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[Nexus 4 General] finbaar:
I hated my GNex for its non-expandable storage and soft buttons. I was determined not to make the same mistake again. So imagine my utter despair in April when I opened my N4 and tried to install my newly purchased 64gb sd card and realised there was no slot. And no, not again, no home button. Google, you suck.

If only there was some way for people like myself and the OP to find out about these major faults BEFORE we buy a new phone. I just hope when I open my next Nexus phone Google have added a sd card slot and a big whopper home button.
[Nexus 4 General] can6rxw:
I am a Nexus fan, always have been. Nexus is not perfect, no phone is. Someone will ALWAYS find something wrong with any device. If it has a "home" hard button, they complain about copying off Apple. If it has software buttons, they complain they hit them accidently or whatever. Apple has a vision for their devices - the style, OS, etc. Google has their style too which is nothing like Apples, which is good. Nexus is never top of the line OMG got to get that phone 'cause the camera is so good and I have oodles of storage. It's a really good phone made for everyone, not just the techies or those with disposable money that can afford a $650 phone. Google is appealing to the mass, not the niche crowds and for that, kudos.

My Nexus doesn't have the best camera, but it's good. Most other things are simply minor. Like another poster said, do your research when buying a phone. Don't just pick one up and buy it. Do reviews on it before you buy...that way, you are not suprised and know exactly what you are getting and what others say about it.

I love my S3 for all it's coolness, storage, camera (love it), display, etc...but I only use it for a week or so then go back to my Nexus 4. There is simply nothing like a Nexus.
[Nexus 4 General] rayiskon:
The camera is the weakest link of this phone.
[Nexus 4 General] forever_lol:
Actually I am using S2 a the moment and I must say that I really don't like the physical home button anymore. Nexus Navbar rules for me, I find it very comfortable. What I don't like about N4 is glas back and non removable batery. Camera could be little better (but it's not a deal breaker). Otherwise...I really don't think I am gonna replace it very soon. N4 has everything I need and many more. I am totally satisfied with the performance.
[Nexus 4 General] Lucenzo7:
Wobbly buttons (volume rockers and power button). I don't know if others have this problem, but my phone's buttons became loose in less then a month of usage. It's so annoying...

The other thing is lack of expandable storage. Would be really great if the phone had an SD card slot or was available in 32GB version.
[Nexus 4 General] shadehh:
Wtf seriously? Your volume buttons wobble and so does your power button? Argh! It's been about 6 months here and my volume buttons as well as my power button is solid as hell. In fact, i love the buttons, i really feel the clicks and all.

What batch have you got?

Anyways, if there's anything i've learned when it comes to phones is that you should try to build off the importance. Try to program your mind to say okay in a year or two it will be scrapped. I was really picky with my htc one x cause i was never able to have it the way i wanted it. Power button wobbly.. scratches outta ****ing nowhere, **** battery life. So yeah, as much as i love my nexus, the first scratch i had on the back i just looked passed it like it's nothing. As much as i am a phone addict and love my phone, and thus that's the reason i have a screen protector on the front and a cover for the back, to keep it as good as brand new as possible i still always take into account that even then it may **** up one way or the other. Guess there's just not much you can do.

I donno if you have the money for it or not, but even if i had to scrap my last dollars together, i know if i break the phone to something stupid or happen to ruin it, it's just going to be an excuse for me to buy a new one. :good:

But yeah, i totally understand the way you feel haha. The thing that would induce most pain to me is a phone with a lot of scratches on it. I could careless about a scuff to the top edge or to the bottom or two. (well sure it would annoy me, but not as much as scartches on the display)
[Nexus 4 General] r1nstang:
battery life seems horrible. i deliver packages and use the gps to find stops and it seems the phone is damn near dead after using GPS for about 3 hours. no car charger in the delivery vehicles. i have to carry a battery pack thing with me.
[Nexus 4 General] shadehh:
Well, considering the constant change of signal etc etc i find the battery quite amazing. It's a phone, and it lasts good for a PHONE. If you intend to use it to help you with a full time job then obviously it's not the phone's fault as being a fulltime gps is not what its main usages are supposed to be.
[Nexus 4 General] ratboy666:
lack of expandable storage and why the colours look crap compared to say htc one s or s3 i was little upset at 1st but growing on me
[Nexus 4 General] peinneon:
no expandable storage, otg support, and rear speaker. other than that everything is good for me
[Nexus 4 General] TheNerd:]:
Android video player sucks compared to quick time
[Nexus 4 General] yyz71:
Funny how people find all kinds of problems after they buy the Nexus 4.. If people took time the to actually research the phone before buying it they wouldn't be so disapointed with the missing features.. I'm guessing people didn't realize after the Nexus s No Sdcard slot:rolleyes: LTE smh OTG yes... I'm hoping Lg Makes The Next One :good::good::good::good:
[Nexus 4 General] richteralan:
Nexus 4: nothing to complain.

Android: can we stop the fight between devs. And fight between their supporting fans
[Nexus 4 General] inspire1989:
pros: awesome design, great performance, first updates :good:

cons: nothing to complain, only some minor wishes like a camera button

I thought the limited memory would be a con but slowly I doubt this because 16 GB is still LOTS of memory
[Nexus 4 General] l33ttroll:
Currently loving everything about android and my nexus 4 expect for the poor battery life.:angel:
[Nexus 4 General] OrrPenn18:
Delayed notifications on wifi.
[Nexus 4 General] Spdr142:
Touch screen response and notification delay.
[Nexus 4 General] mindlesSheep:
how to spot stupid person: he buys phone with softkeys while hating softkeys, ignoring fact that 98% of droid phones have good old hardkeys

also battery life and the fact that back glass is freaking hot while using much too cpu in hot weather, i wonder when phones will have active cooling... :D
[Nexus 4 General] zabihjan:
So much hatred i cant believe it. When is this fanboism gonna stop.

If you dont like a post dont bother to read or reply.

Get a life
[Nexus 4 General] zabihjan:
Unfortunately Android is the only GPS navigation I can rely on in central London because it works 90% of the time no other GPS device works in city of London without going mental.

I have tried Lumia 900, actual TomTom iPhone and many others I always come back to Android for its GPS chip and only reason why I am carrying Nexus 4 as it was cheap to buy and quite good specs compared to other phones for the same speed.
[Nexus 4 General] zabihjan:
You will miss the home button once you break the power button

If you ever give your nexus 4 and a phone with physical home button to a child the child will choose the one with home button to enjoy a headache free gaming for some time
[Nexus 4 General] zabihjan:
My gtalk was replaced by hangouts when I had 4.2.2
[Nexus 4 General] zabihjan:
Thank you dear
[Nexus 4 General] LoVeRice:
No sd slot. No hd porn :(
[Nexus 4 General] forever_lol:
That's a good point. I believe you, but I have no children so far :) Nexus is the best choice for me but it's indeed not a device I would recommend to everyone but only to those who know why they want it. For an average user I'd also suggest galaxy serie.

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Good one :beer:
[Nexus 4 General] Stories:
A 32gb option would have been nice. Official LTE too.The wifi notification thing is weird. But none of these are deal breakers. Very happy otherwise.
[Nexus 4 General] brilldoctor:
Glass back and the fact that android cannot have a unlock screen before a pin code
[Nexus 4 General] Dark Fear:
i hated idea of software keys.. even hated pie.. but i installed gmd and now i can control my N4 with gesture.. it's awesome..

now i don't need any hardware button and think it' has really Cool, dark one word, sexy design without hardware key..!

until now i've enough storage space.. but i think this is the only major problem..

i really love my Sexy Nexy..!
[Nexus 4 General] Lucenzo7:
How do I check that?

Unfortunately, here in Serbia I can't RMA it. They won't replace it due to "physical damage", although it doesn't have a single scratch and was held in a case since the very first day. It actually never fell off.
[Nexus 4 General] Atomix86:
The only thing I don't like is the battery life, but its far from a deal breaker.
[Nexus 4 General] PJcastaldo:
Uhh... really..?

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Other than crazy devices like the Note 2. The N4 has great battery life.
[Nexus 4 General] Procyon_82:
Battery life used to bug me until I flashed, turned off sync and limited CPU to 1GHz.
[Nexus 4 General] Ok_Kaleidoscope5109:
Lag. UI should've been hitting 60fps and maintaining 60 fps since 2011 at least. I still don't see it on my Nexus 4 and my iPhone 5 feels more fluid.

My second gripe is launcher redraws. This stuff should never happen. There's no excuses that really can be made for this one.
[Nexus 4 General] d u o XIV:
This. I've got a quad-core processor and 2 gigs of RAM, we're still not getting an absolutely 100% smooth UI? I really hope rumors of the K-release's optimizations aren't exaggerated and we finally get a completely stutter/lag-free experience.
[Nexus 4 General] dc211:
Holy crap someone referenced quick time as a positive thing!
[Nexus 4 General] Ace42:
This. *holds shield*
[Nexus 4 General] Codrea:
Nexus 4 camera suck, no sd card, need to add more battery I think :D

2600 mah on 4.7 nexus 4 will be great. On mobile data I got 3 hours screen time since I always on mobile data. Need more than that.

At least give removable battery and stronger glass.
[Nexus 4 General] bustem:
Battery and sdcard is annoying but we bought the phone knowing these things. But I wouldnt have thought that the camera would suck that much:D Thats the only thing I would like to change..

Sent from my Nexus⁴
[Nexus 4 General] progosu:
what I hate about android:

- UI lags

what I don't like about Nexus 4:

- it doesn't feel comfortable in hand, too thick

- 16GB capacity and no SD slot

- rear speaker (quality and placement)

- camera

- non-replaceable battery, but I can live with that

- very fragile
[Nexus 4 General] daglesj:
Lack of testing on the updates.

Yes no one likes testing but is helps you make a quality product rather than look a careless twit.

Virtually all tech products sold nowadays are beta products and always will be.
[Nexus 4 General] rayiskon:
This is going to turn into another android-lag thread
[Nexus 4 General] TheNerd:]:
It just bugs me with android that I can't skip through the video of a part that's unloaded. It instead just skips the whole thing and crashes the video. With quick time you can scrub to any part of the video and it's always buttery smooth
[Nexus 4 General] farangutan:
The nexus 4 too thick??
[Nexus 4 General] the.fall:
Battery life when using 3G.

Well, I don't really know what battery life is like with other phones because the N4 is my first smartphone, but for me it's just too less. Besides that, there's not much to complain about.
[Nexus 4 General] Semantics:
Android 4.3, but it's an easy fix at least.
[Nexus 4 General] 3dupunk:
Expandable storage! I hate that Google is trying to force me to use these services by limiting memory. It's 2013, charge me more but please give me expandable storage. I won't get a n7 just cause it doesn't have expandable storage......that might change though lol ;)

Sent by flying midget
[Nexus 4 General] inspire1989:
limited memory and poor display colors/gamma with stock kernel :(

but no matter what, still an awesome phone! :good:
[Nexus 4 General] lesonal:
The camera sucks .
[Nexus 4 General] gabo_e30:
I mean there are ways...

You could look at reviews of the phone online. Those reviews usually have pictures... CNET the verge android police just to mention a few are sites where u can read about phone reviews...

Personally I don't ever buy something without reading every review out there so I can get different point of views about a device.

Besides there's no perfect phone... You have to be willing to sacrifice one thing to get another... That's not just in phones, but life as well
[Nexus 4 General] Cyanoshake:
Its the best phone I've ever owned. My only gripe is the lack of external storage. And maybe the fact that the back is glass and vibration is a bit weak. I love my nexus though.
[Nexus 4 General] funcrusher:
I just hate that the mic is absolutely horrible when recording video. Sounds like you're in a tin can, under water.

Keeps me from recording my daughter as much I'd like to.
[Nexus 4 General] Cuzz1369:
Really????????? You didn't do any type of research first. Like at a all???????

Some peoples kids........
[Nexus 4 General] otariq:
Just 32gb of memory I like to keep music on my phone because crappy service makes it hard to stream on the go
[Nexus 4 General] Logomotph:
The camera could be better...

As for Android, I'd like a Wi-Fi direct sharing app out of the box. I don't think the UI lag will disappear, because android doesn't force you to develop apps in an optimal way, so many devs won't. Besides that, you have all the backwards compatibility to deal with. Who knows what KLP will bring, tho.
[Nexus 4 General] lazer155:
It's not the nexus 4's fault but I don't like how android doesn't have a tap to return to top of page option like iOS does. I love that feature. On iOS it's universal across all apps but on android it's not all that common of a feature assuming it is even built into an app. I think its patented by apple but I'd love a mod that could be applied to enable it.

I'd also like a system wide tap and hold to lookup in dictionary option. This is also an iOS feature. I haven't been able to find a modification that adds this feature to android.
[Nexus 4 General] chacua358:
too thick thats your con i feel its PERFECT better than my iphone 5 which is so thin it feels like i could bend it in half if you dont like android then get a motha****n iphone

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well said :highfive:

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i feel like ppl want an iphone but with android then they should go and buy a goophone i5 or something whit a big home button
[Nexus 4 General] reiko09:
Battery life and sometimes it gets buggy. I hate leaving location on to use Google now and the battery drains
[Nexus 4 General] Cream$ickleHJ:
Why the f*** did you buy it then??? Pointless thread

"iPhone=Boat shoes,sweaters over shirt/tie,whores,non prescriptive glasses with slicked hair,hipster concerts,too much ignorance"-sent from my NEXUS 4
[Nexus 4 General] funcrusher:
To keep you sh*tposting.
[Nexus 4 General] edians:
no removable battery and lack of expendable storage
[Nexus 4 General] lineape:
The lack of a removable battery wouldn't be a problem if the included one wasn't so damn small. On a good day I get 4hrs of on screen time with a single charge. I'm just glad I have access to a charger at most places or else I'd be screwed.
[Nexus 4 General] bantamdraper:
I've had my N4 for about a month now after coming from a One X and overall I'd say I'm really happy with it. I compared the two and I thought the N4 would be a nice upgrade, mainly because I wanted quicker OS updates, a bigger battery, and a cleaner UI (didn't care for Sense) as well as more ram.

My only gripes would the soft keys and be the camera could be better, but I can live with it. I knew these would be my gripes before I bought the N4, but when I compared all the pros and cons of each phone, the N4 came out on top. I love how smooth and fast the N4 is.

If there's one thing I've learned it's that there's always going to be tradeoffs between phones. There isn't one phone out there that would satisfy all my needs. The Galaxy S4 Google Edition would come closest feature-wise, but I can't really justify paying that much for a phone :P
[Nexus 4 General] cpkelley94:
I love Android and what it stands for, and I love the open-source world. But I do have one complaint about Android: It needs some serious optimization. The one trade off with the code being so open source and free is that with all the commits and changes made things can begin to conflict. It's unacceptable to me that my phone with 1.5x to 2x the magnitude of almost every single hardware specification of the iPhone 5 can still be somewhat jerky and laggy in the UI. It's also bad that with 50% more battery capacity (2100 mAh vs. 1440 mAh) than the iPhone 5, the N4 has notably mediocre battery life.

Google has their work cut out for them for Android 4.4/5/whatever, and that work would be to continue to optimize every aspect of the Android OS. And honestly I'm nitpicking one problem; other than that, Android is nearly perfect and an incredible step into the future of technology, and I would never switch.

And this phone (N4) is absolutely perfect, and for the insanely low price and high quality, I honestly don't know how LG can be making money. Seriously.
[Nexus 4 General] Diable Jambe:
Dislikes:

Poor speaker. i always have to use headset for better sounds. compared to galaxy devices that have loud speakers

Average battery. battery is not that good. though i can use the phone within 1 day of normal use, text, call, few wifi and web browsing. but still not enough if i play games with wifi and gps on, sync on and other running background apps.

Camera is ok. Bad camera on low light. But you can use other camera apps to add effects to your pictures.

Buggy android and apps compatibility. i thought updating to 4.3 the phone will be better. the UI is smoother but i experience deadlocks, lags and bugs with it. some apps also not working. Better flash stable custom roms.

I also dont like the nav bars. Nav bars eat the space of your screen. And i accidentaly touch them when I play games. That's why I use PIE.

I have no problem with 16gb storage because i transfer the movies to my pc after i watched the movie. I have 32 gb n7 and I have 300+ apps and games that i do not use. I just save it there to fill the memory. :) I think an additional 8gb external is better.

Other than that this phone is beast with high end specs and uncomparable price. There are also a lot of devs who are always there to support us. Definitely the best phone for me.
[Nexus 4 General] neilshah999:
For a phone that's headline feature was Google now, the battery life with it on is terrible. The constant location reporting requires a much bigger battery. Having to charge at 3pm everyday isn't always possible. Otherwise great phone

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Ace42:
I'm mostly disappointed with the absence or the SGX GPU in android(always used in iOS). This GPU always offers the beat performance, but for some reason manufactures prefer the Adreno or Nvidia GPUs. For the next Nexus the 544MP3/4 should be accompanied by 2 A15's+4 A7's.

Now as for my N4 complaints I have plenty:

-Ads are nonexistent. I don't even specialize in marketing, but I do know it's beyond mortal logic to release multiple N devices with little to marketing. Now I am quite familiar with Apple commercial, and not even sure if Google has a N4 or new N7 TV ad. So far I've seen the Moto X commercial a few times and it's not impressive. For 500Mi they could've done much better than that.

-Colors. The stock colors are the most unwelcoming and puzzling choice I've ever seen in any device.

-Storage. There really needs to be a 32/64/128Gb solution in coming years, and don't give me that cloud BS. I want everything local I don't want to listen to my music from the magical cloud.

-UI experience. I've used EVERY version or android including Honeycomb and I can say android is getting faster & slower. Starting from 1/1.5 the ui was very responsive. As JIT came in 2.1 things got a lot quicker, but GB was not as fluid, since it lacked proper dualcore support. Once ICS was made we finally for some GPU rendering and dual core. Job offers its fair share of changes as well like project butter and new APIs.

Due to resolutions increasing with 2160P or 1440P being next, the hardware will need to catch up to drive such displays. I watched videos of Snapdragon 800 phones and some had lackluster speed and STILL lag/stutter. All I want is no more speed issues on 4+ cores. Is it too much to ask that the Google GPU wrapper be replaced with OpenCL or GL? Whichever grants the GPU the low-level access.
[Nexus 4 General] defffizz:
Guys today I took the same photo with my n4 and girlfriends sgs3 and both have pretty much the same quality and level of details (I was comparing photos on my computer). I will upload them later maybe. My point is that you guys think s3 has better camera only because of its over saturated contrasty amoled display, and that's it for sure.

N4, PA+Faux
[Nexus 4 General] Dungeon47:
Nexus 4:

Thermal issues that could have been easily fixed with a proper heatsink. Still works okay, but throttling wouldn't even happen if it was done right.

We need larger batteries in phones. Make the screen and device slightly bigger, and increase battery size.

Stop putting glass on the back of things. Use the space for more battery.

Give us more than 16GB of storage. I don't care if it's external sdcards or more onboard, but catch up with Apple and get 64GB and 32GB options. I'll pay another $50 to have 16GB more space.

Android:

Put in proper built-in root permissions management already. We should be able to enable root access in fastboot and then administer it in developer options out of the box on AOSP.

Allow us to pay for an ad-free Google account. I know there's plenty of workarounds, but I'd pay a $100/yr premium if I knew I'd never see another YouTube/Gmail/etc ad.

There may be other things I didn't think of, but all of this said, I thoroughly enjoy Android and my Nexus 4; but it can always get better.
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
As far as the phone, I hate the back glass being made out of eggshells and the soft spots on babys' heads.
[Nexus 4 General] IRX120:
I love pure stock untouched android, I don't have any issue with custom Roms, I just have 3 nexus devices and keep them all on the same build of aosp, on my nexus 4, personally, I wish it had 32gb of storage and a nice psyical circle home button right below the screen, and no on screen keys. And back buttons were included in the apps like iOS

Sent from my Nexus 4 TMO @1.728 GHz on Stock 4.3.0
[Nexus 4 General] xman_here:
So what should be included in the new LG NEXUS 5 according to you people?
[Nexus 4 General] Ace42:
My N5 wishlist:

5.2" OLED 1080P zero gap

2 A57s 2.5 Ghz+ 6 A53s 1.6 ghz

2GB Ram DDR3

WiFi AC

Lte advanced

Dual led cam 5MP zero lag+HDR

Removable battery 3000mah

SGX Rogue 600MP2

16/32/64Gb
[Nexus 4 General] bantamdraper:
I've compared photos (same scene and light source) from the N4 camera to my friend's SG3 on a pc and the SG3 pics consistently come out better in low light. I tend to think it's just that Samsung has more camera optimisation with their software/drivers, but who knows:confused: