[Nexus 4 General] dale_cooper:
Rather than start a new thread I figured i'd be a good XDA'er and post in here...

I got the N4 last night (from google play). I'm mainly going to address build quality since thats really all I can comment on so far.

I'm coming from the ONE S which I personally feel is one of the most underrated phones that has ever been released. The one s is as premium of a device as I have ever felt. Its thinner than the N4, there are absolutely no creaks on the one s, its just a great phone that unfortunately was overlooked by so many. My one S is rooted and I was running MIUI for a while but recently switched to aokp jellybean (to prep myself for the nexus). THe only reason I really wantd to get the nexus was I wanted pure "supported" google experience and I wnated the larger more crisp display.

Nexus 4 -

The device looks GREAT (and is lightweight given its size). I have always loved the naked front of nexus devices. It feels premium but I'm gonna be honest, its not as premium feeling as I expected. THe glass back doesn't really feel like glass, and the light weight feel of the phone combined with the black soft rubber/plastic around the edge of the phone make it feel a bit plasticky. Those of you who already have a nexus 4, I'd love you to try this test and maybe I"ll upload a video later. Rub your thumb up the back of the device, you will feel the top of the phone creak, almost like where the glass meets the black banding. Also, if you take your finger and tap it on the back, from the nexus logo up (essentially where the camera begins), there is something "loose" in the casing - thats the rattle people hear when they shake it. The plus side is that its not that huge of a deal since you don't really notice it while using the phone (the bottom of the phone where your hands always are is rock solid. On the otherhand, the creak annoys me a little bit... I can say with confidence I feel the one s is a more premium feeling device.

Screen - grays seem a bit washed out for some reason, but the screen is very crisp and as other reviews have said, the digitizer (I think thats what it is) is very close to the glass so it feels like icons are right there. One awesome thing is how the glass screen is beveled a littl ebit around the sides - it makes for a GREAT feel as your thumb slides across and off the screen. Finally, maybe its just me but man the front glass is fantastic at limiting finger prints - I don't know how it does it but I LOVE that feature. Can't stand finger prints (I'm staring at my galaxy note 10.1 which is the king of fingerprints). By the wya, I did have an htc one X for a little bit before I switched back to tmobile and I seem to remember the one x screen being a bit better but that could just be me not remembering correctly. Overall veryyyyyy nice display; bigger screen and pure google is why I got the N4.

Other stuff -

Typing on the screen is really good, it seems like you have to hit the screen a bit harder than I"m used to - the haptic feedback is awesome though, its soft and a perfect intensity level. Storage wise, I have the 8gb version and after loading a decent amount of apps/games i have 4.5GB left. The phone starts with 5.67gb. I think I can live with it. Allows for a gig of music (I usually use pandora anyways), maybe a video to have on there on the go, and more room for all the pictures I take. I don't think space will be an issue. I really don't undersatnd people who load up their PHONE with insane amounts of stored media. I use tmobile so I have no problem with this phone not having lte - I love tmobile for the most part, very reliable, cheap, don't need lte as hspa+ is quite fast where I live. Let me do a speed test right now.... 19292 KBPS down / 1553 kbps up. Now thats in a great location but yeah the max I got on verizon lte in my area was 7000 down one the network got loaded up with customers getting lte devices. At&T hspa in my area is crap comapred to tmobile. Ok enough network talk...

Conclusion - for the price of a contract free phone, this thing has ZERO competition. That is what you have to keep in mind - cost. There is not a single device that comes out new at this price - not to mention that the nexus at $300 is on par and for the most part SUPERIOR to all the devices costing $600+. I mean hell, I've had my htc one s for several months, and I'm able to sell it and get a brand new phone for almost no money - that alone is just mind blowing to me, I love that!

Let me know if you guys have any other questions.