I get to play with a lot of phones in my company so would I take it over the:
Galaxy Nexus? Yes.
Nexus 4? Closer, but still yes.
Galaxy S3 and S4? Yes, because Samsung is really pissing me off with their lack of speedy updates.
HTC One Play Edition? Undecided. Merging the two together would be the best phone (speakers on One, the proud buttons and texture on the N5) but I wouldn't trade one for the other at this point.
Nexus5 or GN3 for T-mobile? The ONE must have feature for me in native tethering, which is available on the Nexus4, and I presume will be available on the Nexus5. Thoughts? Thanks.
What do you mean by "native tethering"? I have free tethering on my TMO Simple Choice plan for all my lines - which all have iPhones (I gather the phone doesn't matter).
I think because you have tethering, that is why the tethering option on your iPhone is enabled. When you don't pay for tethering, or get it for free, that option is disabled.
On the Nexus 4 and 5, the option is enabled regardless if you paid for tethering or not. This is because the phone comes directly from Google, so t-mobile did not get to install bloatware (custom OS) that disables the feature.
I call it "native" because it is built into the OS, versus installing third party apps that mimic the feature. Usually these apps require rooting your phone.
Samsung as pretty much lost me as a customer at this point..
I have used nothing by samsung smart phones, the last phone I had that was a non-samsung was the Moto Razr Original Flip phone.
I currently run a Note II, will never buy another directly as a Result of their lack of updates for the device. Stilling have 4.1 as the official rom is ridiculous
I went from the Galaxy Nexus to the Samsung S4, and I wouldn't do it again if given the chance.
The unremoveable bloatware and need-to-root for certain features is beyond frustrating. It's like that Dell laptop you got back in the early 2000's, except you need to reinstall the OS to run it normally.
What about vs IPhone 4s? I'm looking to get my wife a new phone. The 5 and 5s are too expensive, so my choices are 4s and this Nexus 5. She already has Android, but we aren't picky about OS.
The iPhone 4s looks and feels like the two year-old phone that it is. The only reason to choose it over the Nexus 5 is because either you want iOS or you really like the small form-factor.
I don't like the 4S form factor from a screen perspective. I found that when I carried two phones (work and home) the iPhone would get less use than any other phone because it wasn't as easy to use as a reference device.
It's leagues better than the Galaxy Nexus, and quite a bit better than the N4. No question. The only other phone I'd been considering was the LG G2, with an intent of loading a new ROM (or hoping they release a GPE), and really just because of the 3000mAh battery.
