LG G Flex and LG Nexus 5 – Comparison of Hardware Specs

LG G Flex and LG Nexus 5 are the two leading and most selling smartphones of the Android family. Both have excellent specs and features.

Release in the Market

Announced in October 2013 and released in the November 2013, LG G Flex is powered by Android v4.2.2 Jelly Bean. It is available in the following countries and platforms:

LG G Flex D955 for Germany
LG G Flex D958 for Hong Kong & Asia
LG G Flex D959 for T-Mobile USA
LG G Flex D950 for AT&T
LG G Flex LS995 for Sprint

LG Nexus 5 was announced in October 2013 and was released for sale in market in the month of November 2013 and is powered by Android v4.4 KitKat.

The hardware specs of both the LG G Flex and LG Nexus 5 are compared as under:

OPERATING SYSTEM

	LG G Flex	LG NEXUS 5
OS	Android v4.2.2 Jelly Bean	Android v4.4 KitKat

SIZE, DIMENSION AND WEIGHT

	LG G Flex	LG Nexus 5
Height – mm	160.5	137.9
Height – in	6.32	5.43
Width – mm	81.6	69.2
Width – in	3.21	2.72
Thickness – mm	8.7	8.6
Thickness – in	0.34	0.34
Weight ‘g’	177	130
Weight – ‘oz’	6.24	4.59

SCREEN DISPLAY

	LG G Flex	LG Nexus 5
Type	Curved P-OLED Capacitive Touchscreen	True HD IPS+ Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors	16M	16M
Size	6.0in	4.95in
Resolution (pixels)	720 x 1280	1080 x 1920
Pixel Density	~245 ppi Pixel Density	~445 ppi Pixel Density
Protection	–	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MEMORY

	LG G Flex	LG Nexus 5
Card Slot	Not Available	Not Available
Internal Memory	32 GB	16/32 GB
RAM	2 GB	2 GB

HARDWARE

	LG G Flex	LG Nexus 5
CPU	Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400	Quad-Core 2.3 GHz Krait 400
Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800	Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
GPU	Adreno 330	Adreno 330

HARDWARE RELATED SOFT SPECS (SENSORS)

	LG G Flex	LG Nexus 5
Sensors	Accelerometer	Accelerometer
	Gyro	Gyro
	Proximity	Proximity
	Compass	Compass

RADIO

	LG G Flex	LG Nexus 5
Radio	Stereo FM Radio with RDS	Not Available

BATTERY

	LG G Flex	LG Nexus 5
Type	Non-Removable Li-Po 3500 mAh	Non-Removable Li-Po 2300 mAh