Second Gen Nexus 5 2015 Release Date & Rumor Update: Hardware Specs Leak for LG Nexus 5 2 - Yet Another Smartphone Sans Snapdragon 810?
Despite the swirling rumors and leaked renders, photos, and other miscellaneous information, those anticipating the second generation Nexus 5 phones (rumored as a dual release of LG's Nexus 5 2015 and Huawei's Nexus 6 "Angler" 2015) haven't seen any leaked hardware specs. Until now.
In what seems to be the first sourced leak on the LG Nexus 5 2, DroidFeed reports it's found a specs sheet apparently leaked from the same Weibo user that earlier published performance benchmarks on a slew of next-generation mobile chipsets from various manufacturers, including LG and Huawei.
Whether that track record on leaks translates into reliability on the latest Google Nexus 5 is worth some skepticism, so take the following hardware specs ostensibly for the LG Nexus 5 2015 with a healthy grain of salt.
Rumored LG Second-Gen Nexus 5 2015 Spec Sheet:
Display: 5.2-inch Quad HD (1440 x 2560p) resolution or ~565 pixels per inch
Processors: 64-bit hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 (dual-core A72 @ 1.8GHz / quad-core Cortex A53 @ 1.44 GHz) Adreno 418 GPU
Connectivity: Cat. 9 LTE / up to 450mbps
RAM: 3GB RAM (LPDDR3)
Camera: 13-megapixels (Sony-made IMX 278 lens) with optical image stabilization
There are a couple of things to note about these ostensible specs.
Firstly, considering Google's Nexus line traditionally aims for a balance between including advanced hardware and keeping the unlocked price low (though this was not the case last year with the Nexus 6), lends more credence that these somewhat middle-of-the-road specs are accurate.
Secondly, since it's supposed to be made by LG, and similar to previous years, loosely built on LG's current flagship (this year, the LG G4), the fact that the Nexus 5 2 ostensibly includes a Snapdragon 808 carries more weight as well.
It also means yet another 2015 Android smartphone that won't be using Qualcomm's highest-end Snapdragon 810 system on a chip -- joining the ranks of Samsung, LG (of course), Motorola, and others, all of whom are studiously avoiding the heat-spewing mini-radiator of a SoC that is Qualcomm's failed 2015 flagship.
So much for Octa-core Androids this year.
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