LG Nexus 5 (Photo : LG)
Already, rumors are raging that work on the Nexus 2016 family of devices is underway and the release date could happen very soon with the Motorola Nexus 6 and HTC Nexus 9 tablet prices hitting rock bottom. This week, the LG-made Nexus 5 took the same discount path and is up for grabs at a dirt cheap rate of $140.
Yet the Nexus 5 itself is far from a cheap or a trashy handset. It likely that most Android fans would agree that that the smartphone, which debuted in 2013, is among the best to come out in the platform. The Nexus 5 is so beloved that Google thought it wise to make an enhanced version - the Nexus 5X that also LG made possible.
So what the Nexus 5X forerunner has to offer in exchange for $140? A lot actually, according to Android Authority, which described the vanilla Android flagship as somewhat forward-looking when it was first introduced by Google. The screen size is 5-inch with 1080p display resolution, specs that Apple later on mostly adopted with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus combo.
The Nexus 5 Snapdragon 800 chip is tapped onto 2GB of RAM. Now the latter RAM provision only made its way to the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus two years after the Nexus 5 was unboxed. So there are solid proofs that the LG handset was ahead of its time and for 2016 smartphone standard, it remains a decent option.
"For those with modest needs, or if you are just looking for a backup phone, we still highly recommend the Nexus 5," Android Authority said.
The refurbished 32GB Nexus 5 (the reason it is cheap) is offered by eBay seller mobilepros1 in black and white and the page currently states that stocks are limited and 300 plus units have already been cleared out. So would-be buyers need to decide quick and grab the offer, which comes with free shipping within the United States.
The handset is SIM-free, meaning it should work on most service providers and part of the network compatibility is LTE, that reads superfast wireless Internet, access.
As can be expected from a native Android device, the Nexus 5 will readily update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow and to the next version (rumored for now as Android N), which provides the assurance of solid firmware support directly from Google.
But really the most exciting indicator to come with the Nexus 5 price off and other massive discounts being slapped on other Nexus devices is the likelihood of an approaching rollout for the 2016 versions.
As Google and other sellers start clearing out old Nexus stocks by selling them at low price tag, Android fans can help to imagine of an impending release date. In this year's case, it will be for the Nexus 2016 series of Nexus tablets and smartphones that according to reports will be supplied by any or all of the three - LG, Huawei and HTC. And the fun starts in the few months after the Google 2016 I/O event in May or June.
