5 Reasons Why You Should Wait For Google Nexus 5X

By Vijaykumar Meti

| Updated: Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 12:12 [IST]

Google announced its next generation of Nexus smartphones at an event yesterday in San Francisco. The event took of unveiling LG made Nexus 5x, Huawei Nexus 6p, new Chromecast 2, Chromecast Audio and Pixel C tablet.

The Nexus 5X has a 5.2-inch Full HD (1080p) display with Gorilla Glass 3 protection, and is powered by a Snapdragon 808 chipset with 64-bit architecture, coupled with 3GB of RAM. The phone supports a 12-megapixel rear camera with 1.55 micro pixels.

The LG Nexus 5X will be available for $379 (16GB variant) and $429 (for 32GB variant). The smartphone goes up for pre-orders tonight in the US, UK Japan, and Ireland. The company will start shipping the phone in October.

Here are top five reasons why it is worth waiting for LG Nexus 5X. Take a look at the slider below to know more...

Android Marshmallow

The new Nexus lineup of smartphone means a fresh new Android OS, in the case of Nexus 5X it is new Android Marshmallow. The Nexus 5X to receive frequent upgrades for associated problems and these updates will fix issues that other smartphone often report.

Fingerprint Recognition

The fingerprint scanner is becoming a common feature in the hihg-end smartphones. The Nexus 5X will be loaded with Android Marshmallow, which supports the fingerprint scanner, and the smartphone will be the second premium-intermediate device to features fingerprint scanner, after the Galaxy S5 Mini.

Not a Phablet

Google partnered with LG and announced the Nexus 5 two years ago and was way successful than the Motorola Nexus 6. One of the main reason for its success was its size. The upcoming Huawei made Nexus 6P is a phablet and people don't seems to appreciate big and bulky phones.

Price

Considering the Nexus 5, the upcoming LG made Nexus 5X will be a great value for performance throughout its lifetime.

Hardware

It seems like LG has used the LG G4 as the basis for the Nexus 5X, but unlike the earlier Nexus 5, it will have different hardware.

For instance, it is rumored that LG might use some of the best features of the G4 like the processor, the camera sensor and a new camera app with manual adjustments.