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hey it's Josh magar from Android Authority what's going on everybody here we are with the other of the two Nexus announcements here at the Google event in San Francisco the Nexus 5x in a partnership with LG we are seeing an update to the Nexus 5 from a couple years ago and you know what talking about the design and the feel right here it actually feels really familiar the Nexus 5 had that very plastic key that sort of soft plastic feel on the back and that's exactly what we feels like here as well it also has a very similar lightness to it but of course the Nexus 5x is bringing some new additions to the ecosystem Google is updating everything to Android marshmallow version 6.0 and those features include certain things like the Nexus imprint which includes this fingerprint reader on the back that will be able to turn on the device with just a simple press of under 600 milliseconds in terms of how long it takes for it to register the fingerprint wake the device and unlock it but we're not going to be putting a fingerprint on there just yet they do have these codes on here so Android M of course want to unlock the device but what we have here is a full HD 5.2 inch display which feels really nice in terms of size and I already told you that the design is already getting some pretty high marks from us here because we do enjoy this particular feel it might not necessarily be the flashiest of materials but it still is very functional and very easy very accessible is probably the word that's best used to describe this underneath the surface of that full HD display is a Snapdragon 808 with 2 gigabytes of RAM which might be a little bit paltry compared to all the other heavy needs that the other devices have 3 gigabytes might have been better but that's what you get in the Nexus 6p now on the front here we have a single front firing speakers here not the dual front-facing speakers that are found on the Nexus 6p and if you look on the sides it does really have that design from the Nexus 5 with this little panel that could be that that separates the front and the back the volume rockers below the power button over here and heading over to the back I already mentioned fingerprint sensors here but the Nexus logo is in landscape which was always something that we loved about these devices the camera package is actually very similar to that of the Nexus 6p not only are we going to get 13 almost 13 megapixels I should say but it will also provide a updated application that provides a number of different functions not the least of which is new HD 4k capabilities now I'm over in the video portion right now and go back to photo you'll be able to see that HDR plus is right here and is easily changeable using this one toggle right here we are going to get our hands on these units soon enough so we can show you really if the camera quality is up to snuff so we're really looking forward to that we're taking a look at Android marshmallow the updated version of Android OS now you also see here that it is a vertical scroll in the app drawer which is a little bit different but it does allow you to have your four most frequented applications here on the top which is pretty nice recent apps screen is pretty similar but as I go to the recent apps screen we do have a couple pages here well be able to show you now on tab which is a brand new feature you probably saw at Google i/o earlier on but stock and standard here in Android marshmallow hold the home button and it'll sense from the screen various portions that are searchable in Google I know you saw there at the website had something about Marty Friedman and there it is it showed it very easily just a lot of different terms that are probably very obviously searched in Google are going to be pulled by now on tap of course the other addition we have here is a USB type-c port on the bottom that will provide fast charging which is always a very good addition but the battery under need for a 5.2 inch full HD display it's actually pretty good with a twenty seven hundred million power unit underneath this phone will probably last about as long as we really wanted to and with additional battery saving features including the doze feature then we should be able to get maybe even more than a day and a half worth of battery life on here but we're going to of course test that when we get our full units as far as availability goes the Nexus 5x will be available in the Google store starting from 379 for the 16 gigabyte model which is the base model compared to the 349 from last model of the Nexus 5 that makes a little bit of sense a little bit higher price but you get some extra features as well so you can stay tuned to Android authority for that and even more from us here at the San Francisco event as we're taking a look at the two new Nexus devices and the other announcement that they made here keep it tuned to Android or our for reviews and comparisons of these phones to the rest in the 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