LG may have just revealed their new LG G2 smartphone, but that isn’t all they have in the works. With countless reports and rumors surrounding the next Nexus, some stating it will be from LG, previous reports claimed they have no part in the device. That, and today’s new rumor comes just days after reports surfaced that Moto is up next for the Nexus 5.

The VP of LG Europe recently stated that the company is in fact not working on the “Nexus 5” smartphone. The VP Won Kim went on to mention “The Nexus 4 was a great success despite the production problems for us and Google,” and continued that with comments that they’d do it again, but don’t “need” to. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard those comments either, and now they seem pointless if these rumors are correct.

According to MyDrivers things are certainly in the works by LG and Google, and we could be seeing the next Nexus soon. While we’ve already speculated that LG and Google would partner on the G2 and make it a Nexus just like the did with the Optimus G and the Nexus 4, today’s addition is that the price will be the same, even with the huge increase in specs.

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However, not all the specs will make it into the Nexus 5 if they want to keep the pricing the same. This rumor states we’ll still enjoy the 5.2-inch 1080p display, 13 megapixel camera, and countless other impressive features, but lose the 2.3 GHz Snapdragon 800 processor. Instead aiming for something like the Snapdragon 600, which is fine, as well as moving the buttons back to the side of the device. The G2 buttons are all on the rear.

I don’t know about you guys but if we could get the LG G2 with normal buttons, maybe at the cost of not being as thin, yet keep that massive 3,000 mAh battery all inside a Nexus 5 priced the same as the 4 with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, I’d be all for it. That’s what this rumor is stating. We’ll keep our eyes out for details and report anything else that creeps up.

VIA: SlashGear

45 COMMENTS

  1. “We’ve heard that a few times, and that it may of been misinterpreted,… “.

    This contains my absolute pet hate grammatical mistake. Please correct so I can read the rest of the article.

    p.s. I’m allowed to make mistakes, not you.

  2. Dunno why the Nexus 4 (2013) or 5, whatever name they go with, would ship with 4.3. They would almost certainly ship with 4.4 or 5.0.

  3. I think when they said they weren’t working on a “nexus 5,” they weren’t lying. It must have a different name; Nexus G2, maybe?

    • LG refuted that quote, saying it was a mistranslation — so why do ignorant bloggers keep repeating it? LG never denied they were making the Nexus — a VP made a statement LG immediately corrected. But as the project is top secret they could not officially confirm or deny they had the contract. All they could say was they were not NOT making it.

      But the media keeps repeating the quote LG said was WRONG.

  4. I don’t see anything spectacular here, given it basically has the same specs as the HTC One or S4 but 9 months late. That bigger battery would be nice but thats about it. I am sure I’ll be able to install android 5.0 on my HTC One when it becomes available.

    • But off contract and about $300 less than the One, I’ll take it! I’ve never signed a phone contract and never will.

      • I can’t argue on the price, and I’ll probably buy it anyway. I’m really just saying its late IMHO.

        I’m not on contract either, haven’t been for many many years now. You can save buying the phones outright!

      • I’m thinking that they mean, that the N5 will be the same price, as the N4 was before they discounted it by US $100, or I’ve just done my money, still very good phone.

    • Also, smartphone specs are free to plateau now. The hardware has way overtaken the software requirements. You don’t need an 8 core flippin chip in a smartphone. You DO need a good screen, decent processor with good software optimisation, dedicated graphics with open GL 3.0 support. Low power BT, big battery, and guess what…

  5. If the Nexus 5 gets a Snapdragon 600, I’d still consider it… but the Sony Honami would certainly be a lot more attractive.

    I hope Google does not go this bargain route with the new Nexus 10… Although I will likely buy it regardless simply for the stock Android support and experience, it really deserves to be driving the latest and greatest cpu/gpu package. The only issues I’ve ever had are when streaming HD content… while this could be a problem w/ the antennas in the Nexus 10, I suspect the gpu may be partly to blame as well. Considering that my g/f’s iPad and my laptop have no trouble streaming the same content… I know the problem isn’t a bandwidth issue.

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  6. As long as it’s NOT Motolora that gets the Nexus 5 contract I’ll buy one… I’ve always bought Google flagship devices; since the G1. But that tradition will end if Motorola makes it. Motorola makes crap, and not even Google can fix that… Motorola will never recover from the horrible Razr (flip) several years ago.

    The Moto X sold under the “Made in the US” hype… Frankly, most Americans are lazy. They go to work not to make a quality product but to ONLY get a pay check. Most take no pride in what they build. At least when things are made in Asia they work hard for that $.50 an hr. I’ve worked in the assembly industry, and the supervisors were more concerned with pushing quantity over quality. If it looked good enough then it passed, nevermind the partially damaged spring.

      • That’s because it was sold on hype and because it was the only phone of it’s kind at the time… Sold as “The thinnest phone available.”

        I worked for AT&T at the time the Moto Razr was being first sold. I was part of the Tech Support/Warranty department. 60% of our daily calls were due to the Moto Razr. Many users calling in for the 2nd or 3rd time (which we swapped out the Razr for another comparable [by price] device after the 3rd call – It got to the point when people called in with a Razr, after doing what we could to fix it then, we would offer to switch their device to something else, even if it was the first time they called in because we knew if we sent another Razr they would be calling back soon after receiving it.)

        So regardless of how well the phone sold it was still a piece of garbage that was horribly manufactured. (Literally the wires that connected the screen to the board in the base of the phone were made cheap and were known to break after so much use by opening and closing the phone)

  7. I’m sold, the Nexus 4 is just a elegant device and it’s a developers phone so none of the bloat ware packaged with most devices on the market, like years past should be a clone of the LG G series or LG G2 currently, I hope they release the Nexus smartwatch and Keylime Pie 5.0 when they release the Nexus 5 in November.

    Also an IR sensor to control other IR devices would be cool also, like the S4. All in all, it just makes sense to get onboard with the Nexus series, the fact that it get’s firmware updates before other devices is just icing on the cake, and a true Android experience without brand pushing and labeling is awesome.

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