LG Nexus 5X - user opinions and reviews
- AliAlSaba
- Lbn
AliAlSaba, 17 Aug 2025Man, what a bad device. If anyone wants it, get a Nexus 6P. It's much better.I've changed my mind. I think this might be a good device if you want to experiment with custom kernels and don't have a problem with 32GB.
- Perodaah
- r3y
anon, 13 Jun 2025it will stop working soon. it has a hardware flaw. LG used inferior solder on their chips and ... moreMine has worked for over 8 years now with no issues.
Sometimes u might be lucky to get a unit that doesn't have that flaw.
- anon
- PvW
Dimm, 22 Oct 2024I have just bought this phone yesterday and I love it ,quiet surprised it works really fast in... moreit will stop working soon. it has a hardware flaw. LG used inferior solder on their chips and after a while it becomes brittle and connections get broken.
- Dimm
- nGR
Anonymous, 02 Jun 2024I think this is right. These times we were still getting something interesting as users. Andro... moreI have just bought this phone yesterday and I love it ,quiet surprised it works really fast in 2024 ,also it is my favourite phone I ever had
- NeonHD
- 6Fi
Anonymous, 02 Jun 2024I think this is right. These times we were still getting something interesting as users. Andro... moreYes exactly, it was more the concept that made Android very appealing at the time. It wasn't just specs that made Android better, but also with the idea and potential it brings.
- Anonymous
- gIJ
NeonHD, 05 Feb 2024Although this pales in comparison to the Nexus 6P at the time, I have to say, this phone was A... moreI think this is right. These times we were still getting something interesting as users. Android felt much more conceptual, if I may say it that way. With versions coming after 11th.. I felt as if potential is being wasted.
Some of the functions could work even on older devices if implemented properly.
- Anonymous
- Lxm
Irish Gale, 11 Jun 2022That's some impressive staying power. ; - ) And it makes me feel guilty for getting rid ... moreI use a J7 Prime (2016) midrange Samsung still. One year newer, but with a fraction (or less, in fact open source development basically ceased in 2021) of the spotlight the Nexii™ get even today.
- Anonymous
- Lxm
Anonymous, 07 Jul 2023This is what a smartphone should be. The best camera I've ever used in a non-iPhone cell ... moreDo you buy older iPhones after they've fallen in price beneath $1k?
- NeonHD
- 6Fi
Although this pales in comparison to the Nexus 6P at the time, I have to say, this phone was Android at its peak IMHO.
I remember back then in 2015, the "Zeitgeist" or "culture" of Android, so to speak, was very bright and optimistic. It marked the turning point where Android WAS, in fact, better and unique than an iPhone in many ways.
- Anonymous
- Y9$
This is what a smartphone should be. The best camera I've ever used in a non-iPhone cell phone (please keep in mind I don't buy/use $1-2k+ smartphones). It otherwise just worked. It was a pleasure to use. Reception wasn't too great, but back then cell coverage was abysmal outside of cities and dense suburbs and I'm pretty sure it was quite good for its time. I don't have it to test now because it died at around the 2 year mark, due to a very common design flaw.
What I'd want out of an improvement is a give or take 6.5" screen, which I think has been found to be the perfect screen size. I'd want the best radio and antenna it could take (I'm tired of all the compromise nowadays; cell service is still a mediocre, macro-mania mess outside of dense cities and suburbs on what "competition" is left of the 3 triopoly carriers we have). I'd want the successor to THIS camera and not all the other trainwrecks I've used since. Of course I'd want a newer, bigger battery. And I'd want Samsung or simply just LG to make it independently (pretending LG was still in the game).
Of course, Nexus meant something. Pixel, to me, does not. And after my 5 years of 'Pixel purgatory', never again.
RIP 5X (bullhead), by far one of the best smartphones ever made.
- Titus mk
- mFd
It great phone with best features you can love.it just sadly LG have stopped making phones
- Irish Gale
- j@v
The baron, 07 May 2022It is even today my daily phone.That's some impressive staying power. ; - ) And it makes me feel guilty for getting rid of mine years ago, but I agree it was a great phone back in its day. FYI, based on the note from the site below it appears it's days may be coming to an end regardless of it still working for you as U.S. carriers are dropping support for 3G. : - (
3G Frequency Bands by Provider
Note: As of February 22, 2022, AT&T phased out its 3G network to make room for a more modern one. T-Mobile is expected to shut down its 3G network by July 1, 2022, and Verizon by December 31, 2022.
Per https://www.wilsonamplifiers.com/blog/frequencies-by-provider/#:~:text=Cellular%20frequency%20bands%20represent%20a,multiple%20frequencies%20from%20government%20airwaves
- The baron
- LiK
It is even today my daily phone.
- GSMFanatik
- p%E
It was a very decent phone with a great camera and looks. Felt nice to touch, weighed next to nothing, which I liked alot.
Unfortunately it had a fatal design flaw in its cooling system that caused CPU overheat exfoliation. It all ended up with a bootloop majority of owners experienced. Too bad
- roggie
- PEi
Hammad, 02 Nov 2021Bought this yesterday night in bootloop issue in 11 bucks 🤣 installed cyanogen 17.1 running sm... moreIs that okey?
- Hammad
- 6Pf
Hammad, 02 Nov 2021Bought this yesterday night in bootloop issue in 11 bucks 🤣 installed cyanogen 17.1 running sm... moreLineage* os 17.1
- Hammad
- 6Pf
Bought this yesterday night in bootloop issue in 11 bucks 🤣 installed cyanogen 17.1 running smoothly so far
- Joy
- XNB
Bought at March 2017. Still ongoing. Fantastic phone.
- aran perumal
- YUU
I bought this phone on 2016 May, i loved it but sadly i only use it for short period of time only because i drop it from my 34th floor on my condo. The camera is top notch. battery was sub par. On Jul 2021 i manage to fix the screen which i bought from aliexpress but sadly my phone doesnt turn on at all. It is very sad to see such a device ended up being malfunction. Oh yes i bought it for RM1, 100.00 I wish my future phone wont ended up being like my 5x.
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