Nexus 4 Review: Beautifully Crafted, Premium Android Phone

Post by runevault » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 5:19 PM UTC

sardonicbryan wrote: post #106

runevault wrote: post #89

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Sure, though personally I don't want to spend my time rooting my phone. For those who do, awesome. I don't feel like investing the time in that process when I could be doing more productive things (to me) with my day.

It really doesn't take that long. I flashed a stable 4.1 build onto nmy S3 from a new computer in about 10 minutes, starting from scratch, following step by step instructions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33460541&...

Post by deelowe » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 5:30 PM UTC

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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?

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…

Post by jnsaff2 » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 5:34 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 nickik » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 5:53 PM UTC

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I have a Nexus S (Samsung too) and I have dropped that phone many many times (I like the Swing the phone between my Fingers). That thing is stable, sure the cover springs of and the battery falls out but it keeps working and the screen still hole too. Good Phone the Nexus S.

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

Post by twism » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 6:05 PM UTC

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T-mobile offers $30/month plan: 5GB data, 100 minutes ($.1/minute overage). Straight Talk is $45 for 2GB, unlimited minutes. $300 for phone, 24 months at $30 is $1020. Most phone plans are $200 for phone, $80/month = $2120. That's a huge savings. Since the Nexus 4 doesn't support LTE, there's no reason to pay full price for ATT or Verizon.

That T-Mobile $30 plan is unlimited data, just throttled after 5GB