Upgrade to 32GB is nice, but not major. Something they should have done a while ago. With the 4 to the 4S they offered a 64GB option, obviously twice as much as the 32 in the Nexus 5. Still, nothing major.
I dont really want to get into a big debate here because i do agree with Couch in that you just cant let an opinion go and always have to reply even if it is nonsense.
That said, for me, the 32GB version is huge. Without it, im not buying this phone so for ME...this is big. Id call this major. You have to remember, this is a Nexus. This phone was never meant to compete with the big boys and never had the steller specs. It was meant for developers. Once you get that then you may realise that these specs are very good whether or not you want to say it is only coming up to standard. The point im making is they never were up to standard on the Nexus before.
Google playing catchup. Still far from mind blowing or earth shattering.
See above
Except you can't do it with the screen off or in another app. And we don't know yet if you can do it if you use other launchers. Not to mention we are not sure yet if Google has fixed the problem where many actions still require touch input. Definitely wouldn't consider this huge considering there are so many unknowns. But you seem to like making assumptions.
So we dont know ho this all will play out yet you are saying it isnt a huge upgrade. What if you can do all you are saying we are not sure of? How can you say something isnt huge if you dont know how it will work?
Another example of a flagship moving to the standards of its time. Nexus 4 had GG 2. Nexus 5 has GG3.
Again, read above. Nexus was never meant to compete with all the Samsungs and Apple out there. So really, this is big for them and it probably stems from popular demand.
Now for my responses on what would have made this a mindblowing/earth shattering upgrade:
Waterproof and dustproof
3000+ mAh battery
OIS is nice, but would have liked to see a wider aperture and maybe even a 13mp sensor
IR Blaster now that stock Android supports it
Cmon man.....Its Nexus we are talking about. Dont hold your breath waiting on those things.
Would these things have brought the price up? Yes. Did I ever say they wouldn't? No. Doing so while keeping the price the same definitely would have been mind blowing. But they didn't include those. Everything they included was either expected, playing catchup, or just moving to the standards of its time.
It seems to me you dont know the history behind the Nexus. Why did you even bother to buy this anyway if it isnt any big deal?
Is this a mindblowing upgrade? No, but it is BIG for Nexus and in my opinion its better than a iPhone s upgrade and for me, its a big upgrade from the N4 for which i passed on.
Many of he specs arent better then my GS3 with the 8MP camera and only a 1.3MP front camera compared to my GS3's 1.9 but it has a better screen, better processor and will get updates much faster and NOBODY can claim that one so in that regard, they are the standard leader and for many.....that is the biggest thing even with smaller specs.
And for the price, im ok with missing few things like IR blaster and a 13MP camera while the 8MP is good enough. I sure wont pay $629 for a Samsung Google edition.
