darkblade77
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Still no backorder email and no shipping/tracking notification email. Shipping date still estimated yesterday. Limbo is fun! 
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Nexus 4 |OT| Quality for everyone
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Yep, these were all my initial thoughts too coming from a GNex. Gotta say, of course the software is exactly the same and well the novelty is already wearing off because of that. Obviously I expected that. The reason I made the jump was because the GNex still has good value while this phone is very cheap. Aside from that it is an improvement in pretty much every area. I really like the way the glass curves over the edge - I fear the bumper will ruin that element of it sadly.
fluffydelusions
Member
Yeah I will have this phone naked lol.
By this do you mean you can actually hear the damn thing ring? Battery life and ringer volume are my biggest problems with the gnex.
fluffydelusions
Member
Lol no calls yet. I've just been playing videos. Much better than gnex anyway...at least from what I can tell.
fluffydelusions
Member
BTW, I have an 8gb and after installing a few apps I had like 5.3 something GB left. I now have everything installed from my old phone and have 4.6gb left. Perfect size for me I suppose.
The Faceless Master
Member
people are crazy. i mean ... holy shit, i should have bought some, i had it in my cart! coulda bought it, sold it, paid for my Note 2 and also bought some steaks and liquor...
I like the speakers, but not fond of where they placed them.
Yeah, I'm glad I went with the 8gb. I can use the savings to buy the wireless charging dock. Whenever the damn thing comes out. Start using Google drive as well. I set up my account, and it seems like it will help wonders with the space.
fluffydelusions
Member
I don't feel anything and have been browsing for a few hours.
The 5 is probably the warmest phone I've ever owned. The N4 getting warmer than that is a little concerning. Worse battery life bothers me too, since the 5 borders on acceptable for me, but I only want it as a back up and something to tinker with anyway.
I would have bought five when I had the chance if I knew it was going to sell for this much. Geez
criesofthepast
Member
Which is why I'm not emailing them until Wednesday. I'm not angry I haven't received my phone yet. It hasn't been 5 business days, I know that. I think most of us are irked that google has completely failed in communicating with us.
hmm Would brightness matter? I guess I should say I'm streaming music as I surf, but I do that with my iPhone4 and it never gets noticeably warm. As far as the iPhone5 I guess I should strike that comparison, as I'm going from memory of a device I owned a month ago.
hitsugi
Member
It's all but certain that most of us in "limbo" will be hearing the same story by then anyway so, yeah.. I guess free shipping + remain in limbo until it just shows up.
GoldenEye 007
Member
To avoid not having enough stock of course.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
How long ago did Gnex receive the 4.2 update? I thought it was very recent.
hitsugi
Member
this generates more hype / demand for the product. even if accidental.
people will get mad, but so far.. there's a disturbing lack of coverage for what's going on.
This. I'm not mad that my phone hasn't shipped yet. My existing phone will continue to work until the Nexus comes. What I'm frustrated about is the utter silence. It still says that it is expected to ship yesterday. I doubt there will be any update over the weekend. Really damn frustrating.
It's rolling out now. I still don't have it on my phone...
A quick battery report.
So I turned on my phone around 5pm. I believe it was at 60% out the box(could be wrong). It is now 10:12pm, and it is down to 14%. I have been connected to wi-fi this entire time. I was streaming google music, downloading apps, taking pics(not many), playing around with the phone, and having it sit idle for about 40 minutes or so.
I will report again when I have the phone on a full charge, connected to the network and all that jazz.
So I turned on my phone around 5pm. I believe it was at 60% out the box(could be wrong). It is now 10:12pm, and it is down to 14%. I have been connected to wi-fi this entire time. I was streaming google music, downloading apps, taking pics(not many), playing around with the phone, and having it sit idle for about 40 minutes or so.
I will report again when I have the phone on a full charge, connected to the network and all that jazz.
fluffydelusions
Member
Battery definitely seems better than the gnex so far for me
Vyse The Legend
Member
Yeah, I'm not expecting a huge leap over the GNex in the short term, but the N4 should have a much longer shelf life in the long term. The GNex is already starting to show its age, one year later.
SSGMUN10000
Connoisseur Of Tedium
I'm not gonna lie but if the high demand is still there when my phones arrive I am selling them. I am content with Gnex and possibly buy once stock is widely available. Patience is a virtue and for things like this I can wait.
criesofthepast
Member
One thing I haven't seen talked about in here much which I feel isn't getting enough attention is the fact that the nexus 4 does have an LTE chip inside. It's been confirmed by the ifixit guys and talked about a bit over at XDA. Lots of theorizing and speculating. What do you guys think could be the reason google haven't mentioned this? It's obviously been the big negative factor in many of the reviews and comments about the phone.
Some saying Google waiting till this LTE crap with the carriers is figured out. Maybe not wanting to step on the carriers toes by having LTE. Waiting for tmobile to launch LTE next year for them to "activate" the LTE chip in the phone and make it public. Some kind of future proofing. Or maybe just keeping the chip dormant in there for Google's own mobile network launch that's been rumored?
So why haven't google made mention of this? The chip is in! It's obvious it wasn't a cost cutting measure then, right? Really fascinating. I personally don't care for LTE at the moment but knowing its possible one day is a bonus at least.
Some saying Google waiting till this LTE crap with the carriers is figured out. Maybe not wanting to step on the carriers toes by having LTE. Waiting for tmobile to launch LTE next year for them to "activate" the LTE chip in the phone and make it public. Some kind of future proofing. Or maybe just keeping the chip dormant in there for Google's own mobile network launch that's been rumored?
So why haven't google made mention of this? The chip is in! It's obvious it wasn't a cost cutting measure then, right? Really fascinating. I personally don't care for LTE at the moment but knowing its possible one day is a bonus at least.
EightBitNate
Member
IIRC, it's probably just left over from the Optimus G. It also doesn't look like it has an antenna for the radio.
GoldenEye 007
Member
Yeah, it's probably like the Nexus One having that FM radio hardware that was never developed.
VOL UP + POWER = Doesn't work?
Nope
I select recovery mode and the thing boots onto a screen with an andriod on its back and it says "no command"
Edit: found it. Ughghhghhgughgguhguhgu terrible honeymoon.
Nexus 4 teardown http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+4+Teardown/11781/3
LTE/4g includeddddddd!!!!!!!
LTE/4g includeddddddd!!!!!!!
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
It's not got any coverage at all from The Verge, only when it first sold out. But I guess everyone is not gonna shit talk Google for obvious reasons
It's a shame really...weirdly not eve John Gruber has said anything!
I got my update yesterday morning.
hitsugi
Member
Yeah, we hear a lot about the Nexus 4 sold out, but nothing about how a majority of those orders have gone unanswered or placed on back order for up to 3 weeks
The Verge was the first (that I saw) to report on it - http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/15/3650750/google-nexus-4-backorder-delay
There is some really strange bias going on here, though. Tech sites everywhere were putting up "Nexus 4 sells out in 20 minutes!!1" but no-one is writing "Google really fucked up" articles. Had Apple had a launch as poor as this one, we wouldn't hear the end of it, but everyone seems to be giving Google a free pass.
This 'editorial' was particularly bad, too -
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...nch-is-a-fantastic-sign-or-please-be-patient/
It's really weird owning this phone. I'm not an early adopter when it comes to phones so when I usually got a phone in the past there was always a ton of accessories. So I have never went without having at least a cover of some sort.
No screen protector especially feels awkward to me. I'm also considering ordering that overpriced bumper off the play store. I think I may have an OCD thing.
No screen protector especially feels awkward to me. I'm also considering ordering that overpriced bumper off the play store. I think I may have an OCD thing.
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
Yeah that article is horrible, I'm glad people are calling him out on it.
I guess it's just googles PR arm that's keeping the articles at bay, I just wish they would say specifically when new orders will be ale to be placed again. I'm so close to keeping my iPhone 5, and I think I would do, if I hadn't used the Nexus 4 already
If anyone in the UK has got two 16gb orders by accident ill take one off your hands for £320. I can't use this shitty Nokia 6230 anymore!!!
Cheers
The Faceless Master
Member
if prices are still that high when you get yours, you could sell the N4 and have enough money to buy both once the price settles and switch between the two at your leisure.
I don't recall many, if any, articles when the MacBook Pro with retina was backordered this summer. Likewise many carriers had their iPhone5 orders backordered just a few weeks. 'Botched' launches are the norm rather the exception. Just look at the Lumia 920 or HTC 8X launch for example.
onlyindreams
Banned
Still not a single update since i placed my order