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Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by foobarbazqux »

blisterpeanuts wrote: post #289
pearjuice wrote: post #139

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Apple will not cancel anything as the cheap iPhone 5 and the one in the higher segment will outsell the Nexus 4. Even if they have lower specs or worse performance.

I think it's two different markets. iPhone users are rather a different category from Nexus users; they're almost polar opposites. Mind you, I'm not knocking iPhones; they're excellent products. It's just a different way of purchasing, a different price point, and a different target audience.

They're only polar opposites within the space of smartphone users. Within the space of people who would like to use the phone, they're bunched very close together at the "wants to use a smartphone" end of the spectrum, the other end being "doesn't want to use the phone".

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by superuser2 »

calinet6 wrote: post #253
mcv wrote: post #240

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Why do manufacturers insist on making their devices so slippery? My old phone (in dire need of replacement) is all rubberized steel. It doesn't slide off anything, and it's practically indestructible. Why doesn't anyone make a phone like that?

Yeah, this is wild... I have a Droid 4 and one of the two good features it has (other than the fantastic keyboard of course) is its rubberized back grip. The OG Droid 1 was extremely good, to the point where I could put it on my slanted car dash for GPS use without any accessories and it would just stick there. This should be a feature of all phones. There's nearly zero number of times I want my phone to move from wh…

I have the hard plastic Speck case on my iPhone 4S... the front border is rubber and comes a couple mm past the glass, the back is hard plastic. I just set it screen-down and it never slides.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by hackmiester »

dm2 wrote: post #66
tracker1 wrote: post #28

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It isn't the most powerful Android phone out there, but it does run stock, has regular updates, will run third party ROMs, and is absolutely the best value for an out of contract smart phone, even more so with the $100 price drop. If you're in a T-Mobile coverage area, look at Simple Mobile ($50/month unlimited everything)

"First 500 MB of data at up to 4G speed" Basically don't watch tons of videos or stream and excessive amount of music over the mobile network and it'll be no problem. Anyways, for $10 more you can get 2.5 GB of 4G data, which should suffice for anyone.

To clarify, after that, you can use data, just not over 4G. You won't lose connectivity.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by Ives »

blisterpeanuts wrote: post #287
pilooch wrote: post #207

yeah right, and my bill looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/WxZCFrH.png Thanks to Google maths I presume!!

My God, the tax! What country are you in?

Countries like Norway and Sweden have 25% VAT. 24% for Finland, 21% for Belgium and the Netherlands.

There's plenty of choice really.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by andypants »

zenlinux wrote: post #39

I upgraded to the Nexus 4 after owning a Galaxy Nexus and I have to say I feel mixed about the changes. As an Android device, the N4 is definitely faster and nicer to use. But as a phone, I found two important issues were a step back - the max volume of the earpiece and the strength of the vibration. The latter, in particular, is so weak on the N4 that I usually miss texts and other notifications. Instead I get to be…

The strength of the vibration is ridiculously low, I've never felt it vibrate when in my pocket, and even when the phone is out on a surface the vibration is easy to miss.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by jff »

netcan wrote: post #247
devx wrote: post #225

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What I don't really get is to what end are they doing this? Does this help Google, or hurt them - especially now that they have Motorola? Is the bigger over-arching goal here to go around the carriers, no matter what?

I think the first/early of a kind nexus models worked well. They set a standard price/spec range for a high end android. The first couple of nexus phones led to the current generation flagship Androids. The first couple of nexus tablets led to the current generation of Android tablets and discovered a great opening.: 7-8" @ ~$200-$250. They even forced Apple to play catch-up. The Nexus 4 doesn't make sense. What are…

I look at the Nexus 4 as Google's way of saying, "We're sick of your shit, Motorola, Samsung, et al. Your OS 'customizations' make Android look bad, and your phones are too expensive. Fuck you, here's how it should be done."

My Nexus 4 is a hell of a lot more responsive than my girlfriend's Galaxy S4

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by jamesaguilar »

calinet6 wrote: post #255
Andrenid wrote: post #99

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The phones ability to slide across the flattest of surfaces, combined with the super effective "silent mode" (aka putting your phone on any flat surface, blocking the speaker completely), has dumbfounded me since I got the phone at launch. How do these things get missed in testing? Did no one throughout the entire testing process receive a call while their phone was on their desk? Did they not notice the phone runnin…

FYI if anyone from Google is reading this, these small industrial design mistakes have convinced me not to buy this phone. Hopefully the Moto X is better!

I'm from google, but it's not like there's anything I can do about this. These mistakes convinced me to sell mine and get an iPhone.

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Post by kordless »

mcv wrote: post #240
CoffeeDregs wrote: post #115

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[I disagree with the case comment, but that's because I find cases annoying and my wife's didn't protect her Nexus 4 worth a darn.] > The thing slides off of pretty much anything This is incredibly true. An anecdote: I was sitting in the waiting room at my dentist's office; I knew I'd have a wait, so I turned on the access point so that I could do some work and set the phone on the seat next to me. 15 seconds later,…

Why do manufacturers insist on making their devices so slippery? My old phone (in dire need of replacement) is all rubberized steel. It doesn't slide off anything, and it's practically indestructible. Why doesn't anyone make a phone like that?

Fingerprints.

Re: Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100

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Post by oneeyedpigeon »

scottbez1 wrote: post #199
CoffeeDregs wrote: post #115

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[I disagree with the case comment, but that's because I find cases annoying and my wife's didn't protect her Nexus 4 worth a darn.] > The thing slides off of pretty much anything This is incredibly true. An anecdote: I was sitting in the waiting room at my dentist's office; I knew I'd have a wait, so I turned on the access point so that I could do some work and set the phone on the seat next to me. 15 seconds later,…

If anyone wants more evidence of just how easily the Nexus 4 slides off things, here's a very unscientific video I took after witnessing my Nexus 4 slide off something and shatter the rear glass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1hbVgO7_k8 It's incredible watching it slide ever-so-slowly on a surface that I previously thought was pretty much level.

Why would you put your phone glass-side-down anyway? Does it still slide about glass-side-up?

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Post by eggoa »

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #299
scottbez1 wrote: post #199

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If anyone wants more evidence of just how easily the Nexus 4 slides off things, here's a very unscientific video I took after witnessing my Nexus 4 slide off something and shatter the rear glass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1hbVgO7_k8 It's incredible watching it slide ever-so-slowly on a surface that I previously thought was pretty much level.

Why would you put your phone glass-side-down anyway? Does it still slide about glass-side-up?

Both sides have glass surfaces.
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