Are the radios better then the nexus 4. My service was alwaysnup and down with the N4, and wouldn't have service places I used to. Hope they didn't go cheap on this end. It is still a phone.
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Well. I guess I can wait until Monday. Lol. Also. Ups delivers commercial early. Drives by about 10am. I work 2-10. Can 2nd day air go with commercial? Had em drop off early once or twice
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Bump?
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Why bump? It looks like you are having a nice conversation with yourself
Lol. I'm kinda concerned. N4 sucked. But guess I will wait until tomorrow and quit talking to myself. Ha
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Lol people with the n5 is probably too busy playing with their new device
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Yeah. I agree. But when I'm at work and don't get service because crap radios.I won't be playing with it too much
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My Signal strength is better than with n4.
Don't have mine yet, but have a feeling it will be better!
Well that's the thing about radios sometime it may work better for someone else and sometimes it doesn't
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To answer my own question, the Nexus 5 is getting way better service than my Nexus 4. On wifi and on tmobile
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I actually had worse cellular radio performance out of my Nexus 5 compared to my Nexus 4 while using it yesterday. Inside my office, I'm pretty sure I was averaging fewer bars, and the N5 couldn't decide if it was going to connect to 2G, HSPA+, or LTE. Outside, it flipped between HSPA+ and LTE as I moved around (mostly driving, but a few times even walking around a parking lot).
So, I'm not sure if it's my particular N5, or N5s in general, but so far I'm not impressed with its cellular performance relative to my N4.
I'm getting better performance so far, which I'm glad about as I also had a pretty bad time with the Nexus 4 over other phones. The 5 isn't amazing, but it's alright and acceptable to me.
I'm getting generally worse reception, especially inside at work. Before with my N4 I got perfectly acceptable reception where I sat. Now with the N5 I literally get nothing.. nothing at all. It won't even give me a smidgen of reception. I have to walk towards the front of our building to get anything.
Anyone else experiencing something similar?
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So in a completely random way I turned data roaming on and off just for ****s and giggles and within 5 seconds of turning it off I all of a sudden had a full HSPA signal. ????? It appears to work flawlessly now.
My signal on the n4 jumped all over the place. It holds still full and I don't lose service now in a town I drive through. I get WiFi outside my house that can stream video when my n4 couldn't at all.
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I have better dbm signal strength on the N5 (comparing to my GS4) in pretty much all locations I've been to so far.
I'm getting better reception than my note 2 it seems. Very happy so far.
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I'm getting better reception than my note 2 it seems. Very happy so far.
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Overall, this seems to be the case for me as well. And I'm comparing for reception underground (basement level) where I work.
It's better then the Nexus 4, but I'm using it on CDMA and it's CDMA reception is less then the HTC EVO 4G by 1 bar.
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Well, I took back my Nexus and hooked up the ol' Thunderbolt again. I had 3g and 2 bars with the Nexus in the Verizon store. I walked out with 4 bars and 4g with the Thunderbolt.
The tech who did the switch over booted up the phone and was like, 'How'd you get that boot animation?' Then when it booted up he was a little lost and he was like, 'Wow...this is actually pretty fast...mind if I play with it a little?'
Then he found the 'Thundershed settings' and he was like, 'Wow...you can customize EVERYTHING?!'
Ha. Funny stuff.
Manager was a real douche about giving me the restocking fee, but I called VZW after I got back to work and they were nice enough to refund it back to my account.
At the end of the day...Thunderbolt FTW. The Nexus is AWESOME in EVERY way EXCEPT the reception is terrible (in comparrison).
Oh well..maybe in a few months there'll be something even better, eh? ;-)
Suks that Nexus has such a big antenna problem. I always assumed they figured out all that antenna stuff 10 years ago already. My old tiny cheap clamshell phone was pretty solid in terms of reception. Oh well.
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Man I'm glad I read this I have been so close to pulling the trigger on the nexus but after reading so many things about horrible reception I think I will wait.
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Gotta be a design flaw on Samsung's part cuz last year I had the nexus s 4g on Sprint and I was with like 1 bar 3g right next to my wife who had full bars 4g with her EVO
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Agreed with exact same phones me and my fiance would go thru Yakima and travel to Tacoma here in Washington I would sit fighting for 1 bar and she would have full bars.
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I have had my GSIII for appox 3 weeks now. I had a galaxy nexus, and i was very impressed with the LTE speeds at about 32MBPS!
Well i have beat that speed, by a land slide. Post your speeds!
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The best I ever got on my GS3 is in my sig. Usually about a little less than half that much on AVG.
Ive got about 40/20 before but usually its around 20/15 for me
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Best I have had was 60 down and 25 up! 4G was super fast that night.
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47/21 for me,
avg is 30/10
The best I have in my SpeedTest history is 33/14.5.
What I'm most proud of is what I get at home. I'm in a really fringe area. Turn left or right out of my complex and go about a few hundred feet and you're in a dead zone. It's kinda hilly so my house must be in a sweet spot.
Anyway, with my Galaxy Nexus I would average about 4/1.5. I would occasionally see 5-6/2 but not often. And as soon as I even looked at my phone it would drop to 3g. With my GS3 my best speed at home with the phone in the same spot as GNex was 21/4! I average 15/5 there usually. Not too shabby considering I am way out in the boonies.
About 35/20 is the best I've seen, but I only really tested it when I first got a 4g phone.
35-40 in the good areas. 20-28 avg. 10-12 in some bad areas.
It's funny how we have been spoiled with the fast speeds. I feel let down when mine is below 20mbps. I would have killed for those speeds in the 3g days.
12/6 with full bars. Rarely is it better than 25/10. The LTE blows here. My buddys TMo S3 gets 25/15 constantly.
I got 64mbps down.
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35 / 20
Never gone past that, yet.
40/30 for me here in southern SD.
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I got 64mbps down.
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You'll really have to be careful with your data cap. My LTE at home makes me wish my cable modem was as fast. Sucks having to go on WiFi now.
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I've been as high as 66 down but usually around 60-64 down is normal. This is a normal screen shot from home.
Don't know what's wrong with the upload speed.
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I've been as high as 66 down but usually around 60-64 down is normal. This is a normal screen shot from home.
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DANG! Thats impressive!
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I average about 55/25 at home and 35/10 at work. To be fair if I had a decent slingshot I could nail my VZW tower from my backyard.
My best is 15 down. Average is like 4.. lol
just deleted my logs but...
My area just went 4g 3 weeks ago and outdoors I'm averaging around 30Mbps/16Mbps.
Indoors it's more like 13/4.
I'm happy but I'm sure Verizon is getting annoyed with my unlimited data usage in the SpeedTest app!!
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You'll really have to be careful with your data cap. My LTE at home makes me wish my cable modem was as fast. Sucks having to go on WiFi now.
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I have unlimited
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I've been an HTC "Incredible" series user from the original now up to the 4G. Unfortunately, I'm going on my 4th replacement because the apps won't save to the phone storage and delete upon restarting. The internal storage is too small for the app amount I have. You can't save apps to SD either. I have a 64GB with a bunch of music so an SD slot is a must.
I've never been a Samsung fan but after watching reviews I'm blown away. Verizon owes me. If I can get the switch do you think I'll enjoy this phone? I'd like pros, cons, etc. Very disappointed with HTC. This seems like the only worthy android phone out there.
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The only big drawback of this phone is the bad reception. Which in turn causes battery drain. You should still be able to get 2-5 hours of screen on time anyways though. Just wished Samsung made better antennas because this would be a beast of a phone it they did.
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It's not bad reception for all. You will have 14 days to return. Before you get the phone, jot down your reception dbm in all of your usual places and then compare them. Not scientific by any means but it will at least give you an idea.
In my case, is +-5 compared to my old incredible. At work, where I don't have Wi-Fi, I get better.
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It's not bad reception for all. You will have 14 days to return. Before you get the phone, jot down your reception dbm in all of your usual places and then compare them. Not scientific by any means but it will at least give you an idea.
In my case, is +-5 compared to my old incredible. At work, where I don't have Wi-Fi, I get better.
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My signal is hectic everywhere. I can walk a few feet and go from 4 bars to 1 bar. Many other people are experiencing similar issues to me. I even went to the vzw store and an employee who had the s3 said the same thing about the reception. It is an issue, some people just live in great service areas so its not a problem for them.
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I moved from the original HTC Incredible to the S3 a few week ago and I've been very happy. I'm not having reception issues like the other (Verizon is very strong in my area). Before I switched I as using a version of CM9 for the Incredible. It was working well, but I was getting to the point where it rebooted itself every other day or so. You'll really like the speed and bigger screen of the S3.
If you like some of the features of sense (like Facebook images on your contacts) etc. I can give you some of the free app's I've been using to give you the same effect.
I've owned a couple of Verizon HTC Phones (Rezound, Thunderbolt) and I doubt I will go back to HTC. The GS3 beats the HTCs in just about everything I can think of, and the reception is better than both of my HTC phones (both in my home area and areas frequently traveled to).
I switched from my old Droid Incredible (the original) to the GS3 and I couldn't be happier. Any samsung baked-in stuff can always be flashed away if you don't like it.
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My signal is hectic everywhere. I can walk a few feet and go from 4 bars to 1 bar. Many other people are experiencing similar issues to me. I even went to the vzw store and an employee who had the s3 said the same thing about the reception. It is an issue, some people just live in great service areas so its not a problem for them.
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I live in one bar area actually get 2-3 bars with my s3
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Thanks for the info, guys.
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You can'toce apps to sd card with the s3
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What? If you're saying can't move apps to SD I don't care as long as there is 16gb to store them. I use my SD for music, pics, etc. The Inc 4G won't allow them to save to phone storage just the small 1gb internal storage. This is an issue that hasn't been fixed and I'm not gonna wait.
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Thunderbolt to S3
I just got my S3 last week. Previously I was on a HTC Thunderbolt for 1.5 years. Man, what a difference. Everything is better, faster on the S3. I haven't noticed data drops or bad reception like others on the thread but that might be because my TBolt was so bad in this area anything would be a huge improvement.
There is some crapware on it, but not as bad as what I had on the HTC. To me it doesn't cross the line. The phone is so powerful that I don't feel any lag from the crapware.
Overall, I'm hugely impressed by my first Samsung phone. I won't be going back to HTC anytime soon. The only outstanding issue is a nice sdcard slot that can take a 64gb card and no way to move anything over to it besides the camera's photos. Looking into some hacks to get my spotify cache files moved over.
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It is an issue, some people just live in great service areas so its not a problem for them.
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Its Verizon's issue.. At work at I have excellent reception. But at home not so good...I get dropped calls every now and then at home never at work
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I dont think is verizon cause where i live i only get 2 bars with my sgs3 and my friend gets full bars with his moto razr hd
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DNA is a monster.
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I also came from the original incredible and I have to say there are some things that you need to get used to. For example no more sense. However functionablity hands down goes to samsung. Picnpic is great use it like every other day and occasionally I use svoice (mostly for calling/texting people in my car). Lock screen for both HTC and Samsung are very similar. For whatever choice you make both companies make great phones.
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I definitely want to get a Nexus 5 (battery and camera issues aside), but all the reported defects with either the speakers, scratches on the screen, loose buttons, etc are giving me pause. I'm thinking about waiting a month or so until the inventory at the stores gets another batch from LG.
Is anyone else waiting to get the phone until new inventory is replaces with new batches/revisions of the inventory?
How long do you think I should wait before the next batches come out? How long are you waiting?
Just get it. I've had zero issues with the phone.
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No defects, no light bleed, tight power button, tight volume button.
Perfect.
JDI Panel
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no mine is fine. 32gb white everything is tight and beautiful display none of the "bleeding" or whatever shananagins that is allegedly going on.
Echo most of the statements here about good quality device. Still can't believe the value for the price. I've used mostly Sony devices for the past seven years. They launch at one and a half the cost and update the software at least six months after it's released.
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Mine works perfectly. But sadly I'm returning it. At&t (straight talk) had better signal yet there is no LTE. I'll be sticking with Verizon. Signal is not as strong but I get LTE in 90% of places.
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This phone is flawless. I think most of the "problems" are just people exaggerating or people whose desires are insatiable
That defect thread is poison...
Don't worry about it. That's just a handful of people with issues, it doesn't mean every N5 is defective. If you want one now, get one now. If it has some horrible issue, exchange it for another one. Simple as that.
I don't want to ruin your party but I have 7 dead pixels on my screen and believe me I'm not exaggerating I guess it just comes down to each person experience with their units, I would recommend based on mine to wait.
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There were 4 or so revisions of the Nexus 4. It's never wrong to let manufacturers work out the kinks on the first sacrificial lambs.
I'm not really worried about the "defects", I'm waiting more for the dev scene to get cookin... I know I'm gonna wanna flash something as soon as I get the phone. I'm also on Sprint and things seem to be pretty hit or miss with them right now, so I'm giving them time to get it sorted (hopefully).
Just don't wait too long, or you might find yourself trying to decide between the n5 and galaxy s5...
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I'm definitely waiting.
Rushed into getting the N4 in first batch last year and regretted that decision.
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I'm definitely waiting.
Rushed into getting the N4 in first batch last year and regretted that decision.
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Same here, but how much should we wait is the question? A month or two or even more?
This could be tracked with the serial numbers of the devices I guess, considering posting a thread about this in a couple of days.
Hopefully they update the inventory in Germany soon.
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There were 4 or so revisions of the Nexus 4. It's never wrong to let manufacturers work out the kinks on the first sacrificial lambs.
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Yet my Rev 1 is just fine, and always has been.
Another vote for just getting it. 16gb white, ordered within 5 minutes of release and everything works great.
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Mine works perfectly. But sadly I'm returning it. At&t (straight talk) had better signal yet there is no LTE. I'll be sticking with Verizon. Signal is not as strong but I get LTE in 90% of places.
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Why not aio? I believe you get lte too.
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Mine works perfectly. But sadly I'm returning it. At&t (straight talk) had better signal yet there is no LTE. I'll be sticking with Verizon. Signal is not as strong but I get LTE in 90% of places.
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How fast is the speed on straight talk?
Even on HSPA+ I get 16 down with the nexus 5, which is more than enough for anything I personally do on a phone. Including streaming movies.
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Yet my Rev 1 is just fine, and always has been.
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So because you didn't have any issues that means the thousands of other phones out there never had any? Yes that's intelligent logic.
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So because you didn't have any issues that means the thousands of other phones out there never had any? Yes that's intelligent logic.
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Many in these forums go out of their way to look for issues (rattling buttons - give me a break - they float in the casing over the actual electrical contacts).
Lots of products get revved throughout their life cycle. It doesn't mean all previous revs were defective.
You can wait if you want to. Hell, I'll probably wait for the nexus 6 as I just don't see this one as that much of an upgrade, and a newer, better one is less than a year away.
I got my N5 day after release day and it is flawless, not a single problem.
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Is dumb as the statement may sound, those who feel like waiting should, those who don't, shouldn't.
I'll explain why.
Those who can quickly get pissed of that their phone doesn't have "nipples" (N4 reversion), or the smallest most insignificant change, should wait.
For most people, that never an issue, and they should buy soon, but for me, I was childishly willing to pay $30, to trade with a newer reversion... Luckily I didn't get the opportunity to
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I've had the galaxy note 2 and iPhone 5 in the same place I am living at right now. But when I got the Nexus 5, I barely ever get LTE signal. Instead I get like one or two bars of the 3g... Why is it so bad?
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Yeah google, to save costs, used a weaker antenna.
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