Anyone still running an older Samsung Nexus?

[fuzzybabybunny]

Why can't you have a sealed battery?

Seriously, are people keeping charged batteries in their pockets or something? I don't get it. I bought a little powerpack charger thing and neverrrr use it. And this is with a DNA that doesn't have the best battery in the world.

I keep two fully charged batteries with me at all times.

I go into the second battery frequently when traveling. The third is a failsafe.

I also have a power pack and there are a number of downsides to using it:

- mobility - you've got two devices daisy chained with a cord now. I'd rather have two slim batteries in my pocket anytime and then just swap out batteries and retain my usual phone mobility and ergonomics.

- mobility is *stuck* in that weird daisy chain config until the battery pack can sufficiently charge the main battery to a level where it can run on its own without imminent shutoff.

- sometimes the battery pack will never charge up the main battery enough if the main battery is at like 15% and you're using the device constantly.

- sometimes the pack can't charge the phone fast enough. Right this moment I'm on a battery pack. I'm using the phone and even though it is charging the battery level is still dropping, just not as fast.

- the internal lithium battery will get worse and worse over time. And when it does you can't replace it for a new one.

The S4 manages to be plenty thin and STILL have a removable battery. There's no downside to having a removable battery.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

What do you do that requires so much battery? Perhaps you should check your phone for wakelocks.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

What do you do that requires so much battery? Perhaps you should check your phone for wakelocks.

I'm on the phone constantly. It's not wakelocks - it's because I'm always using the phone for work, communicating with clients, communicating with my team, reading websites, sending invoices, etc.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Put me down as someone who carries a spare battery. Charger packs aren't even on the same planet as flip and go.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

I just back from the store - I can get a used Samsung S4 for the price of a brand new Nexus 5. And the Nexus 5 specs appear significantly better and faster than the S4

 

[poofyhairguy]

Only get S4 if you need more than 32gb of space or a removable battery.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Only get S4 if you need more than 32gb of space or a removable battery.

The removable battery is a HUGE consideration actually.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Put me down as someone who carries a spare battery. Charger packs aren't even on the same planet as flip and go.

Just last night I saw the dumbest things.

I have multiple friends with iPhones and otherwise unibody phones that look and feel great.

All of them say that they loved the design of their phone.

What do *all* of them do?

1. They carry their phones around in a silicone, plastic, or soft felt case. I always use a case because cases are, you, know, useful. They protect. They allow lanyards to be attached to the phone. They can even hold credit cards.

But what they don't do is retain the original feel and look of the unibody construction - construction that doesn't allow expandable storage or a replaceable battery.

You essentially select form over function, and then remove the form with the case afterwards. So in the end you have neither form NOR function. And honestly, after a certain thinness a phone just becomes uncomfortable to hold.

2. I also have a friend who has a unibody iPhone. He ALSO puts a case on it, but it's a chunky battery case. Because he needs the extra battery life. And it's way way chunkier than my Samsung Nexus. I just toss my extra slim batteries into an inside pocket of my jacket and I can't even feel they're there.

 

[poofyhairguy]

The removable battery is a HUGE consideration actually.

It is for me too, hence why I have one. With a Google Edition ROM it is nice.

 

[s44]

Only get S4 if you need more than 32gb of space or a removable battery.

Or a non-Nexus camera.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Or a non-Nexus camera.

Is the S4 camera better than the Nexus 5 by the numbers?

 

[s44]

Is the S4 camera better than the Nexus 5 by the numbers?

Same sensor size, no OIS but more mp and wider aperture (f/2.2 vs f/2.4).

But the main advantage, as you know, is that Samsung craps all over Google in camera app software.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

The N5 is f/2.6 I believe, according to the EXIF information that gets spit out.

And to the comment above, I think that you don't even need an awesome camera software to crap all over Google. You just need awesome SOOC shots. The iPhone the most useless camera interface (if you're looking for options), but delivers a no frills experience with solid beautiful images. Google's AOSP camera software is more than capable of delivering that same level of performance. There's more that's missing than just options in an app to deliver good images.

 

[lothar]

Same sensor size, no OIS but more mp and wider aperture (f/2.2 vs f/2.4).

But the main advantage, as you know, is that Samsung craps all over Google in camera app software.

Not anymore, it seems.
http://www.androidcentral.com/nexus-5-initial-photo-and-video-samples