[Nexus 4 General] phreak24:
Guys. thanks for your feedback on Nexus 4 - you really give me some hope :)

A few words about Galaxy Nexus that I have to use for the time being. As MusicMan374 mentioned, display is 'stupid', especially after switching from iPhone 4.Touch screen sensitivity is very poor - you may need to touch the screen 2-3 times to make it work. Weird crooked back panel shape, plastic everywhere, the cheapest and softest Samsung could have possibly found, which makes the phone looks like kid's toy and can be easily damaged. I dropped my phone once, and though display survived, the plastic body was badly scratched and dented. I dropped my iPhone 4 quite a few times practically without any noticeable damage at all.

But this is all minor stuff compare to how Galaxy Nexus 'tortures' me on a daily basis. The loudspeaker is located on the back panel, which means when you put the phone on a hard flat surface (desk), the ring will be somewhat muted - same problem will apply to speakerphone use. But if (God forbid) you put your phone on a soft surface (couch, mattress, blanket), chances are you won't here any ring at all and you can definitely forget about speakerphone use unless you turn the phone upside down. Impressed? But the list goes on: volume up-down buttons are located on the left side of the phone (just like on iPhone 4), but on iPhone you need to push them rather hard to adjust volume - this way you won't change volume by pushing buttons by accident when holding the phone. But with Galaxy Nexus you'll have fun all the time - as practically no effort is required to adjust volume, you'll be doing it no matter if you want it or not as long as you simply hold the phone in your hand. Smart, isn't it? Same applies to on/off/lock button on the right side of the phone - you'll be locking you phone with no effort no matter if you want it or not. Amusing, right?

The question is: how retarded a person should be in order to design something like Galaxy Nexus? Probably a random person with some common sense could have done better than that. Maybe Samsung should do professional evaluation of their employees more often. And then we have Google, well known for numerous amazing and user friendly things, which didn't bother to examine the phone up close before selling it as Google phone. The major problem with Galaxy Nexus is clear intention of its creators to come up with a CHEAPER phone, not a BETTER phone. Ironically the initial price was almost as high as iPhone 4/4S until Google dropped it in a few months. Welcome to the wonderful world of profiteering! Google, you should be ashamed of yourself for lowering your standards that much!

In theory we have a good choice of Android phones - no need to look at Nexus only. But is that really so? Some of my friends (especially from Europe) advised to get Sony Xperia as Android high end phone. The problem is that even brand new Sony James Bond Xperia T comes with Android Ice Cream Sandwich. What the hell is going on? Would you buy a brand new PC laptop with Windows 98 on it? Why should it be different for smartphones? Or may be Sony can not afford Jelly Bean update? As you can see, Android selection is very limited for those who want the latest software updates at the time of their release, not in a couple of years. Or may be it's too much to ask?

Also I can't understand those of you who say iOS is for Mr Average and Android is for smart guys. Guys, you may tweak your phones as much as you like with Android open source, but Android is used in COMMERCIAL products which are quite expensive for consumers. So if you sell Android products to consumers, the bottom line is to satisfy Mr Average. And Mr Average is not supposed to do the job of QA team fixing Android bugs simply because he paid his hard earned money for the phone and has the right to expect it to function properly. If this bottom line is not met, all these talks about tweaking and customization is utter nonsense - in order to get a university degree you need to graduate from high school first.