Longtime iPhone and Blackberry User review of Nexus 4

[Czar_of_Berry]

Thanks karmamule for the suggestion. Will check it out

 

[Czar_of_Berry]

I haven't found that to be the case. JB 4.2 on n4 is equivalent to iPhone 5 in terms of smoothness and touch screen response. I haven't found this to be the case with other android devices I've tried in the past but feel differently with n4

 

[pugnuttt]

Notifications: Download "light flow" then you can use whatever sound you like on your messages. I chose a cow mooing and believe me you can hear that.

 

[John Zwiers]

I use G+ and have met lots of nice people on it. Once you form some good connections it's very lively, and the tight integration with your nexus 4's photo album, and the auto-uploading, is an excellent plus. I think it's a bit of a myth that not many people use it. I've got way more people interacting with me on G+ than on Facebook or Twitter combined.

Back to the OP, I really love how seamlessly your photos and albums get backed up with G+ if you enable that feature, and that tight integration works really well. Recently they updated things so it's even better. Worth a try IMO, even if only for the free auto-backup of your photos.

I really liked PhotoStream, but the Google+ auto-upload works great for me. It is very easy to share photos and videos with Google+ and non Google+ users. I've been very happy.

 

[gavo360]

I would have been more hesitant to make the jump if I didn't have an iPad. The iPad n4 combo gives you best of both worlds. Make the jump... I'm very happy to of finally found a great device that allows me to experiment with android. I'm really liking my n4 and not missing iPhone

Same set up as me. I mostly use my iPad for media consumption streaming TV shows from the networks apps which unfortunately aren't all available on android but if they all were I could see myself getting a N7 one day.

 

[TRSpeed3]

I suggest you download Box, a similar cloud storage service. I used to use Dropbox but have since switched to Box for the sole reason that they currently have a promotion that is going on until the end of 2013 in which you can get 50GB of storage for life, absolutely free, if you download the app on an LG device (this includes the Nexus 4).

Yeah I had looked into this earlier, on a day to day basis what would most people save in cloud storage? Mainly pictures/videos, just asking because maybe I'm over looking an additional use. Any advantages to using Box over G+ or something like shutterfly?

BTW, I pulled the trigger on the nexus 4 last night! Purchased and shipped the same day, super excited!

 

[blitz118]

Good review for anyone thinking of making the switch!

Battery: it seems many android phones have a hard time matching iPhones. I think a large portion of that is the screen size on android devices, along with shrinking form factors.
Camera: I have never had an iPhone so can't speak to the quality agrument but I find I miss less opportunities with my N$ compared to my old phone because of the ease and speed of camera loading. Just swipe right from the lockscreen!

The Note 2 will beat the iphone 5, and all other Android phones when it comes to battery life and camera pictures.