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Companies like Google and Microsoft are youthful- at heart, if not in
actuality. They scorn the stuff like suits, trousers and ties and elect to wear
just jeans and t-shirts. In-fact, this casual attitude is so potent that it’s
pervaded even the social scenes of tech hubs. Only a few handful companies
other than software companies would allow jeans and t-shirts.
Perks:
Desperate to
attract and retain the best and the brightest, tech firms shower their
employees with perks. Microsoft offers free drinks, a heavily discounted gym
membership, and all the expenses paid health care plan. While Google are one
Step ahead of Microsoft in this matter, they offer free sodas, breakfast,
lunch, dinner, free gym membership, on-site pool and gym, Deluxe health care
plan.
Of course,
cynics argue that these things are really just a way to trick the employees
into staying in the company for a longer period of time.
Work & Life
Balance:
There is a
severe shortage of engineers in the United States forces Companies to take good
care of their employees. They would lose too many qualified candidates
otherwise.
Workers are
encouraged to find a reasonable work/life balance like a 9 to 5 one. In which
you can spend your time with your family and do some other things too.
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The good:TheGoogle Nexus 5has
LTE for multiple carriers, a sleek and solid build, and an excellent price. It
makes crystal-clear calls, battery life is long, and integration of Google Now
is deep and wide.
The bad:The Nexus 5's screen is dimmer
than its competitors' and its camera struggles under auto settings. While an
important OS update, Android 4.4 KitKat is more conceptual than feature-rich.
The bottom line:Strong performance, high-end specs, and an ultra-affordable price
make the Google Nexus 5 not just the best unlocked phone on the market, but the
best Nexus phone by far.
Finally, we have an Android handset that deserves the Nexus
name. The Nexus 5 is fast, gorgeous, and stocked with features (including LTE)
and it is the device for showing the true power of the Google universe and the
Android operating system. And, at $349 (16GB) or $399 (32GB) at the Play Store
-- about $250 less than other top-tier flagship smartphones -- it's a great
deal whether you're on a budget or not (and whether you're an Android fan or
not).
Yes, with a fast Snapdragon 800
processor, a sharp 1080p touch screen, and a competent battery, there's a lot
to like about the Nexus 5 even if you never get past the main menu. But it's
really theAndroid 4.4 KitKat operating
systemthat we're
here to see. Though not long on flashy new features, KitKat brings an ever
deeper integration with Google's expanding array of services and a promise to
end the age-old scourge of Android fragmentation.
Still, at that price, sometimes it
makes it difficult to judge the Nexus -- is it a top-tier phone for cheap, or a
midrange device that's bizarrely souped up with great innards? Do its variable
camera and relatively dim screen get a pass because it's a $400 handset after
all, or should I be expecting better from a Google flagship? And it is a
flagship, much more so than theNexus 4and even theGalaxy Nexuswere,
but pinning it down further is difficult.
However you want to consider it, one
thing's for certain: the phone's specs are indeed high-end, and its reliable
performance further bolsters its appeal, despite its flaws. For what it's
worth, the Nexus 5 is the best unlocked phone on the market.
Carrier and
availability
Before I get started, I
want to mention that you can get the Nexus 5 from carriers, in addition to the
Play Store. Sprint and T-Mobile will carry it, with the former selling it for
$149.99 on contract (however, with deals and rebates, the price can be found
closer to just $50). The device will work on AT&T's network as well, though
AT&T will not sell it in stores. Unfortunately, Verizon Wireless users will
be left out of the Nexus party.
Design: Still a looker
Let's get physical Once again, Google's latest Nexus retains a familiar
minimalistic aesthetic. However, with its straighter edges and sharper curves,
it looks more stately and austere than its predecessor. For instance, instead
of the display sloping downward at its sides (as if melting right off) like
before, it cuts off sharply at the edges.
The device measures 5.43
inches tall and 2.72 inches wide. It's thinner and lighter than the prior
model, at 0.34 inches thick and 4.59 ounces. Comfortable to hold, the Nexus 5
feels sturdy and dense in the hand. When it's facing up from a table, its
curved back makes it easier to grab off the surface, like the HTC One.
On
the left is a narrow volume rocker and up top is a 3.5mm headphone jack. The
right edge houses a sleep/power button and the SIM card slot. The physical
control keys are made out of ceramic, and unlike the previous model, they don't
have soft, rounded edges. As small as they are, they feel sharp when you press
them. This isn't a huge issue, but it was one of the first things I noticed. At
the bottom edge, you'll find a Micro-USB port flanked by two audio speakers.
Similarly to the Nexus 7 tablet,
the handset displays a simple vertically lined Nexus logo, and a subtle LG logo
on the back. Subdued and restrained, the Nexus 5 has done away with the
lustrous, tile-patterned back that we saw previously, and replaced it with a
matte material.
The
change is no head-turner, and the black version acquires a surprising amount of
fingerprints. But I'm still partial to this back side from a practical
standpoint. As stylish as the Nexus 4 was, its rear glass panel was too
fragile; in fact, two of our own review units cracked quite easily.
Black, white, and
matte all over.
(Credit:
Josh Miller/CNET)
Lean, mean screen machine?
Sporting the biggest screen yet in relation to past Nexuses, the phone has a
4.95-inch Corning Gorilla Glass 3 display. Keeping up with its competitors like
the Samsung Galaxy
S4 and theHTC One,
the Nexus 5's touch screen has a 1,920x1,080-pixel resolution and 445ppi.
On
paper, those numbers should (and don't get me wrong, they do) make the screen
look great. But when you start comparing the Nexus 5 side by side with other
flagships, things do get interesting
In a room with all the lights turned off, I lined up the device
alongside the Galaxy GS4, HTC One, and Apple iPhone 5S. With
their displays on maximum brightness, I viewed the same swatch of white on each
of their screens. Despite its small size, the iPhone 5S was the purest and
brightest, with the One coming in at a close second. The Nexus 5, however,
looked a little hazier in comparison. Meanwhile, the white swatch on the GS4
appeared strikingly blue, as is expected with AMOLED screens.
On
the other hand, the GS4 won by miles in the black swatch test. Its screen had
the deepest and darkest shade (or "none more black," as Nigel Tufnel
would say), followed by the iPhone and Nexus, which both looked paler. The One
lost this round, with an almost subtly purple shade of black.
The device sports 4.95 inches of LCD glory,
but how does it stack up against the competition?
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)
As
for overall color quality in images and video, that depends on your preference.
You may like the vibrant saturation and high contrast of the GS4's hues, but if
you're a stickler for accuracy, the One and the iPhone are top-notch. The Nexus
also displayed colors that were true to life, but not as vividly as the others.
In addition, when studying the handsets from different vantage points, I
noticed that the Nexus' display looked as if it had a gray glaze on top of it,
which made it appear paler than the others.
I
must reiterate, however, that for general use, the phone's screen is still
excellent. Its drawbacks are only apparent when you have other flagship devices
on hand to compare it with. The average consumer most likely won't have that
luxury, and so won't see all these nuances of the Nexus 5's screen.
If
you consider the everyday experience, the display is still great; it's
sensitive, and typing with SwiftKey was accurate and ultraresponsive to the
touch. Along with app icons and text, HD videos were smooth and crisp, and
default KitKat wallpapers looked razor-sharp.
Although it's nice to
pose like this with a phone, we don't suggest it as a way of carrying it
around.
(Credit:
Josh MIller/CNET)
Hardware and key components: Souped up with high-end specs
The handset is powered by a quad-core 2.26GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon
800 processor (the same blazingly fast CPU seen in the LG G2 and Samsung Galaxy Note 3), and a 450MHz
Adreno 330 GPU. With these specs, the Nexus 5 is a powerhouse, especially when
you consider that both the Galaxy GS4 and HTC One are speed demons themselves,
and run on Snapdragon 600 processors.
Included
are a capable 2,300mAh battery, 2GB of RAM, and support for 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
(2.4GHz and 5GHz) dual-band Wi-Fi. It also has Bluetooth 4.0 LE, NFC, and
built-in wireless charging. Like most Nexus phones before it, the Nexus 5
doesn't have a microSD card slot.
Running Riptide GP is no problem for the
phone's Snapdragon 800 processor.
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)
Software
features: Break me off a piece of that KitKat
Of
course, a Nexus just wouldn't be a Nexus without it running the latest edition
of Android. With high hopes of limiting fragmentation and increasing the number
of devices compatible with Android 4.4 KitKat, Google slimmed down the OS to a
512MB memory profile. To put that in perspective, that's 16 percent less memory
than the previous version of the OS, Jelly Bean. On the Nexus 5 alone that
doesn't mean a whole lot, but if Google can really influence equipment
manufacturers to ship only one version of Android by 2014, then KitKat will be
Android's most important update yet.
As
for other features, the update isn't a huge overhaul by any means, but there
are notable changes. Below I highlight three interesting ones for consumers,
though Google threw in goodies for developers too, like screen recording and a
wireless-printing framework.
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