Nexus 5 leaked in Google’s Android KitKat video

Robin MaxwellSeptember 3, 2013

Earlier today Google announced the next instalment of the Android operating system, Android 4.4 KitKat, and they may have also accidentally leaked the Nexus 5 in the process.

During the unveiling of the newAndroid Kitkat statue at Google, a promotional video was made showing the festivities. Eagle eye’d viewers of the video noticed something odd around 38 seconds in (see photo above), as one of the bystanders is holding a mystery Nexus device.

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Handily the image also has the current Nexus 4 shown too and we can see that the newdevice is larger in size, has the ‘new’ Nexus logo, larger camera lens and an LG logo! Google have now marked the video as private, but The Verge have reposted it and you can watch it below.

Nexus 5 spotted in leaked video

Both Google and LG have not make any comment about the device in the video.

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Robin Maxwell
Hi, Robin Maxwell here! Mobile technology is my passions, and while I've been known to dabble with iOS devices I'm a firm Android convert, currently waiting for the Oppo Find 5 to launch!!

I can’t see the picture or video. What happened?
Airyl
September 4, 2013
Looks like the JiaYu S1. Maybe JiaYu are making the next nexus?
- Marius
  September 4, 2013
  Hehe as much as I’d like to see that there’s no way, not for now at least. Jiayu is not large and reliable enough for Google to entrust it to build a Nexus device.
  Xiaomi, Oppo and maybe Meizu are the only only Chinese companies that could build a Nexus device.

Guest
September 4, 2013
- Guest
  September 4, 2013
I can’t see the picture or video. What happened?
Guest
September 4, 2013
Looks like the JiaYu S1. Maybe JiaYu are making the next nexus?
- Guest
  September 4, 2013
  Hehe as much as I’d like to see that there’s no way, not for now at least. Jiayu is not large and reliable enough for Google to entrust it to build a Nexus device.
  Xiaomi, Oppo and maybe Meizu are the only only Chinese companies that could build a Nexus device.

Tomík
September 4, 2013
The smaller logo on that back has been identified as Lg
Guest
September 5, 2013
God bless GPS users then, maybe it could be end of geocaching
Guest
September 5, 2013
The smaller logo on that back has been identified as Lg

PeterP
September 5, 2013
Accident – like how they put the two models side by side for a couple of seconds by accident in an edited video. And didn’t the girl feature in some other promo?
Design – bland, looks like a larger than 5″ screen depending on bezels.
MicroSD – maybe, dual sim – unlikely. Cost, well it will be very competitive.
Mi3, N1, Nexus5…? If combined perfect (why cant phone companies come out witha perfect spec), will wait and see or hope the find7 is out soon.

Guest
September 5, 2013
Accident – like how they put the two models side by side for a couple of seconds by accident in an edited video. And didn’t the girl feature in some other promo?
Design – bland, looks like a larger than 5″ screen depending on bezels.
MicroSD – maybe, dual sim – unlikely. Cost, well it will be very competitive.
Mi3, N1, Nexus5…? If combined perfect (why cant phone companies come out witha perfect spec), will wait and see or hope the find7 is out soon.
Peter
September 5, 2013
Clearly that is an exus, not a nexus :p
Guest
September 6, 2013