Nexus 5, 10 Years On!

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[@drhitesh]

I owned one and i think it was the best light weight comfortable phone ever had❤

[@AverageAlien]

I remember thinking this phone was the pinnacle of technology

[@siontheodorus1501]

this and LG G2

[@pill7880]

But at that time it was indeed

[@TAREKOZA]

Lg v60 is the last phone i need til headphone jacks and removable batteries come back 😂

[@jeffjeffjeff69]

bruh same

[@witchfunerals]

i still do tbh i haven't seen a better design than this lol

[@thenoblerot]

I skipped the 5 but had the nexus 6. I STILL use it nearly daily for podcasts and YT. I've replaced the battery once. Still works with my Google Fi data sim and google voice, too!

[@arturoescorcia]

It also had wireless charging and it was magnetic so it was a primitive version of MagSafe.

[@topikbagusid]

I got the Nexus 5 with orange back cover, it is so vibrant it seems to always catch anyone's attention 😂 Sadly, Nexus line is the last Google phone to be sold officially in Indonesia as the Pixel did not come officially 😢

[@marshallm4551]

My dad had the bright orange one until it broke lol

[@voiceadvicetech]

Nice video man 👍 But Please more Retro phones videos 🙏.

[@RBEstenzo]

i had one and it succumbed to a never ending bootloop 😢

[@jortuspelatus7364]

I've never owned one personally but I think it was the the best in the Nexus lineup because of the glowing reception it had when it was released.

[@suvtropics]

The most iconic android phone ever imo

[@sevenelly]

It's weird that when I had my Nexus 5, I always take photos that are really good looking. I mean at first I thought it was because of the display.... but I still have those photos now. And they still look nice.

[@Man_With_Brain.]

I need these days back. Everything was so unique every year.

[@JohnDoe_333]

Had one. Speaker and Battery were very dissapointing, 3-4h SOT at best. Camera wasn't too bad though. But it was probably the best phone to play around with mods and roms, also the UI was smooth af until the android 7 days when performance started to suffer. Also I just loved the soft touch coating, you could just use the phone without a case, it was very grippy in the hand. I used it till mid 2017 and it didn't suffer rubber reversion, and still in my drawer the finish looks fine. One of the phones when android was still exciting. It wasn't perfect at all, but probably my favourite phone until now. I am getting quite bored how perfectly normal my current oneplus 6 just works.

[@sodapone]

I have a Nexus 5 that will be celebrating its 10th birthday on the 24th. It's a black one, and it indeed has suffered rubber reversion, so I took some isopropyl alcohol to it and took off the rubber layer, leaving behind a shiny plastic surface. Doesn't look awful. The Nexus 5 was my first proper Android phone experience (my dumb 11-year-old ass lost an LG Optimus Chat on a ski lift on the local mountain after one month), and marked a 10-year Android phone streak that I only broke in September. It was a wonderful phone; a blank slate on which even my young, not-too-tech-inclined self could sink my teeth into and make my own... At least within the paltry 12 GB I was allotted as mine was a carrier special. I'm currently locked out of it as I can't remember its pattern unlock and I can't figure out how to boot into a recovery menu for a factory reset. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it! Update: Just figured it out and I'm back in!

[@geofgoodrum6792]

The Nexus 5 was my first smartphone so I have a sentimental attachment. I still use it as a music streamer at the gym. I carried it and took lots of photos on my successful Appalachian Trail thru hike in 2018. It's in a durable hard case, so the black coating is still in great shape. I replaced the battery a couple of times and the display once. It's running LineageOS 18.1 (Android 11) unofficial support, still getting updates. My daily driver is a OnePlus 8 Pro running LineageOS 21 (Android 14), but I still love my Nexus 5!

[@jordanbird9270]

From Google, it has to be the most amazing android experience yet. So buttery smooth. KitKat days...

[@jamescroucher5658]

I had the 6 and the 5X, loved them both

[@TechnoLawyer]

I had one. Left my damn LG G2 at a movie theater, needed a new phone, bought a new in box Nexus 5 off some dude on Craigslist. It ran well and the camera wasn’t so bad, but the battery life was utter trash. Worst battery life of any phone I’ve ever owned.

[@AcharyaNarayan59]

This was the best of the best at the time. Loved every but of it

[@nadjaschwarz4032]

Had the Nexus 5, loved it very much ❤ Till it decided to get reaaally hot during charging and to form bubbles, originating from the battery. Also the battery life got down from 100% to 3% within 3 hours of doing nothing with the phone 😢

[@HRHKamal]

My first smartphone & I loved it! It's now leading a retired life in my desk drawer as the battery is gone & so is LG, which used to service it in India.

[@dtincworldnews8922]

I own the Nexus 6p. Very beautiful phone. Nice camera, nice display and great battery life. And let's not forget those speakers. Good times!

[@laurenslee9134]

Knew someone who knew someone who knows someone that had one.

[@JoseLuisGarcia1234]

i loved it, it was so satisfying to use.

[@yusrilramadhan]

Also remember that Google Nexus phones were made by various other Android phone manufacturers every year. So every manufacturer has their own Nexus phone.

[@tfc2152]

I still have mine but the display died, now I use it as an iPod with wired earphones that have controls 😅

[@gr8gr8n]

One of the best phones I owned.

[@MakoyM]

I had the red one! Missed that a lot.

[@earthling_parth]

I owned one and it had been the best phone I've ever owned. I loved my Nexus 5 ❤

[@arunkumar1610]

Terrible camera ? I just loved the camera and display. Such a compact and beautiful looking phone.

[@johnlockyer8402]

Wish I still had mine. Best phone I've owned. Period.

[@Nauj1017]

i miss my nexus 5.. time does fly huh

[@Robloxhank]

you should make a video and review video for galaxy s4

[@CedricBarber0687]

I rooted mine and ran a lightweight rom. It was android 5 but without Google's backend stuff. With that rom and that old 2300mah battery....I got 5 1/2 hours sot, versus the 3 hours I got without root.

[@wilparicaguan]

I had the 6P, it was amazing

[@dblockk522]

6P was the best

[@xpforevergaming8609]

I owned a Nexus 5X, but had three huge problems with it: small storage, only 2GB of ram and terrible battery life. It also got quite warm and there was the infamous bootloop issue as well. Otherwise, an amazing phone. Great display, solid performance (sans the ram), great camera, good build quality and to this day the best notification LED placement (under the front-facing speaker grill which made it look like a disco ball, I loved it). Fingerprint reader was fast and accurate (only used a similarly reliable and fast one on a Meizu phone).

[@KenAhuja]

My favourite phone to date! It had its shortcomings but was amazing nonetheless. Was still being used as an at home lightweight KZbin machine until it finally died earlier this year. 9 years of Nexus bliss!

[@Manuj_]

I owned a Galaxy nexus aka Nexus 3 and I still have it..

[@matstra01]

I had nexus 5X, what a great phone with excellent camera

[@spventures9395]

definitely one of the best value tech buys of all time...

[@shawnh4528]

XDA Nexus Lineage OS are undeniable combination for Android enthusiasts ❤

[@MostafaKamelMK3]

still having it

[@give_me_my_nick_back]

The original pixel xD I liked how they kept rotating manufacturers every android release making nexus as a reference phone with al lthe highlights of the new android version! I was upset we never got the rumored xiaomi nexus because google just discontinued the line when it was supposed to release...

[@hms2407]

My first flagship phone

[@SushantParab]

I still have it in my wardrobe

[@chrisad1177]

Had one with the official case and when I'd hand it to someone, they'd often ask "what phone is this?", sometimes not realizing it even had a case on

[@chefbradfoodlab8996]

I have a Samsung galaxy nexus, and a Google nexus 4 and a 5 and a 5X and a pixel 2

[@KannanMohanME]

Still have it in working condition 😅

[@bharath2508]

That's the power of lineage os

[@krutarth_suthar]

Still have it

[@camotech1314]

My gf at the time had a red one ❤ I loved my Nexus 4 though 😊

[@ruslax]

I had one

[@motomaniac777]

My first phone

[@urmilshroff]

Best phone ever!

[@unboxeverythingwithkuku]

Damn till android 13 😮😮

[@Killjoy1204]

The best android phone I used period.

[@huevitopipihead]

I have one, it's still working

[@VasiljMilosevic]

The best phone I've ever had

[@quackmandoo]

I had the red one 😭

[@TH15N4M315UN4V41L4BL]

I had a red one

[@divyanshugupta6088]

I had Lg nexus 5 until 2020 until i performed bend test on it and it broke nexus 5 was way better than s4 because it gave way smoother ui experience compared to laggy samsung s4

[@GarviHere]

Android tied with kitkat to run a chance to win a nexus 5 and i ate too many kitkats

[@nothingtoseeheremovealong...]

DAE sexus??? ayyyylmao praise Duarte

[@MegaDizz23]

They also sold a red version.

[@matticolo]

What’s the phone next to it?

[@suvtropics]

The best android phone of all time

[@ginkgouser]

Yes, custom rom is the best old android sulution

[@MyUncleWorksForNintendo]

10 years is old enough for the term vintage now? 😂

[@realcartoongirl]

why use girl to take short

[@PScool3590YT]

How about for Galaxy S4 10 years later documentary video or facts for that best selling android phone ever made for 2013

[@LordLan]

I bought the Nexus 6P my battery died on me all the time.

[@Natit2099]

Is a five year old phone too far off to use!?

[@gauravj6648]

Still have one and it works fine. But don't use it due to obvious reasons..

[@Dontbeweakvato]

I think vintage is thrown around too much. Vintage is the rotary dial phone... grandma. What are you like ten years old😂😂😂🤣🤣😂😂

[@VedavyasRS]

💀

[@bishalkarmakar]

With custom roms this phone is getting 9 years of softwares updates. And people say iPhone gets the most software updates.🗿

[@user-bf1pg4cq6q]

I had nexus 5, installed lineage os android 10. Worked for 1 month, one day phone won't turn lol