Comments on: LG: Nexus 4 has LTE Chip Because It’s Based Off the Optimus G, Future Software Update to Activate It Not Coming

By: Ross

Ross — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:08:00 +0000

what background is that??

By: Hothfox

Hothfox — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:14:00 +0000

I was fortunate to receive a GNex with good reception and no issues with that, but yes, that was an issue. I agree that the lack of even GSM based LTE in the N4 is a huge mistake and a step back. AT&T DOES have an LTE network, TMobile WILL have an LTE network. There is definitely a market in the US and abroad for an LTE (even if only on GSM carriers) Nexus.

By: Hothfox

Hothfox — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:12:00 +0000

That’s why I have a hard time believing Motorola will do a Nexus. I know they’ve done popular GSM phones (Atrix, Atrix 2, Atrix HD, blahblah), but their bread and butter is CDMA on Verizon.

By: alex drum

alex drum — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 05:04:00 +0000

right, but you said anyone… there are people outside the US. In fact most people are out of the US and are on gsm. also on a side note… there is no such thing as google hardware, its LG.

By: Paul Hansen

Paul Hansen — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:13:00 +0000

Google has basically said they can’t/won’t do a nexus on CDMA again because of the security issues. They’re not allowed to release code for it and signature issues.

Reference: http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/03/google-issues-statement-regarding-cdma-nexus-devices/

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:23:00 +0000

Get the parts from the optimus G like a booster and antenna and that’s all you’ll need to finish the lte parts to switch it over .

By: alex drum

alex drum — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:59:00 +0000

maybe so but isnt that a bit of a moot point because you posted this on an android enthusiast blog? but those people would not be idiots, a nexus is known to get updates straight form google, not go to a 3rd party for months of testing and finally be given the ok and sent to us… thats not direct if you ask me. I want my updates when they are ready, not 3 months later.

By: alex drum

alex drum — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:55:00 +0000

when was the last time motorola has come out with a phone that moved anything forward? (besides OG)… seriously people say motorola to just about everything, when I bough my G-nex, my friend got the razr… the only good thing about that phone is the radio. honestly… I dont understand the motorola obsession, just look at their financial state… but really, it took motorola to make the razr hd to finally put in an hd screen… something my nexus had almost a year before.

By: jdrch

jdrch — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:51:00 +0000

Considering that T-Mobile is the only major US carrier without 4G LTE, I’m guessing the N4 wasn’t aimed at US users.

By: alex drum

alex drum — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:49:00 +0000

haha, it was a joke, but thank god for oversensitive people like you!

By: alex drum

alex drum — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:43:00 +0000

it has pretty much faded off all high end phones, not just nexus… idk why people are absolutely obsessed with removable storage… all I was is some more storage options… such as 32, something they had on previous nexus… but I guess they decided that we dont need that much space

By: alex drum

alex drum — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:36:00 +0000

the only person asleep at the wheel was whoever chose LG out of all the manufactures

By: alex drum

alex drum — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:34:00 +0000

the only person asleep at the wheel was whoever chose LG out of all the manufactures

By: alex drum

alex drum — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:26:00 +0000

because they are a person on a gsm network and they like stock android, and they like to have more less the best hardware… I would buy it if I was on gsm.

By: seronac

seronac — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:35:00 +0000

It’s not “based off” it’s “based on”.

http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/based.html

http://www.ballpoint.com/blog/2012/04/letters-from-the-grammarverse-based-off-is-off-base/