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Not sure what android phone you were using, but my Nexus 4 has definitely provided an amazing android experience. Your phone must of been $50 because my latency

Not sure what android phone you were using, but my Nexus 4 has definitely provided an amazing android experience. Your phone must of been $50 because my latency close to none. Be smart and download apps that are trusted, not one of the thousand "flappy bird" clones that just give you ads. Also bloatware only gets on your phone if you put it there. I've removed all the carrier apps on my family's T-Mobile phones(all android). Giving permissions up? I believe I can tell apps what to use from me, just edit their permissions in the settings. Pick a phone that's reliable and then complain.

jcastro 13y ago
I have a Nexus 4 and the experience isn't as nice as it should be. Though he's full of the hyperbole he has a point. On my Nexus 4 (without carrier apps) I can't remove Chrome, Drive, Currents, Email, Gmail, Keep, Hangouts, Maps, Photos, Play Games, Play Movies and TV, Play Music, Play Newstand, News and Weather ... the list goes on and on. That adds up to a ton of space and clutters my menu. I want some of them, but I don't want some of the others, either way I'm stuck with them, which means I by default always need to get the more expensive phone with more storage because more and more things come with the phone, that's even _before_ a carrier touches it. And both the UI performance and battery performance woes on Android phones has been well documented. I've had every flagship Nexus/Google phone since the G1 and battery life and performance are not getting better overall. Every time they make an improvement in Android that improves battery life they just ship a thinner phone with a faster CPU. My G1, Nexus One, Nexus S, Nexus 4, always have lasted about a day. I don't own a Nexus 5 yet but have friends that do and they do the same thing I do - a house/car full of chargers and a battery pack for travel. Don't get me wrong I still like my Android phone, I just don't love it.
- devcpp 13y ago
  You can fully disable these apps in Settings and you won;t see them again anywhere. As for the space, unlike iOS, you can install another OS with Gapps at all. UI performance woes? Coming from an iPhone 3GS, it's flawless to me. As for battery, it fits my bill and it's the price to pay for the huge screen.

jcastro 13y ago

I have a Nexus 4 and the experience isn't as nice as it should be. Though he's full of the hyperbole he has a point. On my Nexus 4 (without carrier apps) I can't remove Chrome, Drive, Currents, Email, Gmail, Keep, Hangouts, Maps, Photos, Play Games, Play Movies and TV, Play Music, Play Newstand, News and Weather ... the list goes on and on. That adds up to a ton of space and clutters my menu. I want some of them, but I don't want some of the others, either way I'm stuck with them, which means I by default always need to get the more expensive phone with more storage because more and more things come with the phone, that's even _before_ a carrier touches it. And both the UI performance and battery performance woes on Android phones has been well documented. I've had every flagship Nexus/Google phone since the G1 and battery life and performance are not getting better overall. Every time they make an improvement in Android that improves battery life they just ship a thinner phone with a faster CPU. My G1, Nexus One, Nexus S, Nexus 4, always have lasted about a day. I don't own a Nexus 5 yet but have friends that do and they do the same thing I do - a house/car full of chargers and a battery pack for travel. Don't get me wrong I still like my Android phone, I just don't love it.

devcpp 13y ago
You can fully disable these apps in Settings and you won;t see them again anywhere. As for the space, unlike iOS, you can install another OS with Gapps at all. UI performance woes? Coming from an iPhone 3GS, it's flawless to me. As for battery, it fits my bill and it's the price to pay for the huge screen.