Rumor: the LG Nexus 5 (2015) will not be based on the LG G4

Although each aspect of the updated Nexus 5 will matter towards the overall experience, the chipset of choice will surely generate a lot of discussion. When launched Last year, the Nexus 6 came with the fastest chip available to Android smartphone makers at the time, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805. This time around, the Samsung Exynos 7420 is the fastest chip in the Android camp, but LG is not likely to integrate a chip designed and manufactured by its cross-town rival. In fact, the real question is whether LG and Google will make use of the Snapdragon 810, a chip that received a lot of bad press due to overheating issues, or the slightly toned-down Snapdragon 808, which is the chip that LG used in the LG G4.

Since all new Google Nexus smartphones get launched alongside new Android versions, we have little doubt that, if real, the Nexus 5 (2015) will be launched alongside Android M at some point this fall. At the moment, information is pretty scarce regarding what to expect from the new LG Nexus smartphone in terms of hardware specifications.