Does anyone know if the Nexus 5 uses a Micro SIM or Nano SIM? Straight Talk currently doesn't sell Nano SIM cards.
Nexus 5
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#1125in screen... Man. I'm quite content with my 4.7'' screen. Why are we slowly and steadily moving the sizes of our phone screens up? A year or two ago we were happily at 4.3
Looks like the phone body is 2mm bigger in width and height than the Galaxy Nexus, so pretty neglible difference really.
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#113So the device is unavailable in Canada. Is this going to be another Nexus 4 debacle, with nowhere near enough stock to meet demand? If so, how long until we get another "email me when there's more in stock" app?
I thought Canada was still in love with blackberry. It makes me wonder if this is some sort of marketing ploy microsoft tried with the surface having lines and being sold out.
I haven't seen a blackberry in the wild in 3 or 4 years.
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#114Anyone know if the Nexus 5 will use a Micro SIM or Nano SIM? Straight Talk doesn't sell Nano SIM cards at the moment.
Just buy a tool to cut your SIM down to the correct size, should be available on ebay. The actual SIM part of the cards are the same - although I think you have need a LTE SIM for full speed, may depend on provider...
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#115my friend working at Samsung, tells me internal joke, that there must be a very well paid guy at Google HQ whos sole responsibility is to figure out how to cripple Nexus devices (micro SD slot, battery) and distribution (limited rollout to only bunch of countries) in order to NOT alienate other Android manufacturers.
It's also $200-$300 cheaper than other manufacturer's top offerings, so...
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#116I just ordered one, but I'm currently on Verizon. What does everyone think is the best way to go in terms of non-contract carriers for the N5? Heard some good things about Straight Talk, but also read that their customer service is horrible.
I had straight talk for a bit. If I used more than 2GB of data in a month they would threaten to cancel my service. I'm not sure how much you use but that's something to be wary of. Otherwise, my service was fine. They didn't do LTE at the time so I was stuck with 3G.
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#117Anyone know if it's possible to order the international version from within the USA? I'm moving to New Zealand soon and I'd be tickled if I could get the one with support for LTE bands 3/7...
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#118I just ordered one, but I'm currently on Verizon. What does everyone think is the best way to go in terms of non-contract carriers for the N5? Heard some good things about Straight Talk, but also read that their customer service is horrible.
T-Mobile has non-contract plans.
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans
Scroll alllll the way down to the bottom, look for the $30/month plans. They include 5 GB of data per month at 4G speeds, after that you're throttled. I've never come anywhere near to hitting that limit, so I don't know what the throttle is.
You can order a SIM card online, or pick one up in a store.
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/phone-sim-card
Once the SIM is in your hand, then you can go into one of their stores or online to get one of the $30/month options.
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#1195in screen... Man. I'm quite content with my 4.7'' screen. Why are we slowly and steadily moving the sizes of our phone screens up? A year or two ago we were happily at 4.3
I think that the overall phone size is rather constant, but the bezel on the side of the screen are constantly shrinking, allowing larger screens without transforming the phone into a tablet (yet).
This is correct, here are the physical measurements:
Nexus 4: 133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
Nexus 5: 137.84 x 69.17 x 8.59 mm
That said, I still find it frustrating -- the Nexus 4 screen is already too large for me to comfortably reach all parts with one hand.
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#120I just ordered one, but I'm currently on Verizon. What does everyone think is the best way to go in terms of non-contract carriers for the N5? Heard some good things about Straight Talk, but also read that their customer service is horrible.
I'm in a major city (so coverage is good on most networks), but T-Mobile has a $30/mo, pay-as-you-go plan for unlimited text/data and 100 minutes of talk (which isn't a problem if you use something like Google Voice).