Best Flip Cover / Case For Nexus 5

I was one of the early adopters of Nexus 5 – I mean, I bought one early on. Ordered it from United States. So was looking for Nexus 5 Cover / Case before the device was officially available in India. To my disappointment, there were no better option. And the official cover / case for sale on Google Play was too costly and was not yet available on Indian play store.

Early Flip Cover
Previously I had linked to Capdase Flip Cover for LG / Google Nexus 5, as it was the only Flip Case which was available. But this flip-cover was reported to ruin your Nexus 5 screen / screen guard with its suction cups. Doesn’t have wake / sleep functionality. And catches dust and greasiness easily.

Why Flip Cover:
Even though Nexus 5 comes with scratch proof Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3, I always wanted a Flip Cover, like the one we see with Samsung Note 3. My mom and girlfriend wear ear rings and I don’t like that metal piece scratching my Nexus 5 😐

Recommended / Best Flip Cover:
After about a month of official release of Nexus 5 in India, some online stores started displaying flip covers for Nexus 5. I started reading some reviews. Most of the flip covers had bad review and most of them purchased it only because there were no better option yet.

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After looking and comparing the existing flipcovers and the materials used in it, I ordered Nillkin Flip For LG Nexus 5.

Nillkin Flip Cover is a Premium Quality Flip Cover for Nexus 5:
It has 46g Gross Weight.
Dimension: (177 x 100 x 18) mm
Material: Leather & Soft Fabric (Inside), Leather (Outside)
It has automatic wake / sleep functionality – need not install any 3rd party applications!
Magnetic Closure so that the cover doesn’t open when tilted downwards.

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You can order Nillkin Flip Cover for Nexus 5
It’s also available in different colors: Black, Light Blue, Yellow, Red

Amazon: Nillkin Flip for LG Google Nexus 5

Amazon India: Nillkin Flip for LG Google Nexus 5

FlipKart: Nillkin Flip for LG Google Nexus 5

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Over to you ..
Let us know what other accessories you’re using for your Nexus 5, and how does it work..

KitKat 4.4.1 Improves Camera Performance

As reported earlier, Nexus 5 is a great phone but lacks in camera performance. Well atleast, it’s not something great compared to Nexus 4

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Update: We got KitKat 4.4.2 update and here is what the update improves upon the existing KitKat flavor.
Well, it’s 54.0 MB of update.

This update improves the Nexus 5 camera with faster shooting(less shutter lag, less motion blur); faster, more accurate focusing; better white balancing for truer colors; and more accurate exposures. The update also includes other bug fixes and performance improvements.

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Nexus 5 KitKat 4.4.2 Update

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Nexus 7 First Generation Tab: KitKat 4.4.2 Update

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Google soon recognized it’s users feedback and has released a patch for it, which fixed most of the camera issues.

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1. Improving contrast.
2. Improves exposure.
3. Improves autofocus. Now you can get clear pictures even on the move.
4. The camera app in itself opens faster.
5. The time gap between the click and the capture has been reduced (in layman’s language!)

It is impressive that Google has come-up with a patch to the camera issue within weeks of release of Nexus 5

If you still haven’t got the update on your phone, it’s coming. Google is rolling the update and you’ll get it soon.