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LG Nexus 4 announced. Google's next reference smartphone |
Caspa
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I don't even think it was in the thousands, and if it was, definitely the low ones!
They really should have taken pre-orders to gauge interest at least, annoyingly you can't even order now and have it go on backorder. There is no longer a notify me link on the page either so you just have to check everyday?!?!
Guaranteed to be the same fiasco when they get more stock, annoying to say the least.
I'll just be happy when I finally have mine in my hands! |
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etaab
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I got to play with this phone surprisingly in CPW today. I didnt even contemplate them having a working unit on show.
First impressions, very nice phone, the back is a bit bland and the screen seemed really dull and colourless. The screen also seemed small which was probably all in my head.
A very nice phone but i prefer the Galaxy Nexus design from last year and my SGS3.
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Bonovox
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One review did say that the screen has low brightness on the auto setting indoors. And they said it's color is not as vibrant as Samsung for example. There is a photo in this page of inside the Nexus,it looks packed inside. Also,some people are reporting purple haze with camera. Probably nothing
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/nexus-4-battery-shot-reveals-potential-quality-issues/
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On 2012-11-16 22:05:00, Bonovox wrote:
One review did say that the screen has low brightness on the auto setting indoors.
It is the same on my Nexus 7 so maybe it has to do with the settings of Jelly Bean ... on auto brightness it is just too dark, but you can adjust it manually, 40-50% brightness will do just fine. (indoor) |
Bonovox
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OK I can't upload photo right now as am on my mobile. But I played with a Nexus 4 today in Carphone store and it is the biggest finger print magnet ever. Also it felt quite light weight too. The screen was set to maximum brightness no auto and it was rather low. It felt fast yes but also didn't feel premium. It said next to it sim free £389. I asked an assistant who said it's only on contract right now
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Bonovox
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Nexus 4 tear down
http://mblog.gsmarena.com/nexus-4-gets-a-teardown/
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Bonovox
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Phone?? What phone?? |
Supa_Fly
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Supposedly a 7-Band(!) LTE chip is left dormant from the manufacturing process! Oh Goodiee Gummdrops!
Qualcomm WTR1605L Seven-Band 4G LTE chip
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That is incredible  Google have this habit of not telling us about all the features in their phone and OS, lol, some of these things have to be discovered by reviewers and users. Sad its just going to sit there and not be of any use.
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Bonovox
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Maybe hackers might get it to work
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rickster2kuk
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For the price, this is a bit of a no-brainer if your in the market for a smartphone.
It's amazing to think that LG will be selling this for almost double what Google are subsidising it for.
Reviews have been very good although two things have stuck out for me; poor battery life and from the numerous camera samples I've seen from the device, the 8mp camera is mediocre at best and should be better.
I do think that the battery issue is to do with JB - my GS3 on JB seems to run the battery down more than ICS. |
Bonovox
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Many new phones have poor battery anyway and are improved with updates. But in my photo Carphone price is £389 as they refused to sell it at that price of £239/£279. But I guess if they don't start selling them they may back down with the price. Lets see what new year January sales bring 
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etaab
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Its a steal at £389 imo.
To think only 9 years ago, the same money bought a sim free SE T610.
So what you get for your money these days is much better.
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it's amazing the initial shock of no LTE from the Android faithful commity at large had, then the quickness of the sweeping forgives leading to purchases. You'd see no forgiveness of iPhone 4S not having LTE from them just a few months ago - even to the point of rallying some kind of consumers act revolt. Still this is a solid device which I've stated all along; Nexus 4. Now we see open eyes to the likes of LG's current product lineup, even from the globally renowned android reviewers.
PS: Why the need for an 8GB?! pricing cannot and doesn't look that significant for an 8>16GB version. I really hope Google/LG produce a 32GB version and SOON!
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Caspa
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Still waiting for more stock... sigh... |
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Posted: 2012-11-14 21:50
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