Nexus 5 official specs

Complete spec listings for Google and LG's five-inch Nexus phone
The Nexus 5 is finally official, bringing a top-level smartphone hardware paired with stock Android 4.4 KitKat at an affordable price point. Though pre-release leaks have told us a great deal about what's lurking beneath the Nexus 5's hood, it's worth taking a glance down the spec sheet now that everything's official, announced and finalized.
The short version: 5-inch 1080p screen, Snapdragon 800, 2GB of RAM, 16 or 32GB of storage, an 8-megapixel camera and 4G LTE connectivity over a whole bunch of different bands.
You find the longer version after the break.
Nexus 5 hardware specifications
Screen | 4.95” 1920x1080 display (445 ppi) Full HD IPS Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 |
Camera | 1.3MP front facing 8MP rear facing with Optical Image Stabilization |
Dimensions | 69.17x137.84x8.59 mm |
Weight | 4.59 ounces (130g) |
Battery | 2300 mAh Talk time up to 17 hours ** Standby time up to 300 hours ** Internet use time up to 8.5 hours on WiFi, up to 7 hours on LTE ** Wireless Charging built in |
Audio | Builtin speaker, 3.5mm stereo audio connector |
Processing | CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 800, 2.26GHz GPU: Adreno 330, 450MHz |
Wireless | Dualband WiFi (2.4G/5G) 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac NFC (Android Beam) Bluetooth 4.0 |
Networks (North America) | GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz CDMA: Band Class: 0/1/10 WCDMA: Bands: 1/2/4/5/6/8/19 LTE: Bands: 1/2/4/5/17/19/25/26/41 |
Networks (Rest of World) | GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz WCDMA: Bands: 1/2/4/5/6/8 LTE: Bands: 1/3/5/7/8/20 |
Memory | Choose 16GB or 32GB internal storage (actual formatted capacity will be less) 2GB RAM |
Ports and Connectors | microUSB SlimPort™ enabled 3.5mm stereo audio jack Dual microphones Ceramic power and volume buttons |
Sensors | GPS Gyroscope Accelerometer Compass Proximity/Ambient Light Pressure Hall |
** Testing was conducted by Google using preproduction Nexus 5 devices and software. Talk time tests used default settings with WiFi off and LTE on. Standby time tests used default settings with LTE on and WiFi connected to a test access point. WiFi internet tests had Airplane Mode on with WiFi connected to a test access point, while loading three popular websites cached on a local server. The Nexus 5 loaded a page, waited 40 seconds, and then loaded a page from the next site. LTE internet tests had WiFi off and LTE on, and used the same testing method as the WiFi internet tests.
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