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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hero_Guy:
Still buying it. I never used LTE on Verizon and Sprint. I don't swap batteries so the non removable back is not an issue. I'm careful with my phones so the glass back in a non issue. I think some people, especially reviewers, just want something to complain about.

I'm excited for the improved camera, better build quality, switching to a gsm network, saving $$$, letting Google take my money, and Android 4.2.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cusa:
Still getting it!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwahchees:
So the display is a one-up from the S3.

The battery is probably good, and the hardware speculation is based on hopefully the end-user device won't be like the one they sampled.

It's a lot of hope, but I think I'll just put my phone in an iron cast, with rubber and foam inside. With a combo lock outside to unlock the small area where the screen can be displayed.

Yeaaah.

Gettin' that 16gb.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaddan:
As long as there is a good case like a ballistic or something available, I will still be getting this. I'm sure it will be good.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spitfire:
Still want it, the hardware looks to be excellent and if any phone will get fast updates to take advantage of good hardware, it's a nexus.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
No stopping me now! Its time to get another Nexus bad boy :) Plus XDA developers!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donec:
I still plan on getting one. BTW this is my first Nexus.

Can't beat the price.

I am sure the battery will be good enough.

With the Wi-Drive I will not have storage issuses with the 8GB Nexus 4.

Never had LTE so don't care about that.

I use GrooveIP for wifi calls so I don't need built-in wifi calling.

It's unlocked so I can test out calling plans without getting tied down.

All the pictures from camera I have seen look good to me.

Looks great.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeRRa4:
I'm on the same page with this, though a little disheartened and less excited about it. But it has to be better than my Desire. I have the money for a new phone and this looks like it's going to be it. If I don't like it, I'll sell it in April when my contract is up for renewal.

Better than my HTC Desire

16GB storage in a phone is great for me.

Nice camera.

NEXUS DEVICE

Jelly Bean

An actual fast phone.

Cheap as chips, great value for money.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ClearVision:
I have issues sometimes with T-mobile in my house also but it is even worse when I use wifi calling.

I would love to get the Nexus 4 but I am going to wait until real reviews are out when the device is release. I am most worried about not having enough space. 16gigs is not very much space. I don't like to rely on my network connection for music and I listen to it all the time so I end up putting quite a bit on the phone. Not to mention with screens starting to become a lot better I am hoping that means app/games will also. If they do they will just take up more and more space. I would really love a 32gig version but I have also just been thinking I will get the N4 and the N7 and that would solve all my issues. Just wouldn't keep as much stuff on the phone.

The big bonus is that I could buy the N4 for a really good price and not be stuck to a carrier! :victory:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BennyJr:
I think the 'washed out display' is a bit of an overstatement.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Groof:
While some of the talk has been pretty concerning at this point, I'm still pretty set on buying one just for the Nexus branding alone. And it'll be a while before I can actually get one, so whatever issues that might exist will come to light by that time and might even have gotten fixed.

Still hyped!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red Wolf:
I got rid of my S3 few days ago, and yes I will be ordering it first day :D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shure2:
Not sure why you guys are getting rid of your s3 for this, the s3 has removable storage, battery and proven Samsung quality.

If anything you've taken a risky sideways step, with the only clear advantage being faster updates and a freer community.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert_W:
Two of my friends havs S3s that i've played with. It is a great phone, but for me it's not. I's prefer the Nexus4 over the S3 only because of the Vanilla os. I have had my Vibrant GS1 for 2 years now, and for the past 6 months or so had a stock-ish ICS rom. I prefer not to go through the hassles again to make the GS3 stock-ish. The Nexus4 is just convenient for me and many other as well.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phoneman09:
I'm not surprised we are hearing these kind of concerns we have heard it before on other phones. For me I really don't mind the phone is going to be a beast and we all know it well most of us anyways. I'm getting the phone and I can't wait to get it!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HA3AP:
Getting the N4 the second it is available.

To answer some of your questions:

Battery is rated at the same output as the S3 and with stock google rom should be at least on the level of S3 or better, so no worries there.

Glass is breakable, yet its a Gorilla 2 hence the best you can get right now, it is extremely durable although like all glass there is one weak spot if you manage to hit it there, it will break, I have no worries about double sided glass (Front/Back) as I did own both iPhone 4/4S no issue after countless drops.

The display is THE BEST on the market, the only way it is WASHED OUT is when compared to the Super Amoled screen of the S3, but then that screen like all amoled's is extremely over saturated, the N4 display is compared to the One X which is the best display on the market. So no worries there as well.

This phone from what I have seen is of exceptional build quality on the level of iPhone 4/4S, also don't think that because its an LG it has a POS build quality LG is not Huawei they have been in the business of making phones,displays,AC, etc... for a LONG time. They always have awesome hardware (Software is another story but this time we are dealing with Google) so no worries there as well. If anything I would say that this phone is of much greater build quality then the cheap plastic S3 (I did own that device as well).

Although the pricing suggests that this is an entry level device (300/350$) it is not true. The device is being subsidised by google on the PlayStore, for true pricing check out LG Spain MSRP of 499 EUROS. The N4 is a flagship device for Google and pace setter for the competition it is THE BEST phone on the market right now in its category.

To sum it up, yes you are being stupid.

Hope this helps...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cusa:
Knowing that I will get all the updates directly from Google as soon as they are released is the reason why I'm getting it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tulongest:
Getting it the second its available. None of these affect me since I'm coming from Xperia ray lol
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TwinkyOfHope:
I'm getting it because it's the new Nexus phone. The Galaxy Nexus was/is awesome. You don't have to deal with any third party skins. Tons of great dev support; no shortage of good ROMs or Kernels. As soon as Jelly Bean came out we were able to get our hands on it. There was no worries whether our phone would even get the update.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbieandroid:
A Snapdragon 4 Pro + Adreno 320 along with an IPS display and better sound quality. A sturdy phone that doesn't feel like plastic(Which is why I went with the One S) along with a vanilla Android with updates straight from Google for only $350

I highly doubt it's throttling performance due to overheating. It's out dated benchmarks running on a new operating system. Once custom kernels are released the phone will benchmark the same as the LG Optimus G. The only concern I have is the battery dying and can't be replaced. At least with the HTC One S it's accessible and can be replaced.

I feel bad for the people who went with the International Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 which have the Exynos SoC

Before anyone quotes me about the phone not having removable storage. It fits my needs I have cloud storage which all my pictures get sent to. It also allows me to play Wild Blood on a bigger and better display. As soon as I get the phone I'm going to put a case on it along with a Zagg shield.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatAuc12:
I love how you selectively choose negative comments. Did you even listen to him when he talked about washed out? He praised the display for being so nice and basically said "might objectively be slightly washed out" but tremendously sharp overall.... that is GOOD, not bad.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apzalo:
From what I have read, the battery is only 4 screws away from easily replaced.

http://thedroidguy.com/2012/11/nexus-4s-battery-confirmed-to-be-easily-accessible-and-replaceable/
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwahchees:
What else am I supposed to point out? You don't speculate the good things, they're already automatically accounted for. The good things are reasons people buy them, the bad things are what people choose to weigh against the good things and decide if the product is right for them.

Jheez, so rude.

-The Verge
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shure2:
OK fair point on the improved graphics, but from what I've seen the S4P doesn't best the Exynos in everything. The IPS screen is down to preference, but from the facts it should be a leading display. BETTER SOUND QUALITY? I've read its close to the S3 sound quality but quieter, and certainly not better, please provide your source, I'm intrigued.

I thought the One S was pretty much plastic anyway? but Vanilla experience is a bonus for most from what I've read.

P.S. I'm not trying to cause an argument, just a discussion :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Suprasb:
I'm still going to go for it. For $350, why the hell not. I believe in the power of open source + XDA. If Google ships the phone with problems that are more than likely software side, (which is sounds like they all are in this case), I'm sure dev's will have fixes within a day or two. It's not a contract phone, so you can't really go wrong. I'll hang on the my ATT One X just in case I don't like it, but I'm sure I will. You can't ignore the fact that the Optimus G received fantastic reviews, with the same exact hardware. I think google dropped the ball a bit on the review release units' software / kernel due to hurricane Sandy and other factors. I've only got HSPA+ in my area here in California, and I'm extremely careful with my phones. So the lack of LTE / Breakable glass casing isn't really a make or break factor for me.

The insane development community + Unlock no contract price of $350 is more than enough to convince me to buy.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatAuc12:
It wasn't in a rude way,it was meant to open your eyes that no, no screen is perfect, even washed out in some context might be good because the comparasion could be too bold. What I am saying is coming and saying "about that washed out issue" is saying the screen is bad (like saying poor battery life translate to poor battery) while the overall impression of the screen is more than positive.

And also, the text lacks the tonne, rwatch the video and you'll see he gets a boner from the screen.

But anyways, just the fact you took my post a rude way shows the negative selectivity I was talking about.

What if I add good day sir? And yeah I mean it too, I'm that not rude

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Oh and might I add... about that friggen breakable back.... if you drop you phone I'd be a heck of a damn friggen lot more worried about the front than the back

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Every single review says the sound is crisp clear LOUD. and they all make sure to say it loud and clear.

You should cite your source for the opposite because I have a huge feeling its from one of those guys on the forums who doesn't have the phonenyet
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HA3AP:
The Verge has a fail review or a lemon phone, in case you are still worrying about the washed out colors here's a good counter argument:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_xXZTyA5I8

PS: Watch 720p

Hope this helps...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkRyoushii:
Bogus, as you say. Engadget said they found the battery to be great as long as you keep track of the brightness and lower it when you can.

This can be said about most high end phones that use glass anywhere. I think the crack that was caused on the Verge's handset was very small considering it probably landed on the corner of the device. I also would like to refer you to the amount of idiots that break iPhones within weeks of buying them, in fact there are idiots who are ebay'ing off broken android handsets shortly after release as well. Just don't drop it.

For this point I would suggest breaking out of the box and going and reading some AT&T Optimus G reviews, that exact model seems almost identical in hardware but at the very least the screen they review will be a production quality version of the Nexus 4 screen. In the Verge's video they made the point that they don't have any production hardware until they start shipping so I doubt the reviewers have final hardware/software making it an unfair comparison.

Haven't read this article so I can't comment. Link anyone?

When it comes to Google, the price tag doesn't usually represent the quality. Every device has some kind of issue (big or small) at launch. Google sell these devices so cheap because they want to a) remove fragmentation of the android OS b) encourage you to spend more money in the places where they actually make a profit, their play store. Also with this price point this makes a great group gift for someone which means more data for google when people use Android and Google services. I am going on the assumption that this device won't be bad quality, My pre-ordered Nexus 7 was fine albeit others had a few issues - easily and painlessly fixed by Google with advanced replacements left right and center.

I doubt it will be, because every review I've read is that it's on par with the HTC One X which is far better than our S3 screens. At first you may not like it since the colours will appear washed out, but the reason for this is because you're used to a SAMOLED screen where the colours are over saturated.

If this helps don't forget to click the Thanks ;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yooitschuck:
I'm really on the line about picking one of these up, I love my s3 but for 350 it seems wrong not to buy it
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D3m0x:
I'm counting the seconds till the 13th... I can't wait...

Buy this beauty isn't an option.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GhostIsBaked:
On the same boat here man :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ky0nkyon:
From what I've read, lithium polymer batteries last longer due to slower degradation than lithium ion batteries. They are also less prone to explode and carry less heat. They are thinner and more expensive but carries less of a charge than Li-ion batteries. It makes me feel better about this phone having lithium polymer.

My life for Aiur
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Capt.PP:
Now is the matter of keeping our fingers crossed. Hopefully Google can iron out alot of these nerve breaking issues. I told my mother to get this phone, I plan on ordering 2 16Gb. Her first Android/Nexus phone and if this phone flopped she'll never buy into Android again.

I had HTC HD2 with Qualcomm's cpu 65nm architecture. It had thermal run away, and screen problems. I sworn not to buy a device with their cpu again. A few years later all I hear is good things on how they have improved until today. They did the butter test last year on the phone and it was impressive. Now, Anandtech was talking about thermal issues and I got goosebumps. Hopefully it's all about software issues and not hardware like my HD2. Only a few days left, I hope Google can pull this off without a problem like we have seen on the reviews.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wngmv:
That really comforts me since there're batteries exploding left and right.

Seriously. I'm still gonna order it the second it opens. Sold my Gnex and went back to an old phone. Can hardly stand a 4.0 screen now.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Peyman_dinani:
Reviews weren't that great. I believe reviewers got the engineering samples. Nonetheless Its better than me not having a smartphone :D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -A-P-M-:
With every new phone there are stories and rumours about hardware issues, defects etc. Just look iPhone, there are always stories about big hw defects, but then phones works as expected. LG's and Google's engineers worked and designed new Nexus and then people can see hardware defects and possible issues with just looking a photo ? LG and Google aren't in business since yesterday and I trust that phone which will be available in Play Sore won't have those issues.

The only thing which worry me is back battery cover if it brakes. On iPhone it is easy to replace it, but on Nexus, there are some internals on back cover, which means you can't just swap it and probably price will be higher.

BTW: I remember when I bought SGS2 when it was available, it became hot when watching some videos or play games. Later with software updates it didn't became that hot anymore.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I've already sold my S2 and will be buying as soon as its released

I don't expect Google to drop the ball, just cause some pre-release units aren't working perfectly. I'm careful with my phones, 16GB has been enough for me, never needed an sdcard even when dual-booting CM10 and Samsung ROMS, LTE doesn't exist in Africa.

I hope the benchmark junkies don't buy this phone cause the less idiots buy it the better the forums will be
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jak3z:
I buying this phone as this will be 10x times better than my HTC Desire, that haves 2 and a half years already, and I got it on perfect conditions besides the physical buttons that only works 70% of the time and they "metallic" coating is wearing out. I paid for this HTC Desire 440 € back the day it got released and this phone is going to cost me 360€ I'm not even thinking about not upgrading.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haloimplant:
I'm going to hold off and see how things go. If the performance and battery turn out where they should be I'll have a tough decision to make. On the one hand it's a sweet phone for $350, on the other I am due for a contract upgrade and could wait and see what comes out next year (with LTE and 32GB/microsd) like the next galaxy s (4?). My I9000 sgs has slowdowns on jelly bean but it's still capable and I have the Nexus 7 to play with in the meantime.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Euthye:
I'm still pretty sure I'm gona get 1 but I'm not as enthusiastic as I was when it was first "revealed" tbh it's the LG issue that makes me worry that the speculation re build qual might prove to be portentous.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slap-Yourself :):
Honestly, I still think I'll be getting the 16GB version. I really need a new phone. I'm using a standby device I had lying around after cracking my screen. Although I am a little nervous.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KentuckyHouse:
I mean this as a serious question, not in a smart way. Do you have a link to someone saying the back contains some internals? From the pictures I've seen, the back of this phone is just as easily replaced as the back on the iPhone 4/4S (and I know how easy it is to replace the iPhone's back, since I put a white back on my black 4S).

I anticipate the back on the Nexus 4 can be replaced just as easily. Two screws on the bottom, lift it off, and put the new back on. I'm just wondering if I missed something about the internals.

Either way, it doesn't bother me that the phone is a sandwich of glass. I've never had an issue on my iPhone 4S and my wife has the 4 and has dropped it (probably a hundred times) and she's never cracked the glass either. Of course, we both use/used cases and I don't expect that to change on the Nexus 4 for me.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbieandroid:
The Snapdragon S4 Pro(When it's properly cooled) does beat the Exynos in everything except web browsing and in the US people that use the Galaxy S 3 have the Snapdragon 4 with the Adreno 225 which is the same as in the HTC One S which is an aluminum phone with 2 plastic pieces at the top and bottom but the rest of the phone is an aluminum unibody. The HTC One X is a polycarbonate which is a durable plastic.

You are right about sound it seems like it's loud but doesn't have the the S3 quality.

Another article saying bad things about the performance of the Nexus 4, it's from Fudzilla so it doesn't matter(I Hope)

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/29348-nexus-4-launch-marred-by-pricing-performance-issues

All the reviews I've read said the phone isn't sluggish but when it comes to benchmarks the scores are low. Sounds like a throttling issue :crying:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwahchees:
I saw it bench 6k+ on Quadrant, smoking the rest and scoring 200 single threaded on linpack, 600+ on multi-threaded.

Beast to me :S
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spoony.dan:
I like to keep some HD movies on my SD card. While 720 or 1080p isn't necessary on the phone I use it to playback via HDMI to large screens.

Most files are 4GB+ and I'd like to put them on the SD card which is formatted exFat and can accept the files (windows can copy onto fine)

The problem is Air Kies or Airdroid dont' give access to the external SD card so they see useless.

Using the cable (MTP) I can copy large files to the phone storage but to the SD card storage one gets an error

"Cannot copy *filename*"

It's file size is larger than the device limit.

So It seems the phone is telling the PC a limit. The phone is too stupid to realize the card is in exFat and can accept the file.

It's a factory Jelly Bean rom, I'd rather not root or put custom firmware on if I can avoid it. Just looking for a work around without having to take the card out, find a micro SD adapter, put it in my laptop and copy via wifi (slow) form my media PC.

So much for Androids 'drag and drop' simplicity when using a cable. :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lelinuxien52:
Default JB Kernel from Samsung doesn't load exFAT module when the smartphone starts.

You can use a custom kernel for that, like Siyah 1.7 :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1709686

In the features list, we have :

•Samsung proprietary ExFat modules are loaded. Don't ask about ExFat support for aosp roms in this thread.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spoony.dan:
Cheers,

If that is the case, how does the Samsung Factory JB Rom/Kernel then read & write to the exFat SD without any problem? Ie I can copy anything (10GB MKV's etc) to the SD card via the PC and put it in the phone and it works fine.

What your saying does sort of make sense in that the MTP driver/whatever within the phone knows nothing about exFat and assumes Fat32 and as such does not allow over size files to be written to the SD card.

(Out of curiosity what file system does the phone storage it self use?)

However as the card can be read etc via the phone, it must have exFat ability to do this?

Have they just left exFat ability 'partly' there but left other features of the phone (ie MTP transfer) unaware of it? So much fail! haha

I'm certain before updating I was able to large files without a problem? Have Samsung crippled the phone with JB updates?

I'm starting to think the ICS was better, better standby battery etc, issues like this etc.

I'll look at the custom rom. Kind of silly one has to hack their phone with 2 year warranty to get abilities that were previously available, well done Samsung haha.