Google Nexus 5 Release Date Rumors: Motorola Nexus 5 Now Tipped Instead of LG

Some day the clouds will open and Google will tell everyone who has been waiting for some confirmation about the Nexus 5 some more information. Until that day, we've got another rumor report, from another good source - but, unfortunately, that source is negating the previous bit of information about the possible Google Nexus 5 smartphone.

And so the summer seesaw continues. Previously, in the Google Nexus 5 saga, a photo had leaked by a website called Tech Tastic, purporting to be the new Google Nexus 5. It was a large white smartphone with an "LG" label on the back. It looked a lot like a white LG G2, but it was missing the "Rear Key" - that back-button volume rocker that LG Electronics is flaunting as part of the new flagship's "built around the customer" ethos. Instead, it had the volume and power button on the side, which was to be expected from an LG version of a Google Nexus 5.

Further bolstering the speculation that LG was to make the new Google Nexus 5 was the tip by Tinht.vn - a Vietnamese website known for getting its hands on flagship smartphones early - which reported that not only would the Google Nexus 5 be manufactured by LG Electronics, but that it would be based partly on the LG G2 and released sometime in Q4 of this year.

But now @evleaks, which has also been known for leaking good information about devices like the HTC One early, has entered the conversation (via Android Authority) on Twitter.

PSA: that "Nexus 5" is probably the LG Optimus L9 II. Nexus 5 (Nexus 4 v2?) looks to be a Motorola handset. pic.twitter.com/FJyRp47mHw

— @evleaks (@evleaks) August 19, 2013

The LG Optimus L9 2 is a mid-range handset that is reportedly on its way towards a release date, but very likely would not be a basis for Google's next Nexus smartphone.

So there goes the LG Nexus 5 again, and in comes the Motorola Nexus 5 rumor—again. Previously, the industry insider Taylor Wimberly tipped the Google Nexus 5 to be made by Motorola, which is a subsidiary of Google now. Wimberly did not go into details, other than to say that the Moto X phone would not be the basis for the Google Nexus 5.

And so we're back at square one - or two, depending on how you count it. Stay with Latinos Post Tech for more information on the Nexus 5, which is still highly anticipated, and will probably exist at some point.