Nexus 5 tops Gizmodo's list of best Android phones

[Shilohcane]

I don't know how any site could pick any Apple phone as the top phone with that tiny screen. Most Android flagship phones have more pixels than Apple. I really don't know why these sites won't use price as a major factor since you can buy two Nexus 5 for the cost of one iPhone 5s and still have extra money. Apple doesn't even make a phone that supports Sprint's tri-mode LTE 'Spark' service which the Nexus 5 does. Apple is a walled garden environment that should cost them points in judging just like it hurts Amazon Kindle. There is no basic differences in quality of phone call or texting or streaming music or in quantity or quality of Apps. Camera is subjective but Apple doesn't have the best camera phone. iOS 7 Design Is giving some people motion sickness and vertigo.

I broke out of Apples prison environment and I will never go back.

 

[dan1431]

I am in a fairly unique situation in that my personal phone is a Nexus and my work phone is an iPhone.

While there things that drive me nuts about iOS (and there are many), there are things that make me go I understand why less tech centric people like Apple.

Gizmodo is basically saying that a handset is better due the ecosystem it lives in and there is an argument there but it is a fairly weak one in my opinion if one is judging hardware.

Looking at strictly hardware Apple is IMHO squarely in the upper middle, but it is well made and works without any noticeable issues.

Would I give the #1 spot? No, but there are many who would without hesitation.

Dan

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[Robbie317]

To be fair, you could say the exact same thing about Google devices. Going from a Galaxy Nexus to a Nexus 5 would not be much of a shock either (hell, KitKat runs almost as well on a Galaxy nexus). The Nexus is the Android analog to the iPhone. If you stay in the nexus line, you will have the same experience on Android as on Apple.

The difference is that You have other alternatives besides the Nexus on Android. On Apple you have none.

Yeah I didn't say it in as many words but I prefer the Nexus line....I went from the iPhone to the Nexus 1 and then both EVO's and my GS3 were both rooted and returned to stockish/Nexus like state (mostly because the Nexus S on Sprint was a waste) and I have not looked back from stock Android. The only problem I've found with the Nexus line so far is that it's been limited to certain carriers/Google play... It does seem with each passing year they are getting better about making it more open across the board with carriers... Was glad that Sprint finally accepted a unlocked phone on their network and that Google made the N5 open to everyone but Verizon.... although that seems more of a Verizon decision than anything else....

Nexus 5 is by far my favorite phone... I love my Nexus 7.... I like where Google and Android are going.... Purely in my opinion Google and Android in general is evolving more rapidly than IOS has been.... But IOS keeps Android honest (and vice versa).... They both push each other to be better... You have to have them both.... Having competing manufactures and software options forces each to evolve and get better or end up like Blackberry.............

 

[ne0ne]

I own the HTC one, moto x & nexus 5. All three great devices. If I had to only keep one it would be the moto x hands down. Not that I don't love the nexus 5 and It really is growing on me as is the new GEL.

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[dan1431]

Of interest I like where Android is going, I cannot say the same about Google as they seem to want to force people into Google + and for somebody who does not use Social Media (for many reasons), it is starting to become an issue and one place where Apple and iOS (at least for now are taking divergent paths).

Dan

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[clevin]

I laughed at a few parts and scratched my head at others. They bash the S4 for being plastic and had no other reason, even though their top spot was reserved for a plastic phone....Then their reasons for why someone would buy the S4, were exactly why the iPhone is popular. Still an entertaining article, I just don't totally agree with it all.

Gizmodo is more "style" than "tech" nowadays. Reasoning or "in depth" is not their cup of tea. Reading their article is like pulling hairs, I stop doing that log time ago.