I am a huge Nexus phone fan, having owned all four Nexus phones the last few years. But also have owned different phones in-between
But lately to me, long battery life has become my #1 most wanted feature. I hammer on my phone all day during the work week, and none of the Nexus phones last me a full day with my kind of use, and I do install custom ROM's with battery friendly kernels, etc.. still doesn't help.
My Nexus 4 I get around 4h On Screen Time, but only total usage of around 10h - 11h out of the battery before the phone is dead. So that sucks for me, unplug at 6:30am, and by 4:30pm it's pretty much done. My Galaxy Nexus was far worse than that, the G Nex blew on battery.
I use my phone, as an actual phone, go figure I can't understand people that rarely do phone calls, how can't you be on the phone anymore ? For running my business and dealing with clients, approx 2 hours of phone calls per day. GPS Navigation used every day, for at least one hour. Text like crazy all day. Read and send e-mails all day. Surf the web.
Only phone that could handle my type of use was the Note 2. That thing could be hammered hard on a workday and still be going until bedtime with juice still left. No other phone I owned could do that. But the Note was too large for my tastes, hard to one hand use.
Saying all of that, I need the Nexus 5 with the rumored option for 3,000mAh + 32GB storage. But now it sounds like that rumor has been squashed. So I might get the G2 instead, and run a ported Nexus 5 ROM down the road.
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I have a note1, running official 4.12 with a different kernel. Battery isn't bad, but I usually never let it get below 50% without at least tapping it a little bit during the day.
Perhaps part of the reason (if it holds true, these aren't official specs) of the smaller battery is maybe 4.4 is a little less power
hungry, or the SOC inside the device, the memory etc, consume less power?
Of course! I'm all set with multiple cheap battery banks strategically placed at work, in the car, and in my briefcase for those times I need the battery boost.
As cheap as $5.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/RED-2600mah..._Cell_Phone_PDA_Batteries&hash=item485af1789d
Nope i will defenitly buy one *-*
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I am a huge Nexus phone fan, having owned all four Nexus phones the last few years. But also have owned different phones in-between
But lately to me, long battery life has become my #1 most wanted feature. I hammer on my phone all day during the work week, and none of the Nexus phones last me a full day with my kind of use, and I do install custom ROM's with battery friendly kernels, etc.. still doesn't help.
My Nexus 4 I get around 4h On Screen Time, but only total usage of around 10h - 11h out of the battery before the phone is dead. So that sucks for me, unplug at 6:30am, and by 4:30pm it's pretty much done. My Galaxy Nexus was far worse than that, the G Nex blew on battery.
I use my phone, as an actual phone, go figure I can't understand people that rarely do phone calls, how can't you be on the phone anymore ? For running my business and dealing with clients, approx 2 hours of phone calls per day. GPS Navigation used every day, for at least one hour. Text like crazy all day. Read and send e-mails all day. Surf the web.
Only phone that could handle my type of use was the Note 2. That thing could be hammered hard on a workday and still be going until bedtime with juice still left. No other phone I owned could do that. But the Note was too large for my tastes, hard to one hand use.
Saying all of that, I need the Nexus 5 with the rumored option for 3,000mAh + 32GB storage. But now it sounds like that rumor has been squashed. So I might get the G2 instead, and run a ported Nexus 5 ROM down the road.
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I agree with you 200%.
I currently have a GS3 with a 3,000mAh Samsung extended battery and I can do the all day. I was not able to do with 2100 stock.
If 2300 will be confirmed and if they'll not be able two do some crazy optimisation, I'll get a G2 or Z1. My concern is that AOSP on these two devices is zero at the moment.
As 64gb is out of discussion as well as sd card espansion, USB OTG will be very important as 32GB are not enough for me!
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Zorachus said:
I am a huge Nexus phone fan, having owned all four Nexus phones the last few years. But also have owned different phones in-between
But lately to me, long battery life has become my #1 most wanted feature. I hammer on my phone all day during the work week, and none of the Nexus phones last me a full day with my kind of use, and I do install custom ROM's with battery friendly kernels, etc.. still doesn't help.
My Nexus 4 I get around 4h On Screen Time, but only total usage of around 10h - 11h out of the battery before the phone is dead. So that sucks for me, unplug at 6:30am, and by 4:30pm it's pretty much done. My Galaxy Nexus was far worse than that, the G Nex blew on battery.
I use my phone, as an actual phone, go figure I can't understand people that rarely do phone calls, how can't you be on the phone anymore ? For running my business and dealing with clients, approx 2 hours of phone calls per day. GPS Navigation used every day, for at least one hour. Text like crazy all day. Read and send e-mails all day. Surf the web.
Only phone that could handle my type of use was the Note 2. That thing could be hammered hard on a workday and still be going until bedtime with juice still left. No other phone I owned could do that. But the Note was too large for my tastes, hard to one hand use.
Saying all of that, I need the Nexus 5 with the rumored option for 3,000mAh + 32GB storage. But now it sounds like that rumor has been squashed. So I might get the G2 instead, and run a ported Nexus 5 ROM down the road.
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Agree on the way a phone should be used and my usage pattern is similar to yours. I can hardly get through a day on a single charge and I would be out of juice by 6-7pm. However, battery life is no concern to me (and many others) at all. I mean, how far are you from an outlet at all times? I have a charger in the office, in my car, in my briefcase and on several strategic locations at home. We switch phones pretty much on an annual basis. The battery won't die in one year regardless of your abuse. So charge your phone whenever you can and ask for smaller batteries for a smaller lighter phones. Also from what I have seen for G2 battery life, at 2300mah the N5 might have enough juice for you and I to go through a day on a single charge.
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I agree with you 200%.
I currently have a GS3 with a 3,000mAh Samsung extended battery and I can do the all day. I was not able to do with 2100 stock.
If 2300 will be confirmed and if they'll not be able two do some crazy optimisation, I'll get a G2 or Z1. My concern is that AOSP on these two devices is zero at the moment.
As 64gb is out of discussion as well as sd card espansion, USB OTG will be very important as 32GB are not enough for me!
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Yep.
I am more sad, because the N5 is based off the G2, which has a 3,000mAh battery stock. Of all things to cut back on, and not keep the same between the two phones, don't let it be the battery.
What is Googles reasoning behind changing the battery from the G2 in the Nexus 5 ?
Oh well, looks like G2 here I come. And development will pick up big on that phone. Its only been out a few weeks, and the international G2 just came out last week.
Let's see a Nexus 5 ROM posted on the G2, since they are so similar.
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Yep.
I am more sad, because the N5 is based off the G2, which has a 3,000mAh battery stock. Of all things to cut back on, and not keep the same between the two phones, don't let it be the battery.
What is Googles reasoning behind changing the battery from the G2 in the Nexus 5 ?
Oh well, looks like G2 here I come. And development will pick up big on that phone. Its only been out a few weeks, and the international G2 just came out last week.
Let's see a Nexus 5 ROM posted on the G2, since they are so similar.
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Is the G2 bootloader locked?
Any way the best AOSP rom is always 4-6 month behind Nexus updates!
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Yep.
What is Googles reasoning behind changing the battery from the G2 in the Nexus 5 ?
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N5 is over and inch narrower and and nearly 3 inches shorter. Maybe it has to do with lack of real estate. Besides if we deduct from G2 we should expect 7.5-8h sot.:fingers-crossed:
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Is the G2 bootloader locked?
Any way the best AOSP rom is always 4-6 month behind Nexus updates!
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CM and AOKP ROM's are pretty quick to release new builds, based off the latest Android release. Its not a 4 month wait, maybe 4 weeks worse case.
The G2 is unlocked on T-Mobile, and International version. The ATT version has an exploit out, and said to be easy to root and the work around hasn't stopped custom ROM development.
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I'll be waiting for nexus 6.
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I just hope that if the battery is this size, that it will at least be able to take a 2.1 amp charge.
It won't affect my decision at all. The battery life on my N4 lasts the entire day on a full charge with moderate on-screen usage, plus I'd rather them sacrifice battery life and megapixels in order to have a quad core beast with a 1080p HD display for the low price of $299.
I'll be buying the Nexus 5 day one, can't wait!
I would buy it even if the battery was the same as the N4. All these battery nerds are getting way too worried about a phone they haven't even used yet. I guarantee that we will not care if you cry about the 2300 battery, have fun in the N4 forum, we will be here, the future.
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I would buy it even if the battery was the same as the N4. All these battery nerds are getting way too worried about a phone they haven't even used yet. I guarantee that we will not care if you cry about the 2300 battery, have fun in the N4 forum, we will be here, the future.
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The future is technically A57/53, 64bit, U-HD, etc...But sure, let's call N5 the "future". If I wanted future I probably would bet on the faster A7x chip. Sadly androids can't use it too...
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No. 2300mah will not stop me.
According to anandtech the lg g2 gets 7.9 hrs of battery life on lte web browsing. If you just reduce this proportionally the nexus 5 could get 6 hrs web browsing on LTE which is like double what my gnex gets.
Some people clearly spend every waking minute doing everything they can think of on their phone. The Nexus 5 probably won't work for those people but I expect it to be competitive with the last batch of mainstream flagships, aka the HTC one and galaxy s4. I think Google wanted a thin phone and just like the nexus 7 2013 they reduced the battery size to achieve this goal but only up to the point where battery life would be acceptable for like 90% of users.
I'm getting it no matter what battery it has...even solar!
I'm definitely getting one, my current phone has a 1500 mah battery... so 2300 is a major upgrade for me
Yes
:good: YESSIR! Been waiting on this since first hearing about it, never owned a Nexus device and currently own a Samsung Galaxy Young S6310L, hate Touchwiz & looking for the best stock experience and to start with Android 4.4? Great deal and this phone has a 1300mAh battery so a 2300/3000mAh upgrade should be great, going for the 32gb version which is rumored to have a 3000mAh battery so yes
Looking forward to see what developers has in store for it and maybe I can become one someday
I'm going to try and not sound like another "vs." thread but I'm genuinely curious about an N5. I had an N4 before upgrading to a Note 3 and after a few months I'm just not happy with the size of it (that's what she said). It just doesn't feel natural using this phone one-handed even after all this time. Also the ROM support for me is lacking (particularly PA which I dearly miss).
How many of you guys have tried both devices? Should I bother getting an N5 or should I wait for whatever is next that Google reveals? If there's one thing I'm leery on is the battery life. I do a lot of on site troubleshooting and I'm constantly hammering my battery with navigating and looking things up and this Note 3 holds up admirably. Can I expect the same out of the N5?
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I have a Note 3 Neo which is not too dissimilar to the flagship model. I switched to Nexus 5 and I couldn't be happier. It's not perfect for one handed use, but it's a lot more comfortable to hold than the Neo.
I can't really attest to the battery life because I've been using Franco kernel from day 1 without any noticeable battery worries. Neo probably lasted a bit longer but since you have the flagship with a better battery, the difference might be a bit more noticeable.
The Nexus community has the most active and innovative development I've come across. I used the Moto X before the Note 3, and despite all the praise it receives, I prefer the Nexus 5 much more because of all the modding options it offers.
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I've had a Note prier to the G2 and now N5.
For me N5 is everything that I want in phone, it would hurt if it would be let's say 5.3" that's my ideal size, but I really don't miss more screen that much. Only on the day's I see my father heavy using his Note 3, or my mother with her G2.
The reason I was not happy with the Note 3, was because I've got tiered of hardware buttons and always weird noise making homescreen button (I have such luck that all of mine past Samsungs had something weird going on with the home button - or it's just me being paranoid )
Anyway the battery on Note is decent it gets me trough the day with normal to heavy usage ( without games ) when the Note would run on the same pace for a day and 3-5 hours more.
For me it was at first an easy jump to the G2 because of no hardware buttons, and then form the G2 to N5 because im just a phone junkie and I love pure experience, fast device, and everything open source out of the box. While G2 was near perfect after flashing PA or CM on it.. that was still not it, for me at least. N5 is a beast and since I'm using it there is no "devil" in me looking out for some other phone.
Well maybe the iphone, but I've owned 3gs and 4.. and I got bored the same week lol.
For you I would suggest G2 is the perfect option, it has the same if not better battery then N5 (I'm not joking) and Lg skin is not that bad as Samsungs.. but it's not better either.
G2 + dormiax (or what is the name of kernel) + cm, mahdi, or PA and you will be one happy camper!
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Hey there,
I have been using my Note 1 (i717) since the day it came out back in 2012 and have been running KitKat on it for the past few months. I hadn't really found anything that I wanted to upgrade to until the new Moto X came out, plus I have recently had a lot of problems with my Note.
Since so many people are complaining about the smaller battery and camera, I am kind of worried about upgrading. So my question is, how do you think the Moto X is compared to my Note? I mean I assume that in 2.5 years they would have optimized the battery for larger screens, and made the cameras better, but I'm not sure.
I'd say camera is about the same and battery is worse than the Note 1.
The reason for me wanting one is for the design and build quality as well as the Nexus type interface and unique Moto features.
Wutang200 said:
I'd say camera is about the same and battery is worse than the Note 1.
The reason for me wanting one is for the design and build quality as well as the Nexus type interface and unique Moto features.
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I mean I only get slightly less than 1 hour screen in time with 12 hours total battery right now so...
Willanhanyard said:
I mean I only get slightly less than 1 hour screen in time with 12 hours total battery right now so...
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Based on users that already have the phone, the Moto X lasts a bit more than 12 hrs with over 2 hrs screen on time. It depends what you do too
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Hi Friends,
My note 2 is dying and I have decided to switch to new phone.
Could you please suggest recent good ones?
I was thinking of Nexus 6
Any opinions?
New Moto X. Considering selling my Nexus for one.
I did the exact same thing just last week. Really loved my Note 2 and it was a hard decision to give it up.
Positives:
- Higher res screen
- Noticeably faster processor and more RAM
- Lollipop which is really nice
- Easy to root/unlock boot loader
- Lots of devs
- Wireless charging and Quickcharge
- Ambient display is really handy
Negatives:
- No user replaceable battery
- No micro SD card
- Not as good battery life when screen is on
- Camera not as responsive
No buyers remorse yet.
I also had a Note 2 (with Paranoid on it) before the Nexus 6. And yes, the battery life is not as good with screen on, but standby time is actually better.
2 samsung phones before getting the N6. Great phone. If you do any rooting and custom ROM's, this is the best one to get.
Thought I'd miss the ext SD...but after having it for 3 month...not at all. Great battery life and all features work well.
Also - Amazon has some great deals on the N6. I suggest the 64 GB version for max storage. And get an unlocked one, not one of the carrier bloated ones
Do it. I've had the note 2, 3 and 4 and temporarily had the 32 GB nexus 6. I returned the nexus 6 because I got it from best buy for 600 and luckily enough for me, this deal popped up with the 64 GB model. I'm still keeping my note 3 with ZeroLemon for emergency times when I heavy use and need my battery to last me a day or 2. But whether you choose the blue whale or Moby ****, you'll be pleased with the nexus 6. Just find a good kernel tweak to manage the hotness
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Went from note 2 last year to oneplus one loved it until I started having issues (aftermarket replacement parts) so figured instead of having a near nexus phone I'd try the n6. Love it, from the note 2 to the nexus 6 is a huuuuuge upgrade. Loved my oneplus but the n6 wins hands down
Looking to upgrade to the NOTE 5. But not sure if it would be worth it yet. I do like the display and that is usually the biggest reason for me. NOTE 4 display still looks hot and roms for note 5 are starting to roll out. What do you think?
Depends. Do you value expandable storage, removable battery, and IR? If so then the note 5 would not be a good upgrade. I personally think the note 4 is still a top of the line device, its not even a year old yet. IMO the note 5 feels more like a sidegrade than an upgrade.
Do it battery sucks on the note 4 I get anywhere from 3-3 1/2 hours I'm upgrading to the note 5 cuz honestly the lack of sd storage and non removable battery actually sounds like a plus right now
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I'm actually getting the note 5 I was told you get twice the battery life compared to the note 4 so 6 hrs would be amazing lol
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Battery life depends on the user . 6hr sot is wishful thinking if you use your phone. If you don't do alot on your phone then i can see that but why would you buy a note . I rather get that new Huawei nexus at half the price. Anything over a 1,000 is just wasted money if you have a note 4 ,the note 5 is better but not 1,000 better no way.
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Depends. Do you value expandable storage, removable battery, and IR? If so then the note 5 would not be a good upgrade. I personally think the note 4 is still a top of the line device, its not even a year old yet. IMO the note 5 feels more like a sidegrade than an upgrade.
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i actually have to agree here, i upgraded to the note 5 for a total of 3 weeks, and i found that i REALLY missed having 140gb of storage on my device.
not to mention the ir remote for my tv and some other ir devices. im not sure how you getting 3h of battery life on the device though... i have CM12 on my n910w8 and i get home to a decent 35% at the end of the day with med heavy use. i can see if you are using gps then 3h would seem about right. i cant think of any other ways of how one would drain the battery so quickly.
I think people should start saying they "updated" to the 5 instead of "upgrading." We all know not all updates are upgrades. Lollipop 5.0.x is an example of that. It doesn't just extend to software either.
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yup i do value my sd card i think i will stick with note 4 for now
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I think people should start saying they "updated" to the 5 instead of "upgrading." We all know not all updates are upgrades. Lollipop 5.0.x is an example of that. It doesn't just extend to software either.
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Sidegraded & downgraded are also exceptional words for that pos phone as well
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Honestly without the SD Card and the battery makes it feel too much like the iPhone. If Galaxy phones are your thing go with the note 5, but at this point I would just get the iPhone. Samsung's trying so hard to COPY the iPhone why not just the original thing? lol
Really disappointed in the note 5, a lot of spen problems from what i hear as well.
Note 5 has no IR blaster - that I can live without. But no external microSD card and no removable battery? Sorry those are deal killers for me, I will not buy one because of this. Yes it would be nice to have the faster processor and the 4gig RAM instead of 3GIG rRAM does make it tempting ..plus it does have a better camera too. But these things ...at least for me...do not out weigh my need for microSD card and removable battery - so it's just not worth spending the money on it.