Thursday, November 28, 2013

Review: Nexus 5, a great phone with or without reduced price - eldiario.es

The more you use the more you appreciate Nexus 5 the qualitative leap that Google and LG have given the combination of phone and operating system you have presented this November. No need to resort to that old saying about the Nexus of ‘what is good value for money’. This smartphone shines alone, and above that price.

you already had in my first impressions with the Nexus 5 which I was surprised the way the terminal, with the processing speed and the battery life, but I had some doubts about Android 4.4 . Moreover, he had not yet had time to make good use of your camera. Each and every one of my issues have been resolved.


A simple design to save

Despite its size, requiring the 4.95 inches of the screen, the Nexus 5 is a very handy phone. LG has reduced the thickness to compensate for the set and seems lighter than it really is because the weight is distributed nicely in the palm of your hand. In addition, the back polycarbonate cover attaches it to hand firmly convey feeling without roughness.

A sober design that almost mock, you get used to very quickly. It is a visually appealing, mesmerizing in its simplicity and breaks his own line with the Nexus 5 phone back cover notch. However, at least the black model, is dirty for both tracks as fat. The biggest problem with design is that the rear camera protrudes from the surface and the absence of a cover, makes you be in continuous stress every time you loose anywhere.

the other hand, the IPS screen and Full HD resolution (1920×1080, 445 dpi) shown impressive. Of course indoors, but also under sunlight because it withstands exposure avoiding reflections superbly with its brilliance. Nor do the problems with the viewing angles. And the color representation is excellent, although he blamed constraints sign his low contrast black. In the technical ratings, screen brand Nexus 5 good grades, but almost always below what gets iPhone 5S. Moreover, it is protected with Gorilla Glass 3 technology and its hardness can be felt so gives no fear or pick up the phone screen and turn it by hand, and no sign of scratches though always leave mouth down to protect the camera.

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Android 4.4, a major step forward

The hardware works well, and Kit Kat Android 4.4 comes around. It is impossible not overloaded your 800 to 2.26 GHz Snapdragon nor heavier applications, including games with better graphics flow with no problem. The charging time is long gone, are now all transitions. In two weeks or a block and not a reboot: zero fault . Its developers have made clear that Android 4.4 is designed to run on all kinds of phones from 512MB of RAM, so one of 2GB as this saves a lot of memory for multitasking.

phone architecture is proposed for applications to coexist in the background without fear of compromising performance. Even the traditional Android menu button has been replaced by another one with which they are running.

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Google is Now (if you have permission), which is slowly taking shape to be useful. The Nexus 5 is permanently active listening and saying “Ok Google” from any page on the desktop, and then giving an order. The voice recognition is very good and faithful, but only works in English and directs the search engine and not to applications. You could say it is about. Along with voice commands, Google Now tries to anticipate your steps and tells you without you asked, for example, how is the road back to Madrid if you’re passing on Sunday in the village. Beyond traffic, timing and brokerage stocks is not very effective for a non-US user, and also force yourself to open and give all your information to a company with a history of respect for privacy more than doubtful. But if you’re a creature of routine can help in some tasks.

The appearance of this version of Android without poison by manufacturers and operators as the phone is simple, with small details in the transition between applications and menus. It is so short on options that it does not at all easy to manage routine tasks and enable or disable the 3G or audio modes, so I have installed an auxiliary bar as Notification Toogle to take any shortcuts hand.

Is your limit? It seems that although there is more. On the one hand you have disabled by default (Android RunTime) ART technology that will help everything run more smoothly on phones with less capacity and some say it also benefits the Nexus 5. Although it is in beta. On the other hand, some people already managed to increase the performance of this smartphone between 25% and 50%, according to content, thanks to optimized dalvik Moto X.

Battery set

The Android 4.4 is not only effective, it is efficient. One of the keys to the lightness of the Nexus 5 is its battery, 2,300 mAh compared to 3,000 mAh more than they are riding some Chinese terminals to give more than one day of autonomy. And it has proven sufficient compared to current standards and with a couple of years ago had.

If you let the phone charge overnight can spend the day outside without fear that you will spend the battery out with no charger or having another office. With heavy use navigation (WiFi or 3G, screen and keyboard plus some video), calls and messaging over any item to any game you make sure you get over between 20% and 25%. As a diesel, it’s amazing what has reduced its consumption per connection, so when it is idle even with all connected just spent. Importantly, to conserve more battery I recommend to disable auto brightness mode and leave 25%, whose power is optimum for indoor and only if necessary adjust it on the street.

The camera meets

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camera. The exterior, interior because little can be expected. The rankings always prevailing. The Nexus 5 incorporates an 8 megapixel camera with optical stabilizer Sony technology and LED lighting getting great pictures. Both exterior and interior with natural light and artificial light. Better if the HDR + technology, especially the more inexperienced than the person that set is used.

In forums, several users say they are getting better performance with other applications than the default one, which slightly improved to Android 4.3 But whether or not able to get their full potential, This software is also cumbersome, difficult to use and slow approach. Works based menus that fan out toward the center of the screen, extremely sensitive without defined framework. As for setting it to walk outside and cold.

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is the video function, which lets you choose between resolutions 1080p, 720p and 480p and a few lighting options, and nothing more. Yet the result is good, especially capturing audio.


Conclusion

The Nexus 5 is an outstanding phone in performance and efficiency. He has given up competing with high-end surface details to focus on utility and comfort, that is, to focus on technological advancement.

Its performance is maximum with breakneck speed in use without any problem or fault. All this with a big, good-resistant screen and a battery adjusted in size to its duration day pass and compensate by weight. The savings comes from the part of the design, but have managed to compensate with a simple touch very consistent with the current fashion, either by entering the eyes. Your camera is not at the level of excellence of the rest of the team, but still remains decent for a high-end like this.

What is missing? Remember that costs 350 or 400 euros, albeit with limited memory to 16GB or 32GB for that model. Now that the Chinese phones are rising in price, Nexus 5 is becoming a more advisable for those who want a mobile front-line and is not willing to pay 600 euros option.


Technical Specifications

Process: Snapdragon CPU 800 to 2.26 GHz, GPU Adreno 330 and 450 MHz and 2GB RAM

Operating System: Android 4.4 Kit Kat

Dimensions and Weight: 69.17 x 137.84 x 8.59 cm, 130g

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Connectivity: 4G/LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC “tap and pay” dual band WiFi

Storage: 16 or 32 GB no possibility of expansion

Battery: 2,300 mAh

Camera: 8 MP OIS / Front 1.3 MP

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