When Google and Motorola revealed the Nexus 6, a giant-sized Android phablet that launched late last year, the Nexus 5’s days were officially numbered. And with Wednesday’s grand opening of Google’s new digital storefront for hardware, the Google Store, it seems that the Nexus 5 wasn’t invited to the party. Searching the site for the LG-made handset turns up no results, and the Nexus 5 product page spells it out. The Nexus 5 is dead. Long live the Nexus 5. Pure Android Bliss I bought my Nexus 5 in January 2014 when I switched mobile carriers from Sprint to T-Mobile. The previous two Android phones I’d been using had left me extremely frustrated for one reason or another. The Samsung Galaxy 4G Epic, a QWERTY slider, ran Samsung’s TouchWiz’d interpretation of Android 2.2. It had buggy bloatware, crashed constantly, and for some reason, the phone’s GPS sensor liked to stop working just as I would start to drive to my destination. See also: Google Unveils New Nexus Devices, A Media Player... - Web2024