Vantrue Nexus 5S
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The Nexus 5S is the four-camera Nexus with a Sony STARVIS 2 sensor behind every lens and an optional 4G LTE module. Front is 2592x1944 at 158 degrees on an IMX675; both cabin cameras are IMX662 modules at 1080p and 160 degrees with four infrared LEDs; the rear road camera is an IMX675 at 1440p and 165 degrees. Four sensors of the same generation is the headline, and the rear upgrade from 1080p to 1440p is the one you will actually notice. Ten seconds of pre-event buffering and four separate parking modes are the other substantive additions over the Nexus 5. With the LTE module and a plan, remote live view, cloud backup and GPS tracking work; without them none of that does, which is worth planning for rather than discovering. Supercapacitor power rated -4 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, 1TB card support, 5GHz Wi-Fi, built-in GPS and voice control. It is the most expensive Vantrue here and it is aimed squarely at people whose car is their workplace.
- Approx. price
- ~$420
- Hot car
- Supercapacitor
- Supercapacitor, rated to 140°F
- Parking tier
- Buffered
- Hardwire kit optional
Full-time rideshare and delivery work in a large vehicle, with remote monitoring as an option.
The description and the pros and cons above are written from published specifications, not from owner reports. Owner sentiment, where we have it, is in its own section below.
What the numbers mean here
The front camera records 2,592 horizontal pixels across a published 158-degree field of view, which is 16.4 pixels per degree — plate-legible close in. The rear channel manages 15.5, so it is the less detailed of the two. How this is calculated, and what it does not tell you.
It runs on a supercapacitor rather than a lithium cell, so there is no battery to swell in a car parked in summer sun — the classic way a windshield-mounted camera dies. The maker publishes an operating range of -4°F to 140°F. Supercapacitors and heat.
Keeps a rolling buffer, so the seconds before an impact are saved as well as the impact itself. It is the most useful parking mode and the hungriest. The hardwire kit is a separate purchase, which is the line item people forget when budgeting. What each parking mode records.
Specifications
Manufacturer-published figures, recorded from Vantrue’s own product page and a specialist retailer’s spec table. Fields the maker does not publish are omitted rather than guessed.
- Type
- Triple-channel
- Channels
- 4
- Front resolution
- 1944p
- Front frame rate
- 30fps
- Front sensor
- Sony STARVIS 2 IMX675
- Front field of view
- 158° (as published)
- Front aperture
- f/1.8
- Rear resolution
- 1440p
- Rear sensor
- Sony STARVIS 2 IMX675
- Interior resolution
- 1080p
- HDR
- HDR
- Power cell
- Supercapacitor
- Operating temperature
- -4°F to 140°F
- Parking modes
- buffered, time-lapse, low-bitrate, motion
- Hardwire kit
- optional
- GPS
- built-in
- Wi-Fi
- 5 GHz
- LTE / cloud
- Supported
- Max storage
- 1024GB microSD
- CPL filter
- optional
- Screen
- 2.45-inch
- Voice control
- Yes
- Form factor
- wedge
- Mount
- adhesive
- Release year
- 2026
These features need an active paid plan on top of the hardware: remote live view, cloud backup, GPS tracking.
Features
- Four Sony STARVIS 2 sensors - IMX675 front and rear, IMX662 on both cabin channels
- Front 1944p, rear 1440p, both cabin channels 1080p infrared
- Ten-second pre-event buffer and four parking modes
- Optional 4G LTE module for live view, cloud backup and tracking
- 5GHz Wi-Fi, built-in GPS, voice control
- Supercapacitor, -4 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, microSD to 1TB
Where it is strong
- Every one of the four cameras is a current-generation Sony STARVIS 2, which no other four-channel camera here manages
- Rear road camera upgraded to 1440p, so the channel most likely to record a hit-and-run can actually read a plate
- Ten-second pre-event buffer means the approach to an incident is recorded, not just the impact
- LTE is a module rather than a built-in radio, so you only pay for connectivity if you want it
- Supercapacitor and 1TB card support
Where it gives way
- The most expensive Vantrue here, and the LTE features that justify the price all carry a subscription
- Front camera is 1944p on a 158-degree lens - roughly 16 px per degree, well behind 4K cameras costing less
- Four streams on one card mean a short loop no matter what size card you fit
- Longest install in the catalog, with three cable runs plus power
What owners say
We have not collected enough owner discussion about the Vantrue Nexus 5S to write this section. We only summarise sentiment for cameras whose owners we have actually read, so this is left empty rather than filled in with something plausible. How we compare explains where the sentiment on other pages comes from.
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