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Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by greenmountin »

_ea1k wrote: post #88

The engadget review ( http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/02/nexus-4-review/ ) complains of very bad battery life. TheVerge ( http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/2/3589280/google-nexus-4-rev... ) indicates it is ok. I wonder which is actually true?

It's worse than this: the state of battery life reporting is abominable. TheVerge says "Battery life was also top notch", with anecdots of 10h lifetime, while Engadget (and Anandtech[1]) say it's at the bottom of the barrel.

At least I'm pretty sure Anandtech controls for screen brightness in nits ["50%" doesn't cut it, just think about how easy that is to game]. Can't anyone do it right?

[1] http://www.anandtech.com/show/6425/google-nexus-4-and-nexus-...

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by sehrope »

Nowyouknow wrote: post #54
sehrope wrote: post #29

I'm still on the original grandfathered unlimited iPhone data plan from AT&T. I've upgraded the phone a couple of times (3G -> 4 -> 4S) with no issues but looking into an Android device next. Does anyone have any experience with switching to a non iPhone? Any issues from AT&T and do they let you keep the legacy plan?

All you have to do is swap out the sim card, keep in mind the Nexus uses a micro-sim, which I think the iPhone uses anyways.

I'm more concerned about the data plan. Pretty sure that the sim card should (that's the whole point of them right?). Just worried that AT&T would remove the unlimited data (i.e. consider it iPhone legacy only).

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by lucian1900 »

tadfisher wrote: post #4
lucian1900 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But is it an excellent opportunity for people with older phones to buy a nice new one. Only downside is the gigantic screen.

Some (like me) consider that an upside.

The problem is that there is no alternative. All high-end phones are gigantic. Same for all Nexus phones.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by will_work4tears »

bitcartel wrote: post #32

Some people will be unhappy because it doesn't have LTE, or a removable battery or a micro-SD expansion slot. However, there are probably other phones which do have the right mix of features and form factor. That's the nice thing about Android, consumers have a lot of choice.

Yep, non removable battery seals the deal for me. It's the primary reason I didn't get an IPhone.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by bryanlarsen »

thoughtsimple wrote: post #74

From the article, "Android has a new champion. The Nexus 4 ... is the best overall Android handset currently available, and it’s one of the best phones to be released this year." And, "It’s as close to perfect as I’ve seen any Android smartphone get. But the Nexus 4 falls just short of perfection due to one major omission: It’s not compatible with any LTE networks. The Nexus 4 will run on just about any other cellula…

Europe, Asia, Africa & South America doesn't sound like a niche to me.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by unavoidable »

tadfisher wrote: post #13

I don't care about LTE, but if the article's claim that the headphone jack is on the top edge is true, then I may have to forgo this phone. I just can't change my habit of putting my phone in my pocket upside-down.

There seems to have been a couple posters with this complaint. I cannot for the life of me fathom why this is a deal-breaker. Can someone care to explain, or am I just missing some sarcasm?

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by lucian1900 »

CrazedGeek wrote: post #8
lucian1900 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But is it an excellent opportunity for people with older phones to buy a nice new one. Only downside is the gigantic screen.

And the pitiful internal storage coupled with the lack of expandable storage. It's still much more convenient for me to sync music to a card than to wrangle with the various cloud services.

It's not something I particularly care about. I'm not even using all of the 8GB on my current phone.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by tadfisher »

unavoidable wrote: post #117
tadfisher wrote: post #13

I don't care about LTE, but if the article's claim that the headphone jack is on the top edge is true, then I may have to forgo this phone. I just can't change my habit of putting my phone in my pocket upside-down.

There seems to have been a couple posters with this complaint. I cannot for the life of me fathom why this is a deal-breaker. Can someone care to explain, or am I just missing some sarcasm?

Headphone jack on the bottom: Hold phone normally, rotate forearm and place in pocket. Everything's fine.

Headphone jack on top: Hold phone normally, rotate forearm and place in pocket. Break expensive earbud jack or worse, the female connector on the phone. Alternatively, have your muscles relearn how to place phone in pocket by first gripping the top half of the device between two fingers (greatly increasing the chance of dropping your expensive toy), allowing gravity to rotate the phone between your pincer grip, and placing in pocket.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by kin »

kareemm wrote: post #37

Does anybody else find it strange that in a glowing review of this phone, the reviewer included nothing about actually, you know, making phone calls ?

The notion now that you bring it up sounds odd but, I wouldn't have thought about it otherwise.
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