Gadgetory

we've come a long way since the first Nexus device appropriately named to the Nexus one now we are in a new era of seemingly ultra powerful seemingly forever evolving smartphones at this point however for whatever reason when Google was going to release their new version of the Nexus device into this new era they didn't make a big deal about it with announcements and subsequent releases and actually I would argue that they probably didn't need to but that was then and it's Josh regard for management authority of what's going on everybody and this is the Nexus 5 now if anything what the Nexus 5 first taught us was that it was pretty much clear now that LG was consistently getting Google's nod after the successful Nexus 4 it was probably only sensible to continue that momentum but what struck many users was the lack of a full press release or announcement It was as if the Nexus 5 just appeared in the Google Play Store like hey I know you've been waiting and because of all of the leaks that have been happening you probably know everything there is to know about me already anyway so you know what Here I am but the lack of fanfare did not keep this phone from selling like crazy both this version and also it's panda white sibling and it became a bit of a norm to see the words sold out there for a while on the Google Play Store listing for the Nexus 5 but even if it was very simplistic in its design inside and out it was still very competitive in its specifications and most importantly in its price at $350 you had a phone that was above average and was still able to bring you a really great experience for a price that actually was not too hard to swallow I mean sure it might be better considered a reference device as the Nexus once was in its early iterations but even if it was a reference device for the industry and for developers alike once you had that that smaller price point tacked on to the promise of a pure and totally powerful updated Android experience well it was only a matter of time before the general consumers got crazy about it - that was the story with the Nexus floor and with the Nexus 5 it was only going to continue but now months later the Nexus 5 continues its stoic unobtrusive foray into Android users palms yes it's minimalistic design was once thought of as perhaps a step back from the more daring design of the Nexus 4 with its glass on glass but as it was in the beginning it still remains simplistically elegant in my eyes underneath the hood its top tier power package remains really reliable and snappy especially considering that it is really unpark 'it today and also it powers the most advanced version of android currently available now one of the main gripes in the beginning when it came to the Nexus 5 was with its mediocre battery life and initially it was a big downside but I will admit that after my usage on this phone started to taper off and sort of even out that the battery life started to become very decidedly average but there are plenty of times when still I feel like I'm reaching for my charging cable earlier than I probably think I should and then an update to the camera software did do well to make the imaging experience serviceable if still not quite top-tier I do have a full video showing what the update did to the camera and while there are improvements I still wouldn't say that this camera is anywhere near the best ones out there so it should come as a little surprised where the appeal and the success of the Nexus 5 generally comes from and yes it is due to the software experience as still one of the only devices available with 4.4 KitKat the value of the Nexus truly remains and it brings an experience powerful enough to successfully use on the daily without being overbearing lis feature or even designed crazy now depending on your particular setup the number of Hoops that you have to go through in order to reach your destination on your phone is still considerably fewer here than when compared to pretty much almost any other Android iteration out there even particular features like having Google now as your second screen and even a voice command by saying OK Google allows you to have a better search experience that is actually pretty fun all in all stock Android continues to show you its clouds mostly through its Search application but also it doesn't get in the way when you want to really cater the experience on this phone to your after all that ready canvas may be more important to a lot of users out there than any particular extras that a manufacturer might cook up on their particular phones and in the end that is probably what makes the Nexus 5 many people's first choice it's simply because it gives you what you need and more importantly it won't fight you on the way to where you need to go so coming back to this whole idea of the release kind of foreshadowing what the experience is on the Nexus 5 yes in the beginning maybe the release wasn't as flashy as people sort of expected and there wasn't a whole lot of fanfare for but you still got exactly what you needed and I think that's a nice metaphor for the experience in the Nexus 5 in general so the Nexus 5 proves once again the value of the Nexus line and as far as the Nexus 5 goes it is definitely one of my daily driver simply because there's something that has to be said about a phone that you can literally just pick up and it does what you needed to do without really any fuss and that's the point I've been trying to make here but unfortunately this might be the last Nexus that we see from the line and that is something I wanted to address see on this final note I wanted to address the rumor that the Nexus line might actually cease to exist not necessarily that the entire line would go away but in the fact that the Nexus as a branding might also go away - those are the two sides of the speculation now as a general move I can kind of understand where Google is coming from because they kind of want to get the other manufacturers in line when it comes to modifying Android as crazily as they sometimes do but I would still argue once again that the value of the Nexus line has been proven time and time again at first as a reference device for developers and for industry people alike but also later on starting with the Nexus floor as an affordable yet powerful and very updated and pure form of Android available on a handset that was not only attractive but was very competitive and so without the Nexus what we could posit is in the future we would have to rely on the much more expensive Google Play editions to get our pure Android fix and that might not be a very happy notion to a lot of people and speaking of those updates it is until 2015 that we can wait to see if these rumors come out and are actually true and when it comes to the Nexus 5 it should still get its updates until that time comes and luckily if you still want the same pure Android experience that you've come to love since the beginning of the Nexus well the Nexus 5 should be able to have some staying power and keep you happy until that time comes and when it's all said and done I guess we're just gonna have to keep our fingers crossed that the Nexus 5 isn't the end of our Nexus journey so keep it tuned to Android authority for all of the best coverage don't forget to check out the content from my brothers in Android that to Joe Jase and Kevin the tech ninja and remember to drop us a like on our videos because we'd love to see that and to subscribe to our channel if you haven't already because Android authority is your source for all things Android