Now that LG has admitted that it is not, not yet at least, the official Google partner in making the Nexus 5, the branding for the stock Android smartphone has immediately become an open field.

Not wasting time, designer Tomas K let out his Nexus 5 render, which is centered on the Sony Xperia mobile device architecture, according to a new report by Concept Phones.

Tomas K dreamed of a boxy device that is encased in a polycarbonate material, dominating much of the back portion and melding with a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 on front, making for a Google-centric phone that is pretty and solid at the same time.

The phone is thin and relatively light, its thickness at only 6.5mm and its weight at 132 grams. The overall profile deliberately deviates from the curvy contour popularised by Samsung's Galaxy smartphones but exudes the same alluring effect.

Nexus 5 on Xperia is a classic beauty on solid black, keeping close to the Sony signature that the Japanese consumer electronic maker had developed through decades of industry leadership.

And in adherence to one of Sony's major strengths, the Xperia Nexus 5 comes with top-notch camera hardwares - a 13MP rear shooter with optical image stabilisation. The snapper should be a delight to use with a 5-inch phone screen as the wide view-finder, which is equipped with Full HD IPS display panel.

It has autofocus with LED flash and capturing 1080p clips at 60fps should be a breeze. Files hoarders should appreciate the provision of 64GB built-in storage but with the expected skipping of a slot for extra memory.

As in all Nexus devices, the camera features will rely on Google's insanely great camera applications, running on top of Key Lime Pie or Android 5.0.

The Xperia Nexus 5 powerhouse team is composed of a quad-core Snapdragon 600 humming its way to a top speed of 1.7GHz, a 2GB of RAM and an Adreno 320 GPU.

This Sony-inspired Nexus render came out as LG, which Google tapped to make the hit Nexus 4, came out denying earlier reports that it is prepping the production works for the fifth edition.

"We are not currently working on a Nexus 5 ... but that doesn't mean we would turn down the opportunity," to become part of the Google project, LG was quoted by The Next Web as saying.

In any case, Google's Nexus 5 is expected to break into the scene at around the same time its predecessor was outed last year, which is November - enough time for either Sony or LG and even other makers to win the tight race of bringing the latest Nexus to reality.