Fun to finally take a look at a Nexus phone, this was one of the more requested reviews I've seen recently! 6P video coming soon, and hopefully we'll get through the other Nexus models as well :) Also, I've realized I may have one of the Nexus 5X models that had a yellow tint to the display, as in any shot beside the 6P you can see it's definitely not as white. There is a software setting to make the color cooler, and back in the day Google offered exchanges for a new device- I'm not at all concerned given I'm just using this phone for review. Kinda interesting though.
Do a mi mix 1 review with a 4.4 kernal custom rom (found on the mi mix 1 telegram group). This legendary phone still gave me 5-6 hours of sot on a 5 year old battery with a custom pixel rom. And you're not gonna find a better, more premium phone than this other than the essential phone.
I'm definitely excited to see what they come up with, the whole Pixel line has been a bit of a mess but we know Google can make a great phone. Should be interesting
This time for Android, 2015/Marshmallow era and the surrounding times were among my favorite experiences with Android. It was so fun and experimental with stuff like Skrillex's live case where it showed you different constellation images for your wallpaper all the time. Stuff like that made Android so much fun to use and mess around with. I miss it 😢
I was a big fan of Android phones for that reason. Even in the early days, it was great nerd fun to install custom roms on my Android phones etc. The only reason I moved to iPhone is that Android got too good so the experimental stuff started to go away and there was no sense installing custom roms etc because the stock roms ran fine. I still think about switching back but I am pretty heavily in the Apple ecosystem.
If I recall, the Pixel 2 non XL was also made by LG. And the 2 XL was made by HTC. So that makes sense as to why that phone and this one look so similar.
Odd how iphone 7 bootloop problems were readily forgiven, but LG was never allowed redemption. Part of the overriding drive to reduce the marketplace to only Apple and Samsung, I suppose.
I used a Nexus 5X from release year to 2020. In 2017 I had it replaced by LG bc it went into bootloop. The bootloop on these and some LG phones is not actually software related. What happens is under heavy use or use in pressurized environments (like a plane) the phone will overheat to the point you can no longer hold it. This heat is often enough to weaken the GPU to the point it can become close enough where a tiny bump well break the GPU in half. If you leave the phone in the freezer overnight there is a chance you can get a few minutes with it before it loops again to get any data you want to save.
Still have my nexus 5x but after mainboard replacement due to bootloop I keep it as a spare phone. There is an option to get it upgraded with 4GB RAM. With a custom rom and GCam installed I can imagine it can hold pretty well even today.
@@gsreads I run Android 8 Oreo on it. It doesn't lag and heat is OK as I replaced old thermo paste with a thin plate of copper. But I don't use it at all nowadays. So cannot really tell you objectively. Having it in a drawer as a backup.
I used to own a Nexus 5X, because of how simple it is to use as well as affordable, given a choice to get either this phone or the Oneplus One. I've used this phone for years throughout high school until sadly, mines suffered the bootloop death, like with other LG-made phones at the time. It can only boot up as far as the Google logo before abruptly shutting down, never to be turn back on again, even when charging. It is considered one of the best phones I've had of all time. Also, the notification LED is located on the bottom grille, where the speaker is.
The nexus 6 is probably my all time favourite phone. Although if i used it today it would seem outdated but for years it was my favourite phone. I remember when it came out and the 5 inch screen amazed everyone because oh how big it was lol. Today a 5 inch display is considered extremely small.
Loved this phone when I had it back in 2016-2017. It was my first Android phone coming from iOS, and the only thing that made me want to go back to iOS was using a Samsung Galaxy S8 for a period of time afterwards lol. Been a Pixel owner since then, it's hard to go back to anything else. Thanks for covering it!
Still using my nexus 5x. I upgraded my boot looped phone 2 gb ram to 4gb. now its performing very well. its been 5 years to be exact. didn't changed the battery though.
I'm glad to see the Nexus series can still be used. I was browsing around the phone market and the Nexus LG brand were on my radar until I spotted the Google Pixel and knew I had to own it. I don't know why people hate embezzles (or how ever it's spelled) so much, I need somewhere to put my fingers as I hold my phone. I was never a fan of the google pixel's 2 tone colour scheme, it's one reason I'm glad phone cases are a thing."
I don't believe in the existence of any original Nexus 5X'es that haven't developed the bootloop issue... it's a design defect, so it should be present in 100% of these smartphones. Unless the user lives in Siberia, Alaska or Greenland and the phone never overheats. I'm still using an original 5X but with most of the CPU cores disabled. It's terribly slow and has low RAM. But the camera is so good! Edit: it's rumored that LG released a late batch of fixed motherboards but I don't believe it because mine has no RPMB (removed by LG to prevent... unlocking the bootloader).
@@wosamosman9814 lol what did you do then? I've recently bought a Google Pixel 3 XL that won't turn on and a whole set of smartphone opening tools. So far I know it's not the battery (because I replaced it). I got it for like $50 and a used motherboard costs like $60, so it probably still makes sense to finish the job.
My mom is currently using it still. She uses it for online shopping, Facebook, and streaming. She doesn't have any plans for upgrading because it is still working for her.
In my opinion (if it survived until today) the 2GB of RAM is the biggest issue today. Multitasking is simply not happening and it even struggles a lot with larger apps. The very similar LG G4 with the same chip is much faster in day to day.
1st phone was the OG Samsung Galaxy. Nice phone but the software experience was a huge letdown. Switched to a Nexus 5 (exceptional phone for the price), then moved onto a Nexus 5X (again, exceptional phone for the price) and am now on a Pixel 3. Stock vanilla Android is the best version of Android. It's a real shame the Nexus and Pixel lines don't do better sales. The Nexus 5X is still seeing action. Lent it to the GFs cousin while he was in country and gave it away to a neighbour for their senior father in law.
The snapdragon 808 wasn’t a budget or midrange chip. It was a flagship chip it just was a year older than the 810 used in the 6P. The 5x was a cheaper option due to using previous year hardware. Also they’re expensive in resale because they’re the last Nexus phones and nexus phones have a huge cult following in the android community. Since the creation of the Pixel line there doesn’t really exist a “stock android” anymore as android is built around the Pixel and it’s incredibly custom launcher.
I loved my Nexus 5 and custom ROMed the hell out of it. Back when Google was Dev friendly and had unlocked bootloaders. Sadly those days are over and pixels are much harder to customise. The latest Android version made twrp much harder to run on the phones but those clever Devs got around that. Then root would break Google pay so magisk had to fix that too. It's really disappointing given Google stole many custom ROM features for vanilla Android so they should just let people experiment with custom ROMs on THEIR phones. Whose it harming?
Ok I know I may get some backlash for this but hear me out. Yes the phone is running Android 8.1.0 but with android it's not just the version that matters its the app support. Yes it is out of date but like 90-95% of apps (if not more) still support android 8. Meaning despite everything else this phone can still technically be used. Android 4.4.4 is now only just getting the boot from app developers so 8.1.0 has a long way to go yet
So I agree and disagree- on one hand, yes, Android is very good with having app support for a wide array of phones on so many versions, but it's more out of necessity than anything else. Many even brand new devices (typically budget oriented) are coming out on extremely old versions, many tablets are stuck on Android 6, and if they required newer versions they'd be isolating a huge portion of the potential userbase. The Nexus 5X hasn't gotten security updates since 2018, which isn't good, and if Androids as a whole got the kind of updates iPhones did you wouldn't need to have app support all the way back to Android 5 and whatnot. That being said, even with an old version Android can still be pretty usable in a modern setting, just often with an older UI and lacking features we have today. I certainly prefer the Apple route but it's fair to feel Android isn't as bad as I might make it seem when talking about updates.
Other than the boot loop issue I got that was completely covered and repaired by LG, the Nexus 5X was a great phone for what it was. It did everything I needed it to do with very little issues. I miss the Nexus lines of phones.
15:17 People always mention how phones should get more Android version updates, but I disagree. As someone who just downgraded their phone from Android 11 to Android 9 because of 11 bringing my phone to its' knees, newer =/= better. I also have a lot of friends who outright refuse to update and, compared to their phones WITH the updates, the update-less ones run way better, maybe with like a couple exceptions at most. Not to mention the increase of RAM and storage requirements. Personally, I would take a stable Oreo over a Pie or 10 any day of the week.(this is Google however, they'd probably do a decent enough update, but I'm talking about phones in general)
These were kinda cool when they came out back in 2015. The Pixel phones that came out a year later were a little bit better. Still, I wouldn't use an Android Phone without an SD card, even though the big guys like Samsung are doing just that which is sad.
people are selling these as rooted / degoogled so i was thinking about getting one, to replace my similarly aged and getting very unreliable Galaxy S5 / Marshmallow. Many apps won't even run on it now including youtube.
I wish they'd put soft touch programmable buttons on the bottom bezel corners, so at least its not wasted space. If the phone is in a stand it makes changing the volume easier.
I thought this phone was so sexy back in the day. I remember putting dbrand skins on it and being so excited 😂 the battery and weak speaker were a huge turn off though.
The very fist smartphone I ever used was a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and seeing the line end kinda made me sad at the time. But I do have lots of nostalgia for the Nexus phones aswell as wanting one very bad when I was young.
I really hated the fact that Google took away a feature the phone had at launch and was advertised in the material sheet ( Night mode ). It was decided to make night mode a Pixel exclusive. When people came up with workarounds to turn on a feature the phone had at launch and was part of the OS. Google then made a series of security patches that patched out all the workarounds. Pissed me off and I never brought another Google device.
I absolutely loved this phone. Unfortunately I bought it on the grey market, so when it bricked itself (they all do eventually) I had no warranty. Hard lesson learned there. I've mostly stuck with stock Android phones and Pixels since I had this. One remarkable thing about this phone - it was the last phone I had that was fine without a case.
The reason that the second nexus was called the Nexus S was because Samsung didn’t want to be the second one to create a nexus phone. So they instead insisted on it being called Nexus S.
Pixel phones weren’t made by google either technically. The Pixel and Pixel Xl were HTC. Pixel 2 HTC and Pixel 2 XL was LG. And all the rest have been Foxconn.
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My nexus 5x was fine at first but for the last 2 years it started lagging and the battery life was very poor. It also had some overheating issues. Overall it was an ok experience and the phone lasted 4 and a half years in my use. I now use a Samsung A72 that cost almost the same as my nexus did and man has phone technology come forward a lot
I had this phone when it came out. I had it for one year untill it got the bootloop issue and stopped working. It was an amazing phone back then and really loved it. LG really ruined their brand by making faulty phones.
I used the nexus 5x back in 2019 and it was an ok phone but died on me after 6 months. Reason, is that I bought it for 100 bucks on ebay, they sold me a refurbished one that died soon. But overall It was neat, it had the colorful leds that I really miss for notifications. Arguably one of the better phones i've ever owned. that was my first vanilla android phone and even if it was plastic, my friends were always telling me that the phone looked really cool, compared to samsung or lg back in 2019. I own a motorola one now, and it's a nice phone, but I still miss the feeling of the 5x and the leds for the notifications.
Still using this phone as a secondary phone. The worst part of this phone is the 2GB ram. Half is allocated to android so basically youll only have 1GB to your apps.
Basically google had different people make their version of the phone for them and took the best parts off each to launch their own line. Can't hate on it for how smart that move is because if you make a bad one your actual name isn't the one that is tarnished >.> lookin at you Motorola.
i used one of these up until late 2018 and it got really painful towards the end. Snapdragon 808/810 was a bad hardware platform, I miss this phone but not the terrible performance or battery life. I enjoy how with modern phones I do not run out of RAM, unlike this phone.
I think it doesn't really make sense for Google to ditch the Pixel to go back to the Nexus, and while the Nexus line had a cult following it never sold fantastically well. So it'd be cool but I don't think there's any chance of any new Nexus ever coming out.
I used to run this until earlier this year!! And a Nexus 5 until 2019, loved those phones but eventually it just got too slow. And by the way I believe the names come from their display diagonal so the Nexus 5 and 5X are 5" and the 6 and 6P are 6 inches. As having driven it daily for about 2 years I don't think the update point is that bad. I eventually upgraded because I couldn't stand how slow it was anymore and I'm a phone tinkerer I've flashed other lightweight roms and tried everything but the hardware jus couldn't keep up. So I highly doubt Android 9 or 10 would be really useable at all
Jeeze the pictures look great for a 2015 camera. Genuinely surprised me, in a blind test I would mistake it for the Pixel 3 or 2. I think it's the color science, they look saturated and modern.
No matter what. I still miss Nexus Line-ups. I think I switched to OnePlus after they killed Nexus. And now I want to leave OnePlus community too because of their careless customer service. What a tragic, I'm just regretting myself for buying OnePlus 9 Pro with their OnePlus Care Insurance package. OnePlus isn't same as I use to remember it atleast in my country.
My dad gave it to my grandma and then a ‘firmware update’ turned the phone into a boot looping chaos. Long story short my grandma does not have a phone now
to be fair, the iphone 6s on the latest ios (14.7.1) kinda sucks lol. it screwed up so many basic things like the app store just freezes every time and apps like whatsapp and twitter keep crashing out of nowhere , stuff that didn’t happen on ios 13 (i just updated like a week ago) and it isn’t because of degraded battery because i replaced it not long ago nor short storage. i do need to upgrade lol
I'm so sad because my phone (Nexus LG 5x) is missing I search many times but no way I'm praying for getting that...really it is not my phone it is my father's friend's mobile phone 😔🥺😢
I still have my Nexus 5x which is still stuck in boot loop thanks to LG, tried a lot to bring it back to life nothing seems to work so far. Just in case anyone knows any solution please let me know.(apart from motherboard replacement)
The 5X was a phone that I wanted to love so badly, but it was laggy as hell, had a terrible display, and one of worst speakers I've ever heard on a phone. I ended up selling it and buying a 6P instead, and the difference was night and day in all regards.
![Google Nexus 4, 10 years later! [Mini-Documentary]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/p8C36N0WVKU/mqdefault.jpg)
Fun to finally take a look at a Nexus phone, this was one of the more requested reviews I've seen recently! 6P video coming soon, and hopefully we'll get through the other Nexus models as well :)
Also, I've realized I may have one of the Nexus 5X models that had a yellow tint to the display, as in any shot beside the 6P you can see it's definitely not as white. There is a software setting to make the color cooler, and back in the day Google offered exchanges for a new device- I'm not at all concerned given I'm just using this phone for review. Kinda interesting though.
Do a mi mix 1 review with a 4.4 kernal custom rom (found on the mi mix 1 telegram group).
This legendary phone still gave me 5-6 hours of sot on a 5 year old battery with a custom pixel rom. And you're not gonna find a better, more premium phone than this other than the essential phone.
Yes it was kind of interesting.
Rip lg phone division
Hi please review Nexus 6p! I still have mine
Many thanks for making this Video. I was Nexus 5X user and still ready to use give a chance. It's a cherished memory.
The Pixel 6 is looking like a throwback to the Nexus 6P, Google is finally realizing what people liked
I'm definitely excited to see what they come up with, the whole Pixel line has been a bit of a mess but we know Google can make a great phone. Should be interesting
Personally I don't like design of the Google pixel 6 l like it when there is one really good camera on the top left
@@frizzvictor1535 I'd rather have more camera powa
Let's be real here the 6P was not exactly beloved
@@gur1363 only because of the software bootloop issue. At the time it was definitely the best hardware nexus device having been made by Huwawai
This time for Android, 2015/Marshmallow era and the surrounding times were among my favorite experiences with Android. It was so fun and experimental with stuff like Skrillex's live case where it showed you different constellation images for your wallpaper all the time. Stuff like that made Android so much fun to use and mess around with. I miss it 😢
Yeah so many features Google added to vanilla Android came from custom ROMs. I was a flashaholic back then 😂🤣😅
I was a big fan of Android phones for that reason. Even in the early days, it was great nerd fun to install custom roms on my Android phones etc. The only reason I moved to iPhone is that Android got too good so the experimental stuff started to go away and there was no sense installing custom roms etc because the stock roms ran fine. I still think about switching back but I am pretty heavily in the Apple ecosystem.
I don’t miss the glitch ness
Gotta say LG really knew how to make some great looking phones. Too bad they are no longer around.
Watching this video on my Nexus 7 2013, got this on launch and still works great
If I recall, the Pixel 2 non XL was also made by LG. And the 2 XL was made by HTC. So that makes sense as to why that phone and this one look so similar.
yes, very true.
Dude I absolutely love your content, informative, and entertaining as hell. You go man, keep up the awesome work🔥🔥
Typing this from my Nexus 5x.. on pixel experience android 10
Awesome! I was shocked how well the 5X holds up, on newer software I can see it really doing quite well.
I miss my Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, and Nexus 6. Thanks for writing and producing such nice historical videos. Came here from the netbook one!
Odd how iphone 7 bootloop problems were readily forgiven, but LG was never allowed redemption. Part of the overriding drive to reduce the marketplace to only Apple and Samsung, I suppose.
Might also be the fact it was practically every good phone LG made suffered from this problem for several years.
One of my favourite Nexus. Clean, simple vanilla Nexus
I used a Nexus 5X from release year to 2020. In 2017 I had it replaced by LG bc it went into bootloop. The bootloop on these and some LG phones is not actually software related. What happens is under heavy use or use in pressurized environments (like a plane) the phone will overheat to the point you can no longer hold it. This heat is often enough to weaken the GPU to the point it can become close enough where a tiny bump well break the GPU in half. If you leave the phone in the freezer overnight there is a chance you can get a few minutes with it before it loops again to get any data you want to save.
I’d love to see you do the Nexus 6. That phone was way ahead of its time.
Still have my nexus 5x but after mainboard replacement due to bootloop I keep it as a spare phone. There is an option to get it upgraded with 4GB RAM. With a custom rom and GCam installed I can imagine it can hold pretty well even today.
Doesn't it heat up and lag? Atleast on officially latest Android version.
@@gsreads I run Android 8 Oreo on it. It doesn't lag and heat is OK as I replaced old thermo paste with a thin plate of copper. But I don't use it at all nowadays. So cannot really tell you objectively. Having it in a drawer as a backup.
I used to own a Nexus 5X, because of how simple it is to use as well as affordable, given a choice to get either this phone or the Oneplus One. I've used this phone for years throughout high school until sadly, mines suffered the bootloop death, like with other LG-made phones at the time. It can only boot up as far as the Google logo before abruptly shutting down, never to be turn back on again, even when charging. It is considered one of the best phones I've had of all time. Also, the notification LED is located on the bottom grille, where the speaker is.
same happened with my 5x, best phone experience of all time
The nexus 6 is probably my all time favourite phone. Although if i used it today it would seem outdated but for years it was my favourite phone. I remember when it came out and the 5 inch screen amazed everyone because oh how big it was lol. Today a 5 inch display is considered extremely small.
Loved this phone when I had it back in 2016-2017. It was my first Android phone coming from iOS, and the only thing that made me want to go back to iOS was using a Samsung Galaxy S8 for a period of time afterwards lol. Been a Pixel owner since then, it's hard to go back to anything else. Thanks for covering it!
The camera bump reminds me of a white Nokia Lumia 925, released about 2 years before the 5X
Still using my nexus 5x. I upgraded my boot looped phone 2 gb ram to 4gb. now its performing very well. its been 5 years to be exact. didn't changed the battery though.
Dope. Miss my Nexus 5X
what is the best rom, more fluid to use in the Nexus 5X?
@@monicklemos7650 Mokee Rom, i am using with microg.
Bought it for $70 when I was in middle school it boot looped and died about 3 months later was probably the best phone I had while it lasted
I'm glad to see the Nexus series can still be used.
I was browsing around the phone market and the Nexus LG brand were on my radar until I spotted the Google Pixel and knew I had to own it.
I don't know why people hate embezzles (or how ever it's spelled) so much, I need somewhere to put my fingers as I hold my phone.
I was never a fan of the google pixel's 2 tone colour scheme, it's one reason I'm glad phone cases are a thing."
The Snapdragon 808 & 810 were notoriously bad, so bad that Samsung used exynos exclusively for the S6
Yeah I still got my Nexus 6 Shamu, with tipsy OS without no bloatware, so you know it's running super fast,💯✌️in .
I don't believe in the existence of any original Nexus 5X'es that haven't developed the bootloop issue... it's a design defect, so it should be present in 100% of these smartphones.
Unless the user lives in Siberia, Alaska or Greenland and the phone never overheats.
I'm still using an original 5X but with most of the CPU cores disabled. It's terribly slow and has low RAM. But the camera is so good!
Edit: it's rumored that LG released a late batch of fixed motherboards but I don't believe it because mine has no RPMB (removed by LG to prevent... unlocking the bootloader).
😅😂exactly what happened to my mint green colour Nexus 5X .Then replaced it with a LG G6 go figure 🤣
@@wosamosman9814 lol what did you do then?
I've recently bought a Google Pixel 3 XL that won't turn on and a whole set of smartphone opening tools. So far I know it's not the battery (because I replaced it). I got it for like $50 and a used motherboard costs like $60, so it probably still makes sense to finish the job.
Please do ipad air 2 in 2021 i would love to see that as it is the oldest device to be running iPad OS/IOS 15. Love your videos.
My mom is currently using it still. She uses it for online shopping, Facebook, and streaming. She doesn't have any plans for upgrading because it is still working for her.
He did it!
I loved my 5X. I had to for 3 years until it boot looped. Can't wait for the Pixel 6 Pro.
Next video has to be on the Nexus 4!!!
Can't wait for a @91Tech video on it!!!
In my opinion (if it survived until today) the 2GB of RAM is the biggest issue today. Multitasking is simply not happening and it even struggles a lot with larger apps. The very similar LG G4 with the same chip is much faster in day to day.
1st phone was the OG Samsung Galaxy. Nice phone but the software experience was a huge letdown. Switched to a Nexus 5 (exceptional phone for the price), then moved onto a Nexus 5X (again, exceptional phone for the price) and am now on a Pixel 3. Stock vanilla Android is the best version of Android. It's a real shame the Nexus and Pixel lines don't do better sales.
The Nexus 5X is still seeing action. Lent it to the GFs cousin while he was in country and gave it away to a neighbour for their senior father in law.
This is a well written review. Knocked the ball out of the park on this one.
The snapdragon 808 wasn’t a budget or midrange chip. It was a flagship chip it just was a year older than the 810 used in the 6P. The 5x was a cheaper option due to using previous year hardware. Also they’re expensive in resale because they’re the last Nexus phones and nexus phones have a huge cult following in the android community. Since the creation of the Pixel line there doesn’t really exist a “stock android” anymore as android is built around the Pixel and it’s incredibly custom launcher.
I loved my Nexus 5 and custom ROMed the hell out of it. Back when Google was Dev friendly and had unlocked bootloaders. Sadly those days are over and pixels are much harder to customise. The latest Android version made twrp much harder to run on the phones but those clever Devs got around that. Then root would break Google pay so magisk had to fix that too. It's really disappointing given Google stole many custom ROM features for vanilla Android so they should just let people experiment with custom ROMs on THEIR phones. Whose it harming?
The Nexus 5 was the ROM king
I had that phone and loved it. Great design, and very good user experience in general.
Ok I know I may get some backlash for this but hear me out. Yes the phone is running Android 8.1.0 but with android it's not just the version that matters its the app support. Yes it is out of date but like 90-95% of apps (if not more) still support android 8. Meaning despite everything else this phone can still technically be used. Android 4.4.4 is now only just getting the boot from app developers so 8.1.0 has a long way to go yet
So I agree and disagree- on one hand, yes, Android is very good with having app support for a wide array of phones on so many versions, but it's more out of necessity than anything else. Many even brand new devices (typically budget oriented) are coming out on extremely old versions, many tablets are stuck on Android 6, and if they required newer versions they'd be isolating a huge portion of the potential userbase. The Nexus 5X hasn't gotten security updates since 2018, which isn't good, and if Androids as a whole got the kind of updates iPhones did you wouldn't need to have app support all the way back to Android 5 and whatnot.
That being said, even with an old version Android can still be pretty usable in a modern setting, just often with an older UI and lacking features we have today. I certainly prefer the Apple route but it's fair to feel Android isn't as bad as I might make it seem when talking about updates.
@@91Tech I think that Google might be trying to find ways to deliver updates through the Play Store.
I was looking for a video about the Nexus 5x on you channel and I could not find one then I checked again like you read my mind
Can't believe that I'm still using my Nexus 5X in 2021
How about reviewing the second gen (2013) Nexus 7 tablet?
Other than the boot loop issue I got that was completely covered and repaired by LG, the Nexus 5X was a great phone for what it was. It did everything I needed it to do with very little issues. I miss the Nexus lines of phones.
I always thought the nexus 6p had a great design and I thought that the google pixel was a step backwards and I still think that lol.
Nexus 6P was my favorite phone. The speakers were fantastic
Loved this phone; mine just went bootloop kaput. Everything now too big, awkward, heavy; can't find anything like the 5x now.
15:17 People always mention how phones should get more Android version updates, but I disagree. As someone who just downgraded their phone from Android 11 to Android 9 because of 11 bringing my phone to its' knees, newer =/= better. I also have a lot of friends who outright refuse to update and, compared to their phones WITH the updates, the update-less ones run way better, maybe with like a couple exceptions at most. Not to mention the increase of RAM and storage requirements. Personally, I would take a stable Oreo over a Pie or 10 any day of the week.(this is Google however, they'd probably do a decent enough update, but I'm talking about phones in general)
Facts: Nexus numbers surprisingly correspond to its screen size.
Nexus 4 - 4"
Nexus 5 - 5"
Nexus 5x - 5.2"
Nexus 6 - 6"
Nexus 6p - 5.7" (almost 6 tho)
Nexus 7 (2012&2013) - 7"
Nexus 9 - 9"
Looks like the Pixel 2 on Google's page is the 2XL, not the 2.
These were kinda cool when they came out back in 2015. The Pixel phones that came out a year later were a little bit better. Still, I wouldn't use an Android Phone without an SD card, even though the big guys like Samsung are doing just that which is sad.
people are selling these as rooted / degoogled so i was thinking about getting one, to replace my similarly aged and getting very unreliable Galaxy S5 / Marshmallow. Many apps won't even run on it now including youtube.
I wish they'd put soft touch programmable buttons on the bottom bezel corners, so at least its not wasted space. If the phone is in a stand it makes changing the volume easier.
I thought this phone was so sexy back in the day. I remember putting dbrand skins on it and being so excited 😂 the battery and weak speaker were a huge turn off though.
I miss the Nexus branding. I thought it was soo cool!
The weak point was battery life on 5x, but what a great phone
another excellent video man great job
The very fist smartphone I ever used was a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and seeing the line end kinda made me sad at the time. But I do have lots of nostalgia for the Nexus phones aswell as wanting one very bad when I was young.
I really hated the fact that Google took away a feature the phone had at launch and was advertised in the material sheet ( Night mode ). It was decided to make night mode a Pixel exclusive. When people came up with workarounds to turn on a feature the phone had at launch and was part of the OS. Google then made a series of security patches that patched out all the workarounds. Pissed me off and I never brought another Google device.
I absolutely loved this phone. Unfortunately I bought it on the grey market, so when it bricked itself (they all do eventually) I had no warranty. Hard lesson learned there.
I've mostly stuck with stock Android phones and Pixels since I had this.
One remarkable thing about this phone - it was the last phone I had that was fine without a case.
what is the best rom, more fluid to use in the Nexus 5X?
Love the color on the nexus 5x, and pixel 5 has that green color
Nexus 4 was the 4th Nexus after Nexus 1, Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus.. nothing confusing.
The reason that the second nexus was called the Nexus S was because Samsung didn’t want to be the second one to create a nexus phone. So they instead insisted on it being called Nexus S.
Lol wouldn't surprise me. In fairness to them it does fit their branding of "S" phones, so there's that I suppose.
Pixel phones weren’t made by google either technically. The Pixel and Pixel Xl were HTC. Pixel 2 HTC and Pixel 2 XL was LG. And all the rest have been Foxconn.
Still using the Nexus 6p as a daily driver. Beating out the iphone XR in verses too! Talk about quality and features. Hahaha
You over explained the number and order of naming of the nexus line.
The number in the name was supposed to be the screen size
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Fun fact: I am using a nexus 5x in 2021 as well
My nexus 5x was fine at first but for the last 2 years it started lagging and the battery life was very poor. It also had some overheating issues. Overall it was an ok experience and the phone lasted 4 and a half years in my use. I now use a Samsung A72 that cost almost the same as my nexus did and man has phone technology come forward a lot
what is the best rom, more fluid to use in the Nexus 5X?
Great Video!!! Love it👍
I really miss the nexus 5 and 6.
The 6P had a boot loop issue too.
I definitely preferred the nexus brand to the pixel one
I had this phone when it came out. I had it for one year untill it got the bootloop issue and stopped working. It was an amazing phone back then and really loved it. LG really ruined their brand by making faulty phones.
I want that wallpaper. Please.
lol I had this phone! It was good til it was became a nightmare with boot loop! Such a bad experience, so switched to Samsung.
I used the nexus 5x back in 2019 and it was an ok phone but died on me after 6 months. Reason, is that I bought it for 100 bucks on ebay, they sold me a refurbished one that died soon. But overall It was neat, it had the colorful leds that I really miss for notifications. Arguably one of the better phones i've ever owned. that was my first vanilla android phone and even if it was plastic, my friends were always telling me that the phone looked really cool, compared to samsung or lg back in 2019. I own a motorola one now, and it's a nice phone, but I still miss the feeling of the 5x and the leds for the notifications.
Still using this phone as a secondary phone. The worst part of this phone is the 2GB ram. Half is allocated to android so basically youll only have 1GB to your apps.
omg i remember the nexus phones
Had Nexus 6 few years ago, after that, even 5" phones feel tiny. :)
Basically google had different people make their version of the phone for them and took the best parts off each to launch their own line. Can't hate on it for how smart that move is because if you make a bad one your actual name isn't the one that is tarnished >.> lookin at you Motorola.
If only, it didn’t had the boot loop issue….
I had to return mine using Fi customer care and get new one…
I just thought about this a few days ago.
i used one of these up until late 2018 and it got really painful towards the end. Snapdragon 808/810 was a bad hardware platform, I miss this phone but not the terrible performance or battery life.
I enjoy how with modern phones I do not run out of RAM, unlike this phone.
I liked the design of the original Nexus 6 (not the 6P)
Never had one tho
@nexus 5x and 6P owners; were y'all able to play jade empire on those phones?
my nexus 5 worked till 2017 than one morning display just not turned on
My nexus 5 lasted till September 2020 before it started bootlooping
Mine only till late 2018
I keep it as long with my other messed up devices in my underwear drawer forever
@@benonyangore1536 same. It's just sitting there In the darkness
Think if Nexus makes a comeback?? Will you get excited??
I think it doesn't really make sense for Google to ditch the Pixel to go back to the Nexus, and while the Nexus line had a cult following it never sold fantastically well. So it'd be cool but I don't think there's any chance of any new Nexus ever coming out.
@@91Tech The Pixel is pretty much a rebranded Nexus anyways
@@91Tech Yes you are absolutely right 👍
I used to run this until earlier this year!! And a Nexus 5 until 2019, loved those phones but eventually it just got too slow.
And by the way I believe the names come from their display diagonal so the Nexus 5 and 5X are 5" and the 6 and 6P are 6 inches.
As having driven it daily for about 2 years I don't think the update point is that bad. I eventually upgraded because I couldn't stand how slow it was anymore and I'm a phone tinkerer I've flashed other lightweight roms and tried everything but the hardware jus couldn't keep up. So I highly doubt Android 9 or 10 would be really useable at all
Jeeze the pictures look great for a 2015 camera. Genuinely surprised me, in a blind test I would mistake it for the Pixel 3 or 2. I think it's the color science, they look saturated and modern.
No matter what. I still miss Nexus Line-ups. I think I switched to OnePlus after they killed Nexus. And now I want to leave OnePlus community too because of their careless customer service.
What a tragic, I'm just regretting myself for buying OnePlus 9 Pro with their OnePlus Care Insurance package. OnePlus isn't same as I use to remember it atleast in my country.
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My dad gave it to my grandma and then a ‘firmware update’ turned the phone into a boot looping chaos. Long story short my grandma does not have a phone now
I loved my 5x until it bootlooped after exactly 1 year of owning it
to be fair, the iphone 6s on the latest ios (14.7.1) kinda sucks lol. it screwed up so many basic things like the app store just freezes every time and apps like whatsapp and twitter keep crashing out of nowhere , stuff that didn’t happen on ios 13 (i just updated like a week ago) and it isn’t because of degraded battery because i replaced it not long ago nor short storage.
i do need to upgrade lol
6:14 my 5X shut down and never turned back on
I'm so sad because my phone (Nexus LG 5x) is missing I search many times but no way I'm praying for getting that...really it is not my phone it is my father's friend's mobile phone 😔🥺😢
I still have my Nexus 5x which is still stuck in boot loop thanks to LG, tried a lot to bring it back to life nothing seems to work so far. Just in case anyone knows any solution please let me know.(apart from motherboard replacement)
Pixel xl review in 2021 plzz
What about "using the moto g5 plus in 2021"
The 5X was a phone that I wanted to love so badly, but it was laggy as hell, had a terrible display, and one of worst speakers I've ever heard on a phone. I ended up selling it and buying a 6P instead, and the difference was night and day in all regards.
I write this comment with my nexus 5x, still function normally with pie os.. No bootloop with pie os, easy root and custom os
And dual os in this phone , kalinethunter
Can you make a video about the iphone 11 pro in 2021?
Its till a great phone. Its not even that old at all lol
@@rudyrodriguez9935 i know but idk if its worth buying with current prices
Rip LG
Nexus is a such a better name then pixel