Hey guys, I finally got my nexus 4 on the 21st. I'm coming off of an iPhone 3GS. Note that I also don't have cellular data, I'm a student, I can't really afford it and I have wifi basically everywhere I go.
So far I'm very impressed, the build quality is good very comparable to an Apple product, maybe the only thing is that the volume and wake buttons feel a bit loose for a new product, but not by a lot, the phone feels solid. I'm kind of afraid I'll shatter the back of the phone and I'm considering getting a case for it. I was hoping the back would be replaceable like on the iPhone 4 and get a plastic or aluminium back but it seems like the NFC and speakers are part of it. Kind of a shame.
My main reason for dropping my iPhone was the speed, camera and my headphone jack was starting to give me trouble. Boy am I impressed by the Nexus, damn it's fast, web page open like I'm using a desktop (well close enough). No problem switching between apps. The price of getting a new iPhone was putting me off and the restrictions Apple puts are starting to get to me as well.
So far, I'm loving android. For me at least it's much better than iOS. I can make it the way I want (not that different from how I got the phone) and it's quite intuitive. The play store might not have as much apps as the app store but so far I've managed to get very good apps to cover my bases. I was afraid they'd look dodgy and not be intuitive but so far it's all been good.
The camera app is something I'm really digging, the settings are easy to change and they made a good choice of what's available. What's really blowing me away is the editing software that's built into the camera apps. I'm an amateur photographer so I know my way around those tools and it's great to have them built in and not have to bounce between a bunch of apps. You can take a decent shot then with about a minute of editing you can really bring it to the next level (especially with curves). The camera itself obviously blows my 3gs' out of the water and from what I understand might be a bit worse than most other flagship phones. However it's doing great with good lighting though I must agree that it gets very noisy in low light.
I thought I'd share as I know many on this forum are considering going from an iPhone to an android device. The nexus 4 might be a good choice for lots. The limited capacity might but off quite a few and I can understand. I prefer it to my friend's S3, I personally hate the look of OLED displays and I think TouchWiz is kind of ugly. So far, there's nothing I'm missing from Apple...