Google Nexus 2015 On Release Date Could Upend iPhone 6, Galaxy S6 In Camera Showdown

Rumour has it that the Nexus 2015 is actually the repurposed LG G4 on its release date later this year. This becoming true will lead to one sure thing – Google’s upcoming signature phone has the chops to defeat the iPhone 6 and the Galaxy S6 in a camera showdown.

In a three-way camera shooting dogfight conducted by Android Central – the G4, the iPhone 6 and the GS6 all proved that they are the top three smartphone cameras around these days. The tech site concluded that all three devices performed as advertised by their makers but if a ranking is to be required it the S6 from Samsung that will emerge as the top player.

Surprisingly, the second best is the next Nexus candidate LG G4, besting the perennial smartphone camera leader that is the iPhone by Apple. The G4’s lead is but slim but the device’s running past the iPhone 6 is significant enough.

And the good news is, if the G4 will serve as the Nexus 2015 base-model then time is on Google’s side to implement the needed tweaks that will allow the next Nexus shooter to topple its chief competitors. And there aren’t too many adjustments required.

Killer camera features to deliver

Fully adopting the entire LG G4 camera system is a good place to start for Google if the plan is to deliver the best stock Android camera phone ever and in the process beat its rivals. The G4 camera specs are headlined by a 16-megapixel main shooter with LG always emphasising that the package includes the industry best f/1.8 aperture.

So what bump ups are needed? On the hardware side, Google must at least match the optical image stabilisation or OIS component that Apple had unboxed with the iPhone 6 Plus last year. As Android Central noted on its review, the G4 got the better of the iPhone 6 because the latter lacks the same OIS prowess of its bigger sibling.

Another area of concern is the capturing of images in low-light environment. In the G4, recorded pictures tend to have slight yellow tint that the review said was mainly due to the device’s colour spectrum sensor. Google can surely correct this oversight before repurposing the LG G4 into the Nexus 2015 flagship phone.

And one sure way that the next Nexus shooter can out-spec and out-perform the major brands out there is to fuse the best there is with the LG G4 with that of the rumoured LG G4 Note. This LG phablet is said to unpack a major step up on the specs and features that were revealed with the G4.

Waiting out for the G4 Note makes sense as LG is thought to issue the device in the last few months of 2015. The schedule fully agrees with the expected Google Nexus 2015 release date, which likely will be between October and November of the same year.

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