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4.95" 1920x1080 display (445 ppi), it reads. Does those specs make this phone the one with highest DPI ever? It is certainly above retina display, right?

The ppi race is the new megapixel race. Who needs pixel perfection 200 ppi beyond what the human eye can perceive? No one. But the show must go on.

Indeed - I'd rather have more battery life.

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Can anyone verify that the Nexus 5 won't work with Verizon? I thought I saw support for VZ's LTE bands but maybe I misunderstood?

It has the frequency support of 0,1, and 4 in LTE. No 13. It will likely not work on Verizon regardless of the radio, though, because Verizon doesn't want it on their network.

Verizon doesn't want it on their network

That strikes me as odd. Why would Verizon not want any phone on their network that isn't incompatible or defective so as to cause problems?

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Any chance of a Nexus 3 for people who don't want a tablet in their pocket?

Honestly, I recommend the HTC First. I have one, it's the perfect size, 720p screen, solid specs. You can get one for a song these days and FB home turns off with a couple taps. You probably won't get 4.4, though...

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So does anyone know what US carriers this will work on? I wish they would just say it somewhere.

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4.95" 1920x1080 display (445 ppi), it reads. Does those specs make this phone the one with highest DPI ever? It is certainly above retina display, right?

The ppi race is the new megapixel race. Who needs pixel perfection 200 ppi beyond what the human eye can perceive? No one. But the show must go on.

245 ppi is nowhere near what the human eye can perceive. You can make all kinds of assumptions about view distance and so on, but higher resolution is almost always a better thing when rendering text, rich content, and so on. You kind of sound like the people of the past who said "we'll never need a terabyte of storage" or "256 MB of RAM is enough for anyone" and so on.

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I 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've been on Straight Talk since I got a Galaxy Nexus over a year ago. Their customer service isn't great, but I never really have to deal with them. Just drop in the SIM, set up auto-pay, and blacklist their spammy reminder texts, and it's fine. I think their data cap is around 2GB, but I've never come near that. What are you guys who are breaking 5GB caps doing with your phones anyways? The plan is unlimited voice,…

I'm on Straight Talk and got flagged by their system.

Went 1 day without data access, a few days with limited connection (very slow) and a few weeks later they disabled my hotspotting ability.

I was using my phone as a wifi hotspot since I don't have internet at home.

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post #214

So does anyone know what US carriers this will work on? I wish they would just say it somewhere.

It's LTE, so any carrier with LTE that lets you use unlocked phones, which I believe is AT&T, TMobile, and Sprint, but not Verizon.

Re: Nexus 5

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4.95" 1920x1080 display (445 ppi), it reads. Does those specs make this phone the one with highest DPI ever? It is certainly above retina display, right?

The ppi race is the new megapixel race. Who needs pixel perfection 200 ppi beyond what the human eye can perceive? No one. But the show must go on.

There is definitely a need for high ppi screens as new VR devices like the Oculus Rift come out.

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Nearly ordered one. Last minute I though "Is this phone going to anything my nexus 4 can't?" And the answer was nope for me

The Nexus 4 camera is the worst camera to ever grace the Nexus line.

My Nexus 4 camera is better than my Nexus One and my Nexus S. Did the Galaxy Nexus have an amazing camera or something? All I heard was people complaining about that one too.

It seems your comment doesn't fit with reality. ;)

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