whats up with the ceramic rocker buttons?
what makes them special? lol

 

No idea. They just feel good to touch and press. Emphasizing not made of plastic?

Some tidbits about 4.4 since everyone seems to forget that a new OS update also was announced.
Unfortunate that you cannot wake up your phone with the "OK Google" phrase like the Moto X. It only works with your screen on in the Nexus 5.

But really fantastic that 4.4 can run on phones with only 512MB of RAM. More lower end and entry level Android phones can experience the best of Android.

All the info you can read about 4.4:
http://www.android.com/versions/kit-kat-4-4/

 

Here come the videos!

 

 

lol The verge was like ...."ceramic buttons, whatever that means"

 

Ooh love that google maps search for unknown callers. I do that already for unknown calls.

Usually end up seeing an entry in those "who called me" websites saying it was spam.

 

 

Bish, I gave you moving pictures! It's the future.

 

No can watch at work

 

Go here: http://www.android.com/versions/kit-kat-4-4/
It's got pictures and words!

Here's a bone:

 

 

What kind of SIM card does it take for AT&T?

And what's the resell value on them? Maybe buy it to try it and then decide if I want to switch next sept to nov

 

^tmobile is selling them for $600...although not announced just yet...
so, if in great condition you could either get your money back or maybe even more to an unsuspecting person.

 

I'd say resell value is pretty good. The Nexus 4 is still selling on Craigslist in good condition for around $220 - $240 on average and they were retailing for $300 new.

 

Micro SIM.

Resale value? Don't know, but for the Nexus 4 if good condition before the Google $100 price drop, it was doing well. After the price drop, people would rather pay the new cheaper price for a new one. If you are going to change phones every year, the Nexus line always comes out around this time, so just sell your phone 2 months before.

 

Ehh nvm. I'll just wait one more year until my contract is up.

Since its unlocked. If I don't like it I can sell it and use my upgrade on some other phone

 

That's true. I might use my upgrade on the Lumia 1020 when it becomes free. That way I won't have to worry about taking uneven pictures with my phone.

Or you could buy one now to try it out for a while. If you don't like it, just sell it to break even, or even a profit since the resale/gouging value will be high for at least 8 months.

 

The video is in English despite the title

 

 

ordered a 32gb white. should hopefully ship by Nov 5 and be in my hands by the time Blizzcon rolls around. I'll have at least something to play with while i work.

i've had my T-mo microsim activation kit sitting here waiting to be used.

 

Wait just saw that nexus devices don't have a SD card slot? Shoot. If my usage is the same as my current phone then 32gb won't be enough!

 

^scale back on the porn, miz

 

shiiiet, I'm going to Blizzcon too. My contract isn't up until end of the year though, damn it...

 

Done with the midterm!!

First thing to address... You guys went to K1 without me!! Bitches! How'd you like to see an engineering grad student who drive a corolla right now whoop your asses

Second thing: now to take a break and get me a piece of that kitkat news

 

Kitkat looks def is a nice solid upgrade. I just want wallet and hangouts coming to me ASAP!!

Here's a good question for those on AT&T would you get a moto x for 100 or a n5 for $350.

Seeing the vergecast, the N5 doesnt seem to have done good with the camera, but everything else seems great!

 

Man I'm amazed there were no hiccups in the process of ordering this phone

 

I enjoyed the wave process.
I was lucky enough to get in on the first wave, saw it sell out and then another wave of phones pushed through, and so on.

cool experience

 

Congrats!
And dude, you are almost impossible to schedule around.
Honestly, I would prob go for the Moto X since they are already jumping from 4.2 to 4.4 soon and with better camera, active notifications, and wake up OK Google command. Plus, the way it just fits in your hand with that screen size.... I can't wait for the 2nd gen Moto X. But, I'd wait a few months for it to drop to $0 if I was to get the current gen.

The Verge guys were probably in HDR+ mode and didn't wait long enough for the phone to capture the multiple pictures and that is why it came out blurry and took so long for it to capture the pic. I know from experience that Nexus HDR is a pain in the ass to use, but when perfectly still and long enough, the picture comes out amazing.

Yeah, they really did learn their lesson from last year. Good on them.

 

what do you guys think about new nexus ? any new reviews ? i was wondering about that wireless charging hmm

 

How can there be reviews of a device that just got announced & launched today?
What about the wireless charging? It is based on the same Qi concept that has been around for a while except this time it has magnets and the charger is differently shaped. There are no reviews of the charger at this time either.



The soft touch backside gets fingerprint-tastic, and fast.

 

yea ok, how about when I graduate in December haha. I'm basically swamped till then. School, work, and orgs. Gets intense at times like now haha. But hopefully it loooks good on resumes! Time management yo! Unless they see me on here all the time

Yea moto x is probably better because its basically an enhanced stock android experience. I told my friend the same thing to probably go with moto x, but since he got the order for the N5, let it ship wait for reviews and just take the time to make the decision.

 

Here's the apk for hangouts

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/10...ation-sharing/

Got it all integrated

I still dunno how it is to interact with someone that has this hangouts and is in your phonebook though. Will be interesting to see how thats done, or does it just keep it separate. I dunno, I hope not.

edit: it probably only merges the sms/hangouts for those that enable sms in hangouts. At least thats my guess. Someone get it and we can test it out!

 

http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/10/31/ha...h-the-nexus-5/

Their hands on shows some great pics by the N5 actually.

 

woke up to an email saying my phone has been shipped.

 

http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/31/5...id-4-4-kit-kat

GN won't get KitKat?!?!?

 

weird.
touts kitkat will be great for older slower phones...
doesnt include Galaxy nexus..

 

Yeah. But 4.4 does work on the GN, just Google doesn't want to update it any more mainly because the Verizon GN owners will complain when Google updates the rest of the GN in the world and Google would rather take heat and say everyone is being treated equally than have to explain to everyone how Verizon is screwing with them again and again. 4.4 works great on the GN though. It's already being tested
Honestly, most people already believe that the reason 4.4 is optimized for slower phones/512MB of RAM is because they will put it on wearables!

speedemon90, Dec sure. Have your party, invite us all this time and maybe even Justin will drive out with his N5

I haven't put any of the 4.4 N5 apks on my phone yet because the apks out now were stripped from the N5 image so it is not guaranteed to work 100% with any phone. ASOP 4.4 ROMs are already being released lol.

With SMS (and MMS) in Hangouts now, guess I'll have to be logged into Hangouts permanently on my phone now. Can't be invisible anymore, but you can set your mood, an indicator whether you are in a voice/video call, and which device you are logged in from (laptop, tablet, or phone).
And early reports show that SMS and Hangouts in the app are separate threads, but there is code that allows them to be in the same thread in the future - most likely March 2014 when Google Voice is integrated.

Some more pics:

 

Phone's so badass.

 

Easter egg animation

and already an unboxing video lol

another hands-on

and a video sample

Seems like they got the audio on the video camera to work a TON better than the Nexus 4.

 

I read a possible reason for this is that the Texas Instruments is the chip maker for the GN and they shut down their mobile division, so I think Google would have had to put a lot of resources in updating it, in which they wouldn't want to do.