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I'm mulling a switch to Sprint basically and I'm considering a Nexus S 4G when I come across, anything special I need to know? Tell me some pros and cons, just wanting to make a good purchase.
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Pros: stock gingerbread, samoled is amazing, sexy formfactor body, easy to root.
If your going to root we have a pretty good section of roms, mostly aosp. Go check out the dev section if you wanna get the down low.
Cons: some users have issues with signal reception but mine is rather good, some people don't like the plastic body, samoled sucks up battery if is up too high for too long.
But the only opinion that matters is your own, btw if you don't like it you can return it and get an evo if you like that better.
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How common is the signal issue and I've heard wifi has issues?
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I haven't ever noticed problems with reception during calls or on WiFi
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chewbz said:
samoled sucks up battery if is up too high for too long.
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I agree with everything except this. Samoled uses a good bit less power than LCD technology does.
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And blacks on the samoled screen are the blackest you'll ever get on any screen. It's as if its not even there....
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fraspas said:
And blacks on the samoled screen are the blackest you'll ever get on any screen. It's as if its not even there....
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Because that's how it works. The pixels are almost in the off state for black.
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I've never kept my phone the higtest setting for the whole day, I'm always on auto, I just guessed that it would suck up more battery than in normal use. Never tested aganist an LCD screen so ..... lol but I've heard different stories about battery life between LCD vs samoled screen so hmmm I don't know >.<
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Yes, samoled does use less power then an lcd if you avoid white color
Just got a nexus s 4g yesterday. Like it so far. Bit when I woke up this morning the screen looked like it was a much lower resolution. Looks like little dots on every line etc.
Grabbed my wife's evo and her icons look much smoother as I can not see this on hers at all.
Anyone else see anything similiar? It kind of looks like stipulation if that makes any sense (using colored dots to make a picture).
Any comments ate appreciated.
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If you look very close at the screen it looks pixilated but from a decent distance it should look great, I had an evo before the nexus and IMO the nexus screen is worlds better than the evo.
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scoobdude said:
Just got a nexus s 4g yesterday. Like it so far. Bit when I woke up this morning the screen looked like it was a much lower resolution. Looks like little dots on every line etc.
Grabbed my wife's evo and her icons look much smoother as I can not see this on hers at all.
Anyone else see anything similiar? It kind of looks like stipulation if that makes any sense (using colored dots to make a picture).
Any comments ate appreciated.
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That's how amoled screens are. Read up a little on the difference between LCD and amoled and you'll see that the amoled has less pixels, making it less clear than LCD.
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I am new to this type of screen so just wanted to make sure my phone was OK. Thanks for the input guys and if you have any links to send please do.
P.s. I read the previous AOMLED screens were worse due to sub pixel layout.
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scoobdude said:
I am new to this type of screen so just wanted to make sure my phone was OK. Thanks for the input guys and if you have any links to send please do.
P.s. I read the previous AOMLED screens were worse due to sub pixel layout.
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Ours does use the worse pentile matrix sub pixel layout. Its the newer SAMOLED Plus that doesn't.
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Lots of people have their nexus now. For the rest of us, what are your overall impressions.
Great, good, average, could be better. You get the idea.
I've heard people complain about the touchscreen sensitivity. It bothers me that USB otg is lacking. Don't know if that will ever be fixed.
I love nexus devices. Had the g nexus, have the nexus 7, and I've loved those. Will I love this device?
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if you loved your gnex, you'll love the n4. its basically the same phone but faster & smoother. the screen is nice (better than the gnex) but imo not as great as the HOX. touch response is great for me, sound is better, all in all its a very nice phone. you won't be disappointed.
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I went from an Atrix 2 -> N4.
Faster, smoother, less buggy. Faster. Snappier. Smoother. Sexier. Smoother.
There's a trend there.
I like what I'm hearing. Wish otg was going to happen
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Can someone please take a post a video of the camera app in action. Not of a video, but video of pictures being taken. I'm interested in the camera action/quickness. With or without flash, etc.
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Why or why not, please explain.
Go!
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This is my first nexus device so I can't really answer your question but I know the nexus 4 blows all the android devices on ATT out of the water.
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I like this phone more than my gnex except for not having a removable battery. It's much faster than both of my last 2 phones.
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Yeah, I am perfectly happy with the Nexus 4 as well.
Initially didnt intend to upgrade from the Galaxy Nexus, but then that one died a painful, painful death on a Bar Counter.
Couldn't be happier, it feels extremely solid and is fast as hell. With the custom kernels out there you get the battery to get you through the day, I dont need anything else.
I have had the Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus and now the N4. Hands down it is a better device. It feels like a premium device, rock solid with no squeaks etc.
You can keep holding out for better devices, but then you will never buy one! Bigger and better phones are always around the corner.
Besides, the differences now are so small, it really doesn't make sense to wait.
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yeah definetely.
had the Galaxy Nexus, and altough I really liked, it doesnt feel like the N4.. and once you have the N4. the GN with that plastic back starts to look like a cheap cell
Im using my gnex while my N4 is charging and yes the N4 feels superior than my gnex, way faster too... The N4 is the best Nexus to date!
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Best device I've used.
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I miss the curved screen on my GNex. Otherwise I'm very happy to have made the upgrade. There isn't anything I have thrown at this phone which it can't handle.
I have owned all of the Nexi except the Nexus S.
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I ask because this is the only nexus I've owned and I think I'll only replace it with another nexus. I came from a galaxy s 4g so yes my nexus is much faster, I like the feel of the custom roms the utility of the phone.
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Best for me and I always prefer the latest Nexus!
I have actually owned the original Nexus One, Nexus S, and the Galaxy Nexus, and now the Nexus 4.
My top 2 choices would have to be the HTC One, but the N4 is the best with the Nexus S being 4th place.
I've had every nexus phone and it's my personal favorite and objectively the best all around Nexus device.
I do miss the car dock for the Nexus One though, who do we have to kill to get an inductive charging bluetooth car dock for the N4?
I've owned the nexus one, galaxy nexus and now the N4.
N4 gives me the same feel as the nexus one did when I first go it. Mainly "WOW. THIS IS AMAZING." Something that the GN couldn't do. Perhaps it's my samsung hatred.
But yeah, the N4 is by far the best nexus i've ever had.
Yeah it is. But Nexus One blew my mind when it came out. So to me its the best
This being my 3rd Nexus of course it is :good::good::good::good::good::good:
After tinkering with the nexus 4 wih custom roms, kernals, tweaks. I have yet to find a solution to fix the responsiveness of the screen. I have gone theough 3 nexus devices so far. The first nexus had issues with speaker producing static sounds, second device had a malfunctioming screen , third drvice has 2 dead pixels. Okay, so I guess LG has serious quality control issues. But the responsiveness of the screen has been terrible on all the nexus devices I have had, even with the roll back screen driver available. Just a simple comparison to the galaxy s3 shows how weak the responsiveness on the nexus 4 really is.
How is the screen responsiveness on your nexus 4? And what had you done to improve it?
daudster said:
After tinkering with the nexus 4 wih custom roms, kernals, tweaks. I have yet to find a solution to fix the responsiveness of the screen. I have gone theough 3 nexus devices so far. The first nexus had issues with speaker producing static sounds, second device had a malfunctioming screen , third drvice has 2 dead pixels. Okay, so I guess LG has serious quality control issues. But the responsiveness of the screen has been terrible on all the nexus devices I have had, even with the roll back screen driver available. Just a simple comparison to the galaxy s3 shows how weak the responsiveness on the nexus 4 really is.
How is the screen responsiveness on your nexus 4? And what had tou done to improve it?
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It was good, but after upgrading to a 4.3 custom rom it has hugely improved. Sad for you having this problem.
4.3 ROMs are much snappier and the screen is just too good.
I've always disliked the lack of responsiveness of the touchscreen on this phone. Every time I use my girlfriend's Galaxy Nexus it feels significantly better. I do have to admit that I missed that screen. The transition from gnex to n4 was weird in terms of color and touch
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My nexus 4 has no touch responsivness issues neither on 4.2 nor 4.3.
As for my old galaxy nexus, there is a whole thread about touch sensitivity droping, and only fix was turning screen OFF then back ON. My gnex suffered from that and it was really annoying especially when typing
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TwinkyOfHope said:
I've always disliked the lack of responsiveness of the touchscreen on this phone. Every time I use my girlfriend's Galaxy Nexus it feels significantly better. I do have to admit that I missed that screen. The transition from gnex to n4 was weird in terms of color and touch
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When I got my nexus4 it a sort of downgrade in touch respond. And I came from a Galaxy s. Im used to it now and 4.3 is better but gnex just feels better
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I found that the upgrade to 4.3 caused a big improvement in touch responsiveness.
I'm pretty surprised they have built the screen in this manner. Try using a stylus on the the nexus 4, it doesn't even register until you press it down. Even my old nexus s had a much more responsive screen. Its pretty dissapointing , good overall phone bottlenecked by a weak display.
daudster said:
I'm pretty surprised they have built the screen in this manner. Try using a stylus on the the nexus 4, it doesn't even register until you press it down. Even my old nexus s had a much more responsive screen. Its pretty dissapointing , good overall phone bottlenecked by a weak display.
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Dude chill. Its only $350. Mine has no such problems whatsoever.
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The most irritating thing for me is pinch to zoom initial delay :-\ i can't understand why no one can fix it custom Rom or sth...
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