They must've polled Asian girls who said they want macro shots of their food. But honestly, I don't see where the N5 falls flat on normal shots. Do you have any other photos showing that?
Crazy how N5 is so much better with macro but then on normal shot falls flat.
1 & 4 = N5, 2 & 3 = N4
Souce: me and my crap eyes and assuming a pinhole camera is better than N4
Building a platform that makes mobile phones accessible for everyone has always been at the heart of Android. Until now, some lower-end Android phones couldn't benefit from more recent Android releases due to memory constraints. With KitKat, we've slimmed down Androids memory footprint by doing things like removing unnecessary background services and reducing the memory consumption of features that you use all the time. We did this not only within Android but across Google services like Chrome and YouTube. RAM (or memory) is one of the most expensive parts of a phone, and now Android can run comfortably on the 512MB of RAM devices that are popular in much of the world, bringing the latest goodies in Android 4.4 within reach for the next billion smartphone users.
OMAP. Blame TI.What kind of release is this? No prior invites and just random middle of the day launch? I didn't even know N5 was released today til I got home and read the forum. I guess this is one way to prevent the awful Google Playstore servers from crashing.
I'm not too happy with the price of the phone. It's too expensive. And 4.4 KitKat seems pretty underwhelming based on the features reading. How can Galaxy Nexus not get 4.4 KitKat update? I thought the whole point of KitKat was it can run on devices with low memory and low specs? This is straight from the Google page:
It sounds like Galaxy Nexus could benefit from 4.4 KitKat. So Galaxy Nexus basically got one update, JellyBean. So much for direct Google update.
OMAP. Blame TI.
There's still no official word on why this is the case, but sources close to the company have pointed the finger at a different hardware issue on the Galaxy Nexus: its Texas Instruments-built chipset. The company is out of the mobile business and as such isn't in a great position to give the support necessary for continuing OS upgrades -- presumably some of those 1,700 employees let go in the shift away from mobile could have helped. Now we'll have to see if the community can pick up where the corporations left off or if this is the end of the road for the Gnex and its other OMAP-based kin like last year's Kindle Fire HD, Nook HD and Droid Bionic.
What kind of release is this? No prior invites and just random middle of the day launch? I didn't even know N5 was released today til I got home and read the forum. I guess this is one way to prevent the awful Google Playstore servers from crashing.
I'm not too happy with the price of the phone. It's too expensive. And 4.4 KitKat seems pretty underwhelming based on the features reading. How can Galaxy Nexus not get 4.4 KitKat update? I thought the whole point of KitKat was it can run on devices with low memory and low specs? This is straight from the Google page:
It sounds like Galaxy Nexus could benefit from 4.4 KitKat. So Galaxy Nexus basically got one update, JellyBean. So much for direct Google update.
OMAP. Blame TI.
If it gets 75% of the battery life that I get with a G2, it would be pretty good.Is this phone any good? 2300MAh can't be good...
Is this phone any good? 2300MAh can't be good...
You forgot the Bionic.... but to be fair, so did everyone else.And THIS was why I was against choosing TI for the GNex. Which other popular phone even used TI back then? Motorola Droid Razr was the only one I could think of.... lol.
Too expensive? Haha
Well, I suppose it's a subjective taste so I have to disagree and leave it there. I think it looks a bit off with black and white stuck together.
And THIS was why I was against choosing TI for the GNex. Which other popular phone even used TI back then? Motorola Droid Razr was the only one I could think of.... lol.
Who needs to talk for 17 hours before a battery recharge?
It is vital for some. My boss has glued his ear to his phone and every phone call rings "cha Ching!"
You don't need to connect it permanently. If I'm out on a long day starting 9am for example on vacation, perhaps I can top off during lunch for an hour or whatever. It doesn't mean you have to be permanently connected and you can disconnect the charging whenever you want.You like having a battery pack dangling from your phone when you make phone calls? Okay then....
I think the point was the big players at that time, the GS2, HTC Sensation which were selling far more than the Bionic and Nook HD were non TI OMAP based. Whatever Google's reason for choosing TI is... well whatever. I guess my point is that it would've been nice for Google to have picked some popular SoC at that time (Exynos). It would've helped developers across the board.You forgot the Bionic.... but to be fair, so did everyone else.