Google Nexus 5

Avanstaden09 said:
So i am thinking of getting the Nexus 5. Just a couple of questions, how is the battery life in terms of screen on time. Also what happens when it gets broken? Where can you take it to get fixed. Are there any covers and screen protectors locally or do you have to import?
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Earlier in the thread I posted my results for battery life. Just go back a couple of pages.

Depending on what breaks, you can either fix it yourself or send it back to the supplier you bought it from for repairs/replacement.

You'd have to import the screen protectors and covers when you buy to save on courier costs.
 
OGroteKoning said:
Earlier in the thread I posted my results for battery life. Just go back a couple of pages.

Depending on what breaks, you can either fix it yourself or send it back to the supplier you bought it from for repairs/replacement.

You'd have to import the screen protectors and covers when you buy to save on courier costs.
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Okay thanks I will check.

I am thinking of buying a cover and screen protector for eBay. Most of them have free shipping apparently. I have no experience of this so i will be doing through research on the subject before buying
 
Both Maverick Jester and myself bought from Amazon over December. We used Postbox Courier to ship to SA.
 
OGroteKoning said:
Earlier in the thread I posted my results for battery life. Just go back a couple of pages.
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Found it. Battery doesn't seem to be an issue. From all the reviews I have read I expected far worse. I could barely get 4H screen on time with my old S4 so I will be happy with anything more than that
 
Avanstaden09 said:
Found it. Battery doesn't seem to be an issue. From all the reviews I have read I expected far worse. I could barely get 4H screen on time with my old S4 so I will be happy with anything more than that
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I did tweak the phone to get there. I am using a custom kernel also.
 
Avanstaden09 said:
I honestly have no idea. I have no experience whatsoever in this regard.

I will do research on the matter. Thank you for the link!
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The dev of that kernel prides himself in his flash-and-forget kernel. It is already optimised for great battery life
 
StrontiumDog said:
Agreed , the red 32gb N5 also catches my eye!

What phone (if any) is closest to vanilla android and/or the Nexus 5 experience, as well as being officially available on contract from Vodacom/MTN/Cell C? If I can go the subsidised phone route then it's the path of least resistance :)
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S4 LTE version supports vanilla roms and outperforms the N5.
 
ngwe23 said:
Not sure how you got to the "outperforms" part because they both have the same SOC.
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Easy answer. Samsung has an internal setting where the moment you do a benchmark test, that it clocks all it's processors at max to produce the best possible scores. The Nexus doesn't do this. So it would always appear that Samsung phones always outperforms the competitors. There are a number of reports confirming this.
 
ngwe23 said:
Not sure how you got to the "outperforms" part because they both have the same SOC.
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As far as I can tell, the S4 i9505 use a Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 (Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300) while the Nexus use a Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 (Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400). So the N5 should outperform the S4 i9505.
 
OGroteKoning said:
Easy answer. Samsung has an internal setting where the moment you do a benchmark test, that it clocks all it's processors at max to produce the best possible scores. The Nexus doesn't do this. So it would always appear that Samsung phones always outperforms the competitors. There are a number of reports confirming this.
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Is that also the case for the GPE S4 i9505? I would think not as the software comes from Google.
 
OGroteKoning said:
Easy answer. Samsung has an internal setting where the moment you do a benchmark test, that it clocks all it's processors at max to produce the best possible scores. The Nexus doesn't do this. So it would always appear that Samsung phones always outperforms the competitors. There are a number of reports confirming this.
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I would have thought that this was common knowledge. Which is why I am surprised as to where he got the "outperforms" part from.
 
Viva said:
Is that also the case for the GPE S4 i9505? I would think not as the software comes from Google.
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I don't know mate. When I first started with modified kernels and roms, I did benchmark testing. But I stopped because honestly I don't care. My N5 doesn't lag at all, is awesomely quick and runs any app I can throw at it smoothly (apart from those k@k coded apps everyone complains about). That is my benchmark. Why would I need some random inconsistent benchmark programme? What people must remember is that the N5 is very much less expensive than the S4. But you know what, I really don't care that much. Fanboys will be fanboys. I like what I have and if I could choose again, I will do exactly the same even though I do not have the same warranty or after sales backup as those with Samsung.
 
OGroteKoning said:
I don't know mate. When I first started with modified kernels and roms, I did benchmark testing. But I stopped because honestly I don't care. My N5 doesn't lag at all, is awesomely quick and runs any app I can throw at it smoothly (apart from those k@k coded apps everyone complains about). That is my benchmark. Why would I need some random inconsistent benchmark programme? What people must remember is that the N5 is very much less expensive than the S4. But you know what, I really don't care that much. Fanboys will be fanboys. I like what I have and if I could choose again, I will do exactly the same even though I do not have the same warranty or after sales backup as those with Samsung.
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