Nexus 5 evaluation: How fast to save Brother Wu?

I guess Google first launched the Nexus series just for fun. First, give Apple a slap in the face, "What's the big deal about iPhone? I want to b

Nexus 5 evaluation: How fast to save Brother Wu?

I guess Google first launched the Nexus series just for fun. First, give Apple a slap in the face, "What's the big deal about iPhone? I want to be a smart phone, too"; First demonstrate to the OEM, "If I want to use my Android, my mobile phone should at least be like this." I didn't expect it to come out to the fifth generation in the blink of an eye, and it is getting cheaper and higher. Coupled with the successful Nexus 7 last year (and the Nexus 10 that no one bought), the blind can see that Google wants to make Nexus a well-known commercial brand of smart devices. No, the Nexus 5 was robbed as soon as it went to the Play Store, and it continued to sell well for some time. So I usually play computer games for a week, and this time I used Nexus 5 for two weeks, trying to understand this kit kat thoroughly. To sum up, there are four words: more, faster, better and better. Let's break it down one by one.

self-introduction

Nexus 5 is the fifth generation smartphone of Google Nexus series. Like the previous generation Nexus 4, it was manufactured by LG. But this time it is based on LG G2, and this time it supports LTE. Built-in 2.3GHz quad-core Opteron 800 processor, 2G RAM and 2300mAh battery. The screen of Nexus 5 is a 4.95-inch IPS Plus LCD(445ppi). It runs the pure Android 4.4 "Kit Kat" operating system, which is not controlled by operators and mobile phone OEMs. It can get the latest system updates directly from Google in the first time (of course, it does not rule out that models in some regions may still be delayed by LG or operators). It is the closest product provided by Google to iPhone.

Who can use it?

Google hardcore. Android fans. Google serves deep users. Senior geek. People who don't like Touchwiz/Sense/Xperia UI/MIUI, etc. People who spend a lot of money in the Play Store (not many in China).

Contour design

The shape of the Nexus 5 is very mediocre. This mediocrity is neither positive nor negative, because Nexus 5 really belongs to the type that can't be found in a pile of mobile phones. There is no jewel of iPhone 5s, no ability of Samsung Galaxy series to recognize at a glance, and no amazing industrial design of Lumia series. This is a pure black (or black and white) board. On the other hand, you can also say that the design of Nexus 5 adheres to the concept of "minimalism", because there is only one screen on the front of the whole fuselage and nothing else. You can't see any strange silver edges, shadows or fake leather (say you Galaxy Note 3). However, as a mobile phone with a nearly 5-inch screen, the Nexus 5 is unexpectedly small. The size of 137.9×69.2×8.6mm is mainly because LG's narrow border and virtual buttons occupy part of the screen. It won't feel particularly big in your hand, it won't make you feel that your hand has become a claw like Note 3, and it won't make you hold a brick in your hand by mistake like Lumia 920.

Speaking of feel, the Nexus 5 is comfortable to hold in your hand. The black version adopts all-plastic design, but it is not the sliding plastic of Galaxy series, but the soft-touch plastic closer to Kindle Fire HD and Mi 3. And because the back cover has a slight curvature, it fits the palm of your hand and you won't feel particularly tired when holding it. In terms of material, it is naturally not as high as the all-metal iPhone 5s or HTC One, and the plastic treatment is not as elegant as Lumia series or iPhone 5c, but it is really comfortable to hold in your hand, which is enough. It is worth mentioning that although the fuselage is all made of plastic, the buttons are very rare ceramic materials in the mobile phone industry. You may not have noticed (you may not have touched). The Nexus logo on the back of the fuselage has changed from the vertical row of the previous generation to the horizontal row, with huge fonts and ceramics. The black-and-white version of Nexus 5 is as plastic as the black version. The only difference is the smooth plastic frame and the "silky" back shell.

Although Nexus 5 is based on LG G2, the difference between them is quite big. Google probably didn't want to take risks, so it didn't adopt the design of putting the volume button and the power button on the back of the machine like G2, and it still traditionally put them on both sides of the fuselage. However, there is a problem that the power button is too high, and people with small hands will have a hard time pressing it. Below the power button is the MicroSIM card slot, which can be pushed up with the plastic needle provided by Google (I used the Apple needle but it didn't open …). The top of the fuselage is an artistically designed 3.5mm headphone jack, and the bottom is a speaker and microphone. Yes, although the Nexus 5 looks like an iPhone with speakers at the bottom, it is not. Only the speaker is on the left and the receiver is on the right. And if the grip is not good, it will cover the left speaker from time to time, so there is no sound. This is a design failure. Between the speaker and microphone is a MicroUSB port.

On the front of the fuselage, there is a camera with 6.5438+0.3 million pixels in the upper left, and the receiver in the middle. Below is the huge IPS screen protected by Gorilla Glass 3. This 4.95-inch 1080p IPS LCD screen has a full HD resolution of 445ppi, which can be regarded as the top screen in the smartphone screen industry. If you don't count several AQUOS phones that Sharp only sells in Japan, the screen fineness of Nexus 5 is the second in the industry after HTC One(468ppi). It is clear and bright, accurate in color and highly visible in the sun. It won't be as thick as AMOLED, it seems that everyone is wearing makeup, and white is also very white (but black is not as pure as AMOLED). However, this screen is actually not as good as iPhone 5s, HTC One or LG G2, because it does not have the "fresh" feeling that their screens should have. It is worth mentioning that although this screen of Nexus 5 is also arranged in RGB, it is not an ordinary RGB arrangement, but a left-right twisted arrangement. In theory, this arrangement allows mobile phone manufacturers to throw more pixels into the screen, which means you can't see any particles with the naked eye. At the bottom of the screen is an LED indicator for notification. But this lamp is poorly designed, it will always be on, and you can't customize the color yet. Fortunately, you can still completely control this light through the third-party tool LightFlow.

Turning to the back, in addition to the huge Nexus logo, you will also see the same huge camera. Google keeps the optical imaging stabilization system of G2, so the camera must be bigger and stronger. I like this design myself (because it is fashionable), but I believe many people will not like it because it is too big and protruding, which destroys the "minimalist" style of the whole Nexus 5 and makes the Nexus 5 look uneven on the desktop. Otherwise, the back is not detachable, that is to say, you can't change the battery, and you should always bring charging equipment. However, Nexus 5 supports Qi wireless charging, and wireless charging boards such as Samsung and Nokia can be used directly. In addition, the Nexus 5 can't plug in a MicroSD card and has no built-in infrared, but it supports Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, DLNA, SlimPort, UBS OTG and LTE (function-LTE (Nexus 4 should not support it).

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many

Now enter the quick and simple link. One by one, let's start with the "duo".

Nexus 5 can be regarded as the "window" of Android 4.4 (in fact, every generation of Nexus is). This time, 4.4 looks little different from 4.3, but in fact, many improvements have been made both in front of the stage and behind the scenes. This is "more".

Visual effect update

Google abandoned the blue Holo theme of Android 3.0 and began to develop in the direction of "white". It used to be blue, but now it's all white. Such as notification bar, folder background, grid border, etc. Moreover, the background of the notification bar and virtual buttons has become transparent, as has the application drawer, which means that you can finally see a complete wallpaper everywhere. But its deeper meaning is that Google encourages developers to develop more "full-screen" applications.

The lock screen of Android 4.4 has a camera icon. Previously, in 4.3, you only needed to pull to the left when locking the screen. Now you need to pull up and then pull to the left, which is very inconvenient. On the desktop and menu, Google's default Roboto font has become thinner, giving people a brand-new feeling (the Chinese font should not change). Icons have also become fresher and bigger to match the big screen. In addition, after clicking the "application" icon on the desktop, there is really only an application drawer. The desktop widget drawer you used to see is now placed outside, and you need to press it long on the desktop to select wallpaper or something, as most other Android phones do. Now all applications can be completely hidden. Generally speaking, Android 4.4 has not changed much in the interface, but there are many changes, and it is progressing in the direction of "minimalism" and good.

Google search

This time, Google has strengthened its old line of "search" a lot, and the whole Android 4.4 is "search". On the desktop, the leftmost screen is the Google Now function that Google is proud of (but users in China can't use it, which is really annoying). In the past, pressing the Home button can still continue to open (but China users will only see a search bar after long press). Google's voice search has also become smarter. When the screen opens, you can search by saying Okay Google. But this is not as perfect as Moto X, because when the screen is closed, Moto X will "hear" your voice. According to Qualcomm, Xiaolong 800 can handle the function of receiving voice commands even when the screen is dark, which means that Google itself is not authentic.

Application update

Native dial-up applications are almost brand new. You can finally make up a number or a person's name when searching. You can try to enter a KFC or McDonald's to see if Google will help you find their number. Overall, it's a bit like Google Maps. However, at first glance, I don't think most people will use the interface of this new dialing application because it is really confusing. The dial-up home page is piled with a bunch of recent contacts, and it can't be customized yet. It was a failure.

But the biggest change is "chatting around". I don't know what Google thinks, but I deleted the original SMS application and integrated all SMS, Google Talk and voice chat. The original intention should be good, I want to learn iMessage. But in the "ring chat", SMS is still SMS, and chat information or chat information is still separate. What's the point of integration? Fortunately, Google has left a way out for users who don't like "ring chat". You can still install something like Go SMS and set it as the default SMS application, away from the messy "ring chat".

In addition, Android 4.4 has QuickOffice built in, so you can finally edit Office documents without installing other third-party applications. Google Wallet is also deeply integrated into the system, but China users are still out of touch with it. In addition, Google added the function of "wireless cloud print" to Android 4.4. Mom no longer has to worry that my mobile phone can't connect to the printer! Other new applications include "screen recording", but it needs to be connected to a computer, which is not very easy to use.

More model support

According to Google, Android 4.4 only needs 5 12MB to run. Does this mean that many old computers on the market can also be upgraded to the latest operating system? Don't dream, the mobile phone manufacturer won't upgrade your mobile phone two or three years ago. They'd better keep buying the latest flagship. But this is a digression, and it has nothing to do with Nexus 5, so stop here.

In short, Android 4.4 is the best version of Android at present (nonsense). Except for the disappointing "ring chat", most other updates are loved by ordinary people. Space is limited, but there are many other highlights in Android 4.4, which are left for you to explore.

quick

"Fast" is not always a good word. It's like saying a man is "quick". Do you think he will be happy? However, the word "fast" appeared in Nexus 5 by mistake, that is, (xù) electricity (háng) fast (chà).

I did a test myself and went out at 9: 00 in the morning with a box full of Nexus 5. Brush Weibo WeChat at work, read web pages, send and receive emails, watch videos and play games for a while, and it will automatically turn off at 10: 30 at night. I can't last a day. IPhone doesn't use electricity that fast.

Use it as little as possible when you go to work the next day, and use it when you have time. The battery barely lasted until almost 0 o'clock. In short, the endurance of Nexus 5 is the worst among the Android phones I have used recently, and it is also an inefficient lamp that requires you to carry a charging treasure at any time. The reason is that I think one of the culprits is the screen (most of the time, the screen accounts for more than 60% of the power), and another reason is that the battery of LG G2 still has 3000mAh, and it will shrink to 2300mAh when it reaches the Nexus 5, just because the Nexus 5 is 0.3mm thinner than the G2? This is ridiculous. However, the standby power consumption of Nexus 5 is not bad, unlike Nexus 4. If you don't use it for a day, it may turn off automatically.

okay

Google really made Nexus 5 in the direction of its flagship mobile phone this time. Because all the hardware is the best. Like Galaxy Note 3 and LG G2, 2.26GHz Qualcomm Xiaolong 800 processor, 2G memory (Android 4.4 actually only needs its 1/4), Adreno 330 GPU. All these, together with the further system optimization of Android 4.4, make Nexus 5 run very fast without any delay (except for some big games and videos), which is almost the fastest Android phone I have ever used, and can be comparable to iPhone 5s to some extent. If you are a user of Nexus 4, you will feel a "qualitative leap" when you get Nexus 5, not to mention the old users who are still using Galaxy Nexus. However, some poorly done third-party applications (such as WeChat, which uses the iOS version to clean up and has no progress) still have some cards when they are used. You can't blame Android, only lazy developers.

However, the storage and reading speed of the Nexus 5 is similar to that of the Nexus 4, but it is only improved a little, but it will not be as tragic as the Nexus 7 last year. Wi-Fi performance is very good. In many places where my iPhone 5s can't search for wireless signals at all, Nexus 5 can still have a grid, which is really commendable.

In short, if these words are summed up into one word, it should be "good".

province

If you think I'm going to say how cheap the Nexus 5 is and how much money I saved you, it's all wet. The "province" here refers to cutting corners with the Nexus 5 camera.

LG G2' s13 megapixel camera became 8 megapixels in Nexus 5, saving 5 million. Ok, you said that pixels don't affect the imaging quality, so let's take a look at the shooting sample of Nexus 5.

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Ok, you said that the camera of Nexus 5 is much better than that of Nexus 4. Yes, this is progressive. But this doesn't stop the camera of Nexus 5 from still being bad. Of course, in the case of sunny weather and excellent light, Nexus 5 can take very satisfactory photos. However, once at night, or when your subject is moving fast, Nexus 5 can't find the north. Either it's overexposed, the color is wrong, or it's not focused at all. And the camera application of Nexus 5 is also very problematic. Starting slowly, focusing more slowly, makes my heart cold. The scale of the viewing window is 16:9, and the photo taken is indeed 4:3. Google and LG are also big companies. Google's own Google+ is used for people to upload photos. Google has three different photo editing applications (such as Snapseed), and the G2 camera is also very good. Why did it shrink like this when I arrived at Nexus 5? However, almost no camera in the Nexus series is easy to use.

However, Google still provides remedies. When you turn on the HDR+ mode of the Nexus 5 camera, the photos you take look like a new camera, and the color and contrast are very different from HDR+. If you want to take photos with Nexus 5, just keep HDR+ on. Although it is not as good as the iPhone or Galaxy Note 3, it is at least meaningful. Even so, software optimization cannot be an excuse for the Nexus 5 camera to be too "provincial".

Test notes

Want to buy it?

So in fact, how fast and how much province is not as good as the original meaning of this idiom. But if it weren't for the poor battery life and bad camera, I think I would probably recommend Nexus 5 to everyone. After all, it has the best mobile phone hardware, great screen, the most advanced smartphone operating system in the world (sorry for iOS 7), decent but qualified appearance and feel. Compared with machines that have been evaluated several times before, Nexus 5 has unique advantages: (compared with G2) the touch position of buttons is good, (compared with Note 3) the screen size is moderate, there is no cheap fake leather material, and (compared with Mi 3) it has the most beautiful native Android skin. Moreover, there are actually corresponding solutions to the two problems of poor battery life and poor photography. That is, carry a charging treasure with you and turn on HDR+ mode in camera applications. So in the end, I will recommend Nexus 5 to you.

Specification list

Where can I buy it?

Google Play Store (not available in China Store)

Mufeng Communication (Great Value Discount)

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