Photos and details from round the Web confirm much of what we already knew about Google's next smartphone and OS. October 31, 2013 4:28 AM PDT A look at LG's Nexus 5 with KitKat from a French Web site. (Credit: http://android.hdblog.it/) New photos and details of both Google's forthcoming Nexus 5 smartphone and the Android 4.4 KitKat operating system running it have popped up all over the Internet from sources claiming they've gone hands-on with the device. From a Google+ profile page to Italian and German Android sites to Reddit and more, the early news confirms the story we've been putting together one piece at a time: that the LG-made Nexus 5 smartphone will feature a 5-inch 1080p HD screen and run Android 4.4 on a 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 CPU with Adreno 330 graphics. (Credit: Google+,Yusuf Islam) The various sources go on to confirm an always-on microphone for touchless voice control, a feature that's also on the Motorola Moto X, and a backup solution similar to Apple's iCloud. Physically, the device looks similar to the LG G2, with rounded corners and a black backing, with the difference that the phone will have Nexus branding and do away with the G2's back-panel controls for volume and power. Keep your ears and eyes peeled for official news from Google, which we can anticipate any day now. Read the CNET Editors' Take Google Nexus 5 Editors' Take: The next-generation Nexus phone is expected to debut in the next couple of weeks. Here's what we know so far about the Android flagship. Read More
Photos and details from round the Web confirm much of what we already knew about Google's next smartphone and OS.
A look at LG's Nexus 5 with KitKat from a French Web site.
(Credit: http://android.hdblog.it/)
New photos and details of both Google's forthcoming Nexus 5 smartphone and the Android 4.4 KitKat operating system running it have popped up all over the Internet from sources claiming they've gone hands-on with the device.
From a Google+ profile page to Italian and German Android sites to Reddit and more, the early news confirms the story we've been putting together one piece at a time: that the LG-made Nexus 5 smartphone will feature a 5-inch 1080p HD screen and run Android 4.4 on a 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 CPU with Adreno 330 graphics.
The various sources go on to confirm an always-on microphone for touchless voice control, a feature that's also on the Motorola Moto X, and a backup solution similar to Apple's iCloud.
Physically, the device looks similar to the LG G2, with rounded corners and a black backing, with the difference that the phone will have Nexus branding and do away with the G2's back-panel controls for volume and power.
Keep your ears and eyes peeled for official news from Google, which we can anticipate any day now.
Google Nexus 5
Editors' Take: The next-generation Nexus phone is expected to debut in the next couple of weeks. Here's what we know so far about the Android flagship. Read More
