The Verge Preview Hands On
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el3ctronics
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Terrible response by you. The Verge is by FAR the best reviewing tech site right now. Their videos are always top notch and just b/c you don't agree doesn't mean they're iSheep or iVerge or whatever other childish names you want to call them. And this is coming from someone who already ordered the N5.
qnet
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I also didn't like the video. You can tell a lot of people didn't like it judging by the over double negative thumbs vs. positive. I like some of the Verge's videos but I don't think they're one of the best tech sites IMO. Their production and videos are nice but sometime you can tell some of the reviewers are biased.
Watching the video I can tell the phone is running real nice, even when he says it lags. He's well spoken but the short review is not good IMO.
Watching the video I can tell the phone is running real nice, even when he says it lags. He's well spoken but the short review is not good IMO.
Got to agree with the majority here. There was certainly a negative vibe going on regarding android OS and nexus phones in general. He insinuated that the phone could be inferior in certain aspects unless it proved itself in the in depth review. He certainly didn't approach this with an open, unbiased mind.
The Verge video last year for the Nexus 4? Amazing. This guy doesn't even look like he gives a damn for the phone.
Don't be so hard on the guy. Here's a little update from Dieter: "Well, I think I like the Nexus 5. It grows on you."
Kevin OQuinn
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Seriously? He took the time to bash android cameras and brush them all to the side.
"android cameras usually aren't that impressive"
That's where he lost me.
And a horrible retort by you. Anandtech or Toms hardware smokes the Verge or any tech blog out there. The Verge is garbage imo when it comes to reviews. Very little hard fact and more opinion/feeling/conjecture with constant iPhone/Pad comparisons.
eRod v1.0
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qnet
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Watching the video closely as he operated the phone, I didn't see any lag. In fact it was running really nice and smooth and I liked the animations. I think he was just assuming that without even using the phone a lot. When he mentioned lag in the scrolling, he didn't even scroll the page, he just held his finger on it and moved the page up and down. Even then I didn't notice any lag.
I have used Iphones and they are exceptionally smooth, and there is nothing like it, but Android has improved greatly. He may have meant how it stutters when the webpage is loading. I didn't noticed it in the video (because he didn't actually scroll it, like I mentioned) but I've seen it on Android devices. IOS does a great job in that, even though a page has not loaded fully, it will not let you scroll the whole page until it's done loading. What you can scroll is smooth. Android seems to try and let you get all the information as it's happening, therefore it stutters trying to load all the content as is you scroll. It's actually pretty ingenious by Apple to do this and makes the user experience better.
Yea I saw that earlier and his review seemed about as passe as you could possible be in reviewing something like that.
It wasn't Josh and this guy seemed genuinely upset that he had to do it.
It wasn't Josh and this guy seemed genuinely upset that he had to do it.
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Tom Westrick
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I wonder what would happen if I email him and ask to take that disappointing phone off his hands...
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