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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 bryanlarsen »

tadfisher wrote: post #119
unavoidable wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There seems to have been a couple posters with this complaint. I cannot for the life of me fathom why this is a deal-breaker. Can someone care to explain, or am I just missing some sarcasm?

Headphone jack on the bottom: Hold phone normally, rotate forearm and place in pocket. Everything's fine. Headphone jack on top: Hold phone normally, rotate forearm and place in pocket. Break expensive earbud jack or worse, the female connector on the phone. Alternatively, have your muscles relearn how to place phone in pocket by first gripping the top half of the device between two fingers (greatly increasing the ch…

Just tried it out, and I still prefer the headphone jack at the top.

Your scenario makes sense if you're trying to put it in a cargo pocket at the level of your knees, but rotating your forearm to put the phone in requires a very awkward shoulder shrug to get the phone high enough. That's for a pants pocket. It's even harder with a jacket pocket, which is my standard scenario.

To put a headphone-on-top phone into your pocket, lower your hand until the bottom of the phone is in your pocket. Then release your thumb or your pincer grip to push the phone into your pocket if it's a tight pocket. Otherwise just drop it in.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by tadfisher »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #131
tadfisher wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Headphone jack on the bottom: Hold phone normally, rotate forearm and place in pocket. Everything's fine. Headphone jack on top: Hold phone normally, rotate forearm and place in pocket. Break expensive earbud jack or worse, the female connector on the phone. Alternatively, have your muscles relearn how to place phone in pocket by first gripping the top half of the device between two fingers (greatly increasing the ch…

Just tried it out, and I still prefer the headphone jack at the top. Your scenario makes sense if you're trying to put it in a cargo pocket at the level of your knees, but rotating your forearm to put the phone in requires a very awkward shoulder shrug to get the phone high enough. That's for a pants pocket. It's even harder with a jacket pocket, which is my standard scenario. To put a headphone-on-top phone into you…

I'm not sure how human anatomy allows your scenario to happen. As I hold my phone in its normal grip, and lower my arm to the level of my jeans pocket, my wrist simply cannot bend enough to orient the phone correctly when the headphone is plugged into the top. I have to rotate my grip as I originally described.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by topbanana »

jff wrote: post #123
jedc wrote: post #100

$299 for an unlocked smartphone on NO contract, on lead device hardware, with the newest Android OS (and which will receive updates as soon as they're ready), and solid reviews? Yikes!!

And it's not just that you'll get updates--you'll also be able to grab the source directly from the Android site, make any tweaks you like, and build your very own image for your phone. You should be able to run bleeding-edge Android as it goes into the repo if you feel like living dangerously. It beats the usual "Well, we might get a Cyanogenmod ROM... maybe" for other phones.

Are there any guides on how to do this?

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by zem »

eli wrote: post #106
zem wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

my galaxy nexus is perfectly portable.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by eco »

dmazin wrote: post #48
tadfisher wrote: post #13

I don't care about LTE, but if the article's claim that the headphone jack is on the top edge is true, then I may have to forgo this phone. I just can't change my habit of putting my phone in my pocket upside-down.

For what it's worth, Apple just flipped the location of the jack and I adapted quickly after n years of habit - I'm sure you could too!

I didn't even notice the headphone jack on my Galaxy Nexus was in a different position (on the bottom) than it was on my previous phone (on the top) until someone pointed it out months after I switched phones. I make plenty of use of headphones but the jack position is apparently not something I consciously think about while plugging them in.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by jff »

topbanana wrote: post #133
jff wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And it's not just that you'll get updates--you'll also be able to grab the source directly from the Android site, make any tweaks you like, and build your very own image for your phone. You should be able to run bleeding-edge Android as it goes into the repo if you feel like living dangerously. It beats the usual "Well, we might get a Cyanogenmod ROM... maybe" for other phones.

Are there any guides on how to do this?

source.android.com has build instructions for the stock distribution; you just need to figure out what the device name for your phone is (Nexus S == "crespo", IIRC) and specify that as the target to "lunch". You'll get a zip file you can then flash to the phone.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by topbanana »

jff wrote: post #136
topbanana wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are there any guides on how to do this?

source.android.com has build instructions for the stock distribution; you just need to figure out what the device name for your phone is (Nexus S == "crespo", IIRC) and specify that as the target to "lunch". You'll get a zip file you can then flash to the phone.

I'll give that a try when my Nexus 4 arrives. Thanks

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by r00fus »

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.

Really? What we learned from antennagate - hardware design has a huge impact on reception and call quality.

It would be like testing a car and never driving it.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by lucian1900 »

tadfisher wrote: post #116
lucian1900 wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is that there is no alternative. All high-end phones are gigantic. Same for all Nexus phones.

The Droid RAZR i/M disagrees with you.

Locked bootloader, so it's not an option. Also, only Nexus series phones are really worth it these days.

Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless

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Post by ansman »

turing wrote: post #107
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.

Well I had having to decide in advance what I want to listen to.

And I hate interruptions in my music just because I happened to go into a house without wifi.

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