LG may already be testing Nexus 5 prototype after all. Sold 3 million Nexus 4s

Despite some info to the contrary, LG may be working on the Nexus 5 after all.

According to popular Korean site Daum.net, which does get quite a few Korean gadgetsright, LG’s Mobile Communications division has already produced a prototype Nexus 5 device. The next generation Nexus has been in testing inside LG for the past month, under very strict security conditions, and has already been shown to Google’s CEO Larry Page.

As for the LG’s VP Won Kim’s interview with All About Phones, earlier this week, something might have been lost in translation. If you check Mr. Kim’s quotes carefully, he never explicitly stated that LG won’t make Nexus 5. He only acknowledged that Nexus 4 gave a huge marketing boost to LG, and said that after success LG had with its own products lately, they do not need such marketing support anymore.

However, gaining Android creds among fans may not be the only reason to make Nexus 5 device. If Google is doing the new Nexus phone this year, the next generation Google flagship will most certainly run Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie. Having early access to that version of Android, while giving your engineers opportunity to gain experience developing hardware running Android 5.0, would be worth way more in potential time-to-market lead times for LG Optimus devices.

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