I -Nexus 5 ibonakala sengathi iyona smartphone engabizi kakhulu i-Google ezoqhubeka nokuthengisa ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe-Nexus 6, i-smartphone yesimanje enentengo ephezulu kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, akukho okunye okungaba yiqiniso. Le nkampani isivele iyekile ukukhiqiza i-smartphone, ngakho-ke izotholakala kuphela kuze kube yilapho isitoko siphela, okufanele kube ngoMashi wonyaka ozayo, 2015.
I-Nexus 5 ayiseyona ifoni efana naleyo eyayiyiyo ngonyaka odlule. Ngonyaka odlule, kwakuyifoni ehamba phambili eyayibiza uhhafu wentengo. Ngonyaka odlule, idlulwe ngama-smartphone amasha akhishwe, futhi isenentengo efanayo. Noma kunjalo, yayiyifoni enhle ngentengo efanelekile. Kodwa-ke i-Google yafika yenza izinguquko ezithile ezitolo ezisemthethweni ze-Google Play emhlabeni jikelele. Ikakhulukazi, eSpain, i-Nexus 5 emnyama nebomvu yanyamalala, kokubili izinguqulo ze-16GB ne-32GB. Njengamanje, kuvela inguqulo emhlophe kuphela, ku-16GB kanye ne-32GB. Kodwa ayikatholakali. Ngemva nje kwalokho, okhulumela i-Google osemthethweni waqinisekisa ukuthi i-Nexus 5 ngeke isakhiqizwa, nokuthi ngenxa yalokho izotholakala ukuze ithengwe kuze kube yilapho amasheya ephela.
Nakuba kungekho muntu ongakwazi ukuthi zonke izitoko ze-Nexus 5 zizophela nini ngendlela eqondile, iqiniso liwukuthi inkampani ithembele okungenani ekubeni namayunithi kuze kube yinyanga ka-March 2015. Okungenani, yilokho abakushilo. abanye abasebenzi be-Google, nakuba besingeke sikhulume ngalokhu ngokusemthethweni, ngoba empeleni ngisho bona ngokwabo abazi ukuthi amayunithi e-smartphone azophela nini.
Iqiniso liwukuthi okwamanje i-Nexus 5 ibonakala kuphela emhlophe ku-Google Play futhi isathengiswa, nakuba kucatshangwa ukuthi "maduze" kufanele kube namayunithi amaningi, okusho ukuthi asikwazi ukucabangela ukuthi i-smartphone ngeke isaba khona. ukudayiswa, kodwa ukuthi amayunithi engeziwe azofakwa kabusha maduze. Okucacile ukuthi uma ufuna ukuthenga i-Nexus 5 usazoba nesikhathi, kodwa into engcono kakhulu ukusheshisa, ngoba uma kufika ikota yesibili ka-2015 ngeke usakwazi ukuthenga noma iyiphi i-Nexus 5.
