Images and specs of what is purported to be the next Nexus smartphone have been published online by site AndroidAndMe. The leaked images and specs are for an LG made device which is apparently a prototype Nexus 5 smartphone. This is said to be one of a number of candidate phones by various companies from which Google will choose its next standard smartphone for launch in October 2013.
The source, who leaked the images and specs to AndroidAndMe, is supposedly someone who works for Google, rather than an LG employee. Why they would provide such info to a minor Android news site, I do not know. If it were an LG tactic to pull attention away from the recently launched Samsung Galaxy S4 that would be more understandable and believable. However October is a long way away in smartphone terms and not many people who are ready, willing and able to upgrade to their next blower would wait that long.
Below are the specs for the LG Nexus 5 candidate codenamed “Megalodon”:
- 5.2″ OLED Display with 1920×1080 resolution
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 @ 2.3 GHz
- 3GB LPDDR3 Ram
- 16/32/64GB of internal storage
- 16MP rear camera by OmniVision (4k video recording @30FPS, 1080p video recording @60FPS, Real Time HDR & HDR video recording, optical image stabilization, BSI 2.0)
- 2.1MP front camera (1080p video recording @30FPS)
- 3300 mAh Lithium Polymer battery
- Front positioned stereo speakers
- Qualcomm RF360 (LTE 150 Mbps & HSPA+)
- Integrated DVB-T / ATSC-antenna
- Gesture like controls (navigation, zoom, etc)
AndroidAndMe notes that while many of the above components aren’t shipping at this time they should be by H2 2013. The Android focussed online magazine admitted that “there is a good chance that some basement dweller is trolling us hard” but that it could see Google and LG teaming up again for the Nexus 4 successor despite the supply hiccups last time.
Is this a juicy prototype leaked spec list or pure fantasy? At least the spec writer didn’t make the basic mistake of adding a microSD card into the mix alongside the 4K video recording and DVB-T TV antenna, however popular a move that would be.