The Nexus 5 is a smartphone developed and marketed by Google in conjunction with LG Electronics. The successor to the Nexus 4, the device is the fifth phone in the Google Nexus series, a family of consumer devices that use the Android operating system and are built by an original equipment manufacturer partner. The Nexus 5 was unveiled on October 31, 2013, and released for online orders on Google Play Store the same day.
The Nexus 5’s hardware is similar to that of the LG G2, with a Snapdragon 800 system-on-chip, a 4.95-inch 1080p screen. The Nexus 5 is also the first device to feature version 4.4 of Android, nicknamed “KitKat”.