- Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Nexus 5X Specs
The Nexus 5X is official, and you’re probably wondering what keeps it alive under the hood. It’s not the strongest phone launching this year, but it should still be solid enough to make for an enjoyable Nexus experience. Here’s a full list of specs for anything you may want or need to know about the device.
Nexus 5X Specs
Operating System
Display
- 5.2 inches
- FHD (1920 x 1080) LCD at 423 ppi
- Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
- Fingerprint and smudge-resistant oleophobic coating
Rear Camera
- 12.3 MP¹
- 1.55 µm pixels
- f/2.0 aperture
- IR laser-assisted autofocus
- 4K (30 fps) video capture
- Broad-spectrum CRI-90 dual flash
Front Camera
- 5 MP
- 1.4 µm pixels
- f/2.0 aperture
Processors
- Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 808 processor, 1.8 GHz hexa-core 64-bit
- Adreno 418 GPU
Memory & Storage
- RAM: 2 GB LPDDR3
- Internal storage: 16 GB or 32 GB
Dimensions
- 147.0 x 72.6 x 7.9 mm
Weight
- 136 g
Color
- Carbon
- Quartz
- Ice
Media
- Single front-facing speaker
- 3 microphones (1 front, 1 top, 1 bottom)
Battery
- 2,700 mAh Battery
- Fast charging: up to 3.8 hours of use from only 10 minutes of charging
Wireless & Location
- LTE cat. 6
- Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2×2 MIMO, dual-band (2.4 GHz, 5.0 GHz)
- Bluetooth 4.2
- NFC
- GPS / GLONASS
- Digital compass
- Wi-Fi use requires 802.11a/b/g/n/ac access point (router). Syncing services, such as backup, require a Google Account.
Network
- GSM/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
- UMTS/WCDMA: B1/2/4/5/8
- CDMA: BC0/1/10
- LTE (FDD): B1/2/3/4/5/7/12/13/17/20/25/26/29
- LTE (TDD): B41
- LTE CA DL: B2-B2, B2-B4, B2-B5, B2-B12, B2-B13, B2-B17, B2-B29, B4-B4, B4-B5, B4-B7, B4-B12, B4-B13, B4-B17, B4-B29, B41-B41
- Phone is carrier-unlocked with wide-range band support for service providers worldwide. Check with your service provider for more information.
Sensors
- Fingerprint sensor
- Accelerometer
- Gyroscope
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Ambient light sensor
- Hall sensor
- Android Sensor Hub
Ports
- Single USB Type-C
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Single Nano SIM slot
Material
- Premium injection molded polycarbonate housing
Thoughts?
That’s a $379 package, and it’s up to you to decide whether the specs above are worth that price tag. Let us know which side of the fence you sit in on that regard by dropping a comment below!