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> You can get a top-of-the-line smartphone for $300. That's amazing. Not sure why you think this. It is mid range phone by every benchmark (e.g. no LTE, batter

> You can get a top-of-the-line smartphone for $300. That's amazing. Not sure why you think this. It is mid range phone by every benchmark (e.g. no LTE, battery life, screen quality) and it gets destroyed by the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S3 in every performance benchmark.

StavrosK 14y ago
Why are you comparing it to the iPhone 5? The current top-of-the-line Google smartphone, the Nexus 4 (which is what you should compare to the iPhone 5), also costs $300.
- bjustin 14y ago
  When the phone only goes up to 16 GB of non-expandable space, it's hardly top-of-the-line. It doesn't have LTE either. Neither of these matters too much now, but will reduce longevity compared to actual top-of-the-line phones, e.g. the Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5.
pook1e 14y ago
> no LTE Fair enough. > battery life Benchmarks never demonstrate typical use cases, which is especially true for battery life. Unless all you do is load web pages for hours on end at fixed intervals. Personally, I have better things to do with my time. Based on what I've witnessed with my Nexus 4 and iPhone 5s in my family, battery life is very comparible. > screen quality When compared to the iPhone 5, the Nexus 4 has better blacks, better contrast ratio, but poorer whites. Color reproduction could be calibrated better, but hey, this is just a mid range phone, right? http://www.anandtech.com/show/6440/google-nexus-4-review/6 http://www.anandtech.com/show/6440/google-nexus-4-review/6 > gets destroyed by the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S3 in every performance benchmark. Geekbench measures CPU performance, and the quad core Krait bests both the Galaxy S3 (quad core Exynos) and the iPhone 5 (dual core "Swift"). Galaxy S3: http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1488418 http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1488418 iPhone 5: http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1488555 http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1488555 Nexus 4: http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1488266 http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1488266 In fact, the quad core Krait is arguably the best CPU you can find in a smartphone, performance wise. The only existing (ARM-based) CPU that is better is the Exynos 5250 found in the Nexus 10 (dual core A15). The GPU is the Adreno 320, which absolutely wrecks the Mali GPU in the Galaxy S3. It still isn't as good as the PowerVR SGX543MP3 found in the iPhone 5, but calling it a mid range GPU is laughable. http://www.anandtech.com/show/6440/google-nexus-4-review/3 http://www.anandtech.com/show/6440/google-nexus-4-review/3 Seriously. You have no idea what you're talking about.
- acchow 14y ago
  We're all talking about the Galaxy Nexus, not the Nexus 4. I'm sure the Nexus 4 is much better.
- clarky07 14y ago
  > Seriously. You have no idea what you're talking about. This thread was about Galaxy Nexus, not Nexus 4. Pot, meet kettle.
  - drivebyacct2 14y ago
    taligent was still horribly wrong then, though it's easy to understand given Apple was a year late to the LTE party and since half his posts are pro-iOS apologies. My Galaxy Nexus has 4G and has excellent battery life. The AMOLED screen is also, of course, gorgeous.
majorlazer 14y ago
The Galaxy Nexus does have LTE. The Nexus 4 does not.
- guyzero 14y ago
  There are multiple versions of the Galaxy Nexus. The Verizon version has LTE, the other version is HSPA+ for the rest of the world and ATT/TMobile in the US.
chimeracoder 14y ago
> no LTE He was talking about the Galaxy Nexus, which does have LTE. > battery life That's a function of the functionality - I'd rather be able to synchronize my reading lists in the background and forgo a bit of the battery life. I rarely use more than half of my Galaxy Nexus's battery on a given day, so that's fine for me. > screen quality No idea where you're getting this from. Both screens are fine, but the Galaxy Nexus's screen size is the major difference.

StavrosK 14y ago

Why are you comparing it to the iPhone 5? The current top-of-the-line Google smartphone, the Nexus 4 (which is what you should compare to the iPhone 5), also costs $300.

bjustin 14y ago
When the phone only goes up to 16 GB of non-expandable space, it's hardly top-of-the-line. It doesn't have LTE either. Neither of these matters too much now, but will reduce longevity compared to actual top-of-the-line phones, e.g. the Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5.

pook1e 14y ago

> no LTE Fair enough. > battery life Benchmarks never demonstrate typical use cases, which is especially true for battery life. Unless all you do is load web pages for hours on end at fixed intervals. Personally, I have better things to do with my time. Based on what I've witnessed with my Nexus 4 and iPhone 5s in my family, battery life is very comparible. > screen quality When compared to the iPhone 5, the Nexus 4 has better blacks, better contrast ratio, but poorer whites. Color reproduction could be calibrated better, but hey, this is just a mid range phone, right? http://www.anandtech.com/show/6440/google-nexus-4-review/6 http://www.anandtech.com/show/6440/google-nexus-4-review/6 > gets destroyed by the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S3 in every performance benchmark. Geekbench measures CPU performance, and the quad core Krait bests both the Galaxy S3 (quad core Exynos) and the iPhone 5 (dual core "Swift"). Galaxy S3: http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1488418 http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1488418 iPhone 5: http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1488555 http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1488555 Nexus 4: http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1488266 http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1488266 In fact, the quad core Krait is arguably the best CPU you can find in a smartphone, performance wise. The only existing (ARM-based) CPU that is better is the Exynos 5250 found in the Nexus 10 (dual core A15). The GPU is the Adreno 320, which absolutely wrecks the Mali GPU in the Galaxy S3. It still isn't as good as the PowerVR SGX543MP3 found in the iPhone 5, but calling it a mid range GPU is laughable. http://www.anandtech.com/show/6440/google-nexus-4-review/3 http://www.anandtech.com/show/6440/google-nexus-4-review/3 Seriously. You have no idea what you're talking about.

acchow 14y ago
We're all talking about the Galaxy Nexus, not the Nexus 4. I'm sure the Nexus 4 is much better.
clarky07 14y ago
> Seriously. You have no idea what you're talking about. This thread was about Galaxy Nexus, not Nexus 4. Pot, meet kettle.
- drivebyacct2 14y ago
  taligent was still horribly wrong then, though it's easy to understand given Apple was a year late to the LTE party and since half his posts are pro-iOS apologies. My Galaxy Nexus has 4G and has excellent battery life. The AMOLED screen is also, of course, gorgeous.

majorlazer 14y ago

The Galaxy Nexus does have LTE. The Nexus 4 does not.

guyzero 14y ago
There are multiple versions of the Galaxy Nexus. The Verizon version has LTE, the other version is HSPA+ for the rest of the world and ATT/TMobile in the US.

chimeracoder 14y ago

> no LTE He was talking about the Galaxy Nexus, which does have LTE. > battery life That's a function of the functionality - I'd rather be able to synchronize my reading lists in the background and forgo a bit of the battery life. I rarely use more than half of my Galaxy Nexus's battery on a given day, so that's fine for me. > screen quality No idea where you're getting this from. Both screens are fine, but the Galaxy Nexus's screen size is the major difference.