[Nexus 4 General] shadyshaun:
Hi Guys

Just a quick update after a couple of days use now.

Battery life is excellent. Much better than my gnex, although that was never a big issue for me as it was charged every night. Battery life goes to the N7 hands down.

In call quality is excellent, i have now been able to test both the N4 and gnex side by side on the same network. It would seem they have the same signal strength. I tested this in a couple of places. So again no great gains to be had over the gnex.

While dust and bits don't get stuck between the casing and the screen on the N4 (Like they did on the gnex) they do back the back between the case and the glass. I only mention this because someone asked a few pages back. In this regard again it would be a draw with the gnex.

The rattling on the N4 i have and the 5 in the shop tested is NOT from the rocker or power buttons, this is the first thing i checked as it seemed the most logical. Also i tested with the camera app open as suggested in this thread.....it still rattled so for now i'm sticking with the accelerometer theory until someone either confirms or denies.

Having dropped the phone twice now, once on a hard surface, once on carpet it has survived well. No i do not have a degenerative muscle disorder....the phone is like an eel. You will drop this phone. In that respect while others disliked the plastic back on the gnex i actually miss it.

The speaker i still think is very good unless you place the phone on a flat surface, the it becomes very muffled.

Lastly there is a software glitch which is fairly annoying. Widgets flash on and off the screen, but very fast. Almost stuttering. An example. When looking at the calendar widget earlier it stuttered for a few seconds before stabilizing. It also did this on beyondpod.

I'm sure someone will know better than me but that seems hardware related.

Screen brightness on auto is also poor. It's like when the gnex came out all over again. I'm actually starting to miss the gnex display (No i'm not crazy...i just miss those bright colours) Taking it off auto and turning it right up does remedy this somewhat, but i will have to see how the battery fares.

Another thing i have noticed. I don't know about you, but alot of the time i'm on the phone i'm doing other things (You with the dirty mind....it's not those things) So the phone is pinned to my ear with my shoulder, it works well on the gnex and other phones. It never worked well with the iPhone because of the glass back and sadly it doesn't work well with the N7 either. To some this will be silly, to others who's missus likes to chew their ear off on the phone for an hour will understand.

Closing thoughts for now.

After the initial excitement with the N7, i'm left feeling like i have a gnex in a slippery case. I didn't have the screen burn or issues with the gnex that some people experienced. The battery if charged every night was sufficient and it always ran fast enough for my day to day needs. My only issue was the camera.....sweet baby Jesus that camera was rough.

I'm going to give it a few more days, but as it stands i may go back to the gnex, as crazy as it sounds i miss it.

If you are sitting on the fence i would stay there a little longer.

As always, i know i'm no Shakespeare - any questions and i will do my best.

Shaun