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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

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Post by galaktor »

h4pless wrote: post #90

If 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…

After lots of research I went with this ballistic case for nexus 4: http://www.goballisticcase.com/products/lg-nexus-4-ballistic...

Not only prevents the potential sliding, but offers great protection for clumsy phone droppers like myself.

Most other cases are more fashion accessoire than they actually protect the device. This one adds some bulk in favor of actual protection. (ymmv yadda yadda)

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by polskibus »

sidcool wrote: post #161
kgabis wrote: post #152

Sorry! Devices on Google Play is not available in your country yet. We're working to bring devices to more countries as quickly as possible. Please check back again soon. It would be better if they finally released it outside US. I can't even see the site.

It's available in India, not from Google play store, but otherwise available. I own one. It's a wonderful device.

at what price? in Poland the nexus 4 is much more expensive - you pay LG's price, not Google's.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by martin_bech »

Sorry! Devices on Google Play is not available in your country yet. We're working to bring devices to more countries as quickly as possible. Please check back again soon.

Im in Denmark, we usually get the newest iPhone a couple of weeks after the US. Availability is one of the reasons the Nexus brand isn't as big as it could be.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by jordanthoms »

andrenotgiant wrote: post #97
h4pless wrote: post #90

If 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…

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…

Have you tried cleaning it with a microfiber cloth and any old cleaning spray? I find I need to do that every few months, but so long as I do it holds perfectly. Before I cleaned it, it would slide off over time.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by vidarh »

icpmacdo wrote: post #108
vidarh wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Tons of resellers on aliexpress.com. Note that they are shipped direct from China, so reading feedback is essential. You can also find some that sell via Amazon marketplace.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by pbz »

shuzchen wrote: post #41
fourstar wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meh; it's alright. I've had the Nexus One (pre-ordered) when it first came out up until this phone. This phone is larger, but doesn't feel as good. Feels very plasticky. Biggest annoyances are when I'm talking on it and my ear selects something and I end up opening an application without knowing it (or worse, hanging up on the other party). Also, when I'm tapping in a string of numbers (taking someone's phone #), it…

The Nexus 4 (as well as pretty much all smartphones on the market) disables the screen if you're in call and it detects that your face is near the screen. You can test this by going into a call and putting the palm of your hand (or any other surface) close to the phone. If your phone doesn't do this you should either get it fixed or go join a league of super heroes.

I've had that happen a number of times. I'd start a regular call, Skype, or Hangouts call, and when done I sometimes realize some random app was launched or something was selected, etc. Doesn't happen often, but it did happen.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by inovator »

rikelmens wrote: post #122
Douwd wrote: post #74

And this is why I love living in a 3rd world country (Sweden): Sorry! Devices on Google Play is not available in your country yet. We're working to bring devices to more countries as quickly as possible. Please check back again soon.

Sweden's a 3rd world country? I would gladly switch countries with you... I live in CA, USA btw.

sarcasm my friend...

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by Tichy »

Amadou wrote: post #75

Why I would buy a N4: Wireless charging, after getting a tablet with it the convenience is now mandatory. Why I would not buy a N4: No removable storage. I don't trust my data in the hands of a cloud provider, I want it on my phone where it is completely under my control.

I don't understand why "no removable storage" implies that you'd have to use a cloud provider? Why not just use the fixed internal storage?

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by vidarh »

mahyarm wrote: post #158
vidarh wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

How is updatability? Will you be able to update it in a few years from now?

Who cares? Part of the reason why I've taken to buying these is that they're cheap enough that I can justify upgrading once a year or so.

(But yes, don't expect to get much in terms of upgrades from the manufacturer. Your mileage may wary, but the ones that do upgrade regularly, like Xiaomi, are also expensive high end brands - Xiaomi wants very much to be the "Chinese Apple" for example)

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by vidarh »

lhl wrote: post #156
vidarh wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Just curious, but what version of Android does your phone run? Have there been updates/is there an ETA for 4.3?

4.1. No upgrades, and I don't expect any, though there are custom roms (haven't bothered, though I have rooted it - most of these phones are beyond trivial to root). Essentially I'm expecting to upgrade every year, as e.g. in a year it's gone from about $230 for my dual core phone with 1280x720 to about the same for a quad core with 1920x1080 with more memory etc., so I don't really care if there are few or no upgrades for the phone - the reduction in my contract compared to getting an expensive brand phone easily pays down the phone in 6-8 months.

If you intend to keep a phone even at this price range for more than 1-2 years, you'll want to do your research both regarding build quality and upgrades. Though the brands with regular upgrades and "premium" build quality, like Xiaomi, are also pretty much as expensive as e.g. Samsung.

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