Ruthless_Barbarian
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Yeah should be sufficient, unless she wants to load a lot of music.
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Nexus 5 |OT|
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antiquegamer
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Thanks, how is the camera? Has it improve since launch? She does take a lot of photo.
ThatObviousUser
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Told you you bought the wrong color.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Vastly improved after the update, though iso levels are still on the higher side.
Wha? How the heck did that happen? The word NEXUS feels like it's engraved on the back, how can if fall off??
antiquegamer
Member
Thanks for all the help, battery issue is worrying though, especially for my daughter.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
As much as I love the new red, my replacement will still be white. Way classier than the black.
No idea. But there's a sticker in the engraving. I have no idea where mine went.
Arrowgigantic
Member
You probably have a camera app that triggered a bug that makes the camera daemon run continuously. The only thing to do until Google fixes the bug is to power cycle the phone.
yep you are right. i think this happened when i downloaded a flashlight app. fuck
so nothing that can be done? will just have to power cycle?
Arrowgigantic
Member
Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it does that's the only thing to recover from it, yes.yep you are right. i think this happened when i downloaded a flashlight app. fuck
so nothing that can be done? will just have to power cycle?
My black n5 arrived last week and came with 4.4.2 installed.
Little Green Yoda
Member
Guys, is the travel adapter supposed to be really warm when charging? I don't want to somehow kill my phone or start an electrical fire so I've switched to using my older phone's adapter for now. Looked on both and it looks like the N5's adapter has a higher output (1200 vs 850 mA) so that just means the older adapter will charge more slowly, right?
Correct.
The power brick does get pretty warm though. Unless it's at the point of too hot to touch, I wouldn't worry too much.
Nexus 5 came yesterday at lunch, amazing turn around time!
Loving it so far, the pure Android experience is a breath of fresh air after being stuck on TouchWiz for the past 18 months.
Just can't believe how smooth and fast everything is, especially app switching.
Battery has been pretty amazing so far, first proper test today and it's going way better than my Galaxy SIII ever could
1 hour of screen time in that so far.
Loving it so far, the pure Android experience is a breath of fresh air after being stuck on TouchWiz for the past 18 months.
Just can't believe how smooth and fast everything is, especially app switching.
Battery has been pretty amazing so far, first proper test today and it's going way better than my Galaxy SIII ever could
1 hour of screen time in that so far.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Do a speed test on 4G - the nexus 5 4G speeds are considerably better than samsung and iphone 4G speeds, not sure why but that's what I've seen so far.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
I get double that on Telstra 4G
Little Green Yoda
Member
Ok, good to hear that it's somewhat normal. I may just stick with the weaker adapter since I tend to charge my phone while I sleep anyway so the speed difference is negligible to me.
Neverender
Member
This is kind of stupid, but could you post your tracking info if you still have access to it? Ordered mine on Sunday afternoon and I'm really excited for it, want to get a rough idea when I'll receive it. I'm just outside Melbourne.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
I've ordered from Google play about 5 times, 2 days delivery every time. You will have it tomorrow.
RaySpencer
Member
I want to get a mount for in my car, what do you guys recommend? I have the lg quick case on my phone, so it adds a little bulk too.
Do they have cases that also have wireless charging? That would be amazing.
Do they have cases that also have wireless charging? That would be amazing.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
I've got my N5 decked out in the 'Storm Trooper' edition Spigen Slim Armor with the 9H Nano Glass on top... so sexy it hurts my pocket sheath.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Links to teh case please.
The price of the official wireless charger seems absurd to me but the concept intrigues me as a gadget addict.
I ordered 3 similar charging pads from China for 12 bucks a piece. I'll be happy to post my impressions when they finally get here.
Honestly, it's really nice. I paid around $35 for a third party one and am really happy with it.
Doesn't seem like much, but not having to plug in a cable is nice.
ThatObviousUser
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Coppy turned me onto one that was like $18 and it's awesome. Only annoying part is it beeps every time you drop the phone onto it, but sometimes it's sorta helpful.
It's a nice feature for when you reach over when laying in bed to charge your phone and want to know if it's positioned right!
jetpacks was yes
Member
I'm really leaning towards getting this phone, but the battery life comments make me a little scared. That and the limited storage.
I've just moved to tmobile from sprint and I'll be moving up from a Galaxy S3. Would you guys recommend I get a Moto G to hold me over until the end of the year and then upgrade to whatever affordable device comes next from Motorola or Google, or just get a Nexus 5 and be content with that for two years? I definitely won't be able to upgrade for another couple years if I get a Nexus 5 now.
I've just moved to tmobile from sprint and I'll be moving up from a Galaxy S3. Would you guys recommend I get a Moto G to hold me over until the end of the year and then upgrade to whatever affordable device comes next from Motorola or Google, or just get a Nexus 5 and be content with that for two years? I definitely won't be able to upgrade for another couple years if I get a Nexus 5 now.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
The new Play services update seems to have fixed the battery issue and gps accuracy issues, among other fixes.
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
Damn, I had to tame the beast. I bought a bright red 32GB to replace my black 32GB that my dog smashed... and dear god, the pictures don't do justice to just how bright that red is. Super bright neon red. It was making my eyes bug out haha! I like the colour, but it was so in your face, I had to take it down a notch.
So I skinned it, put on a cheap ebay clear-red bumper case and it is sexy! Black carbon fiber skin with the red NEXUS lettering/borders. Yummy.
So I skinned it, put on a cheap ebay clear-red bumper case and it is sexy! Black carbon fiber skin with the red NEXUS lettering/borders. Yummy.
Jzero
Member
It's not even red, it's orange. I was like "fuck..." when i first opened mine.
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
Yeah no kidding, that was my reaction when I opened it as well.
I wouldn't say it's orange, but it's definitely got some orange in it. It's like a psychadelic, neon, orange-red.
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
A couple more pics, just with the skin. Makes the red phone look a lot better, when it's not so blindingly neon.
I'm gonna be switching from an iPhone 5 to this phone over the weekend, and I'm kinda overwhelmed with the transition..
My wife had one of the old droid phones 3-4 years ago, and I know back then some sort of security/anti-virus(?) type app was recommended - is that still the case?
I've also seen a lot of people recommend an app called greenify to help manage the battery; does anyone have any experience with that?
And any other tips or recommendations would be appreciated!
My wife had one of the old droid phones 3-4 years ago, and I know back then some sort of security/anti-virus(?) type app was recommended - is that still the case?
I've also seen a lot of people recommend an app called greenify to help manage the battery; does anyone have any experience with that?
And any other tips or recommendations would be appreciated!
Jayayess1190
Member
No antivirus is needed. And Greenify is nice, but you need to be rooted to take full advantage of it. Once you get the fun just play around with it and get the hang of it, and check out the apps thread.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Just use the phone first instead of trying to immediately muck around with it.
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
So apparently the Blackberry Z30 is currently winning the final round vs the Nexus 5 at TechnoBuffalo's Reader's Choice - Best Smartphone! Haha. (Jesus, the discussions sound like Crackberry flooding).
People are saying BlackBerry tweeted to get support to win! Billions well spent BB! 4th place worldwide but a possible TB win!
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2014/03/22/readers-choice-best-smartphone-blackberry-z30-vs-lg-nexus-5-mobile-madness/#comments
People are saying BlackBerry tweeted to get support to win! Billions well spent BB! 4th place worldwide but a possible TB win!
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2014/03/22/readers-choice-best-smartphone-blackberry-z30-vs-lg-nexus-5-mobile-madness/#comments
The Faceless Master
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thanks! voted for the Z30. the Nexus 5 beating the G2 is a joke.
Why? The G2 has only had Kitkat for a week.
Tenacious-V
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For built in hardware, I don't disagree with you. G2 has the better camera and bigger battery. In terms of phone aesthetics I'll take the Nexus 5. And for software experience, I'll take the Nexus 5 and Google's vanilla Android over LG's monstrosity any day.
So I guess I agree with the Nexus 5 beating the G2.
hitsugi
Member
The G2 outclasses the N5 in just about every way possible. People are capable of obtaining KitKat with about a billion different roms.
The Faceless Master
Member
Or just using Jellybean. What is so great about KitKat that it outweighs all of the G2's benefits vs the Nexus 5 anyway?
The simple fact it is much better supported. The software is crucial in a smartphone and one area where Android struggles.
I honestly don't see what makes the G2 so much better. The camera is a wash with the same sensor size and OIS apart from LG's software which ironically is much better. Battery we all know is 30% larger, but other than that the Nexus 5 is smaller and much cheaper with the same specs apart from the battery and some minor differences.