[Verizon] Will you buy the Nexus 5?

[umataro42]

Phones with non-removable batteries simulate a battery yank by holding the power button for about 15-20 seconds. The non-removable battery is what will permit wireless charging capabilities.

Ok, thanks for the explanation. Wireless charging would be nice, and as long as that 15-20 second power button hold works, the Nexus 5 is still sounding pretty good.

 

[jhawkkw]

Ok, thanks for the explanation. Wireless charging would be nice, and as long as that 15-20 second power button hold works, the Nexus 5 is still sounding pretty good.

I see you list your carrier as Verizon. If you were to get the Nexus 5, you would need to change carriers.

 

[umataro42]

I see you list your carrier as Verizon. If you were to get the Nexus 5, you would need to change carriers.

Yeah, I'm considering switching to T-Mobile for that. They have a $30/month plan for 100 hours of talk, unlimited text and 5GB of 4G data, and I could buy the Nexus 5 directly from Google.

I'm in the Los Angeles area and based on their coverage map I should be ok. And I have WiFi at home, and work and most people's homes that I go to regularly. I'd lose my unlimited data but I'm sure Verizon is itching to take that away as soon as they can anyway.

 

[jhawkkw]

Yeah, I'm considering switching to T-Mobile for that. They have a $30/month plan for 100 hours of talk, unlimited text and 5GB of 4G data, and I could buy the Nexus 5 directly from Google.

I'm in the Los Angeles area and based on their coverage map I should be ok. And I have WiFi at home, and work and most people's homes that I go to regularly. I'd lose my unlimited data but I'm sure Verizon is itching to take that away as soon as they can anyway.

It's the plan I'm using with my Nexus 4 and it's quite awesome if you don't use a lot of minutes. LTE and 100MB of tethering are included in the package as well. If you're in LA, I imagine LTE coverage must be pretty decent there.

 

[Digital Controller]

Yeah I wish I could go on that plan. I have about 500 minutes of talk, and only 150MB a month of data usage. I just really never get around to using it....could be because like 95% of the time I am in a wifi area

 

[teddyearp]

It's kind of funny because US Cellular doesn't even exist where I live. No presence whatsoever.

But Verizon does. USCC and VZW share their towers as far as I can tell.

Spoiler

I live in a USCC home area. If I use my zip code to shop online with Verizon, they tell me they don't offer service here. But I get good service and my bill still gets mailed to this zip code.

 

[jhawkkw]

But Verizon does. USCC and VZW share their towers as far as I can tell.

Spoiler

I live in a USCC home area. If I use my zip code to shop online with Verizon, they tell me they don't offer service here. But I get good service and my bill still gets mailed to this zip code.

They do have pretty solid roaming/sharing agreements, better than most. But they do actually own towers in the Midwest from what I've been told.

 

[sibaroochi]

For what it's worth, TMobile offers unlimited data as well.

This site actually explains Tmobile's 3 prepaid plans for the Nexus 5 :
Solavei vs. Tmobile : The Battle for Your LG Nexus 5 | 4G Mobile Share

 

[jhawkkw]

This site actually explains Tmobile's 3 prepaid plans for the Nexus 5 :
Solavei vs. Tmobile : The Battle for Your LG Nexus 5 | 4G Mobile Share

T-Mobile actually has a 4th. The 100 minutes, unlimited texting, unlimited data throttled after 5GB plan that I'm on.

 

[Digital Controller]

This site actually explains Tmobile's 3 prepaid plans for the Nexus 5 :
Solavei vs. Tmobile : The Battle for Your LG Nexus 5 | 4G Mobile Share

The 50$ one would be pretty good for myself. I just don't know if it's worth it, I have never really been unhappy with my services at Verizon, I just wish it were a little cheaper

 

[jhawkkw]

The 50$ one would be pretty good for myself. I just don't know if it's worth it, I have never really been unhappy with my services at Verizon, I just wish it were a little cheaper

Could always give Straight Talk on AT&T towers a whirl. Unlimited minutes, Unlimited texting and about 1.5-2.5GB of data for $45. They even have LTE now. Their customer service isn't stellar though, and their TOS are worse than Verizon.

 

[recDNA]

I'm at the mall. If Nexus 5 came out with VZW I would walk down to the store and buy one. It could share an sd card with my Note 3

I always pay full price. They'll have to pry unlimited data from my cold dead hands.

 

[breadnatty08]

I always pay full price. They'll have to pry unlimited data from my cold dead hands.

Used the Device Payment Plan for my G2. Keep unlimited, buy in full but pay for it over 12 months. Not that I use a ton of data, but like you said "cold dead hands".

 

[wtherrell]

No Vzw. No removable battery. No SD card slot. No 64gb. No sale. I went with GS4 dev edition & 64gb card. Kept my unlimited & now on Hyperdrive custom rom.

 

[in2uition]

Nexus 5 has been ordered and shipping as of this post. Since I've done some tweaking with my Nexus 10, I'm use to having a non-removable battery and 16GB on-board storage.

No Vzw. No removable battery. No SD card slot. No 64gb. No sale. I went with GS4 dev edition & 64gb card. Kept my unlimited & now on Hyperdrive custom rom.

If you don't mind me asking....

What are you doing that requires a 64GB card?

 

[recDNA]

No Vzw. No removable battery. No SD card slot. No 64gb. No sale. I went with GS4 dev edition & 64gb card. Kept my unlimited & now on Hyperdrive custom rom.

But no way to unlock bootloader on new Samsungs from vzw now.

 

[recDNA]

Nexus 5 has been ordered and shipping as of this post. Since I've done some tweaking with my Nexus 10, I'm use to having a non-removable battery and 16GB on-board storage.




If you don't mind me asking....

What are you doing that requires a 64GB card?

I don't know what he is doing but when I had a rooted phone with an unlocked bootloader 32gb wasn't enough to hold all my roms and backups. Every rom is a gb or more.

 

[wtherrell]

Nexus 5 has been ordered and shipping as of this post. Since I've done some tweaking with my Nexus 10, I'm use to having a non-removable battery and 16GB on-board storage.




If you don't mind me asking....

What are you doing that requires a 64GB card?

Music, pix (grandkids mostly) Nandroids, tibu backups, apps data, office suite files, rom & kernel downloads, some games, some ebooks. I have 23.8gb left on the 64GB card and 6.9gb left in internal storage on my GS4.

 

[wtherrell]

But no way to unlock bootloader on new Samsungs from vzw now.

Dev Edition bootloader comes unlocked from factory.

 

[jhawkkw]

I don't know what he is doing but when I had a rooted phone with an unlocked bootloader 32gb wasn't enough to hold all my roms and backups. Every rom is a gb or more.

AOSP roms aren't that large, roms are generally 150-200MB and gapps are about 150MB. Touchwiz roms for Samsung devices are quite bloated which would account for the large rom size.

 

[halon]

There are at least 5 people over on XDA that trying an already activated Verizon sim on the N5 they ordered. Just like the LTE N7. I think two of them are supposed to get one on tomorrow?

Will it work? Probably not. Never hurts to try though.

Anyone on Verizon going to try the N5 with their sim card? - xda-developers

 

[in2uition]

Music, pix (grandkids mostly) Nandroids, tibu backups, apps data, office suite files, rom & kernel downloads, some games, some ebooks. I have 23.8gb left on the 64GB card and 6.9gb left in internal storage on my GS4.

Ah, thanks for putting that into perspective. Do you have any offline backups of some of these files?

There are at least 5 people over on XDA that trying an already activated Verizon sim on the N5 they ordered. Just like the LTE N7. I think two of them are supposed to get one on tomorrow?

Will it work? Probably not. Never hurts to try though.

Anyone on Verizon going to try the N5 with their sim card? - xda-developers

It possible since the LTE band is included in the radio, but you would only get data and no voice since the CDMA band is not included.

 

[halon]

It seems someone has already received their N5 and tried the sim swap and got stuck on "activate mobile data service".

 

[Deleted User]

My wife currently has the N4 on T-Mobile and wherever we've gone, she's had reception that is for the most part, faster and better than mine. There are a couple times where I got reception and she didn't, and when I didn't have any, neither did she. We don't go out to the middle of the wilderness very often, so T-Mobile seems like a great choice for us in the Bay Area.

Our trip down south to LA, Orange County, and Palm Springs also resulted in great coverage for her. Just wanted to put that out there in case people were wondering how coverage is in certain areas.