Reviews of the fastest smartphone Google Nexus 5X

Every year since 2010, the Google co-operation with one or another smartphone maker produces machine line Nexus – with flagship features and the latest version of the platform for Android. This year these came just two phone – Nexus 6P from Huawei, more and more expensive, and the fastest smartphoneGoogle Nexus 5X from LG, compacter and cheaper. The latter has already started to be sold in Europe. I used the fastest smartphone Google Nexus 5X as the main smartphone for the last week and is ready to share his impressions.

Outside: design, usability, screen fastest smartphone Google

The fastest smartphone Google Nexus 5X is the device is very modest. If his predecessor Nexus 5 somehow stood out because of characteristic rounded upper and lower ends of the body, the novelty is a classic rectangle with rounded corners. The characteristics of a very small: symmetric lattice of spoken and mono “music” of speakers on top and bottom of the screen, a metal ring around the fingerprint sensor on the back, slightly protruding camera lens and the same size modules and laser flash autofocus.

The haptic device is also not impressive, plastic is perceived quite cheap, especially black, of the shell. White back cover rough to the touch, with a tough, strong pressure when something squeaks inside. In general, the smartphone felt even more modest than the fastest smartphone Nexus 5 at the time. Nothing extra is only the most necessary.

In terms of ease of daily use the fastest smartphone Google, Nexus 5X need to know the following. Firstly, it is not quite as comfortable in the hand as the fastest smartphone Nexus 5 with its 4.95-inch screen. The extra 3 mm wide body (inevitable fee increased to 5.2-inch diagonal screen) no yes and make themselves known, to type text with one hand on the device is less convenient. But, secondly, fast and impeccably triggered fingerprint sensor seriously accelerates the unlocking device. Moreover, the sensor on the rear panel is uniquely convenient to use than the front (iPhone, Samsung Galaxy S6).

Third, to see the time and displayed on the lock screen notifications, you do not press any buttons. Just take the phone in hand, or pull out of his pocket and the screen for a few seconds, turn on itself, in the “eco” black and white – a function that is present at last year’s Nexus 6, called Active Display. Finally, the camera on the phone is locked; you can activate a simple gesture, twice turning the wrist. Yes, even the power button and volume rocker – they are now not ceramic, and plastic, and are located near the right edge of the machine to such placement had to get used to.

The fastest smartphone Google Nexus 5X Display with a resolution FullHD (1920 by 1080 pixels) and a diagonal of 5.2 inches looks better than its predecessor – a contrast above a deep black color, other colors are much richer, but the brightness if desired can be unscrewed so that the image is no problem It is seen in the sun. For me, the value of all turned out to be a comfortable 50%. This smartphone copes with automatic control of lighting depending on the light, without making the picture too bright nor dark nor too dark to light.

Inside: performance, battery, camera fastest smartphone Google

A glance at the table of characteristics the fastest smartphone Nexus 5X enough to understand – directly compete with modern devices flagship smartphone from Google and LG is not going to. The amount of RAM (2 GB), and built-in storage (16 or 32 GB) are not changed in comparison with the Nexus 5.

The processor is a step lower than the Nexus 6P – six-core Snapdragon 808 instead of a top-eight-810 st. And that’s fine because there are no problems with overheating, but the difference in performance can be seen except in the synthetic tests. Recall, the system-on-chip Snapdragon 808 consists of two computing clusters – on the quad Cortex-A53 cores with 1.4 GHz and a dual-core 1.8 gigahertz on Cortex-A57. Last incurs the most CPU-intensive tasks, such as working actively in the games. Below are screenshots and graphics AnTuTu benchmark testing Epic Citadel (at maximum graphics settings).

Graphics Snapdragon 808 – Adreno 418 chip – about a quarter of a powerful solution used in the Nexus 5. In practice, I did not see problems in any of the modern games, although benchmarks show that the Nexus 5X far champion and a couple of tens of percent less productive, than the flagship smartphone Samsung and Sony.

One of the main disadvantages of the fastest smartphone Google Nexus 5 was the weak battery that lasts from morning until evening only at the economical use with the active same smartphone grow “tail” in the form of an external battery after lunch. The capacity of the built-in lithium-polymer battery Nexus 5X – 2700 mAh, and the operating system Android 6.0 «Marshmallow» has the function Doze, reduces the cost of the battery in standby mode.

As a result, although not becoming the champion of autonomy, the fastest smartphone Nexus 5X ceased to be a source of constant concern. After removing the device from the charger at 6 am to noon, I usually had left about 50-60% of the battery, returning home in the evening 4-5 – about 15-20%. And I use the smartphone all the time very active, for all except for games and video. With continuous playback video at 75 percent brightness of the display device “live” until the battery for about 7 hours.

In any case, connected to an external device or to recharge the battery in the car on the way home, I could not – because of the lack in the arsenal adapter or cable to the USB Type-C. One of the major technological innovations in the Nexus 5X and 6P are use connector USB Type-C instead of the traditional microUSB. His only advantage at this stage, until the standard, has not become more widespread – the ability to stick symmetrical plugs any party.

The protocol data is old, USB 2.0. It comes with charger and cable with USB Type-C at both ends. That is, without making additional purchases, you will be able to recharge the fastest smartphone Google Nexus 5X only with supplied charger and cable and synchronize your smartphone with your computer via a cable, most likely, will not be at all (of course, if you are not one of the notebooks of this collection).

But the charge that comes with a powerful and fast – although the official support QuickCharge 2.0 it does not have, in fact, the smartphone is fully charged in just half an hour. 20 minutes while enough to fill an empty battery to 30 percent and if get hold of the appropriate cable, you can recharge by Nexus 5X other devices, the same Bluetooth-headset – USB-port controller supports it. It is also possible to connect external storage protocol OTG, but the problem is still the same – find the right cable or adapter to the USB Type-C.

The camera in the fastest smartphone Google Nexus 5X significantly better than the Nexus 5 and at this price is quite competitive. Used 12.3-megapixel (4032 x 3024 pixels) Sony IMX377 sensor size 1 / 2.3 “with a very wide aperture (f / 2.0) lens and quite large (1.55 microns) pixels, but no optical image stabilization. It is, recall, there was a like the Nexus 5 (but the camera the less not become mediocre), and at the Nexus 6 / as the flagship of LG G4 focus in Nexus 5X responsible corporate laser module.

Slightly changed the interface of the camera – to capture video (supported if desired, and shot in 4K) can pass a simple swipe across the screen (before this gesture was used to view the last photo). Not the most elegant solution for the camera – applications to use that speed is the most important, but consistent with the principles of design Android.

The quality of these and other images, you can explore by clicking on this link (Google Photos). Overall, compared with the fastest smartphone Google Nexus 5 are dramatic improvements there. At the same time, the results of shooting in twilight or just in the room are not as good as the leaders in this field – iPhone 6s and top devices Samsung – fastest smartphone Google Nexus 5X lacks clarity. This camera cannot praise for high dynamic range photos, they almost never look white, especially when taken with the included mode switch HDR +, look great, and the results of the macro. But such gloomy weather, which was in Moscow for the last week, made the day even photos appears too dark.

In the HDR + more taken with the different exposure, images are superimposed on each other to produce the final image, which device is equally well designed and bright and dark areas. With HDR +, however, there is one big problem – to shoot and save pictures out unacceptably long time to two or three seconds. It is hoped that this – unpleasant feature of our test sample, carrying on himself the words “not for sale”.

Android 6.0: fastest smartphone Google

Google does not hesitate to give the next version of its operating system Android right next sequential number – 6.0. However, I personally do not believe that the innovations and improvements actually typed, on the whole, unit. Introduced a year ago, “material design” is still here, and sometimes even became even more beautiful due to redraw animations, all transitions are the smooth interface, and power consumption is reduced.

However, one of the main pieces of the new OSes – Quick context search Now on Tap – works only when the smartphone is set to English as the language of the interface. In this case, you can simply hold down the “Home” in the application to get information from the search engine that is relevant is happening on the screen. For example, if a song is playing, the smart card will show information about her and the title if the contact is opened – try to “dig” in the network information about it.

On the other innovations in Android 6.0 we have already mentioned, they cannot be called large, curious refer to the already published our text.

Conclusions: fastest smartphone Google Nexus 5X

Indeed, the fastest smartphone Google Nexus 5X there is nothing superfluous. He embodies the way in which, according to Google, is to be a modern Android-smartphone with a maximum capacity for a minimum of money. For fans of pure Android, dreaming of the first to receive all updates of OSes, not come up with anything better. Compared with the fastest smartphone Google Nexus 5 is radically improved camera, and increased battery life and performance is at a level more than sufficient for the vast majority of users.

The problem is that specified as the maximum price strips 16-gigabyte version of the Nexus 5X in any search engine for shopping, we will see a lot of interesting devices for the same or less money. Compact (screen from 5 to 5.2 inches) of devices that do not bother to “clean” Android and calmly relating to third-party add-ins buyer Interface look due to the “expensive” and more advanced design features much more attractive.

The same 7 Honor by Huawei provides with the price tag per 155$ less all the same, and moreover metal housing and a half times the amount of RAM, support for cards microSD, a more capacious battery, and the camera is also very good. Official Samsung Galaxy S6 has fallen in price to the level of 560$ – that is, paying for 15 – 30 $ more than the Nexus 5X, you can buy a device with premium materials of the shell, QHD-screen improved camera and more productive more comfortable in the hand. HTC One M9 will also be released only a couple of thousand more, and still have Lenovo Vibe Shot and Vibe X2, Sony Xperia Z3 / Z3 + and plenty of informal “Chinese” faster to adopt the premium features in the design of the market leaders.

In short, at the current price at the officials in Europe only trump the fastest smartphone Google Nexus 5X the competition – actual and promptly updated version of Android. In which the majority of consumers is who want a high-quality and good-looking smartphone. Make a choice in favor of Nexus 5X harder still because of the decision Google (LG in this case, it had to meet the requirements of IT-giant) to use a connector USB Type-C. Yes, the future of it, but at least you put the adapter in the box to the usual USB; to relieve the buyer from having to look almost not represented is the market cables and adapters with the new connector.

So, to sum up the review of Nexus 5X is another Android-reference from Google and LG.

Pros fastest smartphone Google:

• Clean, relevant and timely updated version of Android
• Excellent screen and camera
• Fast and convenient fingerprint reader

Cons fastest smartphone Google:

• USB Type-C, which accessories to buy is very difficult
• Not the most compact and convenient device with a screen diagonal
• Undistinguished, “budget” looks and body materials
• No support for microSD memory cards

Source: device-boom