19 Nov
2014
19 Nov
'14
5:01 a.m.
I brought a Nexus 4 for about twice that price in August. It's a good phone
and I was happy paying that price, though I'm not sure what the trade-off
for buying a refurbished model would be. It is still getting updates, I am
running 5.0 Lollipop right now. The other advantage is it is the model
Ubuntu touch is being developed on, which is convenient if you're
interested in hacking that.
Memory is 2 GiB, not 4
On 19 Nov 2014 15:48, "Richard Andrews" <bflatmaj7th(a)gmail.com> wrote:
One data point.
I have had a Nexus 4 for about 18 months. I've had no problems with it so
I can recommend it as a solid performer. Runs KitKat official. The screen
is not as sharp as newer models.
I've used mine in AU (Optus) and the Western USA (AT&T) on 3G networks
with no issues. Saved my arse many times driving with maps navigation voice
mode. I expect it will work in Europe too as it supports 900 and 1800 MHz
GSM bands.
I get photos and music in/out using gmtp (under Ubuntu 12.04); while
Ubuntu 14.04 accesses the phone like a mass storage device under GNOME.
Overall pretty good desktop Linux compatibility from what I've tried to do.
YOU WILL NEED A GOOGLE ACCOUNT to make use of many features. After all it
is a Google phone.
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On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 1:22 AM, Russell Coker <russell(a)coker.com.au>
wrote:
http://www.kogan.com/au/buy/lg-google-nexus-4-refurbished-by-lg-16gb-black/
The Nexus 4 is still a very capable phone, it has 4G of RAM, 16G of
storage,
runs recent versions of Android and can be easily rooted and modded.
Kogan is selling refurbished Nexus 4's for $169 each, this is really a
great
deal. The Nexus 6 is too expensive at ~$900 IMHO and the Nexus 5 still
hasn't
dropped in price.
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