Google Nexus 5X - Hands On

Google has announced the Nexus 5X, one of two new Nexus smartphones revealed on stage at a special event held in San Francisco. It’s the spiritual successor to the original Nexus 5, a device many consider to be the definitive Android smartphone -- so how does it stack up?

The phone is a little larger, and the screen measures 5.2 inches, but the resolution has stayed the same at 1080p. The processor is a 64-bit Snapdragon 808, which is the same chip powering the LG G4, but there’s no word on the RAM yet.

A 12-megapixel camera is on the rear — although Google made a point of emphasizing the pixel size in the sensor, which is 1.55 microns — that can also record 4K video, and take 120fps slow motion footage. It sits above the Nexus Imprint fingerprint scanner. Google promises the scanner is incredibly fast, and says it has a response time of less than 600ms. Because the Nexus 5X has Android 6 Marshmallow installed, it can be used across the system, securing the device, and authorizing payments. Cleverly, the Nexus Imprint learns more about your fingerprint over time, so it gets faster and more secure the more it’s used.

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[mihalytoth]

I am still torn whether or not to get one.

[kennywong]

I believe 8mp camera is on the 6p. 5mp for the 5x

[wagfinpis]

I constantly hear the claim that Nexus is stock android, "the way android was intended to be". If this is true then why in the world did the fingerprint que instantly pop up when I used my Note 5 to open the Bank of America app, yet there is no way at all to use the Nexus finger imprint to sign in? seems a bit backwards to me.

Bank of America advertises the fingerprint sign in feature being available on android; it doesn't mention being available on particular androids or companies. yet the androids' android has no way of singing in.

[MrASagoo]

How can Carphone Warehouse sell the LG Nexus 5X sim free for £299.99 (16GB) and £349.99 (32GB) when Google are selling them for £339 (16GB) and £379 (32GB) on the play store?

[IAmNotAFunguy]

Removable battery and media? If not I don't want it!

[pengliu]

Does it have a metal frame? Or a plastic one like nexus 5?

[RUISPQR]

Looks like a Lumia with a fingertip sensor

[ToHonestDom]

stopped watching when I heard iphone...