Androidofony today is “hodgepodge” of heterogeneous processors, displays, buildings and, especially, the membranes of the system. Given that Google doesn’t impose a common look and functionality of androidofony manufacturers (just search YouTube and a bundle of other services was preinstalled), Android inside many smartphones manufacturers pererabatyvaya beyond recognition: in Samsung system looks one way, Huawei is different from that in ASUS the same basis rethought something in a new way, etc.
As a result, the opinion about the Android stack, as the old joke where, Caruso is considered a slacker, because “Izzy told me yesterday his song, and something not liked”. This is partly why Google from time to time organizes the “the exhibition of achievements of the Android industry” and releases the device on the latest version of Android with no frills with some brand new features.
Nexus (the name of this family gadgets) is almost never produced as a record of the powerful devices of its time. Smartphones of this family were always a little weaker than the flagship, but due to the constant modifications and updates Android remain relevant longer than the flagships promoted from the creators of androidofony. Because the current giants new versions of Android come out occasionally and only as a gesture of the greatest indulgence. That’s the simple way Nexus and stand out against the gray mass. After all, how beautiful a woman may be, and his personal platoon of cosmetologists and plastic surgeons in old age will definitely benefit.
LG Nexus 5X
The Nexus originally sported a sub-flagship price tags, although in 2014, the year Google suddenly raged, all the parameters of the triangle (features, size, price), and in the case of Russia, even with the manufacturer. Therefore, Motorola Nexus 6 and remained for us “overseas caviar”, existing in the shadow of the iPhone 6 Plus and Galaxy Note 4 in almost every market.
In 2015 Google has decided not to repeat old mistakes and has turned to LG (for the authorship of which emerged very successful Nexus 4 and Nexus 5) with the clear intention to return to the Nexus brand reputation of smartphones, which “has everything” + guaranteed upgrade to latest Android. We should find out, whether worthy of attention reference Google at a time when Chinese brands are unprecedented strong, while the market leaders began to update the version of Android on older phones.
Features
LG Nexus 5X (H791)
Operating system
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Screen
5.2 inch, 1920×1080, IPS 423 ppi
Processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 1.8 GHz (6 cores, 4x Cortex-A53 + 2x Cortex-A57)
Graphics
Adreno 418
Operational memory
2 GB
Permanent memory
32 GB
Link
4G (LTE Cat.6), 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, GLONASS, NFC
Camera
12.3-Megapixel main with autofocus, 3840×2160 video, front — 5 MP
Battery
non-removable 2700 mAh
Sizes
147×72,6×7,9 mm
Weight
136 g
The price at the time of publication
38 000 rubles
Price according to price.EN
Design and management
Please remove from the screens the fans of HTC and Huawei, until they began to joke about sparkling appearance Nexus 5X. Because the hero of our test is rare today flagship with plastic housing. Not metal, not glass, and plastic. This detail is akin to an expensive car without leather salon, or apartment without a single carpet inside: Champions of traditional values will definitely be resent, even if not all understand the essence of the claims. From modern giants of produced smartphones, probably only Xiaomi still have the guts to release a powerful model in the polycarbonate casing.
Stereo speakers LG Nexus 5X not equipped, so the front panel was increased in height in vain
The smartphone can be beautiful and comfortable even without the use of metal or glass
The advantages of this solution are obvious: plastic is practical in use and very durable material. And it has a beneficial effect on the weight of the smartphone: Nexus 5X easier than such competitors as Sony Xperia Z5, Huawei Honor 7 and HTC One M9, however, being “middling” in thickness.
Plastic in the hull of the flagship would have outraged many, but the Nexus 5X easier and more practical their pretentious competitors
Of the three possible color options black Nexus looks the darkest and most budgetary variant, so we recommend you to pay attention to “blondes”.
It is noteworthy, that in person, our hero looks better than on picture: “plump” rear camera in fact projecting much less than 7 in the Huawei Honor or the Samsung Galaxy S6, and the smooth contours of the body don’t look as weird as the rounded flagship Sony after several years of angular design.
Letter Nexus and the LG logo are not made “under chrome”, but rather under the silvery “metallic”, as in gel pens. If the label is durable, why not, because this smartphone is the lack of shimmering and shiny elements of the case.
Headphone Jack and… meet the USB Type-C coming Soon to all smartphones!
On the left side of LG Nexus 5X is slot Nano-SIM
Convenient, keys are pressed, but the power over the “volume” — an unusual combination
However, on it pleasant elements of design over and trouble starts. The front panel of the smartphone for some unknown reason, executed in the tradition of old bad old HTC: speakers located on both sides of the display, out of the blue add a smartphone length. And because it’s not a steep pledge of stereo audio, as in HTC smartphones, but only a set of earpiece speaker and the speakerphone, in General, like at all. Therefore, in comparison with the Nexus 5 and part-6 inches new looks not to the extent reshivshimsya tabletop, and grown on 0.2 inches diagonal, as well as cleverly mounted in the lower console speaker led poorly. In the case of Nexus 5X in one such arrangement is only one plus — screen keys cannot be pressed accidentally, as is often the case with owners of Galaxy S6 edge. And yet — in the box with the phone comes only with the cable USB-C on both sides, which means that virtually all buyers will have to fork out for “national” USB cable-C – USB-A, which now costs at least 500 rubles.
The keys on the right side by themselves convenient, but “confused” sometimes — unspoken rule in the new smartphones of swing volume is located above the key lock. Nexus 5X all the way around, so before you turn down the volume, the user accidentally blocks the display, scolds, and already the second times finds the swing volume. If it’s any consolation, note that the “g” adjusting the volume in Xperia Z5 is even less convenient to use.
Screens Nexus 5 and Nexus 5X differ by only 0.2 inches, but the dimensions wouldn’t say that
But the fingerprint scanner is wicked fast, and falls right under the index finger. After registration it will be possible not to touch the unlock key to smartphone okazyvaetsya always ready and includes a work Desk in less than a second after contact of the sensor with your finger.
True, but unlocking this dactiloscopy in the smartphone are not yet able to ease of operation with a sensor the same level as the Huawei Mate S the Google phone is still very far away. Perhaps Google is ripe to launch in Russia Android Pay, and then we will pay for purchases in stores by phone, but it will happen soon.
For the sake of space under the speakers on the front panel 5X Nexus made it a lot longer than its predecessor
Screens Nexus 5 and Nexus 5X differ by only 0.2 inches, but the dimensions wouldn’t say that
The screen and sound
LG is one of the largest producers of televisions, monitors, and any displays on the order, so practically even in inexpensive models of the brand screens quality remains consistently high. And as for the “flagship export” the Koreans picked up a very good matrix.
Yes, a 5.2-inch smartphone has only Full HD resolution but, by God, against so well balanced 1080p-matrix we have nothing. The brightness of 460 CD/m2 (more than the Nexus 5), color gamut 97% sRBG and a paltry (by the standards of smartphones) deviation DeltaE of 1.9 — very cool figures for recreational equipment.
Color gamut of the display LG Nexus 5X
The view angles, oleophobic coating good fights pollution, and the Gorilla glass 3 is not picked up scratches during testing. After the displays are Super AMOLED and “racketeering” in the same vein, IPS-matrix many buyers will feel that the Nexus display 5X is not enough rich, but in reality we are simply trained to nazhoristo shades of “expensive-rich”, after which a more accurate colour rendering will have to get used again.
The resolution of Full HD — the only drawback of the matrix LG Nexus 5X. Brightness, color and clarity worthy of praise
Handsfree speaker in the Nexus 5X us, to put it mildly, disappointed. I want to believe that the problem is only beaten in the test operation of the prototype, but our copy of Google phone sounded very pathetic. In comparison with Nexus 5 new smartphone plays a little quieter, but the problem is not even that. Already at the middle level of volume is noticeable as coming from the speaker muddy indistinct sound and limit the volume it begins more intensively and wheeze, if your music track turned out to be pretty powerful chorus.
Of course, the old Nexus 5 too can not be called the dream of the lover, but the two-year androidphone a limit beyond which distortion begins, appears much later. Most quality speaker Handsfree Nexus 5X recessed like dried and Huawei Honor 7 — metal “Chinese” also plays the sound casually, but the margin of his volume is impressive. Nexus 5X and observed all the same problems, but without any “but”.
LG Nexus 5X speaker sound quality not brilliant
This is especially strange, considering how steep sound gives speaker Handsfree for the LG G4. And it is unclear why it was so miserable to allocate the Squeaker in Nexus 5X Imperial spaces on the front panel.
Headphones Nexus 5X good to hear, Handsfree speaker sad low quality
Speaker at Nexus 5X normal — moderately clear and loud, though not placed strictly in the middle perforated mesh on the body. And the headphones sound very good, even despite the absence of any software “lucazeau” for audio Snapdragon 810: the amount of detail and the volume in 5X Nexus flagship without any discounts.
Iron
After Snapdragon 810 disgraced in several flagship models, manufacturers of premium smartphones without their own CPU production are divided into two categories. Sony has shown optimism and placed in the new flagship Xperia Z5 thermal paste (to heighten cooling), as in computers and laptops, but LG chose to be content with little, and since then installed in the new “cropped” version of the six-core chip under the symbol Snapdragon 808. Exactly such a system on a chip set in the new Nexus 5X.
Performance (Antutu Benchmark test)
If you accept the fact that this rejection flagship 810-th chip to use smartphones on a simplified version of the top-end Qualcomm will succeed without any symptoms of inadequate performance: if the LG G4 is the same chip often worked at high frequencies (of the original shell gland are not given in vain), in Nexus, that between “rocking” and “weight loss” has always adhered to the second option, this stuffing works with a good stepping stone for the future.
Six-core processor — the character of the misfits. He is not able to impose competition flagship chips, but with a large margin ahead of any model of the middle class
Now the power of the “poor relation” of the flagship processors approximately equal to the actual Chinese smartphone chip MediaTek or Kirin MT6795T 930-935. That is, until Snapdragon 810, full power, (such sometimes) or Exynos 7420 from the family of Galaxy our hero is a priori not “jump”, but he’s still powerful enough not to be considered a middle class processor. Let’s not forget that the efforts of Google programmers, our hero sure gets old not later than the HTC One M9 or Sony Xperia Z3+, and even a stingy 2 GB of RAM in that it does not hurt.
But the ridiculous amount of drive, certainly looks trick from the manufacturer. Looks especially ridiculous 16 GB version with 11 free gigabytes: recorded on a smartphone one quality film in 720p and there is no more room for anything. With storage capacity of 32 GB (that was our test) the problem is not so acute, but does not disappear completely.
Gaming performance (the test 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme)
Processor speed test (Geekbench)
The level of reception Wi-Fi and 4G does not cause the slightest censures, and navigation can be caught quickly and efficiently in rainy weather smartphone “pick up” 17 of 22 visible satellites (GPS and GLONASS) and followed the route with a radius of accuracy within 4 meters. Very well!
Smartphone case in games is heated to 42 degrees Celsius in games only near the rear camera and the top edge of the display, the rest of the area retains substantially room temperature.
Software
Google paid Android innovations 6.0 minimum attention even to accompany the launch of the event, and all because visual differences will hardly be on the figure 5.2. However, after a couple weeks of use I notice that lots of little things still deserves some “tasty” names in the list of operating systems Android.
Android interface 6.0 in LG Nexus 5X
The first thing to catch the eye cosmetic improvements in the application menu: now leafing through the list from top to bottom (it will be interesting to see what will now be “farm” Xiaomi and other Android lovers to be redrawn in a special way), and the top bar appear search apps, and just below it are located the four most frequently executed software.
Android 6.0 is felt not new, but in every “updated” Lollipop 5.0
Power saving mode can now be applied to individual arrogant and greedy program (in equally nice freaks will take, and requests access to contacts, SMS and the Internet “as needed” and not when first installing the program). Feature of Active Display turns on a few seconds the display with the clock and immediately extinguishes them after you get the smartphone out of your pocket.
Lovers optimize everything now menu with a detailed report on the use of RAM software. For dessert — not supported in our area paying for purchases with your phone, search on the Internet, which can guess by the text on the screen that you need (also does not work in Russia), as well as more careful management of the battery in standby mode.
For the sake of Protocol, we note that to us for a test came early prototype, who before boot the system the bootloader swore on custom firmware. Firmware, apparently, meant Android-developers — for their own good in ROM worked the logger Volta and QXDM. In short, the software was not quite standard, but no software flaws and bugs during the use of the us could not be detected. Standard applications on low — and then the owner of the Nexus should go to Google Play and equip your smartphone to your taste.
Camera
Even camera the new Nexus walks level with the concept of the device — Yes, at first glance it seems that “megapixels don’t they put in”, and from the 12 MP sensor, don’t expect anything extraordinary. But the value is not quantity but quality: the banal, the camera operates with a pixel size of 1.55 nm (larger pixels allow to get rid of blurring in the frame), boasts an aperture of f/2.0 (more light, less noise in the photo), laser autofocus (quickly locks on objects) and powerful flash. And, surprisingly, all this conglomeration works in practice.
Example photos taken with rear camera LG Nexus 5X
The camera controls are simplified to the limit: pushed — photographed. Except to activate HDR, timer and flash can without the extra hassle. By the way, turn on the camera from the locked state of the smartphone by double clicking on the lock key. Optical stabilization in the camera no, Google claims that with such characteristics of the sensor with the sharpness of the image a priori.
The camera and its “brains” in 5X Nexus worked flawlessly — good night shots and artful settings
Photographs Nexus 5X well laser autofocus quickly tracks the situation in the frame, and the exposure, or Vice versa, the dark is not becoming for an obstacle camera. You can find fault except that unnecessary “pricechannel” finite frames: look at the picture of the cat and evaluate how the algorithms of processing of the photo made a potentially “noisy” shot inside the building in the photo with a slightly degraded detail of an object, but good quality overall.
On the one hand — smart automation damn good job with night shooting, the more that bring to mind night crooked photo manually would be too troublesome. Other (I will quibble to the end) — in this approach, the level of sharpness in the pictures with good lighting does not reach the results that demonstrate LG G4 & Samsung Galaxy S6.
When shooting video, things are too bad — 5X Nexus is capable of capturing video in 4K resolution at 30 fps, 1080p at 60 fps and 720p at 120 fps. Honestly speaking, optical stabilization still a bit lacking, and to hold the smartphone when shooting on the move will have on the conscience.
The quality of the front camera (if not to take into account separate caste of selfie smartphones) is also located at the flagship level.
Example photos taken with the front camera LG Nexus 5X
Autonomy
Stripped-the potential of the Snapdragon 808 has rendered good service to the hero of our test is contrary to prior fears and negative experiences of our colleagues we found no problems with the duration of work in the Nexus 5X. Of course, a 5.2-inch smartphone should complete battery capacity of at least 3,000 mAh, but the available 2700 mAh our Nexus manages quite reasonable.
It seems, heaped the games with “808-m” processor had the fortune to spin just two cores Cortex-A57, but in any case the battery life, surpassing Huawei Honor 7, Sony Xperia Z5 and the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, is worth it.
The duration of the mixed workload tests (PCMark, 200 CD/m2, min)
Slow and steady wins — will continue. Two cut off the core from the processor and lightweight Android version will compensate for modest battery capacity
In the other modes the smartphone is also not struck in a dirt the display — competitors on the basis of AMOLED matrices will certainly come, but as for the smartphone based on the processor-loser, LG Nexus 5X shows excellent results even without activating the power saving mode.
Use (brightness 200 CD/m2)
The duration of the work
Video from a memory card
7 hours 45 minutes
Game
4 hours
Reading
12 hours 30 minutes
It is a pity that despite numerous rumors, the hero of our test does not support fast charging Qualcomm Quick Charge — for the maximum charging rate to replenish a smartphone’s battery with 2A charger for 1.5 hours.
Competitors
LG Nexus 5X (H791)
Samsung Galaxy S6
Sony Xperia Z3+
Operating system
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Android 5.1 Lollipop
Android 5.1 Lollipop
Screen
5.2 inch, 1920×1080, IPS 423 ppi
5.1 inch, 2560×1440 Super AMOLED, 577 ppi
5.2 inch, 1920×1080, IPS 423 ppi
Processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 1.8 GHz (6 cores, 4x Cortex-A53 + 2x Cortex-A57)
Samsung Exynos 7420 2.1 GHz (8 cores, 4x Cortex-A53 + 4x Cortex-A57)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 2.0 GHz (8 cores, 4x Cortex-A53 + 4x Cortex-A57)
Graphics
Adreno 418
Mali-T760
Adreno 420
Operational memory
2 GB
3 GB
3 GB
Permanent memory
32 GB
32 GB
32 GB, Micro SD slot
Link
4G (LTE Cat.6), 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, GLONASS, NFC
4G (LTE Cat.4), 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, GLONASS
4G (LTE Cat.6), 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, GLONASS, NFC
Camera
12.3-Megapixel main with autofocus, 3840×2160 video, front — 5 MP
16 MP main with autofocus, 3840×2160 video, front — 5 MP
main: 20.7 MP, autofocus, video 3840×2160, front: 5 MP
Battery
non-removable 2700 mAh
non-removable, of 2600 mAh
fixed, 2930 mAh
Sizes
147×72,6×7,9 mm
142×70×67 mm
146,3×71,9×6,9 mm
Weight
136 g
132 g
144 g
The price at the time of publication
38 000 rubles
38 000 rubles
40 000 rubles
Price according to price.EN
Call for price:Samsung Galaxy S628011
Request pictures:Sony Xperia Z3+28011
Conclusions
The decision to purchase the hero of our test depends on the answer to the question: what is a Nexus? In Russia such devices be considered as an act of charity on Google’s part. Allegedly, the search engine was kind enough to make LG/HTC/Samsung/Huawei/Motorola to produce smartphones with prohibitive characteristics cheaper than the flagships from any other manufacturer. And if to consider the history of phones until Nexus 5 models — such speculations are not devoid of meaning.
But, starting in 2014, this interpretation is no longer relevant. Look at the prices in the US makes no sense (at least due to the fact that they do not include mandatory U.S. taxes), and the European €480 for a model with 16 GB of memory are comparable with Russian 35 thousands. And you have to be a devout fan of Google not to notice the abundance of alternatives for a comparable sum in the Russian retail.
For example, LG G4 (Yes, it’s a phablet, so what?) today can easily be purchased for 30 thousand rubles. Or even prefer to model at the official price — 39 thousand rubles. After all, for a thousand rubles extra in comparison with Nexus 5X you will receive a smartphone with a much more stylish design, memory card slot, removable battery and better display. Even mediocre endurance and reduced performance in games G4 not justify high prices for a novelty from Google. Not to mention the fact that fans of 5-5,2 inch mobile phone can easily acquire decliners in the Russian retail Samsung Galaxy S6, and are unlikely to be disappointed.
Most annoying is that the phone itself is very good! Light body, very high quality camera, fast and energy-efficient Android 6.0, amazingly smart fingerprint scanner and an advanced display. All this pleases and inspires, not only here for 38 thousand rubles. Therefore, without adjusting the price tag a wonderful sum of qualities of the smartphone are threatened to remain “unrecognized genius” in the Russian market.
Anyway, brand easy operating system and impressive speed Junior Nexus kept, so we recommend this model to all who are tired of clumsy, gluttonous and stuffed to the brim with soft androidofony.
LG Nexus 5X
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
+ High-quality display
— Low quality speaker Handsfree
+ Quick, accurate and easy to operate camera
— Inflated price
+ The latest version of Android with regular updates
— Ergonomic mistakes (the key layout will be stretched upwards due to speaker building)
+ Quick, accurate and easy to operate camera
Is not supported fast charging
+ A decent level of autonomy