Nexus 4.

[Tecnho]

Well I'm not saying no, and I hope they have fixed something like the glass that covers the camera that they said scratched easily, let's see this year if they do something with motorola a nexus would be interesting, mine has worked very well, except for that and with the work I give it the battery is not enough, samsung doesn't appeal to me either but as I needed something already for the price, battery and comments from friends who have it so I went for the big one.

[jordiqui]

@Mystique:

Tecnho, I had the Motorola and I got the Nexus 4. It's a very good phone at the price it is

Regarding rooting on the Nexus, I don't like it, everything is lost... with the Motorola I didn't touch anything when I did it

With root on Nexus 4 (LG) you mean that the warranty is lost or what exactly is lost, I have it rooted and I've only had the terminal for a week. I changed it for the Note2 with the difference in money in my favor. So far I have tried four AOSP/slim roms, Paranoidandroid, Revolution, Carbon and I went back to stock. I tested the three main kernels, etc. and so far it's perfect. The only problem for users who want to have the ability to expand storage with this terminal will be just enough. There are two models, the 8GB and 16GB. In my case I don't need much storage, because I don't put videos or movies, etc. If you explain what is lost I can keep up with what I'm doing, if it's the warranty, you can always go back to factory. But if something else is lost, then I worry. You'll let me know.
Best regards.

[kalevala]

I'm also thinking about getting one, I'm a bit tired of the hermeticism of the iPhone and its closed system, and the truth is that for $300 I feel like buying it right now. I would like to read a more exhaustive comparison though, Nexus 4 vs iPhone 5: battery, performance, versatility, durability, general quality...

I know there are several comparisons on YouTube, but I would give more credit to any forum member from here who dares to do a more serious review

Greetings!

[Bm4n]

What are you doing talking about iPhones? This branch is about SMARTphones :troll:

[deeiivid]

I have a nexus 4 with paranoidandroid and contentisimo, I can have it completely to my liking.

On the iPhone, in the end, I had to have a jailbreak for anything, small screen, it restarted with the jailbreak… I don't know

Before I liked the iPhone better, because the apps were much better developed and the difference in cameras was brutal, as well as the battery and the construction. Nowadays I think they no longer have any advantage. They are very expensive...

For the same price, the HTC one seems much better to me, and if you don't need so much, the nexus 4 has an unbeatable price for what it is. I sold the iPhone, made money and now I don't regret anything. The screen gives much more of itself, it weighs little, it is thin, I have much more freedom to do things, ssh control, droidsheep, wifikill, gmail...

If I were given a choice, I would buy the nexus 4 again and forget about the iPhone 5, I would keep the money and enjoy it in something else. Now, if the nexus 4 cost 600 euros, I wouldn't buy it. I would buy the HTC one.

[Mystique]

@jordiqui:

With root on Nexus 4 (LG) you refer to the fact that the warranty is lost or what exactly is lost, I have it rooted and I have only had the terminal for a week. I changed it for the Note2 with the difference in money in my favor. So far I have tried four AOSP/slim roms, Paranoidandroid, Revolution, Carbon and I have gone back to stock. I have tested the three main kernels, etc. and so far it is still perfect. The only problem for users who want to have the ability to expand storage with this terminal is that they will be just right. There are two models, the 8GB and 16GB. In my case I don't need much storage, because I don't put videos or movies, etc. If you explain what is lost I can keep up with what I am doing, if it is the warranty, you can always return it to the factory. But if something more is lost, then I worry. You will let me know.
Regards.

I refer to the fact that everything you have on the phone is erased

Regarding storage I agree, I like that it has the possibility of expanding and the nexus does not have it

[deeiivid]

@Mystique:

I mean it erases everything you have on the phone

Regarding storage I agree, I like that it has the possibility to expand and the nexus does not have it

that is true, on all nexus, every time you unlock or lock the bootloader it resets the internal memory and therefore you lose everything you have at that moment. It's a pain, added to the fact that not having an SD card makes it much more cumbersome to make a backup.

If the n4 had a slightly better camera and microSD slot for me it would be the perfect phone.

[Bm4n]

My HTC One S does the same thing if you root it, it will restore the factory data, and to be honest, I have it locked again so I can receive official updates and I practically don't use root for anything. Maybe one of these days I'll feel like putting another rom on it, but for now I'll wait, I'm waiting for Sense 5.

[Mystique]

Well, I just opened the nexus to remove the battery… it got stuck in such a way that it didn't respond to ANYTHING, neither the screen nor the buttons. Another point against the nexus, difficult to remove the battery if it gets stuck. On the other hand, it takes less than 10 minutes to open it, reset it and put it back together

[jordiqui]

Completely agree with the comments. You can't expand the storage capacity. It's armored and you have to open it with a tool that not everyone has on hand. The camera glass is another of the points that is most commented on in the forums, although in my case if I want good photos I think that better a good camera with good optics. In short, apart from the latter, a slot for a micro sd and the ability to remove the battery without tools and it would be a terminal that for 299 € (8Gb) perfectly competes with the premium range that in most cases exceed 450-600.
To whet your appetite, here is the benchmark that I did this morning showing the brute force of the cpu and the adreno that adorns the terminal. Unlike the tegra 3 chip that has integrated graphics. Of course, it's not with stock, although really each user can install the version that he likes the most, like in your pc, linux, windows, etc. Here it is: