too little contrast, too little saturation, and too little color (or inconsistent color) - when you can get the camera to focus at all. Unfortunately for us, life is not filled with perfect settings - and when you're faced with real-world picture taking, the camera underperforms constantly and consistently. The 8-megapixel camera on the back of the Nexus 5 is certainly capable of taking rather beautiful photos in the perfect setting. At 445 pixels per inch, it's a fantastic device for reading, working, browsing the web, or watching movies - a perfect window into Android. The screen overall is bright, beautiful, crisp, and accurate. ![]() ![]() It's not oversaturated like the Moto X's AMOLED display, though it can look a bit washed out and desaturated next to a device like the HTC One or the iPhone 5S. ![]() That's why its 4.95-inch, 1080p screen is such a key tenet of the phone's appeal, and it more than gets the job done. Android is the statement here, not the Nexus 5. The point is to let the hardware get out of the way so the software can do its thing. But I digress.īeing flashy or ostentatious was never Google's goal with the Nexus phones. Unfortunately, I’ve grown to love the Moto X’s Active Notifications, and the LED still makes a poor substitute. I use an app called LightFlow, which allows you to set different colored notifications for specific apps, and it makes the LED about a million times more useful. The light only flashes white when you have a notification, meaning it’s always flashing, so it’s always meaningless. Speaking of beacons, Google has once again produced another device with a multicolored LED light embedded at the bottom of the screen, but I couldn’t tell you why that is. On the white version of the phone, the earpiece grille is colored white, which is striking against the black, glass face of the phone - it’s like a beacon. Friends I discussed the feature with either hated it or loved it I kind of like it. One is the large ring around the camera lens, which glints in the light and feels almost jarring next to the subtlety of the rest of the phone it sort of looks like a spare part, attached at the last minute. It makes only two bold, eye-catching design statements. The Nexus 5 is mostly just supposed to get out of the way Left to fend for itself, the speaker is pretty quiet, and sometimes distorts at near-maximum volume. Two speaker grilles flank the recessed Micro USB port, but only one is an actual speaker the other hides the Nexus 5's microphone. The buttons are thankfully on the sides of the device, though the power control can sometimes feel like a stretch along the upper right corner of the phone. The phone's a spiritual successor to LG's G2, but it's been improved in almost every way. Stylistically, it shares much in common with the new Nexus 7 and the original Chromebook, and that’s a good thing. I found myself running my fingers along the carved Nexus logo on the back, and feeling the edges of the ceramic buttons - it’s just nice to hold. It's made completely of plastic, and obviously doesn't feel as high-end as metal phones like the HTC One or iPhone 5S - but it’s solid, not slippery. It's surprisingly light, at only 130 grams and 8.6 millimeters thick. The phone is shaped to feel smaller than it looks, with subtly curved edges and slightly sharpened corners that nestle perfectly into the palm of your hand. It's plain, but that doesn't have to be bad ![]()
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