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Nexus 4 |OT| Quality for everyone
- Thread starter Blablurn
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Alrite, sorry. But it's sort of stupid to post inflammatory crap like that in this kind of thread that was close enough in tone to might as well have come out of the mouths of some of the fanboys around here.
Anyways, back on topic.
What happened to that rumour of a white version? The one that showed up on some store's inventory?
Same with the N7 white. Developer only.
sweetvar26
Member
Wow, that is awesome for those who just want data on their phone and may be few minutes.
crazy monkey
Banned
is battery replaceable? That is the only negative I suppose.
Ah lame.
Nope.
It shouldn't be too hard. It has screws on the bottom of the device and apparently there's just a non-soldered wire connecting the battery to the mainboard.
Or at least that's the impression I got from that one teardown of the early hardware.
No LTE in 2012 gets you docked in reviews gentlemen. Plenty of people can live without it, but thats unimportant. It should have been an option for those who wanted it.
It messes up the "Nexus" part of the phone since carriers can fuck with the updates, but oh well, if folks are ok with that, give them a version with LTE. Same with MicroSD storage. Google can miss me with the excuses.
It messes up the "Nexus" part of the phone since carriers can fuck with the updates, but oh well, if folks are ok with that, give them a version with LTE. Same with MicroSD storage. Google can miss me with the excuses.
Yep it's pretty fucking shit, I can't see the Lumia 920 selling well at all over here due to the pricing of it on EE/Orange/T-Mob, they're asking iPhone money for it and whilst it's looking like it will be a great device it doesn't have an Apple logo so can't justify those crazy tariffs.
I can see sales of the 920 here being very slim compared to the HTC 8X, Nokia has made an absolutely crazy decision with this exclusivity deal and even if it does come to other networks some time in 2013 it's going to be too late for it.
Of course you could get the 920 unlocked possibly if you bought it from P4U but time will tell on that front.
sleeping_dragon
Banned
He gave it a 8.3 but still i agree with you that the dumbass is a blinded sheep. How the fuck you give the iphone 5 a 8.8? which brings almost nothing new to the table and this phone with some real innovation such as wireless charging, photosphere and etc to the table and not to mention half the fuckking price of the iphone 5 and it has an 8.3 compare to the POS iphone 5 with its map problem so big that the CEO of apple has to apologise publicly and 2 top executives got fired because of it but no this dumbass love apple so much that he overlooks every faults there is from apple's products and always give it a high score.
Some reviews have been extremely positive, others haven't... If it's better than the 2-ish hours I get from my Galaxy Nexus, I'll be happy.
jts
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He was the guy responsible for the website's quality in the first place. It was created 1 year ago and still has the same staff, writing the same things.
He's an Android user. Not iPhone.
How the fuck you manage to do that shit you do all the time. It's embarrassing.
Is it common for multiple sites to have such a discrepancy in the tests?
Zombie James
Banned
They all use different methods. Some try to replicate actual user behaviour, others just loop a video.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
meh, I'd say it's a combination of unoptimized software and reviewers using different settings.
Different brightness levels, pulling different amounts of data from whatever app like gmail or whatever, different definitions of "day to day use".
hspa+ will never be comparable to LTE, but it's not as bad as 3G. It's very usable.
Yes and no. It depends on so many factors and really, without a week or so of use you can never be sure of how good a battery is going to be. Most batteries take a solid week of charge cycles to 'settle in' anyway, at least in my experience.
Am I witnessing the birth of a new joke poster or just a soon to be greyed-out username?
I can't decide.
Same for me. In my town i can get only wap/gprs, and 3G only if the day is exceptionally sunny and I'm staying in the eyesight of the cell tower.
The only problem is... the closest country with Play Store that sells unlocked N4 is very very far away.
City comparison table here:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/31/3582684/the-nexus-4-the-verge-and-lte
I know I can probably look it up online, but, how much faster than 3G? All the 4G commercials t-mobile is doing makes it seem so much faster.
<3 you
-Pyromaniac-
Member
depends where you live
most LTE devices I've tried get 15 give or take to 25 give or take down, with a ton of upload.
HSPA+ 42 will probably get you 8-12 consistently (wuth the chance for more). Big upgrade from 3G. Still no LTE.
That post in there is pretty good, basically how I feel about it.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Living in Canada is maybe different but those LTE speeds look like garbage compared to here.
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
Stop adding to the bad reputation of junior members
Yeah my girlfriend gets really good speeds on her S3 with rogers. I was more of referring to the fact that LTE is only used by like 3% of people right now and projected to be used by 15% in 2017. It's an issue that it's missing on this phone, but it's a bit blown out of proportion the way it's been harped on by some people so far considering how few people will actually use LTE with it. On the other hand, the nexii attract a techie crowd and maybe they're more likely to use LTE? I dunno.
That comparison shows very similar average speeds, and reviewers [especially Verge] cant stop pointing that LTE is a lifesaving feature that N4 must have.
kurtrussell
Banned
You're hardly doing the reputation of full members any favours, if you're apparently incapable of reading back upwards and following threads and replies, which quite clearly state context.
Here, let me help you
Right, so why dont all phones get docked for no microsd slot? Windows? Iphones? they can all have them.
These phone score arguments are dumb when they are all so close, but I think the lack of a microsd slot is a lot more forgivable when you can get the phone with more than 16gb of memory.
Just use an IPblocker like unblock-us or hotspot shield. I used unblock-us. I guess you have to install the google music app manually through a root for the phone but the former instructions will allow you to upload the music.
I presume the latter.
virtuoso88
Member
As I feel the lack of lte/sd is much more forgiveable when the phone is more than half the price of a competitor's phone. I'm sure the Nexus 4 could have both easily if they were to add $300 to the price tag.
Zombie James
Banned
It is pretty odd seeing the performance and battery differences between the N4 and Optimus G. If it's a software issue, though, I'd think Cyanogenmod (et al.) will be on top of it.
Unknown Soldier
Member
For the over 90 million souls who are bound by fate to Verizon Wireless, of which 75% are living in an area covered by Verizon 4G LTE which is the fastest cellular network in the world, might I suggest a Samsung Galaxy S III or Galaxy Note II. Those of you who are on Sprint may also choose these fine devices though you will not have Verizon 4G LTE which covers over 400 US markets and 75% of the US population.
Verizon
Verizon
Who is to say that they dont? I dont recall the iPhone4S or iPhone5 scoring a 10 on the Verge. People are looking for bias where there isn't any.
samus i am
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Yes