Suspicious-Teach8788
Lifer
- Feb 19, 2001
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Oh, thank you. I will keep a lookout.
My opinion (forming) on the N5 is nearing its final stage and I am not certain how much of an upgrade this is from the N4. Some would argue LTE in and of itself is worthy of upgrade and I cannot disagree with it. But if one can get by without LTE for now, the difference between the N4 and the N5 is at once large yet very small from another angle.
If you're looking at purely download speeds, I agree, LTE isn't a huge upgrade. However, let's look at all the benefits of LTE in the N5
- Reduced latency helps with race to idle
- Helps with congestion especially in big cities such as NYC and SF which helps battery
- Better SoC that comes with a modem and does not have msm_hsic wakelock issues.
All this gives me a phone that idles very well with < 2% / hour drain. I got hit 5pm yesterday with 90% of battery left. My N4 would easily have dropped to below 70%. I realize that 90% without doing anything is so-so, but 70% without doing anything is pretty horrendous. That alone has been a huge boost to me.
I would love to see if this is strictly because of Snapdragon 800 and LTE envelope tracking, but I'm pretty confident the N4 was just that bad. Even an S4 would idle pretty damn well compared to the N5.