But look at the price...
Can you at least acknowledge that is a very decent product at that price.
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But look at the price...
Can you at least acknowledge that is a very decent product at that price.
I hate using my phone when it's plugged in so being able to pick it up easily from this charging pod is great. Of course you could always not buy it and just charge your phone with the cable. Options are great
i have the 6foot cable that i use on both iPad and iPhone....so sitting in recliner and having it plugged in is no big deal. Now using the short charger...of course that's a PITA.
My point is i just don't see what the purpose is of wireless charging if it has to go sit on a base somewhere. Just plug the damn thing in lol
You must not be much of an apple fan. I am not the biggest apple fan, but I did come back to the iPhone for android to try it out. I am liking it I guess.
You are right this is great value for your money. Being that it is unlocked is huge for that kind of price. I don't know that you are going to find too many people on this forum that will agree with you thought. I just wish it had LTE. That is the one thing that will keep me using my iPhone for longer.
really do not understand why they would leave out LTE....All of their other phones have it, and this is literally brand new.
nexus 4 16gb + nexus 7 32gb cheaper than iPhone 5 16gb
If anything, Google's big showing today was just how much it undercuts Apple in pricing.
From Google regarding LTE
The reason Google is skipping LTE is because it is offering the Nexus 4 as an unlocked, off contract phone for $300 around the world. LTE is not a uniform standard.
That just the right price to get to try android and not feel guilty. Since I don't have LTE yet anyway, it's not a big deal. Not that I want to move away from the iPhone, but I've been wanting to try android tablets but haven't been able to get used the UI yet. I need to check with AT&T to see if I still have some sort of upgrade left since I didn't use the full subsidy price on the 5. Maybe I can get away with the Nexus 4 for even cheaper on a plan.
Cynics: "However that doesn't mean there's no utility. Convenience is the main thing. Plop it down and boom it's charging. Perfect for a nightstand by the bed. Get that midnight call and no worries of wires getting yanked around or holding your head uncomfortably off the bed then when your done throwing it back on the pad. Also becomes a home vase for the phone, "where's my phone?" It's going to be on a 10"x10" section of your home (not an issue for me)."
There's plenty of reason to want wireless charging to take off. We're already in such a wireless world, we're okay with wireless syncing (which the computer is also connected to a wire), why not also wireless charging?
Even if the Nexus Orb charger is a flub, someone's gotta get the party started.
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It's more than pricing. It's the value of what you're getting. It'd be different if it was low priced with low specs, but it's low priced with a lot of future-proof specs. Then you throw in the "small" .1 Jelly Bean update into the mix...
Once again, striking the balance between affordability, good hardware, and a great software update.
That is a good point. When I was testing the android waters I bought the nexus b.c the price and "pure android" experience. I ended up selling it for the same I paid for it.
Ugh. This hurts. This really hurts.
This is a lousy year to be a Verizon customer. No Nexus 4. Atrocious Verizon home button on the Galaxy Note 2. Tons of bloatware and mediocre processor on the Droid HD. I really hope that the rumored 1080p HTC device can possibly save us.
This is a lousy year to be a Verizon customer. No Nexus 4. Atrocious Verizon home button on the Galaxy Note 2. Tons of bloatware and mediocre processor on the Droid HD. I really hope that the rumored 1080p HTC device can possibly save us.
i see your point. but after i've used my phone all day long and it's dying when i'm chilling watching tv....i don't want to have to sit it down on a mat and not use the device for 2 hours while it charges.
I see your points tho, make sense. It will get there eventually.
Really? I didnt know about 3. I stand corrected.
EE were forced to sell some of their spectrum to 3 when they merged.
Hence the 15+ hours of talk time. I'm assuming they want you to wake up, use the heck out of the phone, and plop it down when you go to bed without having to worry if the charge is going to make it through the day.
Nexus 4 can still be charged with a cable. No one is forcing you to wirelessly charge it.
I know, I factored that into my statement. Obviously you're getting pretty great products for considerably lower than Apple's offerings.
It's coming to TMO on 11/14 for $199. Hmm. But for $100 more why not just buy it full price?
Biggest downfall. No LTE.
From Google, they decided not to because of money. It's a budget phone. If it had LTE, it wouldn't of been $299/$349.
It's certainly budget in terms of price but not in terms of feature set.
Day one purchase for me!!
The new features of 4.2 just cancelled out any desire to get any other Android phone on the market. WHO KNOWS when other Android phones will get 4.2??? But Nexus devices will have to pronto.
For those who are saying wireless charging I don't understand why you wouldn't want it. How easy is it to just place your phone on a magnetic dock without even paying attention and then have it start charging? It can be in landscape or portrait and activates a desktop mode. You can use it while it is charging. And guess what? If you don't want to use it you don't have to. Just plug in the standard USB cable. If you work at a desk all day like me then you basically have a fully charged phone all day. Nice!
$299-$349 for an unlocked phone with all of the best hardware specs (minus LTE) and latest software features is amazing!
The new features of 4.2 just cancelled out any desire to get any other Android phone on the market. WHO KNOWS when other Android phones will get 4.2??? But Nexus devices will have to pronto.
For those who are saying wireless charging I don't understand why you wouldn't want it. How easy is it to just place your phone on a magnetic dock without even paying attention and then have it start charging? It can be in landscape or portrait and activates a desktop mode. You can use it while it is charging. And guess what? If you don't want to use it you don't have to. Just plug in the standard USB cable. If you work at a desk all day like me then you basically have a fully charged phone all day. Nice!
$299-$349 for an unlocked phone with all of the best hardware specs (minus LTE) and latest software features is amazing!