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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 zem »

eli wrote: post #77
marquis wrote: post #10

Yes, I want this phone but it's huge. Please google, someone - make a decent phone that's not the size of a giant's thumb. I guess they've done their focus groups and their whatevers and decided that people want more screensize but please for the love of god make a small awesome Android phone for a girl's hands and purse and european small-sized car with a tiny dashboard (because I use mine for GPS every-single-day)…

Totally agree. I bought a Galaxy S3 recently and my only major regret is that the thing is freakin' huge. I don't understand at all why this is desirable. Even in the rare instance where I want to watch a video on my phone, the slightly large screen doesn't really noticeably improve the experience.

my top two uses for my smartphone are as an ebook reader and to browse the web. large screens are superb for both of those.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by kemiller »

baddox wrote: post #99
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…

> It doesn't work on Verizon or Sprint. Do you have a source for this?

The article lists a bunch of GSM standards, but not CDMA or LTE, which it would need to work on Verizon or Sprint.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by DrHankPym »

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…

I agree that it's a niche market. I remember not getting an iPhone forever ago because I didn't want to switch to AT&T. Because I am on T-Mobile, this phone looks amazing.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by golfstrom »

People who are hung up on this and that missing feature, I understand why, but that's missing the point imo. There has never been a phone this good, this high profile, sold directly to consumers from day one, for this price.

This is simply the biggest shot so far in a strategic war Google is waging against US cell carriers and in the mobile device space against Apple.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by Geee »

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.

It has DC-HSDPA which is more widely supported and fast: 42 Mbit/s max, although latencies wouldn't be on LTE levels.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by eli »

zem wrote: post #101
eli wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Totally agree. I bought a Galaxy S3 recently and my only major regret is that the thing is freakin' huge. I don't understand at all why this is desirable. Even in the rare instance where I want to watch a video on my phone, the slightly large screen doesn't really noticeably improve the experience.

my top two uses for my smartphone are as an ebook reader and to browse the web. large screens are superb for both of those.

Well, if you don't care as much about portability, I think an iPad is far superior at both of those tasks than any smartphone I've encountered.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by turing »

ansman wrote: post #44

Isn't anyone else bothered that it only has 16GB space? I use around 13GB for music (Spotify) and 2GB for photos. I don't see why they couldn't make a 32GB version.

Not particularly. I use Google Music streaming and only keep about 10 albums on the device itself. That, combined with a couple hundred photos, a bunch of apps, and a handful of ebooks puts me at about 3 gigs used on my Galaxy Nexus. I could probably purchase the 8 gig version and never fill it up.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by msh »

Timmy_C wrote: post #56
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 ?

This phone uses the same radio for making phone calls as any other GSM phone.

eh, not really, there can be a big difference in reception between different cellphones.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by kin »

marquis wrote: post #10

Yes, I want this phone but it's huge. Please google, someone - make a decent phone that's not the size of a giant's thumb. I guess they've done their focus groups and their whatevers and decided that people want more screensize but please for the love of god make a small awesome Android phone for a girl's hands and purse and european small-sized car with a tiny dashboard (because I use mine for GPS every-single-day)…

Totally agree with you! All of the high spec Android phones pretty much require two hands to use. There are some Android phones that I can hold in one hand but the specs on them make it unbearable to use. My hope is that the release a google Nexus 3. 10/10 would buy.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by Groxx »

Timmy_C wrote: post #56
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 ?

This phone uses the same radio for making phone calls as any other GSM phone.

Well sure, but remember the iPhone signal strength riots of 2010? If you can't make a call at location A with new phone A when your old phone B could, it's definitely a negative mark against new phone A, and worth mentioning in a review.
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