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Nexus 5

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THE JUICEMAN said:
God it was hard not to pull the trigger.

Quote from the verge :-(

"Speaking of rendering, the old bugbear of Android has always been scrolling performance. Especially in Chrome, there's always been a sense of lag that seemed completely out of place on top-tier devices. On the Nexus 5, we're very sad to report that the situation doesn't seem any better. There is still not a one-to-one relationship between your finger and the screen, and it's still crazy-making."
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That's a shame. Android's still Android. If Google can finally eliminate this, I'd highly consider getting myself an N5 and N10, especially now that Apple's just going insane with their pricing in Australia.
onthecouchagain said:
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.
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Not if you're highly sensitive to it, then every swipe, slide and tap just feels irritating when the phone/tablet doesn't respond in the way you want/expect it to.
 
jeffe said:
If not you can find them in the play store. Here is just two but there are others in all different colors.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.shenye.phasebeamorange

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tribok.android.livewallpaper.icsclassic.lite

You could probably also pull them from a AOSP Rom i'd imagine.
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Why is there a "Lite" version of the ICS Phase Beam Wallpaper o.0 lol
Also what is this AOSP Rom? Sorry I'm new to this Android world xD
 
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Got my tracking number at like 4am EST. Tracking isn't live yet so I unfortunately think I'll be receiving mine probably Tuesday.
 
The case I really, really want is the N5 successor to this one. I use it as my wallet - everything I need is there, so all in one place. I hope they make a Nexus 5 version.

I've also got a tracking number but no ability to track; experience tells me I won't know of anything until tonight and that, probably, it'll arrive Monday, which is quite fine with me, as I was OK with getting it the 7th.

I barely slept the night before, so I crashed pretty early last night. I'mhappy for all of you who got one, and I'm glad it wasn't the cluster-****** that last year's launch was!

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aziatiklover said:
leaves warehouse in 3-4 weeks :rolleyes: no thanx I thought they had plenty from that one article yesterday? Yet another year of supply and demand that they have not learn from last year. Same goes for you Apple iphone 5s gold and ipad mini retina.
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In all fairness, this launch was vastly better than last year's. Last year, unless you (a) ordered within moments of the link going live, or (b) got lucky with someone else's return going back into stock, you waited months for a phone.

This year, there was clear availability for some time, and there is still availability with wait times which aren't too extreme. This has been a marked turnaround for Google.
 
For reference, I ordered 8 minutes in, 16GB / black, the order status is still

Leaves warehouse by November 5, 2013.
 
Yep, most of us will have it by Monday (those are ordered with 2 day shipping) with the Nov 5th leaving warehouse confirmation. It sucks that there's no Saturday delivery. But, oh well, we don't have to monitor blogs every 5 minutes hoping to place our order. Now, its time for me to buy a case. I'd hate to drop it on Tuesday morning, with no case! :(
 
nfl46 said:
Yep, most of us will have it by Monday (those are ordered with 2 day shipping) with the Nov 5th leaving warehouse confirmation. It sucks that there's no Saturday delivery. But, oh well, we don't have to monitor blogs every 5 minutes hoping to place our order. Now, its time for me to buy a case. I'd hate to drop it on Tuesday morning, with no case! :(
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That is what I expect as well. Mine shipped out last night...or received a shipping label. Such a different experience this time around
 
ReanimationN said:
That's a shame. Android's still Android. If Google can finally eliminate this, I'd highly consider getting myself an N5 and N10, especially now that Apple's just going insane with their pricing in Australia.

Not if you're highly sensitive to it, then every swipe, slide and tap just feels irritating when the phone/tablet doesn't respond in the way you want/expect it to.
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Taps have been fine, but should be even better: http://www.android.com/versions/kit-kat-4-4/

Touchscreen improvements

Improved software and Nexus 5’s new hardware mean Android responds to your touch faster and more accurately than ever before

Swipes have been great. If you got the Play Store update or have been using their updated Gmail, swiping from the left for the menu is extremely smooth. Swiping between home screens and the app drawer is always smooth too.

As for the lack of one to one scrolling... Honestly, you get over it. I had an iPad for a good year and a half, and with that, owned an Android phone for the majority of that time along side. I don't even think about it or notice it. It's really not a big deal. If it is to you, iOS is the way to go.

This is just like the whole "ecosystem" talking point. I dropped a ton of money in the App Store (and in fact, still have credit left from a previous gift card when I bought a rMBP), but you get over that so quickly.

I'm all for it getting closer to one to one, but 1-to-1 versus 1-to-1.5 (or whatever the discrepancy is that equates to milliseconds) is simply not a deal breaker to me. It's a shame if it is given all that Android has to offer.

And as I've said before, it's not like my iPad (3rd Gen) nor my iPhone 5 when I had it was always responsive. It missed presses plenty of times. And apparently, the iPhone 5S/5C in particular has trouble registering presses at the edges where it might affect keyboard:

iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C lose to Galaxy S3 in touchscreen accuracy test

http://www.geek.com/apple/iphone-5s...laxy-s3-in-touchscreen-accuracy-test-1575249/



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jsw said:
In all fairness, this launch was vastly better than last year's. Last year, unless you (a) ordered within moments of the link going live, or (b) got lucky with someone else's return going back into stock, you waited months for a phone.

This year, there was clear availability for some time, and there is still availability with wait times which aren't too extreme. This has been a marked turnaround for Google.
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Have to agree with this. The site didn't go down, people's orders didn't get confirmed then unconfirmed/canceled, it launched precisely at 2PM EST instead of at a random time like last year, Google seems to have gotten shipping right, too, this time considering people are getting shipped-emails already...

All in all, they really stepped it up this year. And they made it available in two colors. Three or so weeks of backorder is not bad compared to the back order of the Nexus 4, which was what? Like a month a half? Randomly? At least now there's clear communication now.

They got it right with the Nexus 7 2 launch, they're getting it right with the Nexus 5.

And supposedly, Sprint, Tmobile, Best Buy, Amazon, and others are following up with their releases soon too. Sprint's being today, November 1st.

Now... where are those dang reviews?

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boateng said:
Is the Nexus 5 good for listening to music?

Is the music quality as good as the HTC One?
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Headphone wise? Don't know. Probably not.

Speaker wise? Definitely not.

Apparently it's only a mono speaker and early impressions have said it was a little low. Major downgrade from the One's Boomspeakers. :T
 
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Sylon said:
It shouldn't have done that. It asked me if I wanted to do that but I immediately made my gallery offline just for that reason. That, and I really hated the G+ and Picasa albums in my Gallery app. Drove me nuts.
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That happened to me a while back on iOS when it was originally set to do that as default. They quickly corrected that though
 
TacticalDesire said:
Will the Hangouts apps store my SMS messages "in the cloud". Not sure if I want that happening. I text a lot. I also didn't really appreciate it when Google+ took it upon itself to automatically upload my photo library a while back either.
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Hate to break it to you bud, but all of your SMS messages are already in the cloud. It just happens to be a cloud that only the NSA, your provider, and anyone else who can supply credentials is allowed to access.

The providers keep the data for about 2 years. NSA probably keeps it forever.
 
jdlindsey7 said:
Do we have any clue when the retail outlets (Best Buy and RadioShack) will begin selling the devices?
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I would call them today and see. Best buy told me they get shipments on Thursday nights, so it could have arrived then. They had no information though and seemed unsure as to when they would carry them.
 
mattopotamus said:
I would call them today and see. Best buy told me they get shipments on Thursday nights, so it could have arrived then. They had no information though and seemed unsure as to when they would carry them.
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thats what I found out as well. I talked a BB mobile manager and he said he has no information about getting the N5 at his store. He said usually he will get emails from corporate about new devices coming and product placement and all that. He looked it up while I was there and he said nothing so far. I called 3 BB near me and the same reaction......they had no information about the N5 and when they will have them. BUT....that doesn't mean they won't have them in stock over the weekend. My buddy also told me it is not uncommon for products he knew nothing about to just show up on delivery day! :)
 
onthecouchagain said:
Taps have been fine, but should be even better: http://www.android.com/versions/kit-kat-4-4/

Touchscreen improvements

Improved software and Nexus 5’s new hardware mean Android responds to your touch faster and more accurately than ever before

Swipes have been great. If you got the Play Store update or have been using their updated Gmail, swiping from the left for the menu is extremely smooth. Swiping between home screens and the app drawer is always smooth too.

As for the lack of one to one scrolling... Honestly, you get over it. I had an iPad for a good year and a half, and with that, owned an Android phone for the majority of that time along side. I don't even think about it or notice it. It's really not a big deal. If it is to you, iOS is the way to go.
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I owned a N7 for months and used it regularly- I never 'got over it', it was ever-present and ever-annoying to me. Obviously some people can get used to it, while others can't accept it.
This is just like the whole "ecosystem" talking point. I dropped a ton of money in the App Store (and in fact, still have credit left from a previous gift card when I bought a rMBP), but you get over that so quickly.
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You got over it quickly, it's not going to be easy for some people like you say.
 
Managed to reserve and collect this morning from CPW - pretty spur of the moment decision. Unfortunately I've got to shoot for work so only just been able to turn it on and set it up.

My initial impression is how light it is! In the hand it feels no different to my i5. And the screen seems fine, really clear - definitely better than my partners N4. And of course, the android "easter egg":
 

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jamezr said:
thats what I found out as well. I talked a BB mobile manager and he said he has no information about getting the N5 at his store. He said usually he will get emails from corporate about new devices coming and product placement and all that. He looked it up while I was there and he said nothing so far. I called 3 BB near me and the same reaction......they had no information about the N5 and when they will have them. BUT....that doesn't mean they won't have them in stock over the weekend. My buddy also told me it is not uncommon for products he knew nothing about to just show up on delivery day! :)
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I called several in my area last night. Most said they had no clue when they would receive stock and a few told me Best Buy doesn't sale unlocked phones (obviously they had not been looped in yet).
 
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