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Just tried out Nexus 4 for a week - but sticking with iPhone 5
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Wow, great I remember a time when my credit rating was in the upper 700s scores but not anymore, now tmobile is asking me for a $400 deposit can u imagine. My best Beto try this phone out is to buy it directly from google. Thank you for letting me know, now I know the tmobile version comes unlocked too.
Yea I was surprised that it was unlocked as well but at the same time, it is unbranded meaning there are no T-Mobile marks anywhere on the phone, just like what you get on one purchased through Google.
Yeah it should be the same exact same unbranded model sold by google. At least the big G doesn't lock them like Apple does at Apple store when selling them under contract. How much cool wouldn't it be if Apple sold their contract iPhones unlocked as well. Mine right now cost me $801 (taxes included) when I first bought it on a credit card at apple store.
I now think paying for such a device is insane, but with alternatives like the nexus4 I would be saving quite some bucks.
I now think paying for such a device is insane, but with alternatives like the nexus4 I would be saving quite some bucks.
Depends, for me on Rogers LTE is a must. The 3G bands in major downtown areas are so saturated that data becomes unusable. Same goes with sporting events, concerts, etc. LTE has way more bandwith and always works.
That may change in the future as more people get on LTE, but for now, it provides much more usability. Not just because of donwload and upload speeds.
I agree on all that you said. Someone at my job last night said that I am now stuck in a new contract but in the next two years, I would have still had a cell phone no matter who I was with. This way, I get a great phone and on a network that IS amazingly fast compared to AT&Ts 3G.
The Nexus 4 that I got for free is the 16GB model.
If my Android-based devices could get the same battery life as my comparable iOS devices, I'd be all-Android in a heartbeat. Battery level is something that I've pretty much forgotten about since making iOS devices my primary ones.
I find that Google likes to add lots of features to android but never truly work quite as you'd expect. For example: Google Now is a useful feature that allowed me to quickly see stuff around as well as update weather, however it kept turning on my GPS and caused my battery to die at around 8-10 hours of very light use. Turning off GPS brought my battery life at 70% at 8-10 hours.
Also Android beam over NFC is so limited in use. I kept trying to transfer my videos from my galaxy nexus to my nexus 4 but I couldn't get them to transfer, however I did get some of the pictures to transfer, thought not all.
It seems to me that Google is checking off boxes rather then truly features.
From my experience at least.
Also Android beam over NFC is so limited in use. I kept trying to transfer my videos from my galaxy nexus to my nexus 4 but I couldn't get them to transfer, however I did get some of the pictures to transfer, thought not all.
It seems to me that Google is checking off boxes rather then truly features.
From my experience at least.
I'm pretty sure they have a bootleg iPhone keyboard on the Google play store somewhere.
yes they both suck. swiftkey was terrible. Ive tried them all on my note ii and none are better IMO that the iphone. cut and paste on android is impossible as well
I'm just the opposite. Cut and paste works well on my EVO, but it jerks a fattyhead on my iPad.
Swift key is in no way terrible it is regarded as a great keyboard, RIM even licensed the tech for there latest phones.