5 Nexus smartphone arrives in Brazil for 1,799 reais - veja.com

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Claudia Tozetto

began on Monday in Brazil to pre-sell the Nexus 5 smartphone developed in partnership between Google and LG. The phone with 16 GB of memory costs 1,799 reais, e-commerce sites. In its new version, the device has a 4.9 inch larger than the previous screen and uses the latest version of the Android operating system. The product will be delivered to the first purchaser from February 12.

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Although the product is already in pre-sales, LG has not officially confirmed the arrival of the Nexus 5 to Brazil. Through a statement, Google said: “The launch of the Nexus 5 in Brazil is a unique initiative from LG.” At the launch of the latest version of the product, the Nexus 4 , Google held an event at its headquarters in São Paulo to mark the arrival of the apparatus to the country.

5 Nexus was launched in October 2013 . In the United States, the simplest version of the product is sold for $ 349. The product launch in various markets around the world in recent months helped LG to gain more visibility in the smartphone market dominated by Apple and Samsung.

According to the results of LG in the fourth quarter of 2013, released on Monday, the company sold 13.2 million smartphones during the period, up 54% in one year. According to the manufacturer, the growth was driven by the launch of smartphones G2 and Nexus 5 in various markets around the world.

New version – Designed to offer the features of the new version of Android, the 4.4 or KitKat, the Nexus 5 brings screen with Full HD resolution (1,920 x 1,080 lines) made with glass Gorilla Glass 3 more resistant to scratches. The rear camera shoots with 8-megapixel resolution and there is also a front-facing 1.3 megapixel camera for video calls.

Nexus 5 weighs 130 grams and has a thickness of 8.6 millimeters. Inside, it has Snapdragon 800 2.26 GHz quad-core processor, and a graphics processing unit (GPU) to improve the performance of games. The battery, according to Google, provides power for up to 17 hours.

The phone is compatible with cellular networks to fourth generation (4G) and the NFC technology, which allows you to exchange files and make payments through mobile phones. The version sold in Brazil has 16 GB of memory -. U.S., Google offers the Nexus 5 also in the version with 32 GB of internal space

The main difference of the product compared to models from other manufacturers is the use of “pure” Android operating system. This means that the system used by the device has not undergone changes in the interface.

Adopt a modified version of Android is common among manufacturers of smartphones, since the system was developed in open source. It is the case of Samsung, which adopts the TouchWiz interface in the Galaxy smartphones and tablets online. Other manufacturers, such as LG and Sony also developed their own versions of Android for its products.