Google teamed up with LG to release the Nexus 5 -- the phone would briefly go on to set the Android world ablaze.

In 2010, Google sold the HTC-manufactured Nexus One directly from its website. Subsequently, Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus phones from Samsung were offered by the carriers. In 2012, Google's e-commerce ...

The Google Nexus 4 by LG is the brand's new flagship smartphone but can it take on the iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S3? Update: The new Google Nexus 5 is now on sale, sporting Android KitKat ...

but none have quite lived up to the hype of the original Nexus 7. Google's 2012 Nexus 7 was built by Asus -- it ran on the Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, and it shipped with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.