[Nexus 4 General] AnDroiD178:
It's time for me to write my first post! Joined xda forum really for the sake of using Nexus 4. I've got my Nexus 4 for about a week, after more than 4 weeks of waiting and I'm loving it! I came from the Sony Xperia S after the Samsung Galaxy SLCD, so this is my third Android phone. The Samsung is too laggy, reboots often and I'm stuck with Froyo. And for Xperia S, well I'm stuck on ICS till Sony decides to release JB 4.1 after adding lots of goodieson the skin (or bloatware if you prefer) in maybe April or May 2013. It is a nice phone but well after getting some reboots and dropping in smoothness, I have decided to get a NEXUS. No carrier bloatware, faster Google updates and best of all, with so many talented rom developers sharing their love and support for NEXUS devices, things are just sweeter.

I believe in what some say, the NEXUS is meant to be rooted. I have mine rooted hours after it reached me. This forum made it easy. Stock rom might be stable but those smart developers made this phone rock even more! I feel that I'm losing out if I remain on stock.

Ok for the comparison...

Galaxy screen has bright colours but low resolution. In fact not a fair comparison. Xperia has great 720p resolution but poorer viewing angles. I thought it had good colours until I saw what's on N4's screen. I never knew that I have been looking at yellow tainted screens for a year. The N4 screen gives me crisp images and better whites, and the same 720p resolution on a larger size. Viewing angles are definitely better. Colours are no less vibrant than Xperia. Text are still legible on zoomed out web pages.

Xperia S has a 12MP camera which provides great shot. So far I have only tested the N4 camera on a few instances. HDR works great. And photosphere is giving people lots of fun. I was initially worried when people posted lacklustre photos, but mine seems to be decent if not stellar. It's ok for me, not that far off from Xperia. With the built in image editing tools from Gallery I can always enhance my shots. :good:

Now for the software, I'm no longer running stock but running SB RC1 with a custom kernel. I'm like spoilt for choice, everything seems great.

On SB, I noticed that the N4 is smooth and previous apps that doesn't run well on Xperia are now better. Especially when using Chrome as it renders pages better on certain websites. On a custom kernel battery life improves and the set runs cooler, but still feels as fluid as stock. There are cases of people reporting that their N4 runs hot and battery life sucks. I wonder is it due to stock kernel? I'm getting great battery life from N4. I have to charge my Xperia and Galaxy on a daily basis as they have a smaller battery and sips battery faster. For N4, it is possible to hit 4-5 hours of screen time on reasonable brightness. That's what people are reporting. I'm running my N4 for slightly more than a day currently.

The N4 has better built than my 2 other cellphones and the Gorilla glass front and back add a premium touch. I got my phone a TPU case and screen protector ASAP, can't risk scratching and breaking the glass. ;)

There are other phones with bigger screens/ultra saturated colours plus many interesting 'overlaying skins' appearing all the time. But to me this doesn't matter so much now.

Now I'm a proud Nexus owner. And hopefully so are you! :laugh:

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