Josh Topolsky cracked the glass near the camera on his review unit:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/2/3589280/google-nexus-4-rev...
Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
Currently running Android 4.2 - my UK network supplier is pretty good about piping updates to the phone. The early 4.1 kept eating the battery but 4.2 is OK as long as I switch of wifi when out and about.
Which network is that? I'm stuck on 2.2 on my (cheap) year-old phone.
Vodafone
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#63Some people will be unhappy because it doesn't have LTE, or a removable battery or a micro-SD expansion slot. However, there are probably other phones which do have the right mix of features and form factor. That's the nice thing about Android, consumers have a lot of choice.
True, but I find the lack of Micro-SD Card Slot to be particularly galling, especially as it's becoming an increasingly popular trend with Android handset manufacturers looking to add a hefty markup between otherwise identical models. Just ends up hurting us consumers who want to carry their music collections around with them :(
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have to wonder with all the tablet sizes whether we're in a period where the manufacturers have no stinking idea what people want.
Or people are different enough that there's a market for pretty much any size.
I wouldn't have such a hard time believing that if there were more small phones.
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#65If it's only $300 unlocked, it should cost less than $200 with a two-year contract. The iPhone 5 is $699 (16GB) and is still $200 with a two-year contract. Can LG/Google not get this same subsidy for their phones?
Maybe it's part of Google's master plan to get people off 2 year contracts on to prepaid accounts.
Is that their master plan? My contract is up right now, so a signal like that could affect my near-term decisions...
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#66When we buy a phone, we expect it to work for atleast 2 years. Not having LTE for next two years is not a good deal for a user when a competing product from the market leader already has it.
And Wired says "Buy it now". I though wired is a Science & Tech magazine.
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
If that's literally making you insane, I'd say you have worse problems.. BTW, Many carriers offer 2 sim's with the same number.
BTW, Many carriers offer 2 sim's with the same number. Name a single carrier that does that. In the US, not a single carrier does that. That's not how it works.
Oh, OK.. I just assumed that was common since the biggest carrier here in Norway does.
Costs ~5$ pr month though..
Gemini is the service for you to use two phones. You get an additional SIM card and can use both phones with the same subscription and the same number. Both phones ring simultaneously on incoming calls. Number will appear with any SIM card you use. You decide whether incoming SMS to be sent to both cards.
Re: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless
#68Some people will be unhappy because it doesn't have LTE, or a removable battery or a micro-SD expansion slot. However, there are probably other phones which do have the right mix of features and form factor. That's the nice thing about Android, consumers have a lot of choice.
At first, I thought the exclusion of LTE was a major downfall of the phone. After I read about HSPA+ (I'd never heard of it prior to the LG Nexus 4 announcement), I didn't really consider it to be that big of a deal. (Note that I'm a Sprint customer and have no clue what LTE speed is like).
Being that inexpensive, and off-contract, is a major bonus in my mind. I have until 2014 until my Sprint contract is up. If I was able to end my contract with Sprint right now, I would. My ETF is around $175 IIRC.
I don't like that there isn't a removable battery though. That's my largest issue with the phone.
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
It has 4G, just not LTE.
HSDPA+ is not 4G.
This is a nitpick really, but I'm just the messenger here:
According to the International Telecommunications Union
(ITU) networks using "beyond 3G technologies" with a path
to LTE-Advanced can be classified as 4G technology.
Considering the peak speed of the dual-cell variant is 42Mbps, that seems a reasonable claim. Real world speeds can hit 22Mbps+ which is ~4x as fast as many older 3G technologies.
The real downside to not having LTE is that upload speeds are better than older 3G technologies, but nowhere near as good, and the latency is also not as low.
But with the right carrier, it's more than workable, and if you're using an older phone (like I am) it will be much faster.
Anandtech and various other sites have started posting reviews:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6425/google-nexus-4-and-nexus-10-reviewRe: Google Nexus 4: Nearly flawless
#70I'm having a terrible first world problem: I want to use both Nexus 4 and iPhone 5. It's literally making me insane. I currently own iPhone 5 but each time I read Nexus reviews, I want to get Nexus 4. I can't use both as I have just one phone number. Perhaps I'll get Nexus 4 and just switch the sim card around. That's terrible. ARGH.
Google Voice can forward one number to multiple phones.