Nexus 4 Review: Beautifully Crafted, Premium Android Phone

Post by Irregardless » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 4:29 PM UTC

mikelward wrote: post #79

metatronscube wrote: post #56

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Yeah for instance when Apple did this design a few years ago it was mostly unacceptable among Fandroids and HN crowd. Now its good, because its Android. Its no secret that HN is heavily biased against Apple (and to some extent MS). I don't know, must be all the Google employees here or something. Its always interesting to watch how these conversations turn out. Its been getting a lot more noticeable over the years on…

According to The Verge, it was a choice between faster data on the one hand, and timely updates, better battery life, and lower price on the other. I'm guessing for a lot of the Nexus's target market, and for Google, faster updates win out. http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/10/29/3569688/why-nexus-4-do...

Post by cpeterso » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 4:38 PM UTC

kolleykibber wrote: post #98

mikelward wrote: post #84

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It's really easy to drop the Nexus S. The back is too slippery.

I think the Nexus S is one of the most functional phones of the last two years. I kept returning to it after trying other phones. I will be upgrading to the Nexus 4. Although, I travel a lot with a backpack and having multiple batteries allows me up to 4 days without charging. I guess we're giving up functionality for design. I might attempt a DIY groin charger.

Post by wbrendel » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 4:42 PM UTC

gridaphobe wrote: post #75

eggbrain wrote: post #38

Am I the only one that finds it somewhat funny that a phone with no LTE, non-removable battery, no SD card slot and glass front and back is the most talked about Android phone to date?

As an iPhone user (4S) that all sounds pretty standard! On a more serious note, I don't understand all the fuss about LTE. IIRC it's something like 20Mbps in practice, which is faster than most Internet connections in the US. What is the use case for such bandwidth on a phone? YouTube already plays just fine with HSPA+.

Post by Shooti » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 4:46 PM UTC

kirubakaran wrote: post #88

eggbrain wrote: post #38

Am I the only one that finds it somewhat funny that a phone with no LTE, non-removable battery, no SD card slot and glass front and back is the most talked about Android phone to date?

Well the difference is, you can just buy a different Android phone which is just as powerful but doesn't have these 'defects'. The choice is yours. With an iPhone, you either buy one "with no LTE, non-removable battery, no SD card slot and glass front and back" or you don't buy an iPhone at all.

Post by akgerber » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 4:50 PM UTC

dnissley wrote: post #37

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Not sure what you'd 'save' - any major carrier you want to use with a data plan doesn't offer any (at all?) savings on monthly service plans. Prepaid pricing sucks for data. Do you want to pay $199 plus $90 month for airtime and data? Or $299 for an unlocked phone and... $90/month for airtime and data?

T-Mobile does [1]. You can get 500 minutes, unlimited texts, and 2gb data (capped after that) for $50/month. 1 - http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Packages/ValuePackages.aspx?pkg...