Nexus 5

[jamojamo]

It wasn't The Verge itself, it was just the guy who reviewed it. He was very biased and a fanboy, The Verge could have at least gotten someone else to do it but it was just bad. I usually enjoy The Verge's reviews but this one was just the worst.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWD6O53F6yc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Oh I see, the video review was more negative sounding than the written. Didn't know they were the same guy actually


Can't wait to see what the battery life is.

 

[THE JUICEMAN]

Its most likely chrome. Installing the old AOSP browser gets rid of this issue.

Thanks.

 

[Lloydbm41]

Tap to top works system wide.

Is this an ios7 thing? I can't get iOS 7, since my iPod is 2 years old.

 

[THE JUICEMAN]

Pinch to zoom. Old way.

Double tap and slide up or down on second tap = new way

Yep I was using that on the N7. Works pretty well.

 

[blackhand1001]

Looks like even Hangouts on the Nexus 5 doesn't have a translucent nav bar....

Not every app will use it. There are definitely many apps that shouldn't use it to keep the buttons well seperated from the main content. They don't want to follow in the footsteps of iOS7 which has some major issues with giving contrast between content and controls.

 

[THE JUICEMAN]

Is this an ios7 thing? I can't get iOS 7, since my iPod is 2 years old.

Nope. It's been system wide as far as I can remember. You sure it doesn't work when you hit the clock?

 

[Oohara]

Hmm....is SMS integration in Hangouts actually awesome? Can I get my friends on iOS to get Hangouts instead of Whatsapp and not have to use two messaging apps now? Is Hangouts as good as Whatsapp?

 

[boateng]

anyone know the battery life?

 

[onthecouchagain]

Anyone else really disappointed in the nexus 5?

There was insane amount of hype about this phone. I remember people saying there might be a feature to activate google now through voice even when the phone was asleep.

It seems almost exactly the same as the nexus 4.

There are zero surprises though in the negative. Not yet anyway. We knew everything about it. How can you be disappointed by just the announcement?

Of the reviews start sucking then I'd be disappointed!

 

[strausd]

Not every app will use it. There are definitely many apps that shouldn't use it to keep the buttons well seperated from the main content. They don't want to follow in the footsteps of iOS7 which has some major issues with giving contrast between content and controls.

They showed Google Maps with a translucent nav bar. No reason to not have it in hangouts.

 

[onthecouchagain]

It is a fairly average update. In my mind, a bigger update than the 5 to 5s, but probably not as big as a 5s to a 6 will be. Somewhere in the middle.

That's cause there's not much android phones can really add unless we start going into water proofing and all those really extra features.

IPhone 6 will be big I agree but mainly because there will be no other iPhone like it. That's not necessarily a good thing to say.

 

[nfl46]

I can finally get some sleep...in a week, I'll finally have it!

 

[onthecouchagain]

The main lag I see is that scrolling doesn't track with your finger as closely as it does on iOS. Also in Chrome pinch to zoom still requires your fingers to be spaced further apart before it starts zooming than it does on iOS, and that is annoying.

Yup. I'm all for it getting closer to one to one but what it is now is hardly as big of a deal as people make it out to be. Its ultimately negligible and imperceptible after a while.

 

[torana355]

Just ordered the Black 32gb. Time to put my Nexus 4 into retirement as my new spare phone.

 

[onthecouchagain]

Quote from Josh on the Vergecast just a moment ago, "this isn't a review but if it was, I'd say this is not a very good camera." He followed it up by saying the shots he was taking simultaneously with his Moto X were far better.

Major bummer! This does not bode well.

 

[gotluck]

Major bummer! This does not bode well.

Well is this before or after the moto x firmware update that apparently greatly improved the camera?

 

[strausd]

That's cause there's not much android phones can really add unless we start going into water proofing and all those really extra features.

IPhone 6 will be big I agree but mainly because there will be no other iPhone like it. That's not necessarily a good thing to say.

There is a lot more this phone could have added. Larger battery and better camera being the most obvious. And of course having a water and dust resistant phone would be amazing.

 

[Lava Lamp Freak]

Someone on XDA says that they just got a shipping email with a tracking number. It seems like they shipped pretty quickly last year too. Mine still says 11/8.

 

[strausd]

Someone on XDA says that they just got a shipping email with a tracking number. It seems like they shipped pretty quickly last year too. Mine still says 11/8.

Did they say what time they ordered?

 

[rillrill]

Major bummer! This does not bode well.

yeah but dude its $350 US. what did you expect? spend the extra $300 and buy an iphone 5s if yr looking for the best camera.

 

[Lava Lamp Freak]

Did they say what time they ordered?

One person said it was ordered at 11:01. I assume they meant Pacific time. Since then several others have said they've also got shipping notifications with tracking numbers.

 

[Oletros]

Major bummer! This does not bode well.

https://plus.google.com/+AnirudhDewani/posts/c5bMYiNPfwT

 

[rillrill]

the black 16GB is back up fyi

 

[Orange Furball]

One person said it was ordered at 11:01. I assume they meant Pacific time. Since then several others have said they've also got shipping notifications with tracking numbers.

Care to link to it?.

 

[strausd]

One person said it was ordered at 11:01. I assume they meant Pacific time. Since then several others have said they've also got shipping notifications with tracking numbers.

Google wallet says I ordered mine at 1:02 (Central obviously). But that is good news! Hopefully I'm not too far behind.