Google Nexus 5X Smartphone Preview

First Impressions. Short measurements before our full review on the Google smartphone.

Allen Ngo, 11/06/2015

Smartphone Android

Google Nexus 5X (Nexus Series)

Processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 6 x 1.8 GHz, Cortex-A53/A57

Graphics adapter

Qualcomm Adreno 418, Core: 600 MHz

Memory

2048 MB

Display

5.20 inch 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixel, capacitive touchscreen, IPS, glossy: yes

Storage

32 GB eMMC Flash, 32 GB

, 24.9 GB free

Connections

1 USB 2.0, Audio Connections: 3.5 mm combo audio jack, 1 Fingerprint Reader, Sensors: accelerometer, proximity sensor, gyroscope, Hall sensor, ambient light sensor, barometer, compass, GPS, GLONASS, NFC, OTG, Android Beam, Miracast, print, DLNA, nano-SIM

Networking

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5), Bluetooth 4.2, GSM/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), UMTS/WCDMA (Band 1/2/4/5/6/8/9/19), LTE (Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/9/17/18/19/20/26/28/38/40/41) Cat. 6 (300 Mbps/50 Mbps)

Size

height x width x depth (in mm): 8 x 147 x 72.6 ( = 0.31 x 5.79 x 2.86 in)

Battery

10 Wh Lithium-Ion, 2700 mAh, Talk time 2G (according to manufacturer): 30 h, Talk time 3G (according to manufacturer): 19 h, Standby 2G (according to manufacturer): 590 h, Standby 3G (according to manufacturer): 710 h

Operating System

Android 6.0 Marshmallow

Camera

Webcam: 5.0 MP (fix focus f/2.0, 1080 videos @ 30 FPS), primary camera: 12.3 MP (auto focus w/ IP laser f/2.0, 2160p videos @ 30 FPS)

Additional features

Speakers: on front, Keyboard: virtual, power supply, USB cable (Type C to Type C), slot tool, 24 Months Warranty

Weight

136 g ( = 4.8 oz / 0.3 pounds), Power Supply: 75 g ( = 2.65 oz / 0.17 pounds)

Price

529 Euro

Links

Google homepage

Note: The manufacturer may use components from different suppliers including display panels, drives or memory sticks with similar specifications.

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Display

The 5.2-inch display is already brighter than many 5-inch competitors with more accurate colors and grayscale. More notably, the smartphone does not make use of an AMOLED panel unlike its larger Nexus 6P counterpart. Contrast is roughly 1000:1, though not deep as on the Huawei P8.


500 cd/m²	491 cd/m²	489 cd/m²
500 cd/m²	503 cd/m²	498 cd/m²
501 cd/m²	503 cd/m²	494 cd/m²

Distribution of brightness

X-Rite i1Pro 2

Maximum: 503 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 497.7 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 97 %
Center on Battery: 503 cd/m²
Contrast: 1324:1 (Black: 0.38 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 2.09 | 0.59-29.43 Ø5.4
ΔE Greyscale 2.12 | 0.64-98 Ø5.6
Gamma: 2.27

	Google Nexus 5X	LG G4s	Honor 7	ZTE Blade V6	Huawei P8	Microsoft Lumia 640	Motorola Moto G 2. Gen 4G
Screen		-60%	-31%	-104%	-35%	-30%	-35%
Brightness middle	503	411 -18%	442 -12%	336 -33%	453 -10%	433 -14%	417 -17%
Brightness	498	392 -21%	440 -12%	315 -37%	439 -12%	429 -14%	417 -16%
Brightness Distribution	97	88 -9%	92 -5%	81 -16%	91 -6%	95 -2%	96 -1%
Black Level *	0.38	0.38 -0%	0.23 39%	0.39 -3%	0.28 26%	0.52 -37%	0.56 -47%
Contrast	1324	1082 -18%	1922 45%	862 -35%	1618 22%	833 -37%	745 -44%
Colorchecker dE 2000 *	2.09	5.3 -154%	4.52 -116%	8.29 -297%	4.7 -125%	3.42 -64%	3.11 -49%
Greyscale dE 2000 *	2.12	6.32 -198%	5.47 -158%	8.57 -304%	5.03 -137%	3.03 -43%	3.64 -72%
Gamma	2.27 ^97%	2.37 ^93%	2.27 ^97%	1.96 ^112%	2.27 ^97%	2.16 ^102%	2.64 ^83%
CCT	6621 ^98%	7250 ^90%	7874 ^83%	8172 ^80%	7439 ^87%	7081 ^92%	7115 ^91%
Color Space (Percent of AdobeRGB 1998)		71			72.04
Color Space (Percent of sRGB)		96	99.7	89.7

* ... smaller is better

Performance

3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited scores are similar to the Snapdragon 805 in graphical power (Adreno 418 vs. Adreno 420), but fall behind in raw CPU performance by over 50 percent.

Emissions

Temperature

Hot spots can already be felt nearest the earpiece even during light use, so one side of the device will almost always be warmer than the other. At its worst, we were able to measure surface temperatures just above 37 C near the rear camera.

Max. Load

Idle


34.4 °C 94 F	34.2 °C 94 F	29.8 °C 86 F
33.6 °C 92 F	30.8 °C 87 F	28.8 °C 84 F
32.4 °C 90 F	31.2 °C 88 F	28.4 °C 83 F

Maximum: 34.4 °C = 94 F
Average: 31.5 °C = 89 F


27.8 °C 82 F	30.4 °C 87 F	36.6 °C 98 F
28 °C 82 F	30.2 °C 86 F	37.4 °C 99 F
27.8 °C 82 F	30.2 °C 86 F	34.2 °C 94 F

Maximum: 37.4 °C = 99 F
Average: 31.4 °C = 89 F

Power Supply (max.) 25.6 °C = 78 F | Room Temperature 20 °C = 68 F | Fluke 62 Mini IR Thermometer

(+) The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 31.5 °C / 89 F, compared to the average of 32.8 °C / 91 F for the devices in the class Smartphone.
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 34.4 °C / 94 F, compared to the average of 35.1 °C / 95 F, ranging from 22 to 52.9 °C for the class Smartphone.
(+) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 37.4 °C / 99 F, compared to the average of 33.8 °C / 93 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 26.5 °C / 80 F, compared to the device average of 32.8 °C / 91 F.

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Allen Ngo, 2015-11- 6 (Update: 2015-11- 6)

3DMark
1280x720 offscreen Ice Storm Unlimited Physics (sort by value)
Google Nexus 5X	12451 Points ∼10%
HTC Desire 610	7973 Points ∼7% -36%
LG G4s	7113 Points ∼6% -43%
Honor 7	10360 Points ∼9% -17%
Samsung Galaxy Note 4	18913 Points ∼16% +52%
OnePlus 2	10985 Points ∼9% -12%
1280x720 offscreen Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score (sort by value)
Google Nexus 5X	22180 Points ∼3%
HTC Desire 610	4372 Points ∼1% -80%
LG G4s	7375 Points ∼1% -67%
Honor 7	10579 Points ∼1% -52%
Samsung Galaxy Note 4	20733 Points ∼3% -7%
OnePlus 2	31858 Points ∼4% +44%
1280x720 offscreen Ice Storm Unlimited Score (sort by value)
Google Nexus 5X	18898 Points ∼5%
HTC Desire 610	4860 Points ∼1% -74%
LG G4s	7315 Points ∼2% -61%
Honor 7	10528 Points ∼3% -44%
Samsung Galaxy Note 4	20299 Points ∼6% +7%
OnePlus 2	22400 Points ∼7% +19%