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Leaked Manual Reveals Details On Google's Nexus 5
Features of Google's next Nexus phone have finally been outed, along with confirmation that the phone will be built by LG, as a result of a leaked service manual draft; here are some of the details as described at TechCrunch: "The new Nexus will likely be available in 16 or 32GB variants, and will feature an LTE radio and an 8-megapixel rear camera with optical image stabilization (there’s no mention of that crazy Nikon tech, though). NFC, wireless charging, and that lovely little notification light are back, too, but don’t expect a huge boost in longevity — it’s going to pack a sealed 2,300mAh battery, up slightly from the 2100mAh cell that powered last year’s Nexus 4. That spec sheet should sound familiar to people who took notice of what happened with the Nexus 4. Just as that device was built from the foundation laid by the LG Optimus G, the Nexus 5 (or whatever it’s going to be called) seems like a mildly revamped version of LG’s G2."
Every Nexus device going back the very first has been an existing phone with a few minor upgrades at most and a different set of software installed. Why would anyone expect different this time? My only surprise is that Google hasn't started having their Motorola arm manufacture them yet. Probably due to not wanting to push OEMs to other options.
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
I haven't been following closely enough to know what the "crazy Nikon tech" is - anyone care to enlighten me? Google doesn't give relevant info...
the Nexus 5 (or whatever it’s going to be called) seems like a mildly revamped version of LG’s G2.
No, it really doesn't. The two most-often mentioned features of the G2 are:
a) The gorgeous 5.2" screen; and
b) A 3000 mAh battery; and
c) The rear-panel placement of the only buttons (power/volume), as opposed to the traditional volume rocker on the side that most smartphones have.
This has none of those--it has a 4.95" screen and a 2300 mAh battery. And the buttons are laid out like a standard smartphone. Those things alone are significant alterations that make these phones different in the most visible and usable ways.
The G2 also has a 13 megapixel rear camera; this has an 8 mp camera.
The G2 also has a customized version of Android with knock-on and other features; the Nexus 5, presuming it follows the Nexus pattern, will run a standard Android OS and UI (and get faster OS updates).
Without digging into it for more than 30 seconds, I see a phone with a different screen, different camera, different battery, different physical button layout, and different UI, and with significantly different physical properties (e.g. wireless charging on the Nexus)--these might be distant cousins, but they are most decidedly not "mildly revamped" versions of the same thing.
rage, rage against the dying of the light
It mentions Bluetooth 4 (page 11) as well as 3 (page 8). It has an entry Java "Android do not support JAVA" (Page 11)
The most of Android users captures high-res photos and high-res videos, downloads movies etc. That things waste memory very easily.
Here is no 64 GB version, and N5 lacks MicroSD card slot, like the most of new phones.
They still sell smaller phones in HVGA sizes. There's not a lot of demand for them though- they're difficult to use (fonts are so small most people can't click on links well), the keyboards are almost impossible to manipulate, and there's so little screen real estate that most apps won't fit on them. Basically there so annoying to use most people who want that size prefer a cheap dumb phone.
For myself, I want something even bigger- I'll be picking up either a note 3 or a galaxy mega in the next few weeks. I want the biggest screen that will still fit in my pocket, it makes actually using the phone for internet, apps, or navigation MUCH easier.
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
In the US, a comma is used to separate millions, thousands, hundreds, etc. A period is used to separate whole numbers from decimals. So 2,300 is 200 more than 2100.
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
Interestingly, the manual radio says "FM Radio - Yes".
I don't recollect a Nexus device with a functioning FM Radio.
Properly, one should be using (thin) spaces with SI units; I would link to NIST but they seem to have taken the day off.
No sadly, it looks like mostly we are moving to a world full of people who want things while simultaneously not wanting them. The price you pay for an up to date Android version rather than the crawling JavaME engine in your dumb phone of 6 years ago, is a fancy CPU and the battery to power it. Put these phones side by side and tell me again that the difference in battery drain is caused by software efficiency not improving. Oh, and try to actually use your JavaME engine while you're at it, and see how it is on the battery. A major part of the reason why the batteries on your 6 year old dumb phone lasted so long is that it spent the majority of its life sitting in your pocket on cell-standby, because lets face it, it wasn't much use for anything else was it?
You can find how to service the battery at the end of the manual, page 272. Basically in involve the back cover, 6 screws and 2 connectors. It's not that difficult but certainly most of users will be afraid to do this alone. But I think that the biggest problem will be to buy the battery part at a fair price 3 or 4 years from now.
Like for the standard USB power adapter, a standard range of phone batteries could be an advantage in the long term for the end users.
I hope not.
You cannot get a nexus device on verizon. The galaxy nexus is not a real nexus, nor would any future device. Mine is still on 4.2.2 as of right now. I will be leaving verizon over this and I suggest you do too.