why is everyone so brainwashed into loving the nexus 5?

[G+_Troy Luchterhand]

why is everyone so brainwashed into loving the nexus 5? This phone could do no wrong before anyone even saw it. Look at it, it looks like a cheap phone. Come on people.

[G+_James R]

I don't agree with the idea that it looks like a cheap phone. But I guess aesthetics is subjective. I think it looks just fine. It looks clean and not gaudy or flashy. Just the way I like it.

[G+_David Brock]

It doesn't look cheap and after holding it it certainly doesn't feel cheap either.

[G+_Richard Cohen]

Um... It is a cheap phone, exceptionally so. It may fall short of vendors' flagships, but it also costs half as much as some of them!

That said, I'm sticking with my #HTCOne :)

[G+_Josué Gutiérrez]

The Galaxy S4 and the Note (1,2,3) are cheap plastic phones. So?

[G+_Richard Cohen]

Josué Gutiérrez Nope, they're expensive plastic phones - they just feel cheap :)

[G+_Troy Luchterhand]

Josué Gutiérrez my point is the way they have been hyping the nexus 5 up for so long. Youd think the thing was the best android phone ever. Hardware wise it isnt that great. Not worth hyping the bejesus out of it. I understand the pure Android part of it, but its a plastic LG. ?A far cry from phones like the Htc One. Im talking about build quality here.

[G+_Robert Hendrix]

Troy Luchterhand Honestly your bringing up exactly what people say about the Galaxy S3 and 4. The S2 got such great reviews that when the S3 and S4 came out it could do no wrong, but people complained and still do about the plastic feel.  Same with the LG G2.  There is a difference between a phone feeling cheap and it being a piece of junk. If all the outsides keep the insides together and working, most people throw a case on a phone and never notice what the complaints are about. 

 

As far as the Nexus 5 goes, looks in photos are different than actually feeling these.  It's built cheaply but in a good design.  The materials for the buttons are ceramic and not plastic, which raises the feel of them.  The soft rubber is  a lot more well done than the glossy textured plastic of an S4 or even my current S2.  The "it can do no wrong" point is also because for $350/$399 you can have a phone that stays in one piece and not be stuck on a contract with a carrier.

[G+_George Fromtulsa]

There's nothing wrong with making a phone out of plastic. That whole iPhoney thing of a block of aluminum can actually interfere with the (necessary) radios, that is it you want to phone someone---or just get data.

 

The look and feel of a phone "out of the box" is just marketing hoo-ha.

 

If you're smart you'll put that shiny new "solid aluminum"iPhoney or HTC One in a good case before you drop the $600 Apple of Your Eye. Maybe keeping in mind that the HTC One received iFixit's coveted "Least Repairable Phone, Ever" Award, and the iPhoney ain't much better.

[G+_Troy Luchterhand]

Robert Hendrix You make a good point about the S2 and the rave about the S3 and 4 reception. I see the allure of not doing the whole subsidiesed phone thing and a contract with a carrier.

 

I just think they're overdoing it a bit with the whole Nexus 5 hype. Of course, thats what google wants. If I am correct, there isnt even any external memory on that phone. No sd card to add more memory?? Thats an upgrade??

[G+_Troy Luchterhand]

George Fromtulsa excellent point. Your post made me chuckle. Also made me remember Steve Jobs telling everyone they're holding their phone wrong. I have insurance and a good case on my Note 2 because I have dropped every phone I have ever had in either the toilet or on the cement floor of my garage.

[G+_Benjamin Rumble]

"Hardware wise it isn't that great." Troy Luchterhand What hardware (specifics) do you consider "great"?

[G+_Robert Hendrix]

Troy Luchterhand HTC One, iPhones, LG G2, all no expandable storage.

 

Look at Android, as we have gotten into Ice cream sandwich and later all the SD card is good for really is loading photos and storing extra files.  samsung hacks the phones to allow apps to SD.  Google in itself is about cloud services, Chromecast doesn't allow local files but focuses on web based services, Chromebooks all are based on web based services.  That is their point and task, because that is how they get their paychecks filled.

[G+_stephen mitchell]

Troy Luchterhand nexus phones haven't had sd cards since the galaxy S. The galaxy nexus and beyond have not had sd cards. IPhones have never had them.there is no current phone on the market with a faster processor, faster gpu, or a higher resolution screen. When you couple that with the price, it is a hard package to beat.

[G+_Mark Scholes]

It's hyped because the only added $100 profit, not $400

[G+_brian nute]

How to move downloaded video from phone to sd

[G+_Santos Cardona]

brian nute you need a file explorer. I recommend ghost commander https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ghostsq.commander find the download folder and copy to external SD.

[G+_Josué Gutiérrez]

Richard Cohen I had several Samsung phones lime Nexus S and Galaxy Note 2. Never again. Asus need to enter this market more seriously. Looking for what HTC will do in first quarter next year. If not my next is the Lumia 1520, that camera and battery...

[G+_R.C. Curtright]

I'm done with subsidies. Paying an extra 200-300 hundred for better "build quality" to then stick the phone in case never to be seen makes no sense to me.

[G+_George Fromtulsa]

Troy Luchterhand

Dropped it in the toilet?  Oh, my, what's a dog to do when you've polluted his drinking bowl with a phone?

[G+_Troy Luchterhand]

So I can buy a nexus 5, then go to Verizon and use it on their network on a month to month basis?

Sorry. I have no experience with anything other than getting a phone on contract.

[G+_George Fromtulsa]

Not on Verizon.

[G+_R.C. Curtright]

Troy Luchterhand nope. Only Sprint, TMo or ATT. Google didn't put all of Verizons bands in it. Probably because Verizon won't let you on the network with a device that they didn't sell you themselves. It would have been pointless. Umfortunately, I am on Verizon, but even wth my ETF it will be cheaper over a 6 month period to jump ship and go with TMo unlimited and unthrottled $70 plan.?