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What are people thinking of replacing their Nexus 5 with?

I bought mine on the first day of Nov 2013 and am getting bored of it now. I usually change phones every year. Previous two phones were Nexus 4 and Galaxy Nexus. Lollipop has been a disaster so far as well with the annoying memory leak.

Upgrades now available for me with contract end date in March, but can't find anything worth replacing the Nexus 5 with. I don't like phablets (rules out Nexus 6).
 
Kreeeee said:
Why would you replace it?

Switch to a cheaper contract and wait a year or two for something worthwhile to come out.
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Phones aren't purely about utility for me. They are also toys and who doesn't like new toys.

Was looking at the Z3 Compact, but sadly still a step down in screen quality.

Contracts are usually irrelevant anyway, I've been on sim only for 2 years, but sometimes you can negotiate good deals.
 
I'd love to replace my n5 with something new but I just can't find anything that I like :) 5.5" screens are a no go for me and I won't be carrying a huge bum phone in my pocket! And sadly, every maker thinks that 5'5"+ is the perfect size! Grrrr
 
I only got mine in October last year so I will obviously be keeping mine a while. Given the way Android is updated by Google each year, it seems to be a goo choice and a phone of a right size. I can't imagine carrying around a Nexus 6 - just too big.

Maybe next year Google will come up with a replacement for the Nexus 5 - something of the same size.
 
grudas said:
I'd love to replace my n5 with something new but I just can't find anything that I like :) 5.5" screens are a no go for me and I won't be carrying a huge bum phone in my pocket! And sadly, every maker thinks that 5'5"+ is the perfect size! Grrrr
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5.5" isn't the perfect size for me. Nex5 has the dimensions spot on. Nex6 specs in a nex5 chassis would have been a better idea. A 6" phone is ridiculous.

I'll be keeping my nex5 for another year definitely.
 
muon said:
Phones aren't purely about utility for me. They are also toys and who doesn't like new toys.

Was looking at the Z3 Compact, but sadly still a step down in screen quality.

Contracts are usually irrelevant anyway, I've been on sim only for 2 years, but sometimes you can negotiate good deals.
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Around November I jumped to the HTC One M8 as it was on offer at Vodafone, loved the front speakers and better battery life over the n5 but wanted a large screen and so when it was upgrade time on my two year old iPhone contract I plumped for the Note 4. The screen is nice although I have it set to the basic color profile instead of the over saturated default mode. Being as thin as it is makes it easier to hold (without a case) despite the general width and height . Outside of work this has now become my primary screen hence going for the larger screen without going for a tablet as well as a phone.
 
I'm currently installing cyageonmod onto my nexus after sucessfully reverting back to 4.4.4 Kitkat. I hate the new lolipop, is anyone else using cyageonmod or stock+root?


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So far I'm really happy with cyanogenmod 11, it has those extra options I hoped to see in 4.4.4 kitkat from stock. :)
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My nexus 5 is getting really bad battery drain. I have seen on a few sites that it could be the email client keeps trying to sync, I checked on the accounts menu and the accounts synced and it seemed like it was flickering and trying to continuously sync. I have deleted then re entered the settings.
Could this be a reason my battery is running down quickly?
 
There's a handy app in the Play Store that might help you. - Snapdragon Battery Guru. It works in the background to save battery while the phone is not in use. Since it's free it might be worth a try.
 
Kill running apps in the background and turn off mobile data/WiFi etc. For those who didn't yet updated to Android 5.x.x I would recommend staying with 4.4.4 Kitkat, from all the androids I tested (4.4.2+) this was the most stable and the battery life was pretty good.
 
My 5 is back with the repairers / well I say that loosely
camera was fixed, gps is still pants.
I did ask if they can actually fix it this time.
Wait and see I guess, I bet I get it back and they say "they flashed it" / cos that worked last time :rolleyes:
 
what's the issue with your gps? i'm having issues lately where it just can't find where i am exactly for ages. takes maybe 5-10 minutes until it finds me on the road, and then often will happily lose me. figured this was a software bug not hardware
 
anyone know how to root without wiping data? mine was rooted and bootloader unlocked on 4.4 and i hadn't noticed the 5.0 update screwed this all up. my barclays app now thinks i have root, and i unforunately don't which i'd now like to use to copy and apps files.

only way i have found to root requires wiping the data but i only need root to copy some data on the phone so this isn't an option.
 
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