Chrome has a much slower maximum scrolling velocity than the stock Android browser, and also has a worse framerate while scrolling, and also displays empty white space much more often if you scroll quickly. I'm sure it's more compliant with various web standards and renders pages with greater fidelity but I am happy to forgo that stuff for a little bit of optimisation.
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Nexus 4 |OT| Quality for everyone
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I've been on a Triumph for 7 months and my mom got an Galaxy SII and it's just better at everything. Having a quick working GPS is blissful. The OS is nice as well.
So... I think I'll probably bite on the Nexus4 8GB model. I don't store more than 500MB of music/video on my phone and don't care of mobile games.
I'll have to upgrade from my $35 a month plan on Virgin to a StraightTalk $45 a month plan on AT&T though.
Can this do tethering, or will it need to be rooted?
So... I think I'll probably bite on the Nexus4 8GB model. I don't store more than 500MB of music/video on my phone and don't care of mobile games.
I'll have to upgrade from my $35 a month plan on Virgin to a StraightTalk $45 a month plan on AT&T though.
Can this do tethering, or will it need to be rooted?
Now I really hope that CPW will have them at the same price as Google is offering.
Looks like I'll be doing the midnight F5 refresh dance
Looks like we will be in for a long night.
So, this is the dilemma.
Trust random CPW staffer and hope that they are actually selling the phone.
Or, buy from the Google Play Store.
I think this is phone is going to sell out really quickly - if CPW don't match the Play Store price, it could be a long wait before the Play Store gets more stock in.
Decisions, decisions..
Trust random CPW staffer and hope that they are actually selling the phone.
Or, buy from the Google Play Store.
I think this is phone is going to sell out really quickly - if CPW don't match the Play Store price, it could be a long wait before the Play Store gets more stock in.
Decisions, decisions..
Vyse The Legend
Member
It better not go on sale at midnight PST. That would suck for us East coasters.
Looks like we will be in for a long night.
I get up early enough so maybe I'll just grab one first thing when I wake up
Unknown Soldier
Member
Google might be the only company which has ever lowered the price on their flagship device over the years.
Zombie James
Banned
Like most cellphone issues, I blame carriers. If phones dropped in price over time like every other piece of technology ever, people would have no reason to sign that 2-year contract (or three years if you live in a part of the world where competition doesn't exist).
Fulleffect
Member
can't wait - going to sell off my verizon 4S and switch over to tmobile for the 30/mo plan.. i don't talk on the phone anyway
too bad i work midnights.. going to have to sit around f5ing it all night instead of working
too bad i work midnights.. going to have to sit around f5ing it all night instead of working
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
It's what we have to pay to get universal healthcare
We've knonw that info for some time. I personally don't think it's such a huge thing.
Sorry man. I'm considering this phone too.
since i sold my iphone i have no other chance anyway. im sure it will be alright.
Those were old findings by XDA, nothing new. Many of the "flaws" are there because phone is not designed to provide easy user access to the battery/internals. As soon as you start opening it you can get near problematic parts.
Wonder if the retail ones will be any better.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
There are a few decent rebuttals for that article in the comments section, I'm not concerned.
LG is still LG I see.
The only part that I haven't seen posted here was the tape.
IMO, why would LG make it easy for users to replace things and waste money polishing that when it is not designed to do so. Better to save money and increase profitability by using techniques that staff are trained in.
Hehe. I'm still getting it. If Google/LG fuck up I'm sure they'll fix things.
this shitty phone costs 550 here in austria...and you germans only have to pay 350 for the 16gb version... anybody here who can help me out buying two?
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Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
I am VAT exempt but I don't know if the German Google Play Store will acknowledge this fact. And I don't think the US Google Play Store ships internationally. I might have to get someone in the US to ship it to me.
Don't know if it helps but I managed to get my Galaxy Nexus and a friend of mine just pre-ordered an N4 from handtec VAT free by supplying them with a VAT number.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
thank you but that nearly 420 without shipping..there must be another way
criesofthepast
Member
This is what's concerned me more than anything since day 1 of seeing this phone. Call me petty or whatever but some days I really can't shake that this phone is made by LG. This would be an automatic big fat NO for me in any other case. But since every small detail and part of the phone is mostly overseen by Google, and this really is a Google phone just "glued" together in LG hands; I've decided to go for it and trust Google on this that they wouldn't let LG be LG with their flagship device. If that makes any sense...
LG alone would never get my money, though. Sorry, I've always heard bad things about their craftsmanship. My mother bought an LG tv over a Sony against my recommendation when they were both the same price. The LG was only 2 inches larger and she wanted bigger because of course bigger equals better, right? What a fool. 1 year later the TV has a nice big purple scan line of sorts running down the screen. Piece of junk. I make sure to tell her "I told you so" everytime she turns on the TV and has to look at that.
I'm really starting to flip-flop with my decision now. :/
Still got my 4S.
EightBitNate
Member
In TheVerge unveiling video, it made it look like Google designed this phone from the ground up, but they just got LG to manufacture it for them.
GoldenEye 007
Member
Interesting..... but at the same time, nothing is supposed to be user-serviceable. As someone that formerly had the G2X from LG, I'm still not worried as I felt that was a solidly built phone and gave me no hardware issues.
FallingEdge
Member
Black Ops 2 and Nexus 4.
What a fantastic week.
What a fantastic week.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
they work together in the same building to design it.
Posted?
Nexus 4 VS Galaxy Nexus VS iPhone 5 Benchmark (GLBench 2.5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m2RBOYiJbnU
Nexus 4 VS Galaxy Nexus VS iPhone 5 Benchmark (GLBench 2.5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m2RBOYiJbnU
-Pyromaniac-
Member
if you don't care about LTE then yeah get the nex4.
hitsugi
Member
why he didn't place the phones in the order listed in the title is beyond me..