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[I disagree with the case comment, but that's because I find cases annoying and my wife's didn't protect her Nexus 4 worth a darn.] > The thing slides off of p

[I disagree with the case comment, but that's because I find cases annoying and my wife's didn't protect her Nexus 4 worth a darn.] > The thing slides off of pretty much anything This is incredibly true. An anecdote: I was sitting in the waiting room at my dentist's office; I knew I'd have a wait, so I turned on the access point so that I could do some work and set the phone on the seat next to me. 15 seconds later, it dropped to the carpet. WTF, so I picked it back up and put it on the center of the chair seat. It fell off 2 minutes later. WTF^2, so I picked it back up and, intentionally and very carefully, put it back on the chair seat. It didn't fall off, but it took me 3 tries to get the phone to sit on a cloth chair seat without falling off. And I'm sure it would have fallen off given more time.

scottbez1 13y ago
If anyone wants more evidence of just how easily the Nexus 4 slides off things, here's a very unscientific video I took after witnessing my Nexus 4 slide off something and shatter the rear glass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1hbVgO7_k8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1hbVgO7_k8 It's incredible watching it slide ever-so-slowly on a surface that I previously thought was pretty much level.
- hellweaver666 13y ago
  Looks like a job for Sugru - pop a couple of tiny nubs on the back and it'll stop sliding!
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- oneeyedpigeon 13y ago
  Why would you put your phone glass-side-down anyway? Does it still slide about glass-side-up?
  - eggoa 13y ago
    Both sides have glass surfaces.
    - Recoil42 13y ago
      However, the back has had nubs since around March: http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/28/4157304/google-nexus-4-design-tweaks-rubber-nubs http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/28/4157304/google-nexus-4-des...
  - H3g3m0n 13y ago
    I put mine facedown at night to stop the annoying blinking light. They are curved to prevent scratching.
    - coolnow 13y ago
      I think Light Flow allows you to disable LED at night (or set a max blink time, at least).
JVIDEL 13y ago
Which case did she use?
WickyNilliams 13y ago
I'll back this up too. If the phone can slide off something it eventually will slide off something - no matter how long it takes. I've put it down a few times and it's taken between 30 mins and an hour to make it's and eventually slip off an edge! That said, I've dropped it a lot of times and it only has one crack on the back so far
mcv 13y ago
Why do manufacturers insist on making their devices so slippery? My old phone (in dire need of replacement) is all rubberized steel. It doesn't slide off anything, and it's practically indestructible. Why doesn't anyone make a phone like that?
- knob 13y ago
  Price no objection? AT&T has a phone that's some serious shit. We got a demo the other day... and that thing resists drops, high temps, freezing, water splash (or underwater to a couple of feet... don't remember). It was some serious hardware. Of course, it's not running Android, yet if you want indestructible, I was impressed with this thing. Me, personally: My phones last approx 2 years. My iPhone 5 (got it around 1 year ago I think) is all busted up. I'm not an Apple lover, yet this thing is tough. EVERY panel on it is broken, bent, shattered... and it still works without a hitch. Props to Apple on that.
  - sirkneeland 13y ago
    Seems like a company should get more props for a product that doesn't actually break every exterior component within 1 year. My N9 is well over a year old and has zero broken external parts. And of course the phone itself still works. Given that a smartphone has virtually no moving parts inside, continued functionality absent being submerged or crushed is not a particularly noteworthy achievement.
- calinet6 13y ago
  Yeah, this is wild... I have a Droid 4 and one of the two good features it has (other than the fantastic keyboard of course) is its rubberized back grip. The OG Droid 1 was extremely good, to the point where I could put it on my slanted car dash for GPS use without any accessories and it would just stick there. This should be a feature of all phones. There's nearly zero number of times I want my phone to move from where I've placed it.
  - superuser2 13y ago
    I have the hard plastic Speck case on my iPhone 4S... the front border is rubber and comes a couple mm past the glass, the back is hard plastic. I just set it screen-down and it never slides.
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scottbez1 13y ago

If anyone wants more evidence of just how easily the Nexus 4 slides off things, here's a very unscientific video I took after witnessing my Nexus 4 slide off something and shatter the rear glass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1hbVgO7_k8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1hbVgO7_k8 It's incredible watching it slide ever-so-slowly on a surface that I previously thought was pretty much level.

hellweaver666 13y ago
Looks like a job for Sugru - pop a couple of tiny nubs on the back and it'll stop sliding!
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oneeyedpigeon 13y ago
Why would you put your phone glass-side-down anyway? Does it still slide about glass-side-up?
- eggoa 13y ago
  Both sides have glass surfaces.
  - Recoil42 13y ago
    However, the back has had nubs since around March: http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/28/4157304/google-nexus-4-design-tweaks-rubber-nubs http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/28/4157304/google-nexus-4-des...
- H3g3m0n 13y ago
  I put mine facedown at night to stop the annoying blinking light. They are curved to prevent scratching.
  - coolnow 13y ago
    I think Light Flow allows you to disable LED at night (or set a max blink time, at least).

JVIDEL 13y ago

Which case did she use?

WickyNilliams 13y ago

I'll back this up too. If the phone can slide off something it eventually will slide off something - no matter how long it takes. I've put it down a few times and it's taken between 30 mins and an hour to make it's and eventually slip off an edge! That said, I've dropped it a lot of times and it only has one crack on the back so far

mcv 13y ago

Why do manufacturers insist on making their devices so slippery? My old phone (in dire need of replacement) is all rubberized steel. It doesn't slide off anything, and it's practically indestructible. Why doesn't anyone make a phone like that?

knob 13y ago
Price no objection? AT&T has a phone that's some serious shit. We got a demo the other day... and that thing resists drops, high temps, freezing, water splash (or underwater to a couple of feet... don't remember). It was some serious hardware. Of course, it's not running Android, yet if you want indestructible, I was impressed with this thing. Me, personally: My phones last approx 2 years. My iPhone 5 (got it around 1 year ago I think) is all busted up. I'm not an Apple lover, yet this thing is tough. EVERY panel on it is broken, bent, shattered... and it still works without a hitch. Props to Apple on that.
- sirkneeland 13y ago
  Seems like a company should get more props for a product that doesn't actually break every exterior component within 1 year. My N9 is well over a year old and has zero broken external parts. And of course the phone itself still works. Given that a smartphone has virtually no moving parts inside, continued functionality absent being submerged or crushed is not a particularly noteworthy achievement.
calinet6 13y ago
Yeah, this is wild... I have a Droid 4 and one of the two good features it has (other than the fantastic keyboard of course) is its rubberized back grip. The OG Droid 1 was extremely good, to the point where I could put it on my slanted car dash for GPS use without any accessories and it would just stick there. This should be a feature of all phones. There's nearly zero number of times I want my phone to move from where I've placed it.
- superuser2 13y ago
  I have the hard plastic Speck case on my iPhone 4S... the front border is rubber and comes a couple mm past the glass, the back is hard plastic. I just set it screen-down and it never slides.

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