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Anyone is disappointed who came from the N4? I am...
What's the story with the camera? I'm seeing reviews all OVER the place with that. Some say it is disappointing and not comparable to any flagship phone and is behind the times even in comparison to some mid-range phones. Other people are saying it is a huge upgrade and does great in lots of scenarios, even low-light. I'm not sure who to believe anymore.
There is a glimmer of hope, however. Representatives from the Android team say that software is to blame for the weak performance, not hardware, and reps tell me that a fix is coming to deal with the issues in the upcoming weeks. I've even seen an early build of the new software, and while it's only a minor improvement autofocus is a hair faster, but still inconsistent, and picture quality hasn't changed it's nice to see Google already at work.
Tell of your disappointment.
Might be personal, but..
1. The phone is too big for my hands. Its so stretched in length that even icons seem weird. Not even a single wallpaper looks nice on it. The N4 was perfect.
2. Google ripped me off on that original OEM bumper. Feels more a $19.99 product, but definitely not the $34.99. Makes the phone thick and bulk, and I am not the fan of holding a monster in my hands. On the other hand, the N4 OEM bumper was very nice.
3. The display. It's horrible. I am a fan of good IPS displays. It's washed, poor blacks, poor color reproduction. I've compared to my gf's iphone 5s yesterday side by side and couldn't believe how horrible the N5 display was.
4. The speaker. Whoever was in charge creating it needs to be fired. It wobbles through the whole phone. My 10 year old flip flop phone has a better quality speaker than this.
5. The Hangouts. I am not cool with two available conversations per person. The Google has created a clutter with this crap integration.
6. The phone feels very generic alike. It almost feels like that Google gave this device for devs to test it.
7. Underwhelmed by KitKat. I see pretty much no improvement except for a few updated apps.
There might be a grain of truth to this, but I vehemently disagree with the last sentence. With both my HTC and Samsung phones, I've found custom ROMs (specifically CM) to be *more* stable than the carrier ROM they shipped with.This is life with Android - you either compromise with getting a flagship like S4/One but have to live with custom skins and never getting updates. Or you compromise with getting Nexus phones, pure Google, updates (well some of the time), but the hw is definitely not as good.
You simply cannot buy the best hardware + best software on Android. Sometimes you might get lucky - able to root the phone, custom rom with everything working etc. But it will never be as stable and will not get updated either.
I think people that run these convince themselves that this is true. Threads running 50 pages long of people having problems and people still claiming it's stable and nothing's wrong with it. I used to run ROMs until I got a Nexus and realized what stable should be. I will never run a custom ROM on my phone ever again. Some are great but they all seem to come with a price in buggy operation and reliability. Every once in a while I get the itch to try something and open up threads claiming "100% working" only to see a list at the bottom of the dev's post of things that don't work. Well it's not 100% if things are still wrong. That sums up that community as a whole IMO.There might be a grain of truth to this, but I vehemently disagree with the last sentence. With both my HTC and Samsung phones, I've found custom ROMs (specifically CM) to be *more* stable than the carrier ROM they shipped with.
What's the story with the camera? I'm seeing reviews all OVER the place with that. Some say it is disappointing and not comparable to any flagship phone and is behind the times even in comparison to some mid-range phones. Other people are saying it is a huge upgrade and does great in lots of scenarios, even low-light. I'm not sure who to believe anymore.
The real deal-breaker to me is if T-Mobile will have wifi calling on it or if the community can port it over. I use that feature way too much. I know it never got ported to the N4 and there was a big bounty on xda for it but it was never fulfilled.
Not sure if that Verge writer was smoking crack or shilling for apple But if you want a pretty unbiased review of the N5 camera check this guy's video out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp6clWG-b5c&feature=c4-overview&list=UUIrrRLyFMVmmL9NDAU2obJA
EDIT: Yes he does need to shave his eyebrows.A lot.
Not sure if that Verge writer was smoking crack or shilling for apple But if you want a pretty unbiased review of the N5 camera check this guy's video out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp6clWG-b5c&feature=c4-overview&list=UUIrrRLyFMVmmL9NDAU2obJA
EDIT: Yes he does need to shave his eyebrows.A lot.
Verge writer is definitely not smoking crack or shilling for apple. What he said about the camera and battery life, I agree with him. Except I just don't see how this phone is google's answer for apple nor a flagship phone.
I think people that run these convince themselves that this is true. Threads running 50 pages long of people having problems and people still claiming it's stable and nothing's wrong with it. I used to run ROMs until I got a Nexus and realized what stable should be. I will never run a custom ROM on my phone ever again. Some are great but they all seem to come with a price in buggy operation and reliability. Every once in a while I get the itch to try something and open up threads claiming "100% working" only to see a list at the bottom of the dev's post of things that don't work. Well it's not 100% if things are still wrong. That sums up that community as a whole IMO.
Your mileage may vary but that's been my experience.
So I'm at school. I had my N5 shipped home. I paid for the phone with my own money. What happens? My father doesn't even give me the pleasure of unboxing it myself.
So I'm at school. I had my N5 shipped home. I paid for the phone with my own money. What happens? My father doesn't even give me the pleasure of unboxing it myself.
Google Nexus 5 review
http://bgr.com/2013/11/06/google-nexus-5-review/
The battery life: Many Android fans were saddened when the Nexus 5′s specs leaked and the phone was discovered to have a 2,300 mAh battery. They were right to be upset.
Battery life is definitely one of the Nexus 5′s weakest attributes. I have only spent a few days with the phone so far but its battery has not impressed me. It struggled to carry me through a full day of moderate usage that included some email, some music streaming, plenty of Twitter checking and Feedly reading, a few phone calls, some Netflix streaming and other miscellaneous use.
Ill update this review if anything changes after more use, but I doubt it will. Plan to pick up a few extra chargers and a car charger if you buy a Nexus 5.
Question for the owners of a N5 that I haven't seen answered anywhere: FM Radio status?
I've seen rumours of such but that was just folks looking at various manuals.
call me old school but I would like a working FM radio in my next phone, my current one has one and I use it almost daily.
I'm not saying the Nexus is stripped down, just that its hardware is not as good as the flagships, which it can't be since its much cheaper. It remains a great value.
I went from an HTC One to the Nexus, and I feel it was a worthwhile switch. Honestly, the S4 is an awful phone (in my opinion) and while I like the G2, it feels awful in hand when compared to the Nexus.
Maybe there are a ton of defective devices going out right now, but my N5 screen is on par with my One's screen. The camera is working great, too. I haven't had enough time to accurately measure battery life (nobody has). My one complaint would be the volume of the speaker. I was spoiled with the One's speakers, simple as that.
nexus 5 battery life is like on pa with likes of S4 / Z1
so just about average
Just love reading stuff like this
You had an HTC One, which to most people is still a very good device, with the best display on the market, and an amazing device. The One is a major upgrade to most other phones people are still on. Never understand why people upgrade from a phone that's only 6 months old, and still a top tier high end smartphone. Majorty of people would go crazy to have an HTC One, over their current EVO 4G, or Galaxy S3, or iPhone 4S.
You say the S4 is shit ? Uh ok I have it, and find it my favorite smartphone of all time. I returned my LG G2 for the S4, best decision I made. And before that had the Note 2, and Nexus 4, and HTC One X. And out of all of those, the S4 is the best of them all, by a long shot, with amazing battery life, lasts two days, and a gorgeous display.
I am not dissing the Nexus 5, it's a great phone. Just not the battery life I could handle for my heavy workday use. My S4 gives me 6h On Screen time, and full day use easily, from what I read the Nexus 5 is just a hair better than Nexus 4 battery life, which for me only gave 4h On Screen time on it's best days.
So is the Nexus 5 much better on battery life than the Nexus 4, in real world use ?
Confused here. People agreeing the Nexus 5 is just ok battery life, and on par with the S4 That doesn't make sense, because if the N5 gets similar battery life as the S4, then that means the Nexus 5 gets insanely good battery life.
Just ok battery life to me means Nexus 4 type battery life.
S4 battery life is in a whole other category. The Galaxy S4 battery life is closer to the great Note 2 battery life. Just amazing battery life on the S4 compared to the Nexus 4 battery life.
In my real world testing, my Wife and I both had Nexus 4's earlier this year, now we both have Galaxy S4's. The S4 battery life is night and day, shockingly better than the Nexus 4's. I can say 50% better on the S4, no joke. My S4 gets closer to my Note 2 battery life.
Just checked my Galaxy S4 battery stats, I have been off the charger since 6:30am this morning, and on the network all day, no WiFi; 33% battery left, with 16h 14m total usage, and 5h 3m On Screen time.
to me S4 felt like shit for battery life after using Note 2