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Nexus 5

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    #2402
    MiskyBoyy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,798 ✭✭✭MiskyBoyy


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Ordered Monday and got it this morning.

    Edit - actually ordered Tuesday evening.

    Ah ok, so that would make mine Monday if same time frame as yours. Cool :)


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    #2403
    Saadyst
    Registered Users Posts: 535 ✭✭✭Saadyst


    Ordered this Thursday afternoon and got it Friday morning!


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    #2404
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users Posts: 11,866 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Saadyst wrote: »
    Ordered this Thursday afternoon and got it Friday morning!

    That's good going! You in Ireland or the UK?


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    #2405
    MiskyBoyy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,798 ✭✭✭MiskyBoyy


    Saadyst wrote: »
    Ordered this Thursday afternoon and got it Friday morning!

    Standard delivery or Express? Delivered by An post?


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    #2406
    Jilm
    Registered Users Posts: 862 ✭✭✭Jilm


    MiskyBoyy wrote: »
    Standard delivery or Express? Delivered by An post?

    DHL Express


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    #2407
    MiskyBoyy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,798 ✭✭✭MiskyBoyy


    Jilm wrote: »
    DHL Express

    So you chose the express delivery then yeah, cool


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    #2408
    MiskyBoyy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,798 ✭✭✭MiskyBoyy


    Reading reviews of this phone before I received my own. Most mentioned the battery being relatively bad.

    I don't see it myself...

    Checked it yesterday, taking it off charge in the morning and not charging it again until I was going asleep 4am this morning. I used the phone a lot. The Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Location were on the entire time. Screen brightness on auto mode. I made a few phone calls. Used it all day for checking facebook, emails, viber messaging, texting etc. and it still had 29% battery after 17 hours of use.... Seems pretty good to me.

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    #2409
    murfilein
    Registered Users Posts: 539 ✭✭✭murfilein


    MiskyBoyy wrote: »
    So you chose the express delivery then yeah, cool

    my n5 got shipped with express, but i didnt choose or payed for it.


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    #2410
    same ol sh1te
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭same ol sh1te


    I think the people complaining about battery life are the ones new to Android with no clue how to properly manage it. They install every sort of app, add lots of widgets, use live wallpapers and have the brightness on max. I've had this exact problem with everyone I've advised move to Android, my Mam, 2 brothers and a friend, I had to explain to them how to properly manage it. I have no problem, it's the best Android I've had for battery life (on my 5th android), but I know to get the best from it.


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    #2411
    MiskyBoyy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,798 ✭✭✭MiskyBoyy


    murfilein wrote: »
    my n5 got shipped with express, but i didnt choose or payed for it.

    That's strange. Mine is getting shipped with DHL Global Mail which will be handed over to An Post once it arrives in Ireland.


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    #2412
    Riesen_Meal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,575 ✭✭✭✭Riesen_Meal


    same ol sh1te wrote: »
    I think the people complaining about battery life are the ones new to Android with no clue how to properly manage it. They install every sort of app, add lots of widgets, use live wallpapers and have the brightness on max. I've had this exact problem with everyone I've advised move to Android, my Mam, 2 brothers and a friend, I had to explain to them how to properly manage it. I have no problem, it's the best Android I've had for battery life (on my 5th android), but I know to get the best from it.

    I dunno, I had an N4 coming to the N5, the battery is definitely better on the N5, I manage my phone better than most and the N5 can have some really random battery usage for no good reason some days - the radio on them could definitely do with a buff, the call quality isn't as good as the N4, that's for sure....


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    #2413
    Saadyst
    Registered Users Posts: 535 ✭✭✭Saadyst


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    That's good going! You in Ireland or the UK?

    In Dublin.. was quite impressed myself, DHL dropped it off.

    Battery life is a huge improvement going from the HTC One X (couple of years old however). I can happily browse the web or do whatever and not have this niggling in the back of my head that my battery will be dead if I keep going. Really liking the phone so far.

    Only thing I've noticed now is the speakers are one side of the phone, sounds strange when watching a video or something without headphones. But whatever, not the end of the world.


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    #2414
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users Posts: 11,866 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Would be interesting if it happened.

    http://www.inferse.com/14186/google-htc-corporation-ties-nexus-6/


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    #2415
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    Finally found a decent free automation app (Llama is fugly, Tasker isn't free, Atooma is a bit mad)
    Condi! Simple and free (although the icon isn't the best).


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    #2416
    projectgtr
    Registered Users Posts: 2,461 ✭✭✭projectgtr


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Would be interesting if it happened.

    http://www.inferse.com/14186/google-htc-corporation-ties-nexus-6/

    Id like to see it going to HTC all right but cant see it being based on the M8 at all


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    #2417
    Im_No_Superman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭Im_No_Superman


    Anyone experience wifi issues with their Nexus? Up until Friday it was connecting to my home network with no issue but since then it will connect but no data is being sent.
    I've rebooted my router, reset it to factory settings, reset Nexus to factory settings but with no joy, it will connect again for alittle while but then will eventually stop sending data.

    The weird thing is the phone connects and works on my work wifi network no problems


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    #2418
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users Posts: 11,866 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Are you with UPC and in the South East? Been having problems with them the last few weeks.


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    #2419
    Im_No_Superman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭Im_No_Superman


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Are you with UPC and in the South East? Been having problems with them the last few weeks.
    UPC south Dublin. All other devices (laptop, nexus 4, nexus 7) in the my apartment connect without any issues. :confused:


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    #2420
    MiskyBoyy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,798 ✭✭✭MiskyBoyy


    South East Dublin or South East Ireland? I'm with UPC in Waterford and have no problems with it.


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    #2421
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users Posts: 11,866 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    MiskyBoyy wrote: »
    South East Dublin or South East Ireland? I'm with UPC in Waterford and have no problems with it.

    Mines been flaky as hell the last 3 weeks around Newtown, seems to have righted itself in the last couple of days though.


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    #2422
    Saadyst
    Registered Users Posts: 535 ✭✭✭Saadyst


    Why would ISP or location have anything to do with it, if it works with other devices....

    Anyway no problems here with Wireless!


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    #2423
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    I might pick up a Nexus 5, lovely looking phone.


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    #2424
    HellboundIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 242 ✭✭HellboundIRL


    Does anyone else get horrible battery life with mobile data turned on? When I'm in work my battery meter just plummets but as soon as I get home to wifi then its fine again, I turned off location settings but it had no impact whatsoever. Android OS is taking a huge chunk, I checked wakelock detector and better battery stats but nothing suspicious in the wakelocks.


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    #2425
    yllw.ldbttr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,622 ✭✭✭yllw.ldbttr


    HellboundIRL wrote: »
    Does anyone else get horrible battery life with mobile data turned on? When I'm in work my battery meter just plummets but as soon as I get home to wifi then its fine again, I turned off location settings but it had no impact whatsoever. Android OS is taking a huge chunk, I checked wakelock detector and better battery stats but nothing suspicious in the wakelocks.

    I really love this phone, but same as you I have to admit the battery life is very poor when on mobile data. I work in an area that constantly switches between 1 bar of 3G and 1 bar of LTE. I'll regularly lose 20% an hour in the office with relatively little usage.

    My phone is plugged in so often at this stage it might as well be a landline.


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    #2426
    same ol sh1te
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭same ol sh1te


    yllw.ldbttr wrote: »
    I really love this phone, but same as you I have to admit the battery life is very poor when on mobile data. I work in an area that constantly switches between 1 bar of 3G and 1 bar of LTE. I'll regularly lose 20% an hour in the office with relatively little usage.

    My phone is plugged in so often at this stage it might as well be a landline.

    Connect to wifi, it saves your battery


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    #2427
    yllw.ldbttr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,622 ✭✭✭yllw.ldbttr


    same ol sh1te wrote: »
    Connect to wifi, it saves your battery

    No wifi at work.

    I thought that was implied from my post above but obviously not.


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    #2428
    same ol sh1te
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭same ol sh1te


    yllw.ldbttr wrote: »
    No wifi at work.

    I thought that was implied from my post above but obviously not.

    Well then you will have the same issue with any smartphone as they seek out the best connection as your phone is constantly using data


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    #2429
    zl1whqvjs75cdy
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    Turn off the LTE as the preferred mobile connection if you don't have stable coverage. Constantly searching for the LTE signal murders the battery.


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    #2430
    yllw.ldbttr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,622 ✭✭✭yllw.ldbttr


    same ol sh1te wrote: »
    Well then you will have the same issue with any smartphone as they seek out the best connection as your phone is constantly using data

    Correct but the point I'm making is that the battery on this device in particular is much worse in those same conditions than the two previous devices I've had (Samsung GS4 and iPhone 5).

    Therefore, my initial statement, that I really like this phone, but the battery lets it down in my opinion.


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    #2431
    same ol sh1te
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭same ol sh1te


    yllw.ldbttr wrote: »
    Correct but the point I'm making is that the battery on this device in particular is much worse in those same conditions than the two previous devices I've had (Samsung GS4 and iPhone 5).

    Therefore, my initial statement, that I really like this phone, but the battery lets it down in my opinion.

    Like already suggested turn off LTE, constantly changing will always kill the battery. For me who is someone who's usually on wifi and not always roaming I'm getting much better battery life on this phone than I got on any other Android before.


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