Recent content by spooky981

Confirmed working with the WCP-700 Qi charger. Although the "target" charging area seems to have shrunk now that there's a big bulky case on it. Given that the Seidio Surface is on the thicker side of cases for the Nexus 4, it could be good news for those of you considering cases from other...

I cracked the glass and touch screen capacitor on my old HTC Incredible. Replacement parts were a grand total of like $14 and the operation took about an hour. Once you disassemble your phone like that it never truly goes back to exactly the way it was before though. The touchscreen accuracy...

You can expect prices that are about 80% higher than other similar options, draconian controls over your device, and the slowest updates in the industry. Anyone still with one of the top three carriers is voluntarily paying far too much for phone service. Switch to Straight Talk, or if...

I'm eating three partial ETF's and paying full retail for three new phones, and I'll break even in just over a year. That's how overpriced the major carriers are. Anyone still with Verizon or AT&T, reception situation not withstanding, is just scared to make a change.

Anyone who's done their homework is on a GSM prepaid or value plan right now. The only exception being those few people in odd geographic areas where Verizon is the only carrier with usable service.

You're completely correct that Google has never actually "told" anyone what the Nexus is supposed to be. However it is a fair statement that until Google officially states what their intention is for the Nexus line, we can only interpolate their intentions based on the products already released...

A long time ago, Apple approached Verizon with a brand new phone. They were turned down because Verizon wasn't willing to give up it's absolute control over devices and operating systems. As the story goes, Apple then went to AT&T and cut the most lucrative exclusivity deal the mobile phone...

For those of you who can't listen at work, there's no doubt that the Nexus 4 speaker is louder and clearer than the Galaxy Nexus.

This could also explain why different people are having drastically divergent battery experiences. Some are giving us their impressions based on real world application whereby a four core processor would preform best. Others are giving us "Stress Tests" that actually punish multicore processing.

There's another element that's being forgotten in this discussion of battery life. Most of these tests involve the phone processing something with the screen on until it reaches zero battery. But that doesn't tell the whole story. The processor on a cell phone is using up the bare minimum power...

Verizon's rules are as follows: 1) Mandatory bloat 2) Must be fit into their release schedule 3) Updates pushed at Verizon's discretion The Galaxy Nexus was only a Nexus in that it had no manufacturer skin on it. But otherwise it had bloat, it was delayed to not interfere with the Razr's...

Verizon is the anti-Nexus.

Engadget says the battery life sucks despite NOT being and LTE phone. I hope Phil's review says otherwise!

I'm not a good comparison because I'm in Washington DC. Every carrier has excellent coverage here.

The Galaxy Nexus actually convinced me to eliminate my relationship with Verizon after 14 years. 1) Swift updates, the greatest advantage of a Nexus, were needlessly held back. 2) Google Wallet was blocked just to prevent it from getting a head start on Isis. 3) Verizon bloatware was still...