Google Nexus 5 User Reviews

Used it for 2 years from 2008-2011. Came from Nokia E52. First Android experience. Simple, advance, functional. Google Eco system worked best for me. Helped me to adjust with it. Easy to hold. Light weight. Super fast. Not durable. Plastic. Battery was the biggest issue.

I had this phone since 2015.02 till 2018.02 and think that its google's best phone ever! After this phone i had nexus 6p. its also good mobile, but i'm in love with lg nexus 5. I changed this phone cause, there are no more updates. 6.0 android was last update. So why i changed it.

This LG flagship phone was a very underrated phone for it's time.

I bought this phone in 2014, a year after it's release date and used it up until today.
It still managed to have the same premium feel that newer phones did up until 2016.

It is now on it's way to obsolescence heading into 2017-18. Upgrading to an LG v20, another underrated LG flagship.

I applaud LG for competing with top-of-the-line phones year after year, yet with more affordable prices. Will be a customer of LG for a long while.

bought this phone in April 2014. I am just now upgrading to a note. Loved the stock android experience. Battery life was subpar but manageable on most days. Had to buy a external battery pack to get through some days. Also the phone tends to lag when multitasking.

Overall very worth the price. Has some short comings like battery life and call quality but make up for it with the price tag. The SOC is great, screen is sharp but colors are off, camera is up there but nowhere near the best, build quality is mostly great. One of my favorite phones.

I had this phone for less than a year but I enjoied every minute of it. Well... until the upgrade to lollipop.

I could really feel the speed diference between Kitkat's Nexus 5 vs. Lolipop's Nexus 5.
I had friends with Samsung S5, Htc One M8, Iphone 5, 5S, 6, Oneplus One and my Nexus would outperform them in the speed department.
Outspeeding 700$ hardware with 350$ hardware really makes you feel good.

After the 5.0 software upgrade I could really feel the downgrade in speed. The phone wasn't that snappy anymore (It could still outperform other devices like the S5), but (and maybe other people don't share my feelings on this) after having the best possible speed at your fingertips for a few months and then an upgrade slows down your hardware - it is upseting.

I really thought the Nexus 5 was the perfect phone.
The two concerns people have with this phone are camera and battery:

Camera is decent. It's better than people maket it look like.
Battery - well, the only downside for me.

I think of myself to be a power user [ I guess everyone here thinks the same about themsefles :) ] and battery was a constant concern for me. I had to be really careful with my usage in order to reach 6 PM with some juice left.
Some days, when I wasn't constantly using my phone - it performed ok, it would last for an entire day. Maybe a 20% bigger battery was the only thing missing in order for this to be the perferct phone.

Perfection in a smartphone is a utopian thought, but the Nexus 5 was really close reach it.
Nexus 5 - definitley the best package of it's generation!

I am using it for about 2 months,and I'm loving it.It's simply the best so this is my opinion. . .

I have been using galaxy s3 and s4 far better than those 2... this gives a great experience when we use the pure android. But still i didnot het the lollipop update yet.. It never lags speed is awsome

After the update I don't get my gallery app I can't see my pics as per my album I have to go browze to the last pic from the beginning to get and it takes a lot of time nor can I download the app from the play store its very bad there are many bugs in the latest updat

The phone is top quality for the price you pay. It is fast, thin and sexy. There are no problems with the phone, except for the battery life. Wish it had a larger battery. Also screen is gorilla glass 3, so awesome.

One of the best phone that I have ever used (had iPhone, had Nokia, had Samsung ... didn't had HTC - but my friends have and it's an incredible device as well). Don't think about if you ... want to buy it or not to buy it ... buy it. JUST BUY IT! and we'll talk later if I was right! :))

This is my first experience with android family, glad I joined. I was impressed by the bulind quality and the display , it's also super fast !! value for money, great deal !!! highly recommended !!!

This phone is the best you can get for anyone from those who want a device that is simple and easy to use to the advanced users who want all the functionality and customization ability. The android operating system was designed on this model, so there's no doubt that it runs perfectly.

Switched from AT&T to T-Mobile and went with the Nexus 5. I'm glad I did. Its very fast and doesn't have all that normal bloatware on it since its pure Google. I'm not sure about the camera app yet. The phone is a good size for me and is fairly light weight. You couldn't go wrong with getting this phone.

Awesome phone! Im very happy that I ended up buying this phone. This phone has never givin me any problems, its fast, fun, the camera is great on it, probably the best camera phone ive ever had. I love how its afordable at $350 you really cant go wrong, the build quility is ok there is no metal, all plastic but thats ok too!

I'm so glad I waited and skipped out on the Nexus 4. I never saw the appeal of having a glass back on a phone anyways. I don't need my phone cracking front and back when it falls on the floor. If you want a real phone you won't be disappointed with the Nexus 5.

I love this phone! My very first Nexus phone. I'm a guy that loves updates and I couldn't stand how slow updates came to my GS3. My neighbor had the GS2 and upgraded to the GS3 and he showed me all the cool features it had to offer, so I went ahead and bought a GS3. It was a good device, don't get me wrong but I hated waiting around for updates. I also found myself turning off about 90% of the dumb features you never use. One, because they waste battery. Two, I never used them. And three, they took up internal memory. I soon heard about these Nexus devices and I saw the rumors about the Nexus 5 coming out soon. As soon as the Nexus 5 came out, I waited two months before buying one because I wanted to read some reviews about it first. I decided to buy one and now I fell in love with my Nexus 5! Pure Google Phone with no bloatware. GS3 had way too much bloatware. Very fast updates that keep getting better every time. I used Google Now on the GS3, and I continue to use it and love it with all the neat features added to it almost every day on my Nexus 5. Google Now is way better than S-Voice and Siri. I finally got my first phone with LTE. At first I wasn't impressed with speeds from T-Mobile and I continued to use HSPA+ for several months until LTE got faster in my area. The build quality is very nice. The soft back feel makes the phone very comfortable to hold in your hand. And it very lightweight too. All the buttons are easily accessible. The screen size is prefect in almost every situation (Netflix, Games, Texting, etc...) I still find myself moving my hand to reach the top left part of the screen to access everything. 99% of the time the UI is blazing fast. Every once in awhile the phone will hick-up because of multitasking with like apps and games. I find the 8MP camera to be average but that's all I need it to be. The camera UI has had one major update but I found it has lacked features that originally started off in the beginning. The features are slowly coming back over time. The text input is very useful because of the big screen. Google Keyboard and a 5inch screen is very helpful. One draw back I found was the phone lacks a spot for a Micro SD Card slot. Expandable memory is a big thing now a days. Another thing I found I don't like is that the Auto Brightness seems to be too bright at times. I never knew this but the Nexus 5 does not have WiFi calling. Not that I need it but it would be a nice feature to use if I did need it or for others that need it. There looks to be two speaker grills on the bottom of the phone but it's only one. The other grill is a mic. This could be confusing and frustrating because I find myself covering up the speaker grill from time to time because of where it is located. One last thing I'm not too impressed on is battery life. I like it and I don't like it. The battery will last me all day but I can't get it to last any longer than that. Sometimes I find myself reaching for my charger. Overall, great phone!

I have been owning this phone for less 3 months now
Nexus 5 has heating issues (You can burn your ears in 5 mins), the speakers are worse than my '00 pc and 2300mAH is too low for this device
The only good from this device is the : Build Quality and Ui speed

I have been using this mobile for 4 months and its one of its kind. It is an excellent device, with stunning display, nice graphics and awesome power. And it offers pure Android experience and I even installed the Android L developers version which runs perfectly on my device. The only problem I faced with device is about setting custom ringtone. I found the procedure about how to set ringtone in this link and it worked perfectly, http://www.spinfold.com/set-ringtone-in-nexus-5-an​d-nexus-4/

So far this is the best phone I ever had. Its been almost two week by now and I think its worth every penny I have spend on it. Right now I don't think I need a note 3 or s5 or one m8 because the performance overall is at a tough competition with those phones. The camera isnt that good like you would find in s5 or m8 or note3 but It is still decent. The battery life is ok as it you would need charge at the end of the day.love the android experience as you know it is pure android. Overall,it is an amazing phone for this price rate and you wouldn't find a phone like this at this rate.

I love it, and if the camera would be better it would be the best phone ever made, for the speed, for the specs, and for the display, I hope Google will make a nexus 6 but not a 5.9 ". So, I love it, and every single time that I use it, I'm feel better!

I've been using this phone for about an year now. And the best phone I ever had. I recommend this phone if you,
-- like to see high resolution videos/pictures, (445 pi / 1080p);
-- need a slim phone (8.6mm);
-- want to utilize the best of Android OS;
-- it gives pretty decent pictures, though it has 8MP camera;
-- above all, the best of bests features/price ratio...!!!

This is the best smartphone on the market currently!
It's the only one that features the better pure Android OS experience.
I do recommend that phone, cause it can provide to their users the smoothier performance ever tried!

Great phone, will get updates as soon a relased even though you weat a few days for the OTA update. Fast, doesnt lag through games and its anything a person could want for a phone. The only negative would be the battery life because its inconsisity epically with the updates that are coming out but other then that everything else is great. It has anice camera even though the app might be confusing but itll come with future updates

Very good phone, whith perfect build quality. Very fast UI, no lags. Sharp and colorful display. Battery life should be better, but not bad. One and a half day with one charge depends on usege. I have new love after the iphones. :)