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[Nexus 5 General] elementaldragon:
Well.... in regards to the feel of the phone.... a lot of people went with the black N5, simply because of the different back panel. The white N5's panel is more of a smooth plastic, whereas the black is what i can best describe as slightly rubberized. Does feel quite nice, at least to me, coming from a Motorola Atrix 4g and a Galaxy S3.

As for the built-in speaker.... it's rare to find a phone where they're reasonable.... HTC One aside. It only has one tiny speaker, but still sounds FAR better than my GS3 and Atrix did. But i don't really use the speaker for much... so that doesn't really bother me.

Battery life.... i dunno... i have to say i think it does fairly well. Lasts a fair bit longer than my S3 did with similar usage, and even on the stock ROM.

As for the LED.... it IS "fully rounded"... it just has a bit of a dithered outside edge. I'm assuming that's to try and make it appear as less of a beacon of light in a dark room when it's flashing (Like my S3's notification LED was). As for "colors mixed in along the edge".... uuh.... you DO understand how RGB LED's work, right? They essentially have three semiconductor sets that, when current is applied, light up in a different color. One red, one blue, one green. Which is usually why they can only really do variations on those three colors very well... not so much with a custom color. If you look at the LED when it's trying to recreate "white".... you'll see that around the edge, it looks like there's some red, green, and blue there, too. That's because there is. It's how they create white light with RGB LED's. It's probably not really visible on some other phones because they probably do more to hide the outside edges of the LED. Kinda like how HTC seems to have a thing for hiding it in the speaker/headphone grille.
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
I feel like a lot of people are buying this phone without doing enough homework to know what they're purchasing. If you've actually read a couple reviews of the phone or spent any amount of time in these forums, there should be absolutely no surprises. Either know what you're spending your $400 on or don't complain when it doesn't live up to your uninformed expectations.
[Nexus 5 General] DigitalUnderground:
That's why it was better when carriers didn't sell the nexus. Nobody out of the development world knew about them

Sent from my Hammerhead
[Nexus 5 General] Doukeyakusha:
They are entitled to their gripes as you are your praises......all 502 of them....Do we need as many of those types of posts as well? This is the daily internet, why so surprised? Anyway, I see no big deal that OP is underwhelmed, just sharing is opinion. And he gave his reasons. Not everyone is going to like the same things. You internet people need to relax a little. Or not. Your choice. Stress free is the way to be, high five
[Nexus 5 General] unstandardized:
Had a GS4 too with a 64gb micro-SD, I was a little apprehensive at first, mostly due to the storage downgrade. But now, having my N5 for about 3 weeks, I don't regret it at all.
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
My point is that if you actually do your research before dropping a few hundred bucks and know what you're getting into BEFOREHAND (y'know, making a purchase as an informed consumer), it's pretty much a guarantee that you won't be underwhelmed or disappointed. Just sayin'.
[Nexus 5 General] rickyx32:
To be fair, LG is having problems with quality control, and they also did do a sloppy job with the hardware design both which is causing quite a number of people to complain about the vibration loudness and lack of feedback which seems to worsen over time, and piping sound of the speakers and glue muffling the sound. Not to mention the issues with audio quality pointed out by Anandtech. These are things that can't be excused by the N5's low cost. The N5 does have the worst screen out of all the Android flagships with its crappy diagonal viewing angles, but better panels do cost more.

Anyway, I am happy with my Nexus 5, but any brand does have its fanboys, and they praise their brand and its products to the point of delusion the Nexus line is no exception. What I do find annoying are the clowns frowning on "newbs" and whining about how the Nexus line is only "understood" by developers and should be exclusive to developers. What a load of garbage...
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
Again, absolutely none of this is a surprise if you educate yourself about the product you're buying. It has nothing to do with fanboyism.

I will say, though, that I totally disagree with your assessment of the screen. I don't have a single use case that requires me to view the phone diagonally and off-axis. Viewing angles are great from the sides, top, and bottom, and that's all I need. To each his own.
[Nexus 5 General] dicecuber:
You guys fail to realize this is a cheaply made $350 device. Stop comparing it to devices double the price

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] rickyx32:
It's a fact that the N5 has the least vesatile screen when it comes to viewing angles when compared to the other Android flagships (HTC One, Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note 3, LG G2, and even the Xperia Z1 which also suffers in the viewing angle department. It's not a complaint on my part, I'm fine with it. I was only addressing it as one of the other issues people are having with the N5 which also includes the light bleeding issue.

It's fine if you don't use you phone in a way that has you viewing the screen from all angles, in some games, especially ones that used a darker color palette and night levels it was pretty apparent. Reminded me of when I played on my front lit GameBoy SP...lol Anyway, first world problems...
[Nexus 5 General] darkgoon3r96:
That is so incorrect from what I've seen. Z1 is much worse than the Nexus 5. Nexus 5 washes out when viewing off axis. Z1 washes out regardless of the axis. If you want to show someone a video then it is far more likely that the other person will be watching it on axis. So in that particular scenario, the Nexus 5 will fare better.
[Nexus 5 General] ausaras:
Wooo! So much animosity here! Did not know everyone was suppose to praise N5.

Some of the replies pointed out that N5's speaker can be loud. Well...uh...never once did I complain it was not loud. I said it sounded LOUD when I wanted it to be more QUIET while sounding good. I wished N5's speaker sounded better.

I am not sure why some of you accuses me of not doing research. I did do my research. I knew the speaker wasn't up to HTC One's but Youtube video cannot prepare you for how it sounds in real life. Seriously, can you honestly say that watching and reading reviews can prepare you for how a car feels when you are driving it?

I would have preferred to wait for a few months after N5 is out. But timing wasn't on my side. My daughter broke my wife's Sensation (inherited from me) so I bought N5 and gave her my One S.

As for the LED complaint, I do know how LED works. I don't like how it is done on the N5. Other colors bleeding to the peripheral/outer edge makes it look cheap.

I did not consider selling my N5 because I got N5 to play with the latest Android. I also flashed CM based ROM on Sensation and One S. I don't like Sense that much.

As for the replies on being a fanboy...really? So, are you a fanboy of cabbage if you said you don't like broccoli?

For the battery, I even defended N5. I know it has a higher resolution screen than One S. And I also suspected that Google was more honest in reporting true battery life. I know N5 definitely consumes more battery because when I use it while it is plugged into my computer's USB port, the battery actually goes down (albeit slowly). On all my previous phones, the battery still charges UP even if I am using it. Anyone's N5 also have the same symptom?

If anyone can tell me how to make N5 sound good while the volume is low/quiet, that would be great. Because that is the biggest gripe I have. Just in case, my gripe with N5's speaker is not about it sounding not loud enough but sounding good while the volume is set to the last volume step just before mute.
[Nexus 5 General] Desca:
I sold my HTC One and bought the Nexus 5.

I were skeptic at first because I knew I went from a high-end phone to somewhat of a mid-range phone made from cheaper materials. But after getting the Nexus 5 - This is weird to say but - I'm super happy.

I've had the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the LG Nexus 4. I loved both of the phones to death and took a chance by getting the HTC One. Don't get me wrong though, the HTC One is a brilliant phone. But it just never gave me that... "happy" feeling i get from a Google device. It feels more... Liberated, free and right. It's strange to put down in writing, because I seem like a lunatic Google fanboy (Heck... Maybe I am).

I'm just sad to hear that you don't feel the same way OP. I hope you will find your "one and only" :)!
[Nexus 5 General] ausaras:
I feel you are grossly uninformed about my informed-ness. And I feel you did not really read my post, which makes you the uninformed.

In the OP, my gripe with N5 is how loud it sounds at the lowest volume step before mute. Show me a review that informs me that.

I read the review and saw video reviews. But it still doesn't prepare me for how flat and hollow N5 speaker sounds.

I even edited framework.jar so that volume step is 15 instead of 7, the stock value. But still the same.

And the whole backplate vibrates when volume is loud. As far as I can recall, no reviews mentioned that.
[Nexus 5 General] ausaras:
This is what I mean. N5 is a good phone but I don't feel "gaga" over it, just like you don't feel "gaga" over HTC One. I listed my reasons why I don't feel "gaga" about N5 but unfortunately some people just label me a fanboy.

But I know what u mean. When I had OneS, i felt constrained on my choice of ROM and Kernel. It is very limited. So, I wanted to try a Nexus and see what it is all about. I am really happy with the software side but not "gaga" about some aspects of the hardware.
[Nexus 5 General] jlevy73:
Absolutely correct, I own both devices and the N5 screen has much better viewing angles. As a matter of fact, I think the N5 has a better screen in general.
[Nexus 5 General] Molitro:
I think you draw the wrong conclusion.

It's not that the N5 consumes more battery so charging on USB can't catch up, is that, for some reason, USB charging is really, really slow on this phone.
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
USB charging is really, really slow on every phone because it only provides 0.5 amps of power vs. 1.2 amps for the stock N5 charger and 2 amps for the stock S4 charger (and presumably other Samsung phones as well).

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Well, the S4 and Note 3 use AMOLED. The funny thing is that I came from an S4 and bought this phone completely expecting to miss the vivid colors, perfect blacks, and wide viewing angles of AMOLED. In reality, I was shocked at just how good the N5's display really is (especially after all the horror stories I had read). I'm still not a huge fan of the black levels, but overall it's a fantastic screen.

And no, viewing angles are not worse than the Z1's display. Sony displays tend to wash out at an angle top-to-bottom, which is way more annoying than the N5's display which only washes out at the diagonals. Just my opinion.
[Nexus 5 General] shotta35:
No you fail to realize ALL phones cost $200-300 to build. The only difference is how much profit (and advertising and other costs) is included with the cost of the phone.
[Nexus 5 General] trsix:
love my n5

Zero complaints. That is all.
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
THIS. If anything, Google probably subsidizes the phone to an extent. Other phones that sell for $600-$700 have hundreds of dollars of profit calculated into the price. I'm so tired of people taking the N5's price point to mean that the phone is cheaper made or that corners were cut. That's not the case at all.
[Nexus 5 General] dicecuber:
Then why is the screen smaller than the note 3 and how come Nexus 5 has 2gb of RAM only?

Sent from my Nexus 5

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How come the battery is so small?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
Is this a serious question? The screen and battery are the size they are because they fit into the phone's design. Google didn't set out to design a phablet. Is a 5-inch screen really not big enough for you?

Currently, the Note 3 is the only phone shipping with 3gb of ram, and it's needed because the Note 3 has a truckload of ram-hogging features of questionable utility. All other high-end phones are still shipping with 2gb of ram. The N5 has something like 1.3 gb of free ram at boot as it is, and KitKat was engineered to require a lot less ram than previous versions of Android.

If you look up the bill of materials for your standard high-end smartphone, you'll find that the N5 is pretty much the same as the rest of them in terms of material costs.
[Nexus 5 General] Dani897:
it'll be intersting to see where they go with the naming scheme.... i mean the n5 is the 5th nexus phone and it has a 5" screen so it matches 2 different logical naming schemes, but untill the nexus 4 there was no real scheme and the tablets are named on the screen size only.

where it gets interestign is "nexus" is beleived to be taken from the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? which is what Blade Runner was based on. it references Nexus 6 "replicants" which technically aren't androids by most definitions, but the title does make reference to Androids. with the android and nexus names it makes sense that google was making reference to the popular sci-fi book and they have already had complaint from "the authors estate" according to wikipedia. so will google dare to call a device nexus 6? and would they make something in that awkward 6" size range where it's too big to be a phone and too small to be a tablet, like the note or the old dell streak?(yes the streak had a 5" screen but was just too thick and long to make it as a phone) i know the note and the streak sold well and i can see if you use it like a pda it's better than carrying a large tablet and easier for certain things than a phone but i think it's kinda a niche market... i mean will the phones continue to go in sequence without reference to screen size? what happnes after the 6 then? do they have a 7 phone and a 7 tab? or will they just stick to nexus 5 and/or nexus 4 for phones (i mean why not have 2?) and we'll know them by the year of release of generation?

i'm kinda waiting for a motorola nexus phone... i wonder what they would do if they developed the hardware internally using motorola... though sony would probably make a pretty solid nexus phone as well.
[Nexus 5 General] Molitro:
I know why USB charging is slow... The point was that the Nexus 5, at least compared to previous phones I've had, it's particularly slow.

I have charged phones via USB, but I wouldn't charge the N5, it's so slow.

Swiftkey'd from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
Fair enough. I guess I hadn't noticed that specific issue, but you may be right.
[Nexus 5 General] TheLastSidekick:
I don't know. I mean there's certain things with the phone that may appear lackluster at times.

The camera despite the fixes and the speaker. But assuming most people get a Nexus 5 to root anyways most of these problems are easily fixed. Install an audio mod or camera mod.

This is my first Nexus device and I'm sure it won't be my last either.

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[Nexus 5 General] cd69:
This, +1
[Nexus 5 General] filmaker:
I'll throw my 2 cents in. I sold my HTC One to get the Nexus 5. Would I do it again? Probably not. I wanted the nexus to have access to a large developer community and to stay up to date with the latest version of Android. However.....stock android is very boring in my opinion compared with HTC Sense and Android. (Google+.....don't even get me started).

With that said...I do like the nexus and appreciate the s800 soc
[Nexus 5 General] rickyx32:
It looks like LG is doing something about the crappy speaker and the rattling buttons.

http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-production-to-fix-speaker-and-button-issues/

Again, most of the N5's shortcomings have nothing to do with the low price of the phone itself, this is just LG doing a crappy job of designing a phone and of maintaining quality control, and of Google not optimizing the software before release.

This also validates a previous point I made where we have assholes shunning and drowning out people who have made these exact complaints in the forums. Everyone has no problems jumping into the bandwagon when someone props up yet another thread full of praise, but as soon as someone props up a thread outlining some of the N5's shortcomings the same people go ape**** and full retard fanboy against the OP with stupid pointless rebuttals.

It's good to be critical about what our favorite company does when we have to, if we just praise them to the point of delusion, then they'll just get complacent at our expense.
[Nexus 5 General] UrbanDrawer:
[MENTION=2851841]Dani897[/MENTION] I think Google's just going to call it "Nexus 5 2014-version", like they did with Nexus 7.
[Nexus 5 General] ApriliaM3:
Let's keep things on-topic and friendly here please guys...
[Nexus 5 General] ern88:
Well, I am getting the Nexus 5 to replace my HTC One V. I have done a lot of research and know it may not have some options on other phones. But does have other options the other phones don't have. I am sure that I will be happy with the N5!!!
[Nexus 5 General] MPK25:
Only just over 3hrs screen on time, mostly used for 4G browsing. Used all day for work related calls as well. Running stock kernal and android 4.4.2. Love the N5 after recent update!
[Nexus 5 General] MPK25:
Fail, try again with my pic
[Nexus 5 General] mrnovanova:
LG is the reason why I didn't buy the nexus 4 hopefully the nexus 5 2014 will be made by Motorola or Sony. Fingers crossed :D

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 5 General] rickyx32:
I used to have the HTC One V and then the Galaxy S3 for Virgin Mobile, Switching to the Nexus 5 and T-Mobile was the best decision I've ever made. Awesome flagship caliber phone with the Nexus experience and 30$ a month for 100 minutes, unlimited text, and 5GB of 4G, I'm happy. :victory:
[Nexus 5 General] optimummind:
N5 is my first Nexus phone and I think it's okay. I do appreciate that it gets the updates first and really quick and how I don't have to stress about the rooting situation, especially Samsung's shetty Knox thing. :)

I kept my GS4 and I honestly like it better. The GS4 is on Sprint and the N5 on T-Mobile prepaid.
[Nexus 5 General] gtda:
I'd love a n5, i have a gs4 and i hardly use all the features of the phone. I much prefer stock look and feel and I'm over flashing custom roms. Any aussies out there wanna swap me n5 for gs4 ?

Sent from Asus Nexus 7
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
How can a multi colored LED be ugly though. Every thing else is a reasonable complaint on stock 4.4 but the LED is functional not aesthetic.
[Nexus 5 General] Madawcisrich:
I just loled. I think you just don't realize that the Nexus 5 is actually the best price for value phone of the moment...

Strangly, contrary to you, I found the speaker not powerful enough. For all the bad stuff you citied, I just don't notice them. You talked about bad battery, mine last 1 full day with moderate usage including communication, 4G surf and gaming session. I don't know what did you do with your phone to notice that it has bad battery. Maybe turn off some useless feature when you don't use them.

You said your self, you bought it because it has top spec and crazy price. And now you complain because the phone is not perfect. What an irony. Maybe you should pay 500-600 dollars and take your HTC one and leave us alone.

You can also stop regretting and enjoy with your best price for value phone.
[Nexus 5 General] ausaras:
Higher price does not mean perfection. Lower price does not mean it is not good. No phone is perfect to everyone at any price. You have your preferences and I have mine. You can disagree with me but why do you feel the need to blast my point of view? N5 is just a phone, an imperfect product just like any other phone out there. I never said HTC One was perfect. I just said I was choosing between N5 and HTC One.

Just stating what I FEEL and maybe letting others thinking of purchasing N5 what other perspectives are out there. I am not telling anyone not to buy N5. The reviews are full of praises and I keep wondering why no one has ever said that the backplate vibrates even when volume is not loud. It was the first thing I noticed after getting my hand on the N5. If I knew that, I would probably tilt more toward HTC One.

As I said in the thread title, I am UNDERWHELMED by N5. I did not say it is a HORRIBLE phone.

If you really do feel that high price mean better product, I would tell you that you are sadly mistaken. There are plenty of high priced crappy products out there...but I think you know that already, and I don't understand why you feel the need to defend N5 so venomously.
[Nexus 5 General] _jordan_:
To be fair, the n5 is a $350 phone. The one s cost much more than $350 brand new.

The best built nexus has been the galaxy nexus, but even it is still cheap.

Sent from my MI 2SC
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
Delete
[Nexus 5 General] dicecuber:
People cannot express their personal views without getting flamed.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Mikulec:
Then why do we all dont make a new thread and express our own feelings and views? Probably because then we will have thousands of useless posts. ;)

EDIT: and the other reason is that this thread is full of Nexus fanboys. :)
[Nexus 5 General] cc16177:
This may sound silly but I agree. I love my Nexus 5 but compared to my Galaxy Nexus it's obvious they used a cheaper/different LED here.

Everyone always says that the phone is subsidized by Google but the bottom line is that it's obvious they did cut corners where they could... and I don't blame them for that.
[Nexus 5 General] meangreenie:
I agree, the nexus 5 looks cheap and quite ugly

got the nexus 4 and 5 right here.. is a shame we didn't get the quality of 4 this time, the 4 is beautiful.. so solid with curvy glass and no gaps .. like it's sculpted