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[sYn]
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Default apps are as expected really, google, google, google, etc... Although oddly mine seemed to have spotify installed by default - Either that or it downloaded once it had synced my account (but nothing else)..
I've only taken a couple of shots, it seems good enough for a camera on a phone, it takes longer than I would like to capture the image meaning taking pictures of my daughter is a fucking pain, but other than that its fine. I'll test that more at the weekend.
For now I've not rooted it as I have no real reason to do so right now, I'll see how I get on with it at stock first.
Have you guys bought cases? I looked at the official cases but the price was insane so I'm trying to find something else.. Not having much luck. A lot of places claim they sell "Nexus 5" cases but I'm pretty sure its bullshit..
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Nov 2013 22:21 Post subject: |
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I'm after something to cover the screen, usually I go for a "sock" style, something a bit more homemade. Probably a bit odd of a choice I guess but I like a bare device until its sitting in my pocket.
Don't think there is much out there right now that I'd trust.
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Nov 2013 23:09 Post subject: |
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| Interinactive wrote: | | How's the camera? Default apps? |
camera is bad now but apparently it's "only" software issue and Google working on updates.
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| Posted: Wed, 6th Nov 2013 03:16 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Wed, 6th Nov 2013 09:50 Post subject: |
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| rgb#000 wrote: | | Interinactive wrote: | | How's the camera? Default apps? |
camera is bad now but apparently it's "only" software issue and Google working on updates. |
Bad, WTF?
I got to test a Nexus 5 a bit yesterday and took some photos in a very low dimmed room without flashlight. The pictures were REALLY good for that. I couldn't see any noise on the taken photo. No details seemed to got lost too. I took a photo of the same place with my Galaxy S3. lol,everything was mostly black and noisy..
I can't wait to finally buy the N5 for myself!
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| Posted: Wed, 6th Nov 2013 10:23 Post subject: |
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| Bob Barnsen wrote: | | rgb#000 wrote: | | Interinactive wrote: | | How's the camera? Default apps? |
camera is bad now but apparently it's "only" software issue and Google working on updates. |
Bad, WTF?
I got to test a Nexus 5 a bit yesterday and took some photos in a very low dimmed room without flashlight. The pictures were REALLY good for that. I couldn't see any noise on the taken photo. No details seemed to got lost too. I took a photo of the same place with my Galaxy S3. lol,everything was mostly black and noisy..
I can't wait to finally buy the N5 for myself! |
| Quote: | The 8-megapixel camera on the back of the Nexus 5 is certainly capable of taking rather beautiful photos in the perfect setting. Unfortunately for us, life is not filled with perfect settings — and when you're faced with real-world picture taking, the camera underperforms constantly and consistently. The Nexus 5 takes photos and video with too little contrast, too little saturation, and too little color (or inconsistent color) — when you can get the camera to focus at all. Low light performance isn’t exactly poor, but getting it to snap the picture you want at the moment you want will drive you absolutely nuts. The camera app can be absurdly slow to focus and even slow to launch in the first place, which makes the Nexus 5 as a camera an exercise in frustration. It instills no confidence — and after a while I simply expected the phone to produce bad results. Side by side with almost any other flagship phone, its camera doesn’t hold up.
Let me just reiterate this point: in the right light, with a steady hand and no moving (or slow-moving) subjects, the camera can take excellent photos. It’s actually really upsetting because it suggests the Nexus 5 is capable of so much more — particularly with macro shots. But, in situations where those three factors are not in play, you will struggle to take a good photo. That means that by the time the lazy autofocus captures your scene, your kid will have stopped making that face, your friends will have thrown back their Jäger shots, or your pet will no longer be doing whatever hilarious thing it was doing. |
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| Posted: Wed, 6th Nov 2013 22:17 Post subject: |
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Nov 2013 02:16 Post subject: |
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| [sYn] wrote: | I'm after something to cover the screen, usually I go for a "sock" style, something a bit more homemade. Probably a bit odd of a choice I guess but I like a bare device until its sitting in my pocket.
Don't think there is much out there right now that I'd trust. |
case that wraps around to lift the front from being flat face down and a screen protector not work? pretty hard to break/scratch the screen that way...
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| Posted: Wed, 13th Nov 2013 10:38 Post subject: |
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Werelds
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| Posted: Mon, 18th Nov 2013 19:35 Post subject: |
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One of my colleagues bought this, saw it last week. Damn, that is a mighty fine looking phone.
Where's my 4.0-4.3" version though Google? 
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| Posted: Mon, 18th Nov 2013 19:40 Post subject: |
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| Interinactive wrote: |
So does rendering for posts on this site, some are in large text, some small, it's a bit of a mess |
this one is on chrome. I have chrome and samsung browser on my phone and only chrome tends to fuck up everything. I just keep it for html5
3080 | ps5 pro
Sin317-"im 31 years old and still surprised at how much shit comes out of my ass actually ..."
SteamDRM-"Call of Duty is the symbol of the true perfection in every aspect. Call of Duty games are like Mozart's/Beethoven's symphonies"
deadpoetic-"are you new to the cyberspace?"
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Werelds
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| Posted: Mon, 18th Nov 2013 20:05 Post subject: |
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No, actually. Anything smaller than a Logitech 5-mouse (MX5x0, G5(xx)) is too small for my hands. I just don't like humongous phones. I was so fucking happy with my first smaller phone after the fucking refrigerator I started out with some 15 years or so ago, now we're going back to that?
I've got a Nexus 4 at the moment (loaner because my Desire died, need to buy something myself soon since my cousin has some idiot lined up to pay 350 for it  ) and it really just is a tad too big. Operating it with one hand is doable, but only just.
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| Posted: Mon, 18th Nov 2013 21:55 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 18th Nov 2013 22:06 Post subject: |
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I don't know alternatives. Some say "boat" is good. I am just using samsung stock
3080 | ps5 pro
Sin317-"im 31 years old and still surprised at how much shit comes out of my ass actually ..."
SteamDRM-"Call of Duty is the symbol of the true perfection in every aspect. Call of Duty games are like Mozart's/Beethoven's symphonies"
deadpoetic-"are you new to the cyberspace?"
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| Posted: Mon, 18th Nov 2013 22:45 Post subject: |
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i love Chrome on my phone, haven't noticed anything wrong with it.
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| Posted: Mon, 18th Nov 2013 22:53 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 18th Nov 2013 23:04 Post subject: |
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hmm you are right i just noticed it too but it only happens in portrait, and non-mobile sites i always view in landscape mode, i guess that's why i haven't noticed before.
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Nov 2013 01:42 Post subject: |
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| Interinactive wrote: | Werelds text, KCs text, and your text, 3 different sizes, the bottom of which isn't even readable unless you zoom in on the phone
You haven't noticed this on any web sites or forums??
http://www.coflash.com/stuff/screen.png
I haven't touched any of the settings, it's a horrible and inconsistent way to view this place (and other places)
The zooming is never smooth either, not like on an iPhone, it's more blocky and shaky looking, I don't know if that one is because of Chrome or the phone itself |
Exactly what I am talking about. Same here with chrome
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Sin317-"im 31 years old and still surprised at how much shit comes out of my ass actually ..."
SteamDRM-"Call of Duty is the symbol of the true perfection in every aspect. Call of Duty games are like Mozart's/Beethoven's symphonies"
deadpoetic-"are you new to the cyberspace?"
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Werelds
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Nov 2013 10:11 Post subject: |
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I don't use the default email app, I use Aquamail (better widget, better UI, better everything). I haven't used the default email app in years, so I can't answer your question - Aquamail does it fine though
As for the text thing: I only get it on the hump, so it must be something in the hump CSS. Some strange selector somewhere.
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Nov 2013 11:24 Post subject: |
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Well Werelds, I have a colleague over here. When I bought my 3.7 inch touch pro 2 in 2009 he said, whoa that is big! Way too fat and big for me. (and he is like 1.95 or so at 100+kg)
So he bought himself later a small shitty sony outdoor android which was just fat and small and slow.
Then I bought my galaxy s2 in 2011. He said, whoa that is huge! Way too huge for me! I search something smaller. Maybe 3.7 inch or so.
This year I bought the S4 and he said, whoa that is way too big for me, I am looking for something like the galaxy s4 mini. (Which is exactly the same size as the S2!!)
Last week he got himself the nexus 5  
@interinactive:
I like the stock gmail app. It renders for shit though, lately it pinches the images from the sides, just to fit in width, even if it f*cks up the aspect ratio And nfohump renders strangely on every mobile browser I tested... I guess it's due to very old and shitty coding of this page. Then agian, I think we can/should do about that... maybe it's time that I look into that specific git repo again 
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Werelds
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Nov 2013 11:49 Post subject: |
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It has nothing to do with Android itself though, because unlike iOS, the majority use their own engine (and aren't limited to the crippled WebView on iOS). Chrome on Android for all intents and purposes is Chrome on desktop, aside from real estate and the UI. That said, the majority still use WebKit and typically the versions aren't too far from each other.
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Wed, 20th Nov 2013 03:21 Post subject: |
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| KillerCrocker wrote: | | Interinactive wrote: | Werelds text, KCs text, and your text, 3 different sizes, the bottom of which isn't even readable unless you zoom in on the phone
You haven't noticed this on any web sites or forums??
http://www.coflash.com/stuff/screen.png
I haven't touched any of the settings, it's a horrible and inconsistent way to view this place (and other places)
The zooming is never smooth either, not like on an iPhone, it's more blocky and shaky looking, I don't know if that one is because of Chrome or the phone itself |
Exactly what I am talking about. Same here with chrome |
i would wonder if this has to do with the fact that this forum uses software that is over a decade old :/
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