Nexus 5 Available Again for a Limited Amount of Time

Many fans of the long line of Nexus devices felt a little disheartened at seeing the famous flagship star of 2013 dwindling into nonexistence when its successor, a few months before Nexus 6 was released and rocked the market with a new mindset and specs to follow. Google’s Nexus 5 one day went out of stock and was never brought back with little to no news as to what its future held.

While this suggested that a new launch was being prepared by Google, rumors of the Nexus lineage ending after not being able to keep up the pace with the other smartphone families also spread and warned us of the possibility that a device that equally balanced quality and price was becoming out of reach.

Thankfully, the Nexus name resurfaced, with new and impressive specs that almost nobody was expecting, but at a much higher price, thus reinventing the brand altogether but also making the name unavailable to more budget-restricted purchases. Even now, as we are nearing the passing into the next year – which developer companies promise will be a revolutionary blast in terms of mobile technology – the Nexus 5 is still a very powerful and highly viable option.

And good news for anyone who was thinking of picking it up but missed their chance to do so: the past few weeks have surprised us as the Nexus 5 made its way back to Google Play Store for a while, before it parts ways with the smartphone market for good in 2015.

Thus, anyone who feels the new Nexus is either too pricey or just too large for their liking can still hurry up and grab a Nexus 5 as an alternative, brand-new and straight out of the factory before the only models you will be able to find will be refurbished or pre-owned devices.

While we don’t know exactly when in 2015 the production of Nexus 5 will conclude, Google has confirmed that it’s in the plans. Grabbing the Nexus 5 might prove to be slightly difficult even now as the product keeps oscillating between in stock and out of stock, but most likely due to demand proving to be higher than the pace at which Google is still producing this particular model. The reason? Nexus 5 is still very much worth your money, and here is why.

What You’re Getting

If you’re thinking that the Nexus 5 would no longer be worth getting more than a year after its release, you would be wrong. Do keep in mind that when it was first put out on the market, it was quite the blast – it helped bring Android 4.4.2 KitKat operating system into the world and cost a very accessible amount of money for its worth. Now, as some Android devices are still waiting in line to grab the latest OS update, the fabled Android 5.0 Lollipop, Nexus 5 is casually passing through the VIP line and can get it right away.

Considering the amount of Nexus 5 devices out there and how popular the phone became after its launch, Nexus seems to have put a little extra effort in making the operating system available for this particular model a little sooner than others, and making sure it’s well optimized before being sent out.

It would be farfetched to settle the Nexus 5 into the land of phablets, as it is definitely not as poignant as the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 or the new Nexus 6, having an only 5 inch display. But said display does far from let you down, as it’s full HD 1920 x 1080 pixel, powered up by some impressive hardware. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad core 2.3 GHz processor used to be a cutting-edge CPU back when it was first release, still maintaining it a considerable candidate in terms of speed and power with current models that haven’t yet transitioned to new technologies (aka the Snapdragon 810 for example).

Besides the powerful processor however, you wouldn’t be leaving empty handed on the RAM either, as it packs a good 2 GB of it to help keep up with all of your multitasking needs and resource consuming applications just as well. To stay in line with these facts, the Nexus 5 also brings a storage space of either 16 GB or 32 GB, these two models kind of alternating in terms of availability right now. With a bit of luck however, you can manage to get the preferred model on the producer’s website as they are still producing both.

Grabbing the 32 GB version might not be the worst of ideas considering that the Nexus 5 cannot be opened and does not own a micro SD card slot. That should not be the greatest of problems however, as the price remains low and in touch of what the brand used to promote before the Nexus 6 release.

If you’re interested to know how the camera would be keeping up with newer releases, do note that the Nexus 5 packs an 8 MP camera that features optical image stabilization and a front-facing 1.3 MP camera to answer to your video-call needs.

If you’re wondering about the price of this smartphone, it’s as low as ever. You could grab yourself the 16 GB version for no more than $349 and the 32 GB one for $399, and that is outside a contract that would normally follow the purchase from carriers for example.

So, if all of the above is in harmony with what you feel you’re looking for in a phone, keep an eye out on the Google Play Store for the Nexus 5 here.

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Roxanne Briean

I am a geek, a gamer and a writer. I have always been fascinated with the online community. At the moment I work as a full-time writer and study interior design. When I'm not scouring the net in search of interesting new gadgets and software I spend my time in MOBAs or drawing.