It's done well for about six years. Hank lasted 14. Good work both.
But the Nexus won't hold a charge and times (and smartphones) have changed.
AT&T said I had an upgrade available.
The upgrade is to pay for a ~$600 phone at $20 per month for 30 months, or words to that effect, at zero interest.
Nice, but, hmmm.
20x30 = 600
So where's the beef? I guess in stretching it out.
OK, but you also have to sign a contract for 30 months, during which the phone is locked to AT&T.
May work for some, but I move around a lot, so it doesn't work for me.
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OK, back to the drawing board: Find Another Phone.
Well, thank you very much:
http://newatlas.com/smartphone-comparison-2016/43277/
Outstandingly comprehensive review of all the current versions and the many alphabet soup options (OIS, AMOLED, etc. (and I'm an engineer...)).
Good, indeed excellent, work, Will Shanklin, thank you.
He only lacks an easy comparison chart that I constructed today. My choice is the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge.
YMMV:
| Parameter | LG Nexus 4 | HTC 10 | Samsung Galaxy S7 | Samsung Galaxy S7 edge | LG G5 | Huawei/ Google Nexus 6P |
| H mm | 140 | 146 | 142 | 151 | 149 | 159 |
| W mm | 72 | 72 | 70 | 73 | 74 | 78 |
| D mm | 10 | 9 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.3 |
| Wt g | 161 | 152 | 157 | 159 | 178 | |
| Build | Aluminium | Aluminium | Glass Aluminium | Glass Aluminium | Aluminium | Aluminium |
| Black | x | x | x | x | ||
| Silver | x | x | x | x | ||
| Gray | x | x | x | |||
| Display in | 4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| Resolution | 2560x1440 | 2560x1440 | 2560x1440 | 2560x1440 | 2560x1440 | |
| ppi | 564 | 577 | 534 | 401 | 518 | |
| Display type | IPS | AMOLED | AMOLED | IPS | AMOLED | |
| Pressure sensitive | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Always on | No | Optional | Optional | Optional | No | |
| mAh | 3000 | 3000 | 3600 | 2800 | 3450 | |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Wireless charging | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Removable battery | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Camera megapixels | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 12 | |
| Aperture (rear) f/ | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2 | |
| OIS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Processor | Snapdragon 820 | Snapdragon 820 | Snapdragon 820 | Snapdragon 820 | Snapdragon 810 | |
| RAM | 4GB | 4GB | 4GB | 4GB | 3GB | |
| Storage GB | 32, 64 | 32, 64, 128 | 32, 64, 128 | 32 | 32, 64, 128 | |
| MicroSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Fingerprint sensor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Water resistance | IP53 | IP68 | IP68 | Yes | No | |
| Price | $650.00 | $670.00 | $790.00 | $630.00 | $500.00 |
