One Google executive trumpeted last month that future Nexus devices will come with insanely great features, most notably in the camera department. Naturally, we expect the Nexus 5 to come rolling out with a bang.

The new handset should carry on with the fair success garnered by its predecessor, the Nexus 4, wowing fans with possibly a faster or even an 8-core CPU, a dedicated GPU to support another Full HD display in a 5-inch plus screen and all the vanilla delight that the fresh Key Lime Pie would crank out.

Such specs remain subject for debates and revisions but most of them would be encased in the new and shiny Nexus 5 shell that is also expected to improve on the alleged fragile make of the Nexus 4, which according to some users were too brittle even for normal handling and usage.

So who will make the next toast of the town, as far as the Android world in concerned?

We have the usual suspects - Motorola Mobility and LG. The former is a default choice because Google owns the U.S. gadget maker while the latter has a record of partnership, a colourful one at that, with the internet giant.

Yet there is a strong likelihood that either of the two will not be involved in the major smartphone push of Google.

Motorola, for one, remains overwhelmed by its underway transition into Google's fold and while it is busy developing its next marquee device biting too much than it can chew is out of the question at the moment.

As Morgan Stanley, Google's chief financial officer, recently exclaimed: Too many are happening at Motorola right now, which suggests it cannot busy itself with the X-Phone while grappling with another concern, and a major one like the Nexus 5.

"We've inherited 18 months of pipeline that we actually have to drain right now, while we're actually building the next wave of innovation and product lines. We have to go through this transition. These are not easy transitions," DazeInfo.com quoted Mr Stanley as saying.

That soft begging off should rule out the mobile phone inventor. How about LG?

It is a big question if Google and LG are willing to become bedfellows anew following the Nexus 4 debacle that prevented the device from actually making a dent in the mobile device market despite the global excitement it generated.

Nexus 4 was a hit or more appropriately would have been a hit but Google and LG could not agree on how to distribute the gadget. They ended up throwing mud at each other, trying to pin the blame on why Nexus 4 was not around when buyers were desperately seeking the product. Some were even prepared to shell out more cash to pay for inflated price of phone which made its way to underground retailers.

It is doubtful that Google is willing to entrust again its Nexus smartphone to LG, which anyway is too preoccupied in figuring out how to effectively compete with Samsung, which brings us to a more viable candidate for the Nexus 5.

Samsung is no stranger to Nexus. It put out the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus 10 full-sized tablet. It is more than able, in short and Google is well aware of that fact. Plus its clout should be plus of Google really intends to flood the international market with its Nexus 5. If the tech giant is seriously looking for an effective Nexus 5 partner, it should not look any further.

Or Google can also consider Sony. The Japanese firm has the chops in the device-making business and its globally competitive, no argument about that. It might be encountering an extended bump in the past years but maybe cooking up something with Google will give it a lifeline, minimise its woes and allow the once giant player to regain its groove.

Besides with Sony in the Nexus 5 project, considering its present state, Google will gain a partner that should be easy to deal with. The former is eager to get back its mojo, the latter aching to carve new tech territory and determined to do it right this time.