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[Nexus 4 General] timlambo:
With a high-end device it is mostly the software, as Google proved with the jb update from ics. It is also depended on how the governors behave and how quickly it can ramp up the power to register the touch and perform the task at hand. Only reason I want to get away from the idevice discussion is because lots of people don't think rationally and can go for multiple pages of off topic.
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
My first impressions are:

•its light

•pretty thin

• its sexy

•the screen is beautiful

•quick

•wifi is awesome

•the back nice

Those are my initial impressions
[Nexus 4 General] florian3000:
You got the bumper too? Pics?? :D
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
No I didn't get the bumper:(
[Nexus 4 General] florian3000:
Dang it! Nobody knows how the bumper really looks like.....
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
Sorry hey Google gave me an episode of falling sky's and another episode of planet earth

Edit:just had a random reboot. There is also two camera apk
[Nexus 4 General] Dsrtstorm:
YUP!
[Nexus 4 General] DjeMBeY:
Simply check your post-code and look for info about Ultrafast Internet.
[Nexus 4 General] mschafe:
First impressions (after using it for 2 hours):

A++ Awesome!

The only thing that bugs me a bit, is the colors seem a bit on the muted side. I've owned so many Samsung phones in the past I guess i'm just used to that AMOLED 'pop' of color.

Other than that, easily the best phone I've ever had!
[Nexus 4 General] shaneydroid:
First impressions for me, in order I noticed things:

1. It's uglier than I expected

2. It rattles at times

3. The auto-brightness is MUCH dimmer/darker than Nexus 7 and Galaxy S3 when side-by-side in the same place

4. The colours seem much more natural than most phones I've seen. Not as vivid and garish as Galaxy Nexus and not as pale as Nexus 7

5. It runs incredibly fast and smooth

6. I keep nearly dropping it, maybe not used to a larger size phone.
[Nexus 4 General] irishrally:
I hope mine doesn't rattle. The rest I'm not worried about.
[Nexus 4 General] Rusty!:
I prefer this list auto brightness thing, I've found previous phones to bright when using in bed.
[Nexus 4 General] shaneydroid:
I've been told the rattle is something to do with the camera auto focus so if so everyone would have it I imagine. Barely noticeable after a while using it though.

I don't consider any of my impressions negatives though at this point.
[Nexus 4 General] arby80:
My first impression was that it felt blocky compared to the Gnex. I do not notice any rattling. I hate the on/off button it is recessed and to high, also the back curves around it making it somewhat hard to push. I wish they would use a normal button. And I kind of miss the curve of the Gnex. Overall it does not feel like much of an improvement.
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
you dont really hear the rattle unless you shake the phone with some force
[Nexus 4 General] Allanitomwesh:
That's not right.
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
What's not right the reboot, 2 camera apk or the 2 TV show episodes :D
[Nexus 4 General] irishrally:
Door #3 please.
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
Haha I just logged in and it was there I never bought any TV shows PR movies through Google play.
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Good. Most of the phones ARE too bright on lowest auto setting.

Welcome to Anonymous Nooboholics. My name is tinky.
[Nexus 4 General] il buono:
^^This. It's not noticeable with normal handling. If you're prone to shaking your phone hard then it is just barely noticeable.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
That's what I said its not really noticible :p
[Nexus 4 General] Zurginator:
To anybody concerned about rattling --- pick up the nearest smartphone and shake it beside your ear. That's the rattle you'll hear on the N4.

The GS1, GS2, and every other phone I've tested has had the same rattle.
[Nexus 4 General] Richieboy67:
Regarding touch, I believe this can be accessed in the Dev settings. I would leave though. Too sensitive is not good..

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[Nexus 4 General] mgorman:
Anyone else noticing the yellow tint on the screen?
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
I haven't yet but I'm a little concerned I just did two benchmarks (not that I care about benchmarks) and I got 8024 on antutu and I got 3754 on quadrant now that's low
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Nope, no one. Apart from another few dozens of people :p

If you come from Amoled you'll just need to get used to it. If from another lcd, then give it a few days, nd if it's really noticeable and bothers you-exchange it.

Welcome to Anonymous Nooboholics. My name is tinky.
[Nexus 4 General] mgorman:
I probably wouldn't even notice it if people weren't talking about it
[Nexus 4 General] smileyanz:
Yeah and if you take it outside it turns blue with envy compared with the g3
[Nexus 4 General] Richieboy67:
Forget the benchmarks. How does it work? Games, videos, etc..

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[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
Games and videos run smooth with great graphics

Edit: shadow gun dead zone force closes :(
[Nexus 4 General] ryanbmw51:
Did it come with any games on it? Or do we get free downloads?
[Nexus 4 General] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
whatsup gang! Got mine about an hour ago and love it. It feels incredible in the hand just like the reviews said. I was really kind of impressed how nice it felt. Anyway.. first impressions are great, but of coarse the washed out colors make the display a little less desirable. I'm hoping to get used to it, but I thought I saw an app mentioned in one of the reviews that sorta fixes this issue or at least makes the screen look better. I could be confusing it with something else too :p
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
No and no:o
[Nexus 4 General] il buono:
I don't notice it either. The thing I hated about amoled screens were the black ink spots that would be noticeable under low light conditions.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] smileyanz:
3754 on qaudrant that's not good but you can over clock them, on my gnex if I over clock it up to 1420 on the Franco kernel it runs at 3880 and doesn't even get warm. Try clearing your programs you don't need running and the cache as well and do it again, bet that will fly along
[Nexus 4 General] neuty:
My impressions:

The phone raddles, i can hear it from 2 ft when i gently throw it in my bed from about 4 inches off.

Battery isnt so great

Display is better than i though

Stock keyboard is too big to swype with a single hand

The phone gets warm- probably bc the glass is more conductive

Other than those things right now, everything else is superb
[Nexus 4 General] ferozfero:
dude this thing will show a 3000 something in quadrant and breeze through an intensive game like most wanted... our galaxy nexus will show a 3880 in qaudrant and craaaaawl through most wanted...so benchmarks dont mean anything..but it does give us some confidence,,
[Nexus 4 General] spotsbimmer:
No rattle here

UPS just dropped mine off a few moments ago, no rattles. Thanks to all for the heads up though.
[Nexus 4 General] dabomb224:
Did you just say that your Nexus 4 rattles when you throw it? Lol. This rattle thing is just getting silly. When I get mine, I'll be sure to see if it rattles when I drop it down the stairs.
[Nexus 4 General] _guzzler_:
Rattle doesn't occur when u shake it side ways but it occurs when you shake front and back...meaning hold the screen in front of our face and shake it front and back ...bring closer to face and farther..
[Nexus 4 General] neuty:
No, its not silly. No other phone ive owned does this. Its quite annoying actually. I wasnt expecting much out of the phone and im not nitpicking at things either. It is what it is.
[Nexus 4 General] tweaked:
Just got mine. Rooted it unlock boot loader. No rattle..no yellowing. No weird noise from the speaker. Amazing....
[Nexus 4 General] ingbrzy:
Its autofocus... its normal... stop that rattles madness here...

~Tapatalk~
[Nexus 4 General] kaiowas82:
I think the rattle thing is common to every phone and its related to the autofocus mechanism of the camera, in quiet places you can hear it from iPhone, hox and sgs3 as well
[Nexus 4 General] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
It's not common mate.. I've never heard of it before .. Maybe some do but this is the first time I've ever heard a phone rattle. S1, S2, S3, GNex... none of them rattled

*edit**** ...none of them rattle... NOTICEABLY. I can't believe it but they do rattle ever so lightly. I had to shake em pretty good and up to my ear super close to hear it. Lol sorry... really didn't believe you, I had to test :p :o
[Nexus 4 General] bozzykid:
The iPhone 5 rattles. Lots of phones rattle especially with the newer camera sensors.
[Nexus 4 General] smileyanz:
Your talking b......t lol crawl, funny boy think you should be on tv as an INTERFERENCE HOHO

ANYONE WHO HAS A GNEX AND DOES RENDERING WILL NO YOUR TALKING FROM YOUR CRUSTY PANTS . you've made my day , do u want a job at my club as a standup or other then that standup and take note!!!!!giggles
[Nexus 4 General] Allanitomwesh:
You need to work on your grammar.

Please,someone. What is music like with poweramp/playerpro?

Also,French Nexi(see that?),on the in box headset, how many lines are on the Jack pin?
[Nexus 4 General] smileyanz:
Its forum u prat and not university challenge u Muppet lol. Go cut ya nails and get back to your pen pushing !!!!!!

---------- Post added at 07:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:29 AM ----------

And you really wanna take note with discrimination and taking the Micky , don't get the two mixed up ha ha
[Nexus 4 General] PikkonX:
Still getting mine setup, but so far, I'm extremely impressed with the speed and the overall build quality. Which ever review it was that said it makes most other Android phones feel like toys, was absolutely on point. The screen and it's resolution are awesome too. So much better than the 800x400 I was used to on the Galaxy S II and the Nexus S...
[Nexus 4 General] LordKuroda:
Does it come with CRT off animation out of the box?
[Nexus 4 General] PikkonX:
Yep.
[Nexus 4 General] jader13254:
Yeah :D Love <3
[Nexus 4 General] petergoogle:
Another very satisfied user here.
[Nexus 4 General] alangrig:
Mine Gnexus batch production 07/2012. Amoled is perfect. No black spots. It's just amazing.
[Nexus 4 General] Rusty!:
It has them, all AMOLED screens do. In most cases though, they're next to invisible and only show up in photos with a long exposure.
[Nexus 4 General] ChongoDroid:
Yep my One X does this and so does my friends.. sounds like a small ball bearing.
[Nexus 4 General] liam6576:
my first impressions are it's a great phone, much better than my 4S. It's actually pretty smooth, smoother than my Nexus 7 and the screen is just beautiful.

the swipe texting is actually pretty accurate and has impressed me so far, the camera is good, same as my 4S really, but the phone as a whole is great.

unlike my Nexus 7 which I RMA'ed, I have no faults at all with the device, the build quality and software are perfect and everything works.

perfectly happy with it and I think google and LG actually got it right this time.
[Nexus 4 General] :
I dunno battery life for me is horrid.. so want to like this phone but battery is everything for me.
[Nexus 4 General] liam6576:
mines lasted from when I initially turned it on last night around 5pm till now (10am) with only 60% battery, I haven't charged it yet and it still has 12% left. I used it for a few hours to downloaded apps, facebook, twitter, the usual, then i stopped at around 11pm to go to bed, it's i guess it could worsen over time, but for now I was impressed.
[Nexus 4 General] moses992:
Ok ive been following this thread closely, and seems like people who got their phones today/yesterday are having less issues than people who got their's on launch day ?

And by "issues" im referring to ;

-the rattling

-the speaker hissing/noise

-the yellow tint

Could someone confirm this ?
[Nexus 4 General] Rusty!:
Everyone will have rattling, it's how the camera works.
[Nexus 4 General] PikkonX:
The look of the notification LED is awesome! There's like a filter pattern over the light that gives it an interesting look. This has been one of my most missed features in a phone, since my last three all lacked any notification lights unless rooted and using backlight notification. The Light Flow app is a must.
[Nexus 4 General] rec71:
No rattle. No yellow hint. Very quiet hiss but only when near other electronics.
[Nexus 4 General] :
Must be something killing my battery then.. HD Widgets most prob.
[Nexus 4 General] düdldihüü:
One big Issue for me is that I somehow can't make some contacts favorites. When I touch the star to favorite them, it becomes white as expected but if I want to save this, it changes back to the unstarred, non-favorited contact. This is only true for some of my contacts. What can I do to resolve this issue?

Edit: After some further testing it seems like I can only star contacts that are WhatsApp contacts. Google contacts can't be starred. What the?
[Nexus 4 General] Dragooon123:
Why are people discussing software gripes on this topic? We specifically want to know the problems and advantages this nexus has, not the general stuff about Android.
[Nexus 4 General] uberNoobZA:
After having the phone for about a day now, I have to say I am still wow'ed by it.

I personally really like the look of the phone and the feel of it. It just (to me) 'feels better' than my S3. It feels more solid and more balanced, and I like how the glass feels on the back.

To me the screen is amazing. It's sharp and clear and colours are very accurate. The buttons feel good and are not too big or too small. The audio is pretty good as well, and I was impressed how good call quality was. I am VERY impressed by the wifi, as my S3 kept dropping connection (at work and at home,) whereas the Nexus 4 is stable as anything.

To me, standby battery is better than my S3, but battery usage when in use seems to be higher on the Nexus 4.

My Nexus 4 also has the issue with a very low humming / buzzinf noise from the front speak, but you REALLY have to be listening for it to hear it and to be honest I would not have noticed if I did not read a forum post pointing it out. I SUSPECT it is related to being close to other electronic equipment, an I can hear it when sat at my PC, but not when in the passage.

Yes, my Nexus 4 does rattle, and I SUSPECT it is the volume buttons and/or the rear camera housing/parts. However, it only happens if I tap the back of my phone near the camera, or if I shake the phone.... not things I do regularly. Once again, it's there if you look for it, bot not noticeable otherwise.

I have had no heat issues, EXCEPT when I first got the phone and charged it using the supplied charger. All other time it's been on charge / in use it has been fine. I used it as a Satnav for 1.5 hours straight (screen on whole time) while plugged into my car charger and no heat issues. Maybe it's an issue with the charger itself... who knows.

All in all, I am VERY happy with this phone. To be honest, the only other time I liked a new phone this much was when I got my first Galaxy Nexus. I'm now of the mind that I will only stick to Nexus devices, as all the Nexus devices I have had have really impressed me.
[Nexus 4 General] martindar:
i have an idea that for some reason the results that we are getting for these benchmarks are not correct threr is no question this phone is blisteringly fast everything that i had on my one x runs so much better on the nexus 4 this is one fast phone -love it!
[Nexus 4 General] Allanitomwesh:
On the iFixit Nexus 4 Teardown they found an LTE chip. Here's to hoping....
[Nexus 4 General] G1ukos:
Shaun,

what's your final decision?

Saying goodbay to old and lovely GalaxyNexus or to new and weird Nexus4? Why so?

I'm interested, in particular, in comfort for everyday use.

Like: "The screen of Nexus4 is better for my eyes. He is not rebooting all the time. But my GalaxyNexus is much comfortable in hand. So I either will have healthy eyes, but strong hands to hold the phone, with nexus 4 OR I will have red eyes and will be always mad, but I will spin my GalaxyNexus on my index finger".

I'm not interested in software. I'm not interested in price, availability or anything else. Just your thoughts about phones, like there are only you 3 in the whole world. But one of us must leave and dissapear... And here are 2 possible futures - one with you+Nexus4 and another with you+GalaxyNexus. Give me those futures!
[Nexus 4 General] Shark87:
The phone is really light, much lighter than I thought it would be. Yet it feels solid. The rubber edge doesn't quite as grippy as I though it would, but it feels nice. So far everything I've done on the phone has been smooth. No hickups at all yet. The battery seems like it might be alright. Its too early to say for sure of course. When I turned it on it was at 66%. I used it moderately for about 6-7 hours and it was down to 44%.
[Nexus 4 General] shr33kant:
I bought one from O2, they are actually convinced that this phone is locked to their network...currently running mine on 3-UK hahaa...Thanks OP for pointing this out in previous posts.
[Nexus 4 General] ThunderWolf78:
My Gnex rattles if I shake it violently like a stoned madman. Stop with the "OMG it rattles and therefore must be broken, OMG!" You're not running around all day shaking it next to your head, right? Because if you do, you probably suffer from mental illness. :P

Tapatalked from my h4x0r3d up Maguro.
[Nexus 4 General] BravoMotorola:
What the F?
[Nexus 4 General] gnan10:
Yes nexus 4 has hidden Lte chip

Dont knw whether it can be used by doing some tinkers in software or not usable
[Nexus 4 General] daern:
Like mine. So much nicer to use than old GNex. I think more ram is a big part of it though.

Jury is out on battery but I will say this... It's certainly not better than the GNex... :-/

Will give it a few days to see. Hardware is otherwise excellent though.
[Nexus 4 General] heat361:
I don't think the kernel is finished yet, if it was finished we should have a lot better battery life because the 3.4 Linux kernel optimizes for battery.
[Nexus 4 General] snickerpop:
I love this phone. The screen is huge and spacious and I can use Google chrome as my browser without slow down. The only thing is my titanium backup isn't working and now that I have a mod able phone there's a lot I don't know.
[Nexus 4 General] Naimand:
It's extremely simple to root your phone so that Titanium will work. Or did you do that already?
[Nexus 4 General] mschafe:
Second Impressions:

I'm not very impressed by the camera. VERY grainy/noisy pictures and video even in good light. I was using my GSIII as a point and shoot replacement so I need to think carefully now on if I should hold onto this or switch back. What does everyone else think about the camera?

Other than that, 24 hours of using the phone, and I'm still very impressed by everything else!
[Nexus 4 General] snickerpop:
I meant my backup is corrupt. It might be fixable but I'm just going to install manually. Good time to see which apps are actually useful
[Nexus 4 General] mariosraptor:
the best thing on this phone is that micro-usb port is independent of mainboard in case someone breaks it. it will be cheap to change.:good:
[Nexus 4 General] Audioboxer:
Have you tried any camera apps off the store? The default app might need some software tweaking.
[Nexus 4 General] trident167:
It's a smartphone. Some are better than others but camera sensors on phones are still not that great. They are all grainy once you get them blown up.
[Nexus 4 General] shadyshaun:
As tempted as i am, if a warranty replacement is needed i'm sure it would invalidate it. Sorry :rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 General] shadyshaun:
Nobody else silly enough to shell out O2 prices ;)
[Nexus 4 General] borich:
repost my question;)
[Nexus 4 General] Venekor:
Ouch, poor scores.
[Nexus 4 General] shadyshaun:
As it didn't get more than warm i'm assuming it's being throttled within an inch of its life?

Here's hoping some devs can tweak things and unlock what on paper should be a lightening fast phone....:eek:
[Nexus 4 General] Cusa:
Damn, I was worried about the sound being inaudible and it seems like it is an issue with the phone.
[Nexus 4 General] rskyline:
Even of that with throttling it feels slow? Don't think so...
[Nexus 4 General] italia0101:
Anandtech showed when its throttling it doesn't go above 1100 . Even though 1500 is Max
[Nexus 4 General] ctfrommn:
Those are the same or better than Anandtech got in their "freezer" tests.
[Nexus 4 General] Carter07:
I think results are good, maybe 2-3fps under max scores..

To see if the phone has throtlling problems (like testing units in the reviews) you should see if results changes if you run two consecutive times the full suite of test.
[Nexus 4 General] juniorbattle:
Could you check if Google Maps or Earth stutters while panning / zooming.
[Nexus 4 General] shadyshaun:
For people looking at these scores -

From a real world perspective using the phone it feels lightening fast. Thing open instantly, putting it next to a GNEX running Jellybean 2.1 and there is just no comparison. Opening the camera on both phones at the same time the Galaxy nexus feels laggy the nexus 4 is instant.

I'm not sure what's going on with these scores but it's not translating well into real world usage.

Just my 2 pence worth
[Nexus 4 General] italia0101:
I don't think they are. anandtech gets 78fps in HD offscreeb
[Nexus 4 General] Rusty!:
The rattling with be the camera autofocus much, tons of phones do it.
[Nexus 4 General] theguitarman94:
Nice avatar Rusty. I love it. Wish I could have it!
[Nexus 4 General] ctfrommn:
Thats for Egypt classic....he ran the HD one.....Anadtech showed like 30fps freezer for HD. Link........http://www.anandtech.com/show/6440/google-nexus-4-review/3
[Nexus 4 General] ajvulcan:
You are wrong...

As someone told you...thats for egypt classic.
[Nexus 4 General] shadyshaun:
I'm using a fast internet connection so maps load fast but in both apps it is lightening fast and smooth, no lag or stuttering whatsoever
[Nexus 4 General] donec:
I have ask this of others but have not received a reply yet.

What is the hight and width of the screen not counting the soft buttons?

Is there a way to connect a wrist strap?
[Nexus 4 General] jameslfc5:
As far as the rattling goes, I'd tell them you want to do an exchange within your 28 days but only when the new batch is in and as long as they make a note of it they can authorize that for you
[Nexus 4 General] stevencpoynter:
Its under the glass
[Nexus 4 General] rahulmaheswari:
After reading through most posts i find this still un adressed. Can you please share the performance of the camera in daylight and low light situations and compare to say the s3 or other similar speced devices??
[Nexus 4 General] jamesey10:
The price of the N4 is amazing. If it was a $500 phone, I would have gone with the One S
[Nexus 4 General] Nickel Dime Bay:
People are seriously complaining of the tiny rattle of the camera sensor? Lol wow, every phone i've ever had that has a nice camera has had the rattle. Its not even a big deal tho, like are you constantly shaking the phone by your ear? I dont get it, people will complain just to complain.
[Nexus 4 General] Venekor:
I've never had a Smart Phone that rattles.

It is annoying and shouldn't be accepted when people spend as much as they do on these devices. For some people this is a lot of saving to get a phone like this.
[Nexus 4 General] sarni84:
I know what are you always going to shake your phone? I mean that is what you have to do to hear it right? Idk I don't hear it At all
[Nexus 4 General] dale_cooper:
I don't care about the phone shake, its the creaking that is a bit weird. TUrn the phone over, hold the phone in your left hand with your fingers at the top of the phone, now rub your thumb up ... the part where your fingers are will creak (at least mine does).

Couple more note, the one s camera seems a bit better (faster shutter too) - the N4 seems a bit hard to focus. Also, the couple indoor flashes I did - some were good, some were insanely white and washed out.

Here is a low light picture I just took for that person who asked...

and one outside...