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What's all the fuss about? Quick review

I might get shot for this but these are my first day impressions of the n4.
I have a HTC one x too and was expecting it to be a large jump in performance and an all round better phone.
Don't get me wrong this is a great phone and for the price its fantastic. From all the reviews I expected this to be the ultimate android phone.
My main priority was better battery life and good screen. The HTC screen is great but the battery sucked. 2.5hrs of screen time on a normal/heavy day.
Quick review of the vitals compared to One X.
Screen - One x wins this one by a small margin. The colour looks a little flat on the n4. It is still a great screen. My main gripe is the lack of useable screen as the n4 looses about 1cm of the bottom due to the on screen buttons. Things just seem a little squashed.The screens are the same size but the HTC has so much more real estate.
Performance - n4 wins this one but only by a small margin. Some apps actually loaded faster on the one x. The n4 is very smooth, no issues. The n4 does not get hot either. Running franco kernal helps. The one x does stutter a little but still performs well. It gets a little warm with heavy use. Most of it has been sorted with latest update.
Battery - The one x sucked. Its OK if you have charger at work, etc. It will last the day but you can't fully utilise it as much as you may want. Only had n4 for a day but it seems better already. Running franco kernel. Battery does not get hot either
Build quality/design - I would say its an even draw. Both the one x and n4 are pretty solid. The one x feels better in the hand but the n4 feels lighter. In fact the n4 feels cheaper due to the lightness. Its obviously not but its just the feel. Individual preference would factor here. I'm still sat on the fence.
Software - This has been done to death. HTC has sense and n4 is pure android. Individual preference would factor here again. My preference is pure android, hence why I bought it. N4 4.2.1 has some great additional features which wins it for me. To much to go into detail here.
Camera - I'm a little disappointed with the n4 camera. Its not very quick to focus and no multi quick shots like with the one x. Pics are not as clear either. Video is good so hoping its just a software thing which will get sorted with ban update. One x is a great camera with quick focus and clear shots. One x wins hands down.
Hope you found this of use if your not sure. I'm not 100% if I'm going to keep either the one x or n4. I will have to wait and see. I don't think the n4 is a great step forward over the one x but a great buy for the money, that's of you can get one ordered!

Keep the N4 if you want key lime pie. Or return the N4 and buy one of next years A15 phones instead.

You were expecting good display and battery life. Most reviews say the battery life is not good and the display is 'washed out'. So keep it or give it to me
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The display is good but have been spoiled with the One x. The battery is doing very well. 3hrs on screen @ 50%. Its only had one charge cycle too!
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Good review and one i'd agree with.
Only thing is the One X display might be good, but colours are more accurate on the Nexus. They are too over saturated on the One
X and both the screen and camera pics have better colour reproduction on the Nexus.

5hrs of on screen time so far. Very impressed. That's double what the One x would get
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Perhaps there are variables you have not mentioned..
Screen time.. What is running in the background? Screen time running what apps?
As for the display looking flat, I have no idea what that means. Mine looks very sharp and the colors seems very accurate to me. Colors are not as bright as my Samsung was but they are much sharper and they look more normal. This is by far the best display I have seen and looks just as good as my brothers iPhone 4s..
In regards to the space.. it is very simple to get this space back by using the hidebar app along with button savior. You can have all your space. I have these apps and it is great being able to utilize the entire screen.
I have had the nex 4 since the 27 th and have loved it. It took me some time to figure out how to get the best battery life seeing that when I first got out I added every widget known to man and I had everything auto syncing. More my battery life is tremendous.
If battery life is your main priority you can get great battery life from this phone. Of you want to have time of widgets, etc then you sacrifice a bit.
The only real issue or complaint o can think of right now is not being able to use a usb drive... Occlude I could list things I would like but those are not complaints.
Just my opinion though.. I know the htx one x is awesome though too but I think the nex 4 is equal to it at least and costs much less.
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I also came from a HOX and agree the screen on it is slightly better. I think the camera on the N4 is slightly better than the HOX personally but I do miss burst mode (looks like it'll be in the next CM nightly though). Overall I much prefer the N4.

Palmermj0 said:
5hrs of on screen time so far. Very impressed. That's double what the One x would get
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That is pretty good. Better than I thought it would be.

The only thing I don't like about this phone is thermal throttling. I really hope it's nothing more than a software issue that can be fixed with an OTA update.
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alwaysbboy said:
The only thing I don't like about this phone is thermal throttling. I really hope it's nothing more than a software issue that can be fixed with an OTA update.
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It's not a issue. It's intended, it was like that on the Galaxy Nexus. We had the ability to disable the throttle via kernel options though.

I've not had any issues with performance drops or heat issues. Maybe the Franco kernel helps.

It's not meant to be an upgrade from the One X. It's supposed to be a better alternate as it has stock android, and it's half the price.

zephiK said:
It's not a issue. It's intended, it was like that on the Galaxy Nexus. We had the ability to disable the throttle via kernel options though.
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I am sorry but have you tried playing some games on the phone? Just 5 minutes later you can see that the GPU clocks down itself to 200 MHz (from 400MHz). That's like the phone uses only half of its power, which surely is an issue.
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@ OP what did you expect from the nexus 4?? Battery life is better than the One X, it is more fluid, it has/will have better development, its running stock android, its more affordable, it has an amazing SoC, a great screen. What else?
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alwaysbboy said:
I am sorry but have you tried playing some games on the phone? Just 5 minutes later you can see that the GPU clocks down itself to 200 MHz (from 400MHz). That's like the phone uses only half of its power, which surely is an issue.
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I've played a few games and don't notice any lag. Does it really matter if it drops the MHz speed if the performance does not drop?

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I've played a few games and don't notice any lag. Does it really matter if it drops the MHz speed if the performance does not drop?
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The thing is, it does lag! There are stutters you can see when playing high quality games.
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Nexus 4 vs iPhone

Hello
Basically I have watched pretty much every video available on youtube for both phones and still can't decide between iPhone 5 16GB or Nexus 4 16GB. Obviously Nexus 4 is cheaper on Google Play store but the thing is that they cost me exact same amount so it comes down to other factors such as screen size, quality, iOS vs jelly bean, etc.
LTE doesn't metter for me since where I live we don't have 4g. I love every bit of Nexus especially new Jelly Bean 4.2.2, Photo Sphere, Google Now and the larger display. On other hand, iPhone has better build quality, better camera, battery life, apps are optimised and overall better quality then those on Android. I kind of don't like that everyone has iPhone while Nexus is something new and unseen. I do have 2012 rMBP as my primary computer so I need my phone to be able to sync with my pc but I guess there is not a big of a difference.
My question to you is which one would you chose and most importantly why?

Basically people have been saying that the Nexus 4 is the best Android experiance there has ever been, it's smooth, works perfectly and vanilla android is great. The camera am unsure about which is better, battery life is pretty decent depending what you do with it tbh. Apples solid everything works, does work well, but mostly because you can't do much. So really what are you looking for??

m4r0v3r said:
Basically people have been saying that the Nexus 4 is the best Android experiance there has ever been, it's smooth, works perfectly and vanilla android is great. The camera am unsure about which is better, battery life is pretty decent depending what you do with it tbh. Apples solid everything works, does work well, but mostly because you can't do much. So really what are you looking for??
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I have had android in past (HTC Desire) and iPhone as well and I liked them both for different reasons. I have tested the Nexus 4 that my flatmate has and I have to say it is indeed great, especially Photo Sphere and Google Now.
Right now I have Nokia E6 that is complete BS and I'm looking for the best smartphone experience that I can get and can't decide between vanilla android and Nexus 4 or iOS 6 and soon to be iOS 7 and iPhone 5.

Supposedly 5.0 will be out to the end of this year? Who knows, wait till IO and see what gets released then

You are asking nexus 4 users if they would use an iphone...
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I have Nexus 4 16 GB and my sister has iPhone 5 16GB (bought same day). All I can say is both phones are very good. Ofcourse you know all specifications of devices but camera quality is (for my eyes) same on both phones... Only big difference is that my sister gets 6+ hours of Screen-on time (messaging and web browsing) but i on stock ROM + Kernel got only around 4h max of screen on time.
But with custom kernels (franco for example) you can get up to 6 hours screen on time too.

No question they are both great handsets.. But if your primary use is web and messaging I guess N4 is better. If you have small hands I think it is quite wide though.
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Underground_XI said:
You are asking nexus 4 users if they would use an iphone...
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I did the same topic on MacRumors for fair comparison.
Xmaster8 said:
I have Nexus 4 16 GB and my sister has iPhone 5 16GB (bought same day). All I can say is both phones are very good. Ofcourse you know all specifications of devices but camera quality is (for my eyes) same on both phones... Only big difference is that my sister gets 6+ hours of Screen-on time (messaging and web browsing) but i on stock ROM + Kernel got only around 4h max of screen on time.
But with custom kernels (franco for example) you can get up to 6 hours screen on time too.
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Are camera quality really so close? I looked at reviews and pictures from nexus seemed a lot worse then from iPhone.
How good can you sync OS X with Nexus 4?

Do you want the customization and freedom of Android or the locked down environment of Apple? Both are great phones, but I for one cannot stand the boring iOS. Also, I wouldn't hold off just because to see next version of iOS..I'm pretty sure we all know that it's basically the same thing with every update, nothing mind blowing in my personal opinion.

Nexus 4 is way better when using it with custom kernel and custom rom than iPhone 5. And the larger display is better for writing, browsing,..
Edit: already had some apple devices and ios is really badass for me, also battery went empty very fast
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I think the iPhone is the best phone in the world. It has a 9000p screen with a 28-core processor that runs @ 24.5GHz and a 100,000mAh battery. It also runs iOS 93 which finally lets us add widgets to the homescreen.

I've never used an IPhone, but I played with them a few times. The screen is to small in my opinion.
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FatalityBoyZahy said:
I think the iPhone is the best phone in the world. It has a 9000p screen with a 28-core processor that runs @ 24.5GHz and a 100,000mAh battery. It also runs iOS 93 which finally lets us add widgets to the homescreen.
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Not to forget the 200 core gpu @ 200 ghz
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iphone: better camera. no competition in that regard. smaller (may be a pro or con depending on your viewpoint).
nexus 4: larger screen. more flexibility/customization with all the roms. if you just want a phone and dont want to play around with all the different roms etc. then i'd say iphone since they cost the same where you live.

Just played with my girlfriend's iphone 5 the other day. It's an awesome device. Offers smoothness and overall great experience. But both devices are sort of different anyways.

cipsaz said:
Just played with my girlfriend's iphone 5 the other day. It's an awesome device. Offers smoothness and overall great experience. But both devices are sort of different anyways.
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Android = freedom
iPhone = Jail, hence the word jailbreak.
Enough said

Remove thread please there is already a thread nexus 4 vs any other phone
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N4 or Galaxy Nexus?

Thinking of upgrading, a friend offered to buy my Galaxy Nexus and so I was thinking of selling it(for U.S.$150) and buying an N4. Is there $150 worth of difference in the two? I have never seen an N4 in the wild, so I have no frame of reference. The added bonus is my friend would be switching from an iPhone 4 so we'd be gaining a convert LOL. As far as ROMS and Unlocking/Rooting how is the N4? It's SUPER easy with the GNex of course, same with the N4?

I've owned both, in all honesty I preferred the galaxy nexus
The n4 is nice, but ruined by the fact that it's battery lasts 10 seconds, even with custom kernels
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Eh I say neither. The leaked lg device is likely the opt g2, which will obviously lead to a rebranded nexus 5. I like the g2's design, so I say wait for Google I/o for any leaks.
If you must have one then get the n4.
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I've owned both. Even when on a bad kernel/rom combo and having problems, the n4 battery life is still significantly better for me. Color tuning can get the screen pretty dang close to the amoled saturation.

3473 said:
I've owned both, in all honesty I preferred the galaxy nexus
The n4 is nice, but ruined by the fact that it's battery lasts 10 seconds, even with custom kernels
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3hrs screen on time is average for the N4.. Hardly 10 seconds and hardly anything to complain about either considering the hardware in the thing.

3473 said:
I've owned both, in all honesty I preferred the galaxy nexus
The n4 is nice, but ruined by the fact that it's battery lasts 10 seconds, even with custom kernels
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Mine lasts 15 seconds, booooy!
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Galaxy Nexus used is worth more than $150.
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pwc realtor said:
Galaxy Nexus used is worth more than $150.
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I have to agree with the above statement. I still see GNexi selling for $200-$250. If you're cutting your friend a deal that's one thing. If not, don't short change yourself.
I've owned both, and my opinion is the GNex feels better in hand. The N4 will have a longer upgrade time as the GNex hardware slowly becomes obsolete.
I would say pick up the N4. If nothing else for having a new shiny toy to play with.
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3473 said:
I've owned both, in all honesty I preferred the galaxy nexus
The n4 is nice, but ruined by the fact that it's battery lasts 10 seconds, even with custom kernels
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I don't know how long the GNex's battery lasted but on PA with the calibrated kernel that comes with it (if I'm not mistaken that is essentially just the stock kernel) I had 24 hours with 2 hours screen on time (lowest brightness) and still 20% left. If that's not good enough for you then you'll need to buy a phone with a huge stock battery or the ability to swap out an extended battery.

3473 said:
I've owned both, in all honesty I preferred the galaxy nexus
The n4 is nice, but ruined by the fact that it's battery lasts 10 seconds, even with custom kernels
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That's wrong, I've owned both too and the battery is a tad better on the N4. With custom rom and kernel I was averaging 3.5 hours of SOT with the GNex, but I get around 4 hours on the N4 all stock and no root.

10 seconds?? Am I reading it right?
Its around 5 hours screen on time with franco kernel

In terms of pure performance, the N4 is really good. It has the same GPU as the Galaxy S4, HTC one, Sony xperia Z etc etc etc. This means that most games will be optimized for these phones, and the N4 should age well. IF you are into games this could be worth considering. If not, I've seen the galaxy nexus with jellybean and it was very smooth indeed - so it's not like performance lacks with that phone.
The screen will look very "dimm"/undersaturated compared to your galaxy nexus. I personally used some "saturated" pre-set and calibrated the screen to 2.2 gamma on RGB - and I subjectivly think the screen looks amazing now (day and night difference between stock settings and calibrated). Requires root i believe!
Battery life is just fine for me (~4h screen-on-time) with franco.kernel. I don't have any complaints, but i know many others do. So you should compare what you get with the galaxy nexus and see what people with the N4 get.

Danny.ns said:
In terms of pure performance, the N4 is really good. It has the same GPU as the Galaxy S4, HTC one, Sony xperia Z etc etc etc. This means that most games will be optimized for these phones, and the N4 should age well. IF you are into games this could be worth considering. If not, I've seen the galaxy nexus with jellybean and it was very smooth indeed - so it's not like performance lacks with that phone.
The screen will look very "dimm"/undersaturated compared to your galaxy nexus. I personally used some "saturated" pre-set and calibrated the screen to 2.2 gamma on RGB - and I subjectivly think the screen looks amazing now (day and night difference between stock settings and calibrated). Requires root i believe!
Battery life is just fine for me (~4h screen-on-time) with franco.kernel. I don't have any complaints, but i know many others do. So you should compare what you get with the galaxy nexus and see what people with the N4 get.
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The S4 and HTC One have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 cpu. The N4 and Xperia Z have a Qualcomm S4 Pro cpu

gee2012 said:
The S4 and HTC One have a Qualcomm 600 cpu. The N4 and Xperia Z have a Qualcomm S4 Pro cpu
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Yes, I wrote GPU mate. That is, the graphics card of the SoC. They all have the same Adreno320.
Also, I might add, the difference in architecture between the S4 Pro and 600 is minimal. What runs fast on the 600 will run fast on the S4 Pro as well.

Danny.ns said:
Yes, I wrote GPU mate. That is, the graphics card of the SoC. They all have the same Adreno320.
Also, I might add, the difference in architecture between the S4 Pro and 600 is minimal. What runs fast on the 600 will run fast on the S4 Pro as well.
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You`re right, misread that. Haven`t been up for so long .

I have them both and if you enjoy playing games don't even think about it. Now I can use the phone as a game console and it is just amazing. Believe me or not, I even prefer it's IPS screen. When I look back at my gnex I can see pixels due to its pentile distribution and I just don't like anymore it's over saturated display. It's a matter of getting use to it I imagine... When you first have it in your hands you really miss it but after some days you love it.
You've got a TOP phone for many years with this. And gpu is even compatible with the upcoming OPENGL 3.0
Let's see what Google IO brings in a couple of days.
Regarding the battery, it's non removable battery is a drawback. Got around 3:30 hours SOT with stock or performance kernels as trinity. But franco kernel is just awesome. Easily getting nearly 5 hours of screen time out of it and performance boosts just when needed in a very smart way.
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Nexus 6/ Mini review

Hi there, bought a galaxy note 3 a couple months back - then bought 4 nexus 5s.. sold 3 which covered the cost of the 4th one.
In short I pretty much got a nexus 5 for free thanks to google's lack of stock.
Coming from the note 3, the nexus 5 felt very nice to use, even with the same internals the N5 felt significantly faster. Not sure whether its due to kitkat optimizations or the lack of bloatwiz.
Been using it for a week so Ive pretty much got my thoughts straight. Build quality is supurb, love the feel in hand, and the thing looks so damn sexy.The screen is lovely, one of the best Ive seen. Camera is okay, dissapointing compared to some of the other flagships but hey, who cares its a smartphone. most of the photos taken will be compressed to use on facebook/instagram. Speaker is also pissweak.. Sound that comes out is quite good, just lacking any sort of volume.
However, the biggest problem for me atleast is the battery life, coming from a note 3 I was used to whacking the thing on charge after a heavies day of use with it still at 50%. With the N5 I can barely get through a whole day.
So here comes my topic: If only the screen was enlarged to phablet territory, and the battery was then boosted (thanks to the bigger chassis) this would be the perfect phone. The camera and speaker failiage I have learnt to live with, but the battery life was sub par (dont get me wrong, its not terrible as far as other phones go.. On par with apples offerings) Imagine a 5.5-6 inch nexus with a bigger battery keeping the same design language. Wowy!
Thoughts?
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Going to keep using the N5 until cyanogen comes out for the note 3.. Touchwiz was too annoying for me.

Riimez said:
Hi there, bought a galaxy note 3 a couple months back - then bought 4 nexus 5s.. sold 3 which covered the cost of the 4th one.
In short I pretty much got a nexus 5 for free thanks to google's lack of stock.
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Wow. Are you proud of doing that? Because of ppl like you the stock is even shorter. People like you get a special place in hell. Hope CM hurries with the Note.
To the topic. Not really a phablet. 5 inch are the max. The N5s battery lasts me more than through one day so no need for a bigger battery here.
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TobiS87 said:
Wow. Are you proud of doing that? Because of ppl like you the stock is even shorter. People like you get a special place in hell. Hope CM hurries with the Note.
To the topic. Not really a phablet. 5 inch are the max. The N5s battery lasts me more than through one day so no need for a bigger battery here.
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Haha.. Selling them straight away - gives people a chance who missed out on the initial order batch to buy them.. For a small premium of course.
I would have bought one anyway, which means the number of people owning a nexus 5 is the same whether I bought 3 or not

Riimez said:
Haha.. Selling them straight away - gives people a chance who missed out on the initial order batch to buy them.. For a small premium of course.
I would have bought one anyway, which means the number of people owning a nexus 5 is the same whether I bought 3 or not
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Wouldn't have missed out if you didn't buy 4, maybe those 3 people went to order behind you hut couldn't because you got three lol
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its a bit like the sneaker phenomenon, ppl wait in line to buy shoes then more ppl wait in line cuz they realized they can sell it to make a profit. prices of products become inflated. some products get extremely inflated as in the case of the iphone 5s gold.

Firstly I think you need to edit your title, it's a bit misleading.
But I would not classify the Nexus 5 as having sub par battery life, its got decent battery when compared with devices in its class.
Comparing it's battery life to a bigger device with a significantly bigger battery isn't really a fair comparison.

Riimez said:
Hi there, bought a galaxy note 3 a couple months back - then bought 4 nexus 5s.. sold 3 which covered the cost of the 4th one.
In short I pretty much got a nexus 5 for free thanks to google's lack of stock.
Coming from the note 3, the nexus 5 felt very nice to use, even with the same internals the N5 felt significantly faster. Not sure whether its due to kitkat optimizations or the lack of bloatwiz.
Been using it for a week so Ive pretty much got my thoughts straight. Build quality is supurb, love the feel in hand, and the thing looks so damn sexy.The screen is lovely, one of the best Ive seen. Camera is okay, dissapointing compared to some of the other flagships but hey, who cares its a smartphone. most of the photos taken will be compressed to use on facebook/instagram. Speaker is also pissweak.. Sound that comes out is quite good, just lacking any sort of volume.
However, the biggest problem for me atleast is the battery life, coming from a note 3 I was used to whacking the thing on charge after a heavies day of use with it still at 50%. With the N5 I can barely get through a whole day.
So here comes my topic: If only the screen was enlarged to phablet territory, and the battery was then boosted (thanks to the bigger chassis) this would be the perfect phone. The camera and speaker failiage I have learnt to live with, but the battery life was sub par (dont get me wrong, its not terrible as far as other phones go.. On par with apples offerings) Imagine a 5.5-6 inch nexus with a bigger battery keeping the same design language. Wowy!
Thoughts?
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Going to keep using the N5 until cyanogen comes out for the note 3.. Touchwiz was too annoying for me.
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Screw you ! Blasted hungry animal.... If you had $1600 floating around you could afford to buy just one outright....
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[Q] To Nexus or not?

OK...obviously I'm on a Nexus 7 2013.. Its OK.. I'm still on 5.0.2. Anyhow my wife and I are getting new phones. Question is do we go with the Nexus 6, Note 4 or LG G3? The major two contenders at N6 and G3. I just hate touchwiz but it'll do for her kinda..
She likes taking pictures and enjoys a bigger screen. But battery life is a huge deal because pur work building sucks the life out of a phone due to questionable reception sometimes. She has a mophie to help her battery. I stay as plugged in as possible. We average 2-3 hours screen on time.
We both have Galaxy S3 phones..they've been decent. Kitkat ruined hers and made it laggy. Mine was unlocked day 1 and I'm running cm12 lollipop.
Anyhow battery life, case options and camera are the main concerns. I guess signal strength too. I would want to change ROMs every so often but not once a week.
Andddd go!
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I came from a S3 i9300, i've gotten so used to amoled that LCD/IPS wasn't an option for me.
As i really dislike Samsungs update policies and not giving the i9300 officially Kitkat cause of 1 GB of ram bullcrap reasons i was done with Samsung.
As there aren't much phones that aren't Samsung with Amoled displays i went with the Nexus 6.
I used my nexus 6 during a holiday in the sun with 100% brightness and i've gotten almost 7 hours of SOT with Chroma (Lollipop 5.1.1).
As you're from the US you could also be looking at the Motorola Droid Turbo, specwise it's a beast.
The Nexus 6 camera is obviously much better then the S3 camera. It's not as good as the Note 4 camera though.
Motorola is praised for it's reception.

talk2nate said:
OK...obviously I'm on a Nexus 7 2013.. Its OK.. I'm still on 5.0.2. Anyhow my wife and I are getting new phones. Question is do we go with the Nexus 6, Note 4 or LG G3? The major two contenders at N6 and G3. I just hate touchwiz but it'll do for her kinda..
She likes taking pictures and enjoys a bigger screen. But battery life is a huge deal because pur work building sucks the life out of a phone due to questionable reception sometimes. She has a mophie to help her battery. I stay as plugged in as possible. We average 2-3 hours screen on time.
We both have Galaxy S3 phones..they've been decent. Kitkat ruined hers and made it laggy. Mine was unlocked day 1 and I'm running cm12 lollipop.
Anyhow battery life, case options and camera are the main concerns. I guess signal strength too. I would want to change ROMs every so often but not once a week.
Andddd go!
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I wouldn't by the g3 as the g4 is coming out. Get the nexus or s6.

I sold my note 4 for my nexus 6. Have never looked back, and it will take something very drastic from Samsung for me to go there again

talk2nate said:
OK...obviously I'm on a Nexus 7 2013.. Its OK.. I'm still on 5.0.2. Anyhow my wife and I are getting new phones. Question is do we go with the Nexus 6, Note 4 or LG G3? The major two contenders at N6 and G3. I just hate touchwiz but it'll do for her kinda..
She likes taking pictures and enjoys a bigger screen. But battery life is a huge deal because pur work building sucks the life out of a phone due to questionable reception sometimes. She has a mophie to help her battery. I stay as plugged in as possible. We average 2-3 hours screen on time.
We both have Galaxy S3 phones..they've been decent. Kitkat ruined hers and made it laggy. Mine was unlocked day 1 and I'm running cm12 lollipop.
Anyhow battery life, case options and camera are the main concerns. I guess signal strength too. I would want to change ROMs every so often but not once a week.
Andddd go!
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The Nexus 6 has a freaking big battery. The others do also, mind you...
What I can say is this; the biggest impact on battery life on the nexus 6 (as it is with most phones), is the screen. With the screen off all the time and very good cellular reception, you may be able to get the better part of a WEEK on a charge. With a big screen on time (lets say 6 hours), it will suck down most of the battery. With 2-3, that leaves a lot of the big battery for maintaining network connection, and it will do WAY better than an S3. WAY.
Having also come previously from a samsuck (relay, i.e. s3 with a keyboard), I would recommend avoiding samsuck like the plague.
G3 looks decent, basically half way between a Nexus 5 and 6. Battery on it is not quite as big, but the IPS will definitely suck more power than the N6's AMOLED (although it will give you a better image in exchange, but frankly the N6 screen did significantly exceed my expectation), GPU on G3 is underpowered for the screen resolution -- snapdragon 801 vs 805 on the Nexus 6. The snapdragon 805 has the "next generation" Adreno 420.
Along with the 0.5 inch bigger screen, the N6 body is physically larger than the G3. Half inch taller, quarter inch wider, and marginally thicker. At least you get the bigger screen with the bigger body, unlike apple, which has the physical body dimensions of the nexus 6 with the screen size of the G3... lol.
The Nexus6 also has that nexusy "supported by aosp" goodness and unlockability, which goes a LONG way.

Thanks all for the feedback! I never thought I'd see a phone with six hours of screen time! My battery sucks so bad on my S3 I'm lucky to get 2 hours. I will say my S3 has been nice cause the Verizon model has 2gb RAM. But speed lately with apps has been a little on the longer load time. Playing a game? Forget it or you won't have battery to make you past lunch.
So I take it the nexus 6 lasts like two days on a charge at least? That's what it sounds like! The G4 is almost a no go cause the release date is iffy. I need to switch this week.
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OE other question.. I enjoy an otterbox commuter case and zagg screen protector. Do you guys have recommendations? Are glass screen protectors good?
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talk2nate said:
OE other question.. I enjoy an otterbox commuter case and zagg screen protector. Do you guys have recommendations? Are glass screen protectors good?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/accessories

talk2nate said:
OE other question.. I enjoy an otterbox commuter case and zagg screen protector. Do you guys have recommendations? Are glass screen protectors good?
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Spigen slim armor is what I use on my Nexus 6. Best case I've ever used. I will stick with Spigen forever. Good stuff!!

dannstarr said:
I sold my note 4 for my nexus 6. Have never looked back, and it will take something very drastic from Samsung for me to go there again
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I did the same thing and I couldn't be happier. Lollipop ruined my Note 4, even running a custom rom. The Nexus 6 is just incredibly smooth.

I`am considering buying the Asus 2,3Ghz Zenfone 2. Though i love my N6 this device realy intrigues me and the reviews are great. Aah well we`ll see

gee2012 said:
I`am considering buying the Asus 2,3Ghz Zenfone 2. Though i love my N6 this device realy intrigues me and the reviews are great. Aah well we`ll see
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Too small.
But good reviews? The first review I.found was pretty negative
http://gizmodo.com/asus-zenfone-2-hands-on-less-than-meets-the-eye-1705360516

rootSU said:
Too small.
But good reviews? The first review I.found was pretty negative
http://gizmodo.com/asus-zenfone-2-hands-on-less-than-meets-the-eye-1705360516
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The YouTube reviews i have watched are mighty good But not a done deal yet though, as i said i love my N6.
Btw LMY48B OTA is rolling out now for the N4,5 and 9 (LTE) now. The update is about 24MB for the N5.

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OE other question.. I enjoy an otterbox commuter case and zagg screen protector. Do you guys have recommendations? Are glass screen protectors good?
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I've been very pleased with my Ballistic Tough Jacket Maxx, coming from a Note 2 in an Otterbox Defender. A bit bulkier than a Commuter, but not by much.
As for battery life, I've been able to make it through a "moderate" usage day, no power saver and with over 50% left. So two days is certainly not impossible. Plus you get a fast charger with it.

It has been my experience, with Nexus devices, that if you have to ask if you should buy one, you probably shouldn't.