Should I go for a Nexus 5 even though the model is more than a year old?
Instead of buying Nexus 5. I think you should checkout the specs of following smartphones. These phones includes a lot of new features and enhanced performance.......
Moto X (2014)
- OS: Android 5.0
- Body: 140.8 x 72.4 x 10 mm
- Weight: 144g
- Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.2 inches
- Memory: 16GB expandable, 2GB RAM
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 2.5 GHz Quad Core
- GPU: Adreno 330
- Camera: 13MP, 2MP secondary
- Battery: 2,300mAh
Pros
- Display
- Processor
- Android 5.0
Cons
- Battery
ASUS Zenfone 2 ZE551ML
- OS: Android 5.0
- Body: 152.5 x 77.2 x 10.9 mm
- Weight: 170g
- Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.5 inch
- Memory: 32GB expandable, 4GB RAM
- Processor: Quad-core 2.3GHz Intel Atom Z3580
- GPU: PowerVR G6430
- Camera: 13MP, 5MP secondary
- Battery: 3,000mAh
- Dual SIM: 4G + 3G
Pros
- Every feature for this price, especially the RAM
Cons
ASUS Zenfone 2 ZE551ML (different processor)
- OS: Android 5.0
- Body: 152.5 x 77.2 x 10.9 mm
- Weight: 170g
- Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.5 inch
- Memory: 32GB expandable, 4GB RAM
- Processor: Quad-core 1.8GHz Intel Atom Z3560
- GPU: PowerVR G6430
- Camera: 13MP, 5MP secondary
- Battery: 3,000mAh
- Dual SIM: 4G + 3G
Pros
- Every feature for this price, especially the RAM
Cons
Xiaomi Mi4
- OS: Android 4.4
- Body: 139.2 x 68.5 x 8.9 mm
- Weight: 149g
- Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inch
- Memory: 16GB expandable, 3GB RAM
- Processor: Quad-core 2.5 GHz Snapdragon 801
- GPU: Adreno 330
- Camera: 13MP, 8MP secondary
- Battery: 3,080 mAh
Pros
- Every feature for this price
Cons
OnePlus One
- OS: Android 4.4
- Body: 152.9 x 75.9 x 8.9 mm
- Weight: 130g
- Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.5 inch
- Memory: 64GB non expandable, 3GB RAM
- Processor: Quad-core 2.5 GHz Snapdragon 801
- GPU: Adreno 330
- Camera: 13MP, 5MP secondary
- Battery: 3,100 mAh
Pros
- Every feature for this price
Cons
Huawei Honor 6
- OS: Android 4.4
- Body: 139.6 x 69.7 x 7.5 mm
- Weight: 130g
- Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inch
- Memory: 16GB expandable, 3GB RAM
- Processor: Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7
- GPU: Mali-T628 MP4
- Camera: 13MP, 5MP secondary
- Battery: 3,100 mAh
Pros
- Every feature for this price
Cons
Samsung Galaxy E7
- OS: Android 4.4
- Body: 151.3 x 77.2 x 7.3 mm
- Weight: 141g
- Display: 720 x 1280 pixels, 5.5 inch
- Memory: 16GB non expandable, 2GB RAM
- Processor: Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex A-53 Snapdragon 410
- GPU: Adreno 306
- Camera: 13MP, 5MP secondary
- Battery: 2,950 mAh
Pros
- Battery
- Camera
Cons
- Processor
Lenovo Vibe X2
- OS: Android 4.4
- Body: 140.2 x 68.6 x 7.3 mm
- Weight: 120g
- Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5 inches
- Memory: 32GB non expandable, 2GB RAM
- Processor: MediatTek MT6595m True8Core Octa-core 2.0 GHz
- GPU: PowerVR G600
- Camera: 13MP, 5MP secondary
- Battery: 2,390mAh
Pros
- More or less everything for the price tag
Cons
HTC Desire 820s
- OS: Android 4.4
- Body: 157.7 x 78.74 x 7.74 mm
- Weight: 155g
- Display: 1280 x 720 pixels, 5.5 inches
- Memory: 16GB expandable, 2GB RAM
- Processor: 1.7GHz Octa core
- GPU: Mali-T760MP2
- Camera: 13MP, 8MP secondary
- Battery: 2,600 mAh
- Dual SIM 3G + LTE
Pros
- Expandable memory
- Cameras
- Processor
Cons
- Battery
Apple iPhone 5c
- OS: iOS 7.1
- Body: 124.4 x 59.2 x 9 mm
- Weight: 132g
- Display: 640 x 1136 pixels, 4.0 inches
- Memory: 8 GB non expandable, 1GB RAM
- Processor: 1.3GHz Dual core A6
- GPU: PowerVR SGX 543MP3
- Camera: 8MP, 1.2MP secondary
- Battery: 1,510 mAh
Pros
- Rich ecosystem
- Brand value
Cons
- Non expandable memory
- Other phones in this price bracket offering better/more powerful hardware (though iOS runs perfectly well on these specifications)
- No NFC
- 8GB inbuilt memory only
- Screen resolution and size
Samsung Galaxy S4
- OS: Android 4.4
- Body: 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
- Weight: 130g
- Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5 inches
- Memory: 16GB expandable, 2GB RAM
- Processor: Exynos 5 Octa 1.6GHz quad core Cortex A15 + 1.2GHz quad core Cortex A7
- GPU: PowerVR SGX 544MP3
- Camera: 13MP, 2MP secondary
- Battery: 2,600 mAh
- AnTuTu score: 26,147
Pros
- Display
- Expandable memory
- Camera
- Android 4.4
Cons
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo
- OS: Android 4.3
- Body: 148.4 x 77.4 x 8.6 mm
- Weight: 163g
- Display: 720 x 1280 pixels, 5.5 inches
- Memory: 16GB expandable, 2GB RAM
- Processor: Exynos 5260 Hexa Core 1.3 GHz Cortex A7 & dual-core 1.7 GHz Cortex A15
- GPU: Mali-T624
- Camera: 8MP, 2MP secondary
- Battery: 3,100 mAh
Pros
- Expandable memory
- Battery
- Stylus
- Battery
Cons
Sony Xperia Z Ultra
- OS: Android 5.0
- Body: 179.4 x 92.2 x 6.5 mm
- Weight: 212g
- Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 6.4 inches
- Memory: 16GB expandable, 2GB RAM
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 2.2GHz Quad Core
- GPU: Adreno 330
- Camera: 8MP, 2MP secondary
- Battery: 3,050mAh
- AnTuTu score: 32,983
Pros
- Expandable memory
- Pencil as a stylus support
- Battery
- Display
- Processor
- Android 5.0 incoming
Cons
Samsung Galaxy E5
- OS: Android 4.4
- Body: 141.6 x 70.2 x 7.3 mm
- Weight: 140g
- Display: 720 x 1280 pixels, 5.0 inch
- Memory: 16GB non expandable, 1.5GB RAM
- Processor: Quad-core 1.2 GHz
- GPU: ??
- Camera: 8MP, 5MP secondary
- Battery: 2,400 mAh
Pros
- Front Camera
Cons
Lenovo Vibe Z K910
- OS: Android 4.4.2
- Body: 149.1 x 77 x 7.9 mm
- Weight: 145g
- Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.5 inches
- Memory: 16GB expandable, 2GB RAM
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 2.2GHz Quad Core
- GPU: Adreno 330
- Camera: 13MP, 5MP secondary
- Battery: 3,000mAh
Pros
- Processor
- Battery
- Camera