It's actually a good price for a decent piece of equipment out of contract. At the same time, for only $199 and $249, you get what you pay for. So don't complain it doesn't make sandwich.
Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
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Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
#112It's actually a good price for a decent piece of equipment out of contract. At the same time, for only $199 and $249, you get what you pay for. So don't complain it doesn't make sandwich.
Not even an ice cream sandwich?
Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also DONT BUY THE WIRELESS CHARGER. It is a joke, the phone might stick to it the first time you use it, if you're lucky. The only thing keeping the above mentioned slippery phone on the un-necessarily slanted charger is some slick rubber material. The rubber holds dust like a pro, but alas cannot grip the phone. If you don't believe me read Amazon reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Google-Nexus-4-Wireless-Charger/dp/B00…
^^ truth. one thing that fixes this, though, is having a diztronic tpu case. with the case on the phone no longer slips off the orb and is protected to boot (an absolute must for this phone -- and i hate cases)
Carets are risky comment selectors aren't they? Who knows whose truth you'll be supporting next...
Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
#114Wowzers, this just dropped the N4 (8GB) directly into my impulse buy territory.
I'm currently on the iPhone 4S so it'll be interesting to try this out while I wait for the latest iPhone announcements
Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
#115If you buy this phone, get a case for it. The thing slides off of pretty much anything, including apparently flat counter tops. Screen replacements are $130 and take 2 weeks. You won't get the awesome feel of the beveled edges, or the nice solid feeling of a thin but reasonably weighted piece of equipment, but definitely get a case lest you watch in horror as your shiny new phone crashes onto your hard tile bathroom…
[I disagree with the case comment, but that's because I find cases annoying and my wife's didn't protect her Nexus 4 worth a darn.]
> The thing slides off of pretty much anything
This is incredibly true. An anecdote: I was sitting in the waiting room at my dentist's office; I knew I'd have a wait, so I turned on the access point so that I could do some work and set the phone on the seat next to me. 15 seconds later, it dropped to the carpet. WTF, so I picked it back up and put it on the center of the chair seat. It fell off 2 minutes later. WTF^2, so I picked it back up and, intentionally and very carefully, put it back on the chair seat. It didn't fall off, but it took me 3 tries to get the phone to sit on a cloth chair seat without falling off. And I'm sure it would have fallen off given more time.
Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also DONT BUY THE WIRELESS CHARGER. It is a joke, the phone might stick to it the first time you use it, if you're lucky. The only thing keeping the above mentioned slippery phone on the un-necessarily slanted charger is some slick rubber material. The rubber holds dust like a pro, but alas cannot grip the phone. If you don't believe me read Amazon reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Google-Nexus-4-Wireless-Charger/dp/B00…
^^ truth. one thing that fixes this, though, is having a diztronic tpu case. with the case on the phone no longer slips off the orb and is protected to boot (an absolute must for this phone -- and i hate cases)
Thanks for the inexpensive tip. Only $9.95+S&H more to get that orb to actually stick, I'll take it.
But yes, def truth, extra carets.
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"Plasticky" is a weird way to describe a phone that's 95% Gorilla Glass. Personally I wish the Nexus 4 was more plasticky. My phone always ends up on the floor because the glass on the back slides off everything.
The plasticky bit is so off base it makes me wonder if fourstar is inventing ownership to have an opinion. The bit about lag as well -- what? Maybe they're thinking of the 2012 Nexus 7?
Yeah, those criticisms would make sense for a Nexus 7.
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"Plasticky" is a weird way to describe a phone that's 95% Gorilla Glass. Personally I wish the Nexus 4 was more plasticky. My phone always ends up on the floor because the glass on the back slides off everything.
I got a sticky microfiber cloth as swag and stuck it to the back glass of my Nexus 4. Now it doesn't slide around and I have a screen cleaner.
I'm going to have to do something like that I think. It's the only phone I've ever needed to get a case for.
Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also DONT BUY THE WIRELESS CHARGER. It is a joke, the phone might stick to it the first time you use it, if you're lucky. The only thing keeping the above mentioned slippery phone on the un-necessarily slanted charger is some slick rubber material. The rubber holds dust like a pro, but alas cannot grip the phone. If you don't believe me read Amazon reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Google-Nexus-4-Wireless-Charger/dp/B00…
Funny. I use the wireless charger every day, and haven't had that problem. I wonder why?
You live in one of Intel's clean room fab environments. Seriously, this is a legitimate problem shared by >1 users.
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Best value of well known brands perhaps. You get various Chinese brand ~5" phones with 1920x1080 resolution, 16GB ROM for that price or less now. And those are typicall dual sim, and take 32GB SD-cards too. Build quality for most of them are probably not as quite high as the Nexus 4, but the one I have at least is very well built.
Who sells these? I would like a cheap ultra phone.