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Mines locked up a couple of times.....had to leave it for ten mins to sort itself out the other day...
*** Nexus 5 THE Official Thread ***
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Much better, I can get 4 hours screen time on my Nexus 5, straggled to get 3 hours on the S3 to be honest. The Nexus 5 batter is decent, its just the newer devices are better, it is on the smaller side at 2300mha for 5".
Soldato
Yeah, that's pretty small compared to the 3200mah battery in the z2, I'm finding it really difficult to decide on what phone to upgrade to :/ doesn't help that I can't watch videos of the phones, since I have no Internet at home also my s3 died on me a couple of weeks ago 
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Have you considered the LG G2? Same prices as the N5 but has far bigger battery and superior camera. Only issue is LG's crap on top of Android...Yeah, that's pretty small compared to the 3200mah battery in the z2, I'm finding it really difficult to decide on what phone to upgrade to :/ doesn't help that I can't watch videos of the phones, since I have no Internet at home also my s3 died on me a couple of weeks ago
Soldato
I was looking at the g3, but I decided that it wasn't for me as I liked the look of the htc m8 and the xperia z2 more, not to mention the fact that the buttons being on the back would really annoy me
Soldato
you can turn the M8 into an official stock google play edition very easily
only other phone i would consider tbh.
stock android is worth its weight in gold
Soldato
Currently it'd be two options, either go for a contract with an m8/z2 (cheaper initially, but more overall (also 4gb data)) or get a nexus 5 and go for a sim free contract (more expensive at first but roughly half the price per month (also unlimited data))
Get the M8, I was deciding between N5 and M8. I went with Nexus 5, but it was a hard decision to make...
I noticed that my nexus 5 has very low signal at my house (O2 - Our network is currently working fine ) ... also the speaker and microphone on the phone aren't that great. I'm thinking of getting a new nexus 5 under the warranty as this one might be faulty or are you guys experiencing same signal issues?
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your post is seriously confusing
only reason I'd go for m8 is if you don't mind the size, want modified android, don't mind rubbish(IMO BITE ME) camera and want great speakers. Otherwise nexus 5 wins.
Soldato
I would go with the M8, EE currently have some voucher so you could get 10GB of data for £32.99 a month and only £20 up front.
http://shop.ee.co.uk/mobile-phones/pay-monthly/htc-one-m8-metallic-grey/details
Drag the sliders to pay less ever month and use the below voucher code to get most off the up front changers dropped.
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your post is seriously confusing
only reason I'd go for m8 is if you don't mind the size, want modified android, don't mind rubbish(IMO BITE ME) camera and want great speakers. Otherwise nexus 5 wins.
You pointed out what I wanted (camera and audio), but as you said I didn't want all that rubbish from HTC.
Still, am I the only one here suffering from signal loses and rubbish call quality?
Soldato
Do you know how long that'll be going for? As my contract will be up for upgrade on the 8th iirc
Soldato
Its been up for awhile, maybe 2 weeks now so I think your safe till the 8th. You could also just order now since its only a few days difference.
Soldato
How would that work in regards to upgrading though? Would I need to go through the upgrade page?
Soldato
Are you currently on EE? I'm not sure how it happens with upgrade, but you could see what they offer through the upgrade.
Soldato
Well I'm on orange currently, but I've upgraded for my mum through the ee site before, need to set up my account to properly allow me full access so I can see the upgrade stuff
Soldato
EE don't offer the Nexus in their range of phones, but you could do what I've just done and negotiate a really good 12 month deal, sim only, then buy a N5 from somewhere else.
Soldato
Got the Three sim yesterday, as soon as the phone rebooted with the new sim, fired up Play store and it was instantly up as a Three and could install the app. Swapping back over to GiffGaff sim with reboot and the phone is back to O2 on Playstore so it must be a real time check everytime you fire play store up which is quite good ... App hasnt uninstalled now back on GiffGaff. Need a bit more playing around with the InTouch stuff as it could end up draining my battery quite quick
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I'm thinking of selling my 2 month old 32Gb Nexus 5 along with a couple of cases. What would you say is a reasonable price to offer it for?
Would you guys who have a nexus 5 still recommend one as a contender with the current top end phones?
Without a doubt!
Still loving mine. Battery life has gone back to being great possibly even better since I also switched to ART runtime instead of dalvik.
Camera is better than what a lot of people say too, just make sure you use HDR+ mode for 99% of the photos, still have yet to take a blurry photo, even in low light!
Remove the "h" before ".jpg" for a larger version.
Here is the same photo but modified specially for the glorious 2560x1080 res. of your monitor
http://i.imgur.com/XnOXX5H.jpg
Main reason for owning a nexus device though is stock android and guaranteed updates without delays.