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would i regret buying a Nexus 4 and getting rid of my iphone?
It's more about operating system than hardware at this level.
If you have lots tied in to Apple - apps, content - then I wouldn't swap.
If you want great value for money top spec hardware (with a couple of compromises, mostly storage) and a more open but less integrated OS then it's worth a look.
I'll just send one back but I expect I'll be down on the cost of postage which is a bit annoying.
I had to send back a Nexus 4 and to be honest it was a bit of a nightmare. I asked for an RMA number and had to chase it several times before I received the returns envelope. It then took a while to figure out how to process the return and arrange a pickup.
The good thing is the courier picks up foc. However I am still waiting for my Google account to be credited with the refund two weeks after the phone was collected.
I did look at selling it on Ebay but would probably have lost money after fees.
I am not the only person having trouble organising returns to Google
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2021284
Mine's already been dispatched. Woohoo!
Mine's already been dispatched. Woohoo!
8 or 16gb?
So has mine (8gb)! 😀
Anyone getting/got a case they'd recommend? Thinking just to go for one of the skin cases
I've got the email too!
Can't wait for my 16gb.
@nuke - Have a look at [url= http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/cat/Nexus-4-Cases.htm ]mobilefun[/url] for cases.
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Mine's already been dispatched
nuke - Member
So has mine
Silly question...notified via your [b]G[/b]mail address? When did you guys order?
Order 16:00 on Wednesday. Notified yesterday via Gmail email
....and it's just been delivered! 
I've been using one for work - just took it on a trip away. It is nice, definitely nicer than my Desire, in a way that I don't really feel about the Galaxy S3 that I've also got at work.
It just feels nice, the software feels nice, and all works as it should. It is just on the verge of being too big but not quite.
Haven't really got an excuse for buying one for personal use though - the Desire still working great just under three years after I first got it, and I don't upgrade phones until I really need them - is quite useful to develop on an old slow phone anyway.
Oh and anyone hoping to pop them on ebay, best do it quick, LG said that stock will be equal to demand by early to mid February.
Mine still saying despatch estimate February 13th.
[url= https://play.google.com/store/account ]Notification here maybe?[/url]
hmmm.... this phone seems to have passed me by. currently contract free desire HD on giffgaff.
is this phone unlocked to take any sim? normal sized sim, not micro?
just wondering whether to sell my DHD on, and upgrade to this instead.....
[i]is this phone unlocked to take any sim? normal sized sim, not micro?[/i]
Yes. Micro sim
is this phone unlocked to take any sim? normal sized sim, not micro?
Unlocked/Micro.
If you are on GiffGaff, just cut your sim, I did for my iPhone4, or get them to send out a new micro one, as they do them now.
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Edit: Dammit.
According to TNT mine was put on the van at 7.30 this morning.
FWIW, if anyone is looking to get a sim only deal to use with the Nexus 4, Virgin are currently doing the best deal:
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Uh-oh, I've got a standard SIM on Orange...it's a work phone so I need to use this SIM. Trimming the SIM has been mentioned, but it looks like the contact points are different, as in the Virgin photo above. Am I ****ed?
Just arrived. it's great.
Be interested to find out what everyone who has bought one of these thinks about it. I've been mulling over whether to trade in my iPhone 4S for a nexus 4. My contract finishes in a month or so, so I might think about one of these and a sim only deal
BTW 3 do a rolling 30 day contract for £12.90 with all you can eat data, 200 mins and 5000 texts. I think all you can eat data would be essential as a lot of the google features like music, books and films are cloud based.
BTW 3 do a rolling 30 day contract for £12.90 with all you can eat data, 200 mins and 5000 texts. I think all you can eat data would be essential as a lot of the google features like music, books and films are cloud based.
I've got myself on this earlier today. Bear in mind that if you want tethering then that's a fiver a month extra.
Uh-oh, I've got a standard SIM on Orange...it's a work phone so I need to use this SIM. Trimming the SIM has been mentioned, but it looks like the contact points are different, as in the Virgin photo above. Am I ****ed?
I've done some Googling and [i]hopefully[/i] answered my own question. Tonnes of 'how to' on youtube and other sites, with various methods suggested for trimming a SIM (scissors vs proper sim cutter etc.) but none of them suggest there is a problem in doing this...so I'm just gonna go ahead. What's the worst that can happen.
Mine are in transit. Site went 'out of stock' again for a period on the 8GB but now showing delivery in 2-3 weeks.
I waited to see if the delivery estimates pushed out (then I could convince myself not to buy as delivery might be tricky) but it didn't so I crumbled and ordered one yesterday. It'll replace an iphone4 if all goes well, and the iphone will be passed to the lady of the house to replace the god awful galaxy ace. All being well that should stop the fairly regular 'Its frozen' and 'it's saying its got no space, can you fix it' notifications I receive! I wonder whether it'll be more stable than the nexus 7?
I've got myself on this earlier today. Bear in mind that if you want tethering then that's a fiver a month extra.
How do they know you are using the wi-fi hotspot feature on Android?
How do they know you are using the wi-fi hotspot feature on Android?
I wondered this. Apparently it's to do with the larger amount of data a laptop or tablet generally use,so they can see a sudden higher usage, or someting like that 🙂
[quote=Pembo ]I've got myself on this earlier today. Bear in mind that if you want tethering then that's a fiver a month extra.
How do they know you are using the wi-fi hotspot feature on Android?
As far as I know they detect it using the headers in the web requests, a desktop browser sends different stuff to a mobile browsers. So you could probably get round it if you wrote something to alter the headers but it'd probably be an utter pain.
So £13 a month for the plan plus £5 a month for tethering plus £300 for the 16GB nexus 4 starts to get into £30 a month contract territory.
What is tethering and why would you pay £5 a month for it?
Got mine on Friday and it is awesome. Really fast compared to my old HTC sensation.
£280 phone plus £12 sim only = bargain
What is tethering and why would you pay £5 a month for it?
It's connecting you laptop/tablet or other device to your phone, using your data plan as a wi-fi hotspot. Most providers don't let/like you doing this unless you pay for it, although quite why you can't use your allowed monthly data how you wish is odd.
Giffgaff allow tethering on the £10 goodybag, which is limited to 1gb of data.
Unlimited and tethering leads to overloaded networks when people try to do without a landline then game or download massive files.
Yep, they can tell whether you're tethering from the data sent back. Vodafone allow it for free but it does show up in your bill as tethered data not your common or garden normal data. Think o2 include it for free but some 'cheaper' operators (virtual networks) charge.
Unlimited and tethering leads to overloaded networks when people try to do without a landline then game or download massive files
Would people really do this with 3g/HSDPA speeds?
My phone is as fast than my landline.
At 'up to' 42Mbps then if you are in a good area, definitely.
rusty cutting up a sim is easy! I did this but had a micro one whic I used as a template - there are bound to be guides online.
Virgin allows tethering on that plan above - no extra. I just go it and works a treat. Web says 1gb data but once you look online at your account it's unlimited.
what's the battery life like on these? My current desire lasts about 6hours on standby, so crap if out and don't have a charger.
The screen hammers the battery but I have had 49 hours straight use on a single charge - mostly standby but wifi/3g on all the time, including some GPS tracking, calls, texts, everything syncing as usual and on but stuck on airplane mode for 8-9 hours over 2 nights.
On average it lasts me all day easily where my Desire was dead by 5pm.
After toying with it for several days I finally ordered the 16gb yesterday. Missed the ones in stock as it's giving an expected delivery date of 21st Feb.
Just gone into the 75 day upgrade period with Vodafone so they've switched my account to a 3 month Sim only - almost £20 per month less than the contract I was on and after 3 months I'll get one of those Virgin deals and sack Vodafone off.
rusty cutting up a sim is easy! I did this but had a micro one whic I used as a template - there are bound to be guides online.
You'd think!
I tried to cut mine down, using a printed out template, and the phone juts couldn't detect the sim at all. Went to the three store on at 11am on Saturday, paid a fiver for a new sim, was told it normally takes 24 hours, but could be longer because it was a weekend. At about half 2 that afternoon it pinged into life 😀
This
Really fast compared to my old HTC sensation
Really isn't helping me to not buy one to replace my sensation!
Mine arrived this morning - wo0t! The upside is I get to play with it, the downside is I'm away from WiFi, other downside only 12.9 GB free ootb 🙁
Ordered Friday pm, delivered 07:59 today! It really is very nice, way better than the iPhone 4 it replaces.
Got one here too, great phone and well worth the money 🙂