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Re: Nexus 5

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Post by 27182818284 »

Zak wrote: post #212
27182818284 wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

>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?

I don't know, and whenever I ask people on Reddit and real-life phone people about that, I get vague answers that there is bad blood or that I"m wrong for asking.

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Post by bencoder »

frogpelt wrote: post #132
davidcollantes wrote: post #38

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.

Oculus Rift style VR devices need screens with even higher density. I'm glad the show is continuing.

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Post by tea-flow »

evandena wrote: post #232
jwoah12 wrote: post #102

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.

Aio looks pretty good. I'm not sure how long they'll last, given that ATT is trying to merge them with Cricket, if their buyout goes through.

Aio Wireless is owned by AT&T

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Post by doctoboggan »

My only wish is that Google would allow Google Now email notifications to work with google apps accounts. I bought a Nexus 4 on the first day after reading about Google Now, it was the number one feature I was most excited for. When I learned that my google apps email address would not work with flights reminders, tracking numbers, etc I was very angry. This was only advertised in small font somewhere deep in google's help pages.

Why does google alway force google apps users to be second class citizens?

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Post by [deleted] »

solistice wrote: post #223
mappum wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just because you can't perceive individual pixels doesn't mean you can't perceive higher quality. Imagine if you wanted to draw a human hair to scale, you would need some small pixels to make that look good. However in most smartphone use cases, that's probably not an issue.

In that particular use case, what stops you from laying an actual human hair onto your screen? I just had to take one of it, so they go there out of their own volition.

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Post by raginbajin »

jwoah12 wrote: post #102

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.

Straight Talk is the way I would go. They have Unlimited Data, Text, and Voice all for 45 bucks.. If my wife didn't upgrade her iPhone a couple of months ago, we'd be switching to that. Save us a ton of money a month.

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Post by Andrenid »

tempestn wrote: post #238
netcan wrote: post #19

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It's not just Nigeria. And I agree. The way Google does this with an error page for non serviced locations feels really off. It's not how the web is supposed to work. Not shipping to other countries is bad enough. This is rude. Google should just put these things on Amazon.

Amazon is annoying in the opposite way. Even if you're logged in, they give no indication at all that they won't ship something to you until you actually try to buy it. Very irritating when comparing several options to have to add every one to the cart to check that you can actually buy it before wasting the time of considering it too carefully.

When I'm logged in on Amazon I get a warning next to the product price that I can't ship it to my default location.
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