Nexus 5 is official and its cheap, good value but there are compromises

Google is now selling the Nexus 5 16gb for £299 and the 32gb for £339 in the UK Play Store.

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The specs are as leaked –

-Android™ 4.4 (KitKat®)
-Screen 4.95″ 1920×1080 display (445 ppi), Full HD IPS ,Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
-Camera 1.3MP front facing, 8MP rear facing with Optical Image Stabilization
-Size, 69.17 x 137.84 x 8.59 mm
-Weight 4.59 oz (130 g)
-Battery 2,300 mAH
-Talk time up to 17 hours*, Standby time up to 300 hours*, Internet time up to 8.5 hours on Wi-Fi, up to 7 hours on LTE*
Wireless Charging built-in
Audio Output
Built-in speaker
3.5mm stereo audio connector
CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 800, 2.3GHz GPU Adreno 330, 450MHz

There are some early first impressions published over the internet and the verdict so far it is not on par with the build quality of the iPhone 5S or HTC One. It is plasticly, the camera is not as good as it looks on paper. It has an aperture of f/2.5 which is not cutting edge sadly. As a comparison the HTC One is f/2.0, Samsung S4 f/2.4 and the iPhone 5S f/2.2.

But it does represent a lot of phone for your money. You could buy this phone outright and then get a sim only contract.

So who is looking forward to theirs being delivered?

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