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hey guys this is Austin so after months of leaks and hype we finally have the new Google Nexus 5 but the question is is it worth it take a look around the phone and it's a fairly unassuming looking device even though it's entirely plastic it has a good feel in the hands with sharply cut edges and tight build quality on the black version the back and sides are coated in a soft touch rubbery material which makes the phone a bit grippy and reminds me a lot of the HTC One X there are also ceramic buttons which add a bit of character to the otherwise forgettable phone one big area of disappointment is in the speaker not only is it easy to cover with a finger accidentally but it's just way too quiet fire the Nexus up and you'll be greeted by a 5-inch 1920 by 1080 display it's a good-looking screen with great viewing angles thanks to the IPS design and it gets reasonably bright unfortunately college is slightly less saturated than I like but overall it's solid the main reason the Nexus 5 exists however is to show off Google's vision of Android and you won't be disappointed here as it's running Android 4.4 KitKat most of the changes here are cleaning up and simplifying the UI for example the on-screen buttons and status bar are now transparent there's a new font as well as bigger icon sizes and lots of subtle tweaks like removing the holo blue in favour of a planar looking white I really like all of the visual changes it gives Android a much more grown-up look and feel the hangouts app has now been upgraded with SMS support which works although it would be nice to have better integration and Google now is just a quick swipe from the left on your home screen like the Moto X you can say okay Google to launch a voice search although I quickly turn this off hey Google and that is probably the biggest problem with how Google now works on the Nexus 5 it is very easy to accidentally trip it by saying hey Google or sup Google or okay Google and it will pretty much pick it up inside you'll find the Nexus 5 is stacked with a 2.3 gigahertz quad-core Snapdragon 800 2 gigabytes of RAM and either 16 or 32 gigabytes of storage it delivers absolutely awesome performance and normal use making the Nexus one of the most responsive phones you can buy the benchmarks back this up putting it right on par with phones like the note 3 and the iPhone 5s for a camera you'll find an 8 megapixel shooter with optical image stabilization the results are pretty decent there's a good amount of detail and the colors are accurate the image stabilization makes a big difference for low-light shooting as well unfortunately images are also washed out sometimes and it has real trouble focusing a lot of the time my biggest problem with the camera is definitely the awful stock Android camera app it's slow in the interface drives me crazy any time I need to go grab a manual setting on the other hand video on the Nexus 5 is pretty solid so the microphones do a good job with audio and with that optical image stabilization it helps you get nice and smooth shots by far my biggest problem with the Nexus 5 is battery life as by the end of the day I was usually scrambling to find a charger most times it would give out with less than three hours of screen on time which is just unacceptable for smartphone in 2013 hopefully we can see some kind of update to improve the battery life as Android 4.4 is new there's may be a chance that some optimization needs to be done but right now it's a pretty major issue so overall what's the verdict is the Nexus 5 worth it it's got a few flaws like a very quiet speaker and if you battery life but it's also one of the fastest phones you can buy as well obviously going to be the most up-to-date Android phone on the market so for $350 it's hard to pass up the Nexus 5 as long as you keep a charger handy so what do you think is the Nexus 5 the phone for you definitely be sure to let me know what you think in the comments below thank you guys so much for watching if you enjoyed definitely be sure to subscribe to the channel so you're always kept up to date with the latest and greatest anyway I will catch you guys next time