The Nexus 5 was launched in November 2013. For readers who are considering buying the device, here is a specs and features review from the release date as well as the price of the device in Australia.

Display and Design

The Nexus 5 comes with a 4.95 inch True HD IPS+ capacitive touch screen, rendering 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution and 445 ppi pixel density. The screen is made of Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for protection. The dimensions on the device are 137.9 x 69.2 x 8.6 mm and it weighs 130 grams.

Hardware and Operating System

The Nexus 5 is equipped with a 2.3 GHz quad core krait 400 processor and Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 chipset. It comes in 16 GB and 32 GB internal memory variants and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

The phone runs on the Android platform and comes loaded with the KitKat operating system, one of the very first smartphones to come with the latest operating system. The device has 2 GB of RAM.

Colours Connectivity and Sensors

The Nexus 5 is available in black and white colour options and comes with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 version with A2DP, Near Field Communication or NFC and microUSB 2.0 version. The sensors on the device are Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass and a barometer.

Camera

The Nexus 5 sports an 8 MP primary camera with features like autofocus, optical image stabilization, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, photo sphere, HDR and dual recording. The secondary camera on the device is a 1.3 MP camera.

Other Features

The other notable features of the device are - wireless charging, active voice cancellation with a dedicated microphone and SNS integration. The preloaded apps and software on the device include Google search, maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk and Picasa.

Battery

The Nexus 5 comes with a non-removable Li-Po 2300 mAh battery, which has a standby time of about 300 hours and allows for a talk time of about 17 hours on 3G.

Price in Australia

The Nexus 5 16 GB variant is priced at around AU $589.95 and the 32 GB variant is priced at around AU $629.95 in Australia.

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