I suggest you ignore anyone who consistently has trouble spelling, especially in the days of embedded spell check everywhere. The N5 isn't being released on Verizon.
I really like my moto X I just bought a bought a month ago, but I have a draw to the nexus line. the hardware doesn't do much for me, but I like some of the kit kat features. I really thought the voice control would be cool, but I come to find out it only works when the device is unlocked and possible only from the home screen or google now screen.
I'm surprised at how many of you are getting this before waiting for a decent review.
I'm surprised at how many of you are getting this before waiting for a decent review.
I definitely get the sentiment. The reality is that lots of people pay $200 for flagship phones from major OEMs. While I do not like this system at all and wish there were a much bigger freedom for consumers on mobile devices/services, but there are not many people who will pony up $600~700 for a flagship phone for outright ownership. So when carrier subsidies come into play on the other side, $350~$400 for independence is not necessarily cheap, and personally it is at an upper bound for me as well. Any higher than that, I might have a trouble justifying it. And I wish Google had challenged the silly game that OEMs play with NAND storages by offering 32 GB as the bottom line. (Gotta give a nod to HTC One)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?
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.
Brian Klug is the guy who does the phone reviews for Anandtech. And according to his twitter N5 does have GRAM
It also has Qualcommms new envelope tracker (Note 3 also has it) that makes LTE run 30% cooler and draws 20% less power
I suggest you ignore anyone who consistently has trouble spelling, especially in the days of embedded spell check everywhere. The N5 isn't being released on Verizon.
Not too concerned about battery life. If it can get from 7 am to 10pm on my typical usage, I'll be fine. My gnex can most of the time and it has a much smaller battery. Of course, LTE and 1080p will make a difference but I'm not expecting to be disappointed here.
The Qualcomm envelope tracker is nice but if the Nexus 5 really does have the GRAM that is better news. The 5" 1080p IPS LCD is the biggest power hog of the phone and part of that is due to the GPU having to constantly render all of those 2 million pixels several times a second. With the GRAM, audio tunneling, envelope tracker, general improvements to the Snapdragon 800 and power usage improvements to Android 4.4 the Nexus 5 might have pretty decent battery life despite the pathetically small 2,300mAh batter. I'd really hate to have to sell mine just because of battery life issues. I really hope it meets my criteria of acceptable battery life.
Also, is there any link to that statement? Maybe a source from the twitter statement? I'd really like to confirm this.QUOTE]
https://twitter.com/nerdtalker/status/395989882482753536
On the Moto X? Voice control will trigger even if the phone is locked - but you have to unlock before it will execute the command. This is good design from a security perspective.
Audio Tunneling To DSP Dramatically Reduces Battery Consumption When Playing Audio
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...duces-battery-consumption-when-playing-audio/
I'm traveling in Asia right now and having a hard time placing an order.
Trying to add to cart but it won't let me.
Can anyone tell me if its the site or its me in Asia.