The Nexus 5 VS LG G2 rivalry continues as mobile users see a lot of similarities between the two. While they are on a head-to-head battle in the design & display and hardware arena, a clear difference can be noticed when it comes to their software, camera, and battery life aspects.
Design and Display
Nexus 5 has a 5-inch screen display rendering a resolution of 1080x 1920 pixels with a density of 445 ppi, which is even higher than G2's 423 ppi despite its larger 5.2-inch screen. However, Versus says that the LG G2 has more screen for every bit of side and top bottom bezel, meaning the face of the phone is 75% display, even better than the alphadogs iPhone 5s and Galaxy's 60%.
The thickness and weight of phones however don't vary that much. Nexus 5weighs 130 g while G2's at 143 g; Nexus is somewhat thinner at 8.59 mm as compared to G2's 8.9 mm, although of course this is not noticeable by the naked eye.
Hardware and OS
Both phones are powered by Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 quad-core Krait 400 processor clocked at 2.3 GHz. But as per Geekaphone, G2 still reigns in this aspect with its higher linpack (1054) and quadrant (19815) scores, as compared to Nexus 5's 393 and 8844. Both of the devices carry 2 GB RAM.
Google 5 runs on Android 4.4 Kitkat which is upgradable to 4.4.4 KitKat while the Andoroid 4.4.2 KitKat update is now available for LG G2.
Battery Life
LG G2 is definitely more powerful than Nexus 5 with its 3000mAh as compared to the latter one's 2300 mAh. 30.43% more battery power makes a lot of difference, doesn't it? For further evidence, we take the experiment conducted by Android Pit. After 99 minutes of running both devices in full brightness display mode while browsing the web through WiFi connection, switching apps, playing games, and video streaming, LG G2 stood pretty well at 72% while Nexus 5's left with 64% charge.
Camera
If you want to capture clearer shots, then LG's 13 MP rear camera, 2.1 MP front-facing camera is significantly better than Nexus 5's 8 MP rear camera, 1.3 MP front-facing camera. Their features are almost the same: Back-illuminated sensor (BSI), Autofocus, Touch to focus, Optical image stabilization, Face detection, ISO control, White balance presets, Burst mode, Digital zoom, Geo tagging, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR), Panorama, Scenes, Self-timer, except for the Voice Activation option which is only available in LG G2.
For a quick look, here's a sample shot comparison once again from Android Pit (Nexus 5 on the left; LG G2 on the right):
(Photo : Android Pit)
Price
LG G2's 32 GB variant is priced at $420 while Nexus 5 costs $349.
Now the question is, would you go for the cheaper smartphone without compromising cutting-edge features? Nexus 5 or LG G2? Sound off in the comments section below!
