I'm trying to guide her into whatsapp messenger. It's got the equivalent of her oh-so-important read receipt feature.
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I'm trying to guide her into whatsapp messenger. It's got the equivalent of her oh-so-important read receipt feature.
Michael
I'm trying to guide her into whatsapp messenger. It's got the equivalent of her oh-so-important read receipt feature.
Michael
I didn't see the whatsapp messenger app when I searched the app store yesterday...
Had mine for a full 24 hours now, im lovin it. jellybean 4.2 is something else. I was an early adopter of the G1, and the Nexus One. This is a huge upgrade since then i am coming off the iphone 4.
As a mobile device this thing is superb, right now ive only had 1 charging cycle on my phone and i forgot and left GPS on, it has lasted me thru the day, im going to give the phone about a week before i completely judge the battery as when i first got my iP4 the first week i was killing it by the end of the day due to it being new and me playing with it so much.
Only thing i say i miss form iOS is the notifications on the lock screen that came up, also how every app looks a bit polished. Some of the android apps are still pretty choppy as all of them have not been coded for jellybean just yet like whatsapp being one of the, scrolling is horrendous on it. All in all, all main apps are smooth all google apps are smooth and the whole ui is finally smooth what i been waiting for. I am a frame whore even on the PC when gaming.
The camera is pretty decent, i dont think its the best, like someone said low light its meh, but anything with daylight it handles pretty fine. love all the features in the camera section though.
For the money and the phone that it is, the pros out weigh the cons every time.
As a mobile device this thing is superb, right now ive only had 1 charging cycle on my phone and i forgot and left GPS on, it has lasted me thru the day, im going to give the phone about a week before i completely judge the battery as when i first got my iP4 the first week i was killing it by the end of the day due to it being new and me playing with it so much.
Only thing i say i miss form iOS is the notifications on the lock screen that came up, also how every app looks a bit polished. Some of the android apps are still pretty choppy as all of them have not been coded for jellybean just yet like whatsapp being one of the, scrolling is horrendous on it. All in all, all main apps are smooth all google apps are smooth and the whole ui is finally smooth what i been waiting for. I am a frame whore even on the PC when gaming.
The camera is pretty decent, i dont think its the best, like someone said low light its meh, but anything with daylight it handles pretty fine. love all the features in the camera section though.
For the money and the phone that it is, the pros out weigh the cons every time.
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Finally received the device, beautiful device , everything is great so far with the exception of the Camera took shots with an iPhone 4S and the Nexus , iPhone 4S trumps :/
It's there.... I have it for iOS. Well I have had it for about a year but I'm sure it is still there. I am installing on my N4 now.
OK just tested between my iPhone 4S and N4... whatsapp working fine!
Mike
A few things, coming from an iPhone 4S.
Sound
Without a doubt the speakerphone is both louder and (much) clearer than my iPhone 4S. I would say the earpiece speaker volume is on par with my iPhone 4S, which I thought was pretty loud--maybe N4 is a touch louder. But for sure it is a clearer sound. I thought the back speaker would be bad for speaker phone but it so far has not been. Even when lying on its back it didn't seem to get muffled. Sound volume was a concern based on some reviews so this was good news for me.
Navigation Buttons
I was concerned they were stealing screen real estate from the nice big LCD. While they do do that, they have gone away by videos and pics. That said, coming from iOS I had not realized how nice they are to have--especially back. I had planned to root and get rid of them--and use gestures to replace 'em. I am not as inclined to do that now. Still, I wish more apps would remove them (the few games I downloaded so far leave them on-screen). But in essence, I was worried over something that is not a big deal.
Web Browsing
I had pretty much looked at it as a painful experience on my iPhone. While the Nexus 4 would certainly not be my favorite web browsing device the experience has gone from "I hope I don't need to be in Safari long" to a much more pleasant experience. Everything just seems clearer and easier to read... even in portrait.
Michael
Sound
Without a doubt the speakerphone is both louder and (much) clearer than my iPhone 4S. I would say the earpiece speaker volume is on par with my iPhone 4S, which I thought was pretty loud--maybe N4 is a touch louder. But for sure it is a clearer sound. I thought the back speaker would be bad for speaker phone but it so far has not been. Even when lying on its back it didn't seem to get muffled. Sound volume was a concern based on some reviews so this was good news for me.
Navigation Buttons
I was concerned they were stealing screen real estate from the nice big LCD. While they do do that, they have gone away by videos and pics. That said, coming from iOS I had not realized how nice they are to have--especially back. I had planned to root and get rid of them--and use gestures to replace 'em. I am not as inclined to do that now. Still, I wish more apps would remove them (the few games I downloaded so far leave them on-screen). But in essence, I was worried over something that is not a big deal.
Web Browsing
I had pretty much looked at it as a painful experience on my iPhone. While the Nexus 4 would certainly not be my favorite web browsing device the experience has gone from "I hope I don't need to be in Safari long" to a much more pleasant experience. Everything just seems clearer and easier to read... even in portrait.
Michael
If you're looking for some apps to try, check out the following:
- AirDroid
- Chess Free (if you're into puzzle games, the developer has a large variety of them)
- Chrome to Phone (useful for sending links from your desktop to your phone)
- Catch Notes
- Most Google apps
- MX Player
- Nova or Apex or ADW or Go Launcher (Go launcher is a bit old and looks outdated but has a lot functions)
- Kingsoft Office
- ezPDF reader
- Poweramp
- Solid Explorer
- SketchBook Mobile Express (They have other good apps also)
These are some of my favorites. If you want to see more apps that follow the Holo guidelines (in other words look good), check out these links:
Holo Everywhere
Android niceties
You'll probably eventually want to root your phone also.
- AirDroid
- Chess Free (if you're into puzzle games, the developer has a large variety of them)
- Chrome to Phone (useful for sending links from your desktop to your phone)
- Catch Notes
- Most Google apps
- MX Player
- Nova or Apex or ADW or Go Launcher (Go launcher is a bit old and looks outdated but has a lot functions)
- Kingsoft Office
- ezPDF reader
- Poweramp
- Solid Explorer
- SketchBook Mobile Express (They have other good apps also)
These are some of my favorites. If you want to see more apps that follow the Holo guidelines (in other words look good), check out these links:
Holo Everywhere
Android niceties
You'll probably eventually want to root your phone also.
Loving 4.2, but the lockscreen widgets are completely useless in their current state. The feature seems unfinished and redundant. It also makes the lockscreen UI very awkward to use.
Loving the 16:10 ratio, it definitely helps with the loss of screen due to the navi buttons!
Once developers start making widgets for the lockscreen, it should become more useful. Is it true that you can only have one widget per lockscreen, not matter what it's size is? If so, I really hope that Google will fix this in a minor update soon, rather than in the next OS.
Thats exactly why this feature is useless or seems unfinished. Also, I'm claiming it is redundant b/c it's just dumb to swipe to my other widgets when I can just enter my PIN to access the rest of my phone.
Also, I can see where lockscreen widgets would have been useful on an iPhone b/c you wake to the lockscreen regardless if the PIN lock has timed out. But on my Nexus 4 I don't get the lockscreen every time I wake the phone!
PS, battery actually performed better than expected, but will post results after a few cycles. At the end of the day it still had juice, not like I thought around noon when it was nearly half depleted from just texts and emails.
There are uses for it. Typing a pin is somewhat tedious. If you just quickly need to see your timetable or calendar, this could be pretty useful.
That is strange. Are you using a pin or just slide to unlock.
How well does the phone integrate social
Networks like Facebook and twitter compared to iOS 6? That was one of the biggest improvements the iPhone received and it is flawless IMO.
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It's the damn habtic feedback
Networks like Facebook and twitter compared to iOS 6? That was one of the biggest improvements the iPhone received and it is flawless IMO.
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As it turns out, I can turn off vibrating keys. I just didn't know where to find the setting at first. I looked in Sounds and it's in Input. Learning curve.
It's the damn habtic feedback
I'm sorry but I don't really use FB or Twitter, someone else will be able to give a better critique than I could.
I don't use Facebook but the way Android applications can hook into the share button throughout the OS, anything can be shared with any other third party applications.
Highlight text in Chrome, hit share and that text can be sent to various sources like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, SMS, Email, Google Docs, Evernote.
Browsing a webpage in the browser? Once again, hit share and send it to Facebook, twitter, Google plus, email, SMS or add to Pocket or instapaper.
In the gallery? Hit share and send your latest snap to Facebook Google plus, twitter, instagram, drop box, Google drive, skydrive...
You are only limited by whichever third party applications you have installed and it goes way beyond basic Facebook and twitter sharing.
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I see from iFixit's teardown that the device does indeed have a LTE chipset, but seemingly it's disabled in software ? Wonder how long it will be before modders get a rom working with LTE enabled ?
ChazUk thanks for highlighting that feature. It's One of the best features of android that I miss whenever I start using iOS
THANK YOU for those links!! It's good to know that they are designers and developers that like to make ascetically pleasing apps for android.
THANK YOU for those links!! It's good to know that they are designers and developers that like to make ascetically pleasing apps for android.
This could lead to something special if it is only software disabled.
I think that it lacks the antenna and the amplifier
I had an iPhone 5 and prefer the N4, I am currently comparing it to the SGS3 which I have, but TBH, you can only decide when you have tried the N4 for yourself once it arrives, both are superb phones (IMHO)
Something I am also wondering, but think it will vary for everyone. While I am waiting for the N4 to arrive, I am noticing more and more how everything works great on the iphone5
How is that not bad? Less than 2 hours of screen on usage and only 53% left?
This is my 5. I haven't listened to music or anything, that's all screen-on time.
