That's funny because when the N4 came out, people were bashing it for it's yellow, yellow screen.
Wow. I have a Nexus 5 but I didn't own the Nexus 4. The side by side difference in the whites is HUGE. The Nexus 4 has MUCH better whites than the Nexus 5. The Nexus 5's whites look pretty good its own and somewhat better than the whites on my old Galaxy S2's AMOLED screen but damn the Nexus 4 had great whites.
I read the AT's review and I think the review is spot-on, if slightly heavy on the positive sides. IMO it is still amply justifiable. After all, it is impossible to evaluate the Nexus 5 without taking the price in context. Anything it does better than competition gets a point, and anything it falls short on is compensated by the lower price.
Said that, the battery test results methods are somewhat questionable. I am guessing the numbers are higher than my experience because of the way they are measured - especially the fixed brightness and the controlled radios. Under auto-brightness, uneven cellular coverages, and most importantly your Google account that actually moves around Google's radar, those numbers are probably hard to reproduce.
Display results are very nice to look at. The Nexus 5 boasts accurate colors, but somewhat low contrast and high black level, and slightly different red than I am used to. I am happy that the values measured by AT mirror my personal impressions posted earlier in this thread despite my badly nearsighted, contacts-wearing eyes.
I have to say, however, valuing nothing but color accuracy in display seems somewhat myopic () , reminscent of some HDTV intelligentias elevating black-level of Plasma above everything else, or CRT-purists sticking to it for latency advantage. For instance, I find iPhones' (and iPads') display overly reflective and thus distracting but it seems rarely mentioned in the reviews. Color accuracy is a part of a display - an increasinly important part, admittedly, but it is still a part, not the whole. Every chart AT produced deserves to be added in the equation, IMO. In the Nexus 5's case, its low contrast ratio contributes to the perceived lack of clarity, or "pop". To its credit, AT does mention it but kind of buries it as it quite often does when it comes to the Nexus devices.
Which reminds me again, you can't really complain about the Nexus devices if you think about the price tags. Google successfully built a critic-proof platform for itself.
I had a similar issue on Windows 7 when I got my Nexus 5. I think it was an issue with a conflicting driver from my old phone but I'm not sure.
Just curious why that screen shot looks so bad? Seems to be very dim and has a brownish tint to it.
Wow. I have a Nexus 5 but I didn't own the Nexus 4. The side by side difference in the whites is HUGE. The Nexus 4 has MUCH better whites than the Nexus 5. The Nexus 5's whites look pretty good its own and somewhat better than the whites on my old Galaxy S2's AMOLED screen but damn the Nexus 4 had great whites.
I think I will wait for LG next phones. They picked up on Android race later than Samsung and HTC, and given another year or two they will (hopefully) get there. I really like the edge-to-edge screen on the G2, and I have a high hope that they will address the shortcomings that you mentioned in the future. Maybe by this time next year they will introduce a no-edge screen.The new update supposedly helps with the speaker volume too, so overall, I'm becoming more and more pleased with what you get for the price with this phone. However, I'm STILL on the fence about trying out the G2 solely due to its slightly larger screen and battery. That comes with the trade-offs of less dev support, the rear button, and no wireless charging.
Both seems pretty close imo, though iPads might be a _little_ bit brighter. Which may just be backlighting. But yes, my calibrated monitor (Dell U2410) has reds (or colors) very close to my Nexus 5.
Anyone have the issue where your Exchange account get stuck on "Email syncing" and you have to toggle email sync off and on again to get it to work temporarily for a few hours before it gets stuck again? I've seen people talking about it on the Google forums and it's happening to me. I'm really hoping the .1 or .2 updates fix this issue.
Any Exchange problems I had was fixed in 4.4.1 on my Nexus 5 Version #1(I call it "version #1" because I'm passing this one to my best friend since he now wants it and I will be ordering another one in a few days for myself).Anyone have the issue where your Exchange account get stuck on "Email syncing" and you have to toggle email sync off and on again to get it to work temporarily for a few hours before it gets stuck again? I've seen people talking about it on the Google forums and it's happening to me. I'm really hoping the .1 or .2 updates fix this issue.
I'm on 4.4 and haven't been prompted to update. I have a custom kernel. Is this the reason?
The Nexus 4 does have a cooler white (higher temp) but the difference in the shot is way overblown due to incandescent light. I took a new shot which looks closer to the actual screens.
Original: http://i.imgur.com/oPNOWRE.jpg
That does look a little closer but the whites on the Nexus 4 still look better.