Sorry, thought it was the official name but double checked and it actually doesn't look to have an official name yet. It is just the GS4 with a Nexus user experience. Not sure what the official name for it is.
Poor battery life, crappy screen, sub par RF, plus no LTE. No thanks. I've owned one and I lasted only a couple days.
The contract argument is irrelevant. I have no desire to switch carriers every few months like some people here. I pay for good service and plan to keep it.
1. Battery life - Have you actually used a Nexus 4 for an extended period of time? Because I have one and have used it since November. And I can get through an average day with battery to spare. So in terms of real world usage, it is more than capable in this area. It is a known fact that batteries can often times require some breaking-in. There are reports everywhere of people noticing significant battery improvements on their Nexus 4 after the first 2-3 weeks. And this is what I experienced as well. You say yourself you only used it a couple days. I guess your impatience and lack of research got the best of you.
2. Crappy screen - You trying to be vague on purpose? In terms of resolution, it is over 720p, which is by no means crappy. Is it the best? No. But not being the best =/= crappy. If you were to actually follow that logic, well, we won't even get into that. But being over 300 ppi, most people are not able to tell the difference at average viewing distances. If you want to be a pixel peeper, yes, a 1080p screen will look slightly sharper. But this is what every review has said about a 1080p screen on a smartphone, that it is
slightly sharper. Now in terms of calibration, at stock it isn't great. But seeing as that is just calibration, it is easy to change it by simply flashing a different kernel, which totally defeats that side of the argument. So your only argument here is that 320 ppi on a 4.7" screen is crappy. Good luck getting people to agree with you on that. So once again, you argument fails here and it is about real world usage. And at 320 ppi, text is still very crisp and images/videos look fantastic.
3. Not sure what RF means. Maybe try being more specific next time?
4. Sure, there is no official LTE. But we are talking about real world usage here, not arbitrary numbers on a specs page. But if you do want to get into that, here are two examples of network speeds on a Nexus 4 using unofficial LTE:
https://plus.google.com/117654912997948260834/posts/JrHPceMkeuc?hl=en
https://plus.google.com/113707496388918711040/posts/BWzt3Mrsk1F
And let's not forget the fact that T-Mobile's HSPA+ is capable of 42Mbps. And here in Dallas, T-Mobile's HSPA+ consistently gets above 20Mbps. So in terms of real world usage in this area, it is extremely comparable to LTE phones. And in some ways, even better because it is a world phone. Maybe you didn't know this, but there are other people on this planet that have different needs for a phone than you. Not every Nexus 4 owner lives in America, one of the
very few places LTE is so mainstream. Maybe you forgot that the world isn't limited to your perception of it? Not to mention this is a $300 phone
off contract. You know how much a Galaxy S4 costs? $650. More than double the cost. And the Nexus 4 runs the latest version of Android smoother despite it being less than half the cost.
So tell me again how a phone that runs Android better than any other is a piece of crap.
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if it had a white front i'd definitely buy it.
i don't understand why LG decided to leave the front black, it would look far more gorgeous if the front was also painted white.
I would actually hate that. I hate the look of phones with a white front and then a giant black rectangle (the screen). I think this way looks much better.
