The Nexus 4....Any Good 8 Years On?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.พ. 2020
- Hello and welcome to another Budget Builds video where today we're going to be taking a look at the Google Nexus 4, one of the cheapest phones in google lineup back in 2012. So just howe well does a budget smartphone hold up so many years later....I mean it was cheap back then. but 10 years on a lot should have changed...
Either way join us today as we take a look at a budget smartphone and push it to its limits, a few games, a bit of overclocking, and maybe some emulation....
Enjoy :D
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"Unfortunately, Launcher has stopped" - Every budget Android phone I've owned
I think most of my phones had that error at times, but the newer budget phones I have don't have it, since they have pretty decent specs.
Hi brother
Never had that issues except with my S6 Edge, now using a mate 20 pro such a good phone.
SystemUI has stopped haha
Bad ram chips prob
It's been 8 years? I remember when it came out. We are getting old
8 years ago and it had features some phones still don't have now.
Then again, wireless charging isn't great so swings and roundabouts. NFC file sharing is great, though! No need to faff with Bluetooth settings, making sure everyone is visible, entering PINs and all that bollocks, it was a Terry's Chocolate Orange experience: tap and unwrap!
Damn even I remember! I got the s3 and 2 days later this phone was released 🙃.
Here when the video was named "Nexas 4 Final Cut"
Neehaw, nelcome no Nexas
10 years later (2030): *Galaxy S20... Any Good 10 Years On?*
you can look at the Galaxy S3 (N4`s competitor at the time) and extrapolate
at launch it was THE thing to have, but by 2015 stock it was borderline unusable
but the good screen and the decent cameras made it pull trough
15 years later (2035): Galaxy Fold... Yeah, they don't exist anymore.
My Galaxy S4 held up well until late 2016/early 2017, when app support started to drop off, but by then, I had a Galaxy S7 Edge instead, which does things a lot better :)
I didn't upgrade the S4 past Android 4.2 though, and from what I've heard, Android 5.0, the last release for it, reduced performance significantly.
@@andreiuul1 The lte versio was pretty good if you could find a compatible rom.
It was waaaay better than the standard gs3. It had a 1.6 quadcore with 2gb of ram! The camera was also miles better from what i recall.
Mine, sadly had the typical samsung issue, where the battery circuit gets bad and any new battery you put on it worn out in about 4-6 months...
With a friend my s3 lte outlived my gs6, but having to replace the battery every 4 months. My gs6 lived from ita launch date to 1 year and 8 months. Same problem, except that on the second battery change after 3 months the s6 Motherboard got a short in the psu circuit and totally died. I hoped it would zombify like my old s3 lte.
It didnt. Btw the old s3 lte only dies last year because its owner dropped it and cracked the lcd. It technically still boots, but with no image.
@@eduardoavila646 never heard of such thing... not a high end samsung user tho; my only samsung phone is a galaxy mini from 2011, in use since then with original battery and still holds a 5 day gsm standby charge
usually the fault comes from replacement batteries which, even if they are OEM, they will always be of lower quality than the original
this is the case with car batteries too
they are binned at the production facility, the higher quality ones go to production, the lower quality ones are sold as spare/replacement parts
Weirdly I just charged up and used my old Nexus 4 today. What a coincidence
Same here, i just used it 3 or 4 days ago
Conclusion of this video about phones not improving much is so spot-on. I used to be a smartphone hypebeast, read all of the Android rumor mill sites to stay up to date on the newest devices coming out, changed phones every year. Now? My current phone is the OG Pixel XL from 2016, which I didn't get until 2017 as a warranty replacement when my Nexus 6P's battery started dying. And I'm perfectly happy with it and would keep using it except that the charging port is failing, I'm actually really miffed at having to spend hundreds on a new device which will have show 0 tangible improvement in actual use. I decided to get a Pixel 3 so I at least have the benefit of wireless charging because I'm sick of dicking around with the finicky charging port on my old phone, the Pixel 4 is just too expensive. I miss when the Nexus line offered great value before Google decided they should charge as much as Apple without any of Apple's marketing mindshare to back it up!
8 years? I remember badly wanting this when it was revealed
"The future is now, old man!"
To be fair its only been 7.5 years
I'm using a Galaxy S5. It works fine with Lineage OS. :) It's around 6 years old.
@lasest2 Its depends on the usage, my dad had one for 5 years battery lasted for a day with no problem with light usage. He used his phone very little.
@lasest2 The S5 has an easily replaceable battery. I usually change it every 1-2 years and use the super battery saver option available in Lineage OS. The actual battery I have is around one year old. I can watch around 2 hours of video or do ~1.5 hours of web browsing from 100%. If I only do calls then it can hold the charge for around one day. I have a 10000 mAh power bank with me at all times as well in my pocket. The only "major" problem I have is that with super battery saver certain apps tend to lag/slow down and unfortunately having 2 GB of ram doesn't really help in this situation as well. :)
@lasest2 I've been using my S6 Edge for almost 5 years now, and the battery can last at least 4 hours despite heavy daily usage since day 1.
How the heck did you get the firmware unlocked? My S4 was locked down tight.
@@gajbooks It depends on the model, unfortunately. Mine is international so it works. I got an S5 for my sister from Verizon and it was locked down without any chance to unlock. :S
Budget-Builds is the CEO of tech reviews.
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@@leikeze2423 ur the one who should be wooshed.
This man is truly cultured choosing hill climb racing and minecraft over any other games
You said "In 2019"! At least I'm not the only one with this problem!
My bad on that. This video started on 2019, and ended being made in 2020.
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@@nahpets2345 Geia!
When it takes more than 2 months to make a video
11:15 Oh hey that’s how my shitty laptop looked when I tried to run Dolphin on it
My laptop was no better than a phone and had only twice the RAM, actually nowadays most phones are more capable than it probably
Good job
Yo exponaut
**Lays down Samsung Galaxy S10 on the desk as I watch an inferior phone and still think about getting one**
Try install Kernel Adiutor, some modded kernel can allow you to undervolt the cpu manually. I did that on my Galaxy S4, and now the battery can hold up little bit longer.
*sorry if my english bad
Did the same with a gs2, but didnt help that much, because its soc is bad, its flash memory is bad, etc...
Eduardo Avila Galaxy S2 is known to have stability issues with its Exynos CPU out of the box and heats up pretty badly (pushing performance too much). My Galaxy S2 just died a few days ago and my Galaxy Note crashes when it heats up too much. Also these 2011 Samsung flagships have just 4GB of fast memory and rest are flash memory, so the loading speeds are slow as hell. The saving grace for S2 is it's lower resolution screen so most things it can run were relatively smooth for such an old phone.
@@kztech1319 Yep, but the problem in mine is that the flash memory is worned out. Its worse than it should be.
It tends to currupt the internal memory if i flash it too much.
I do that with a Xperia Z1
Love watching older devices in novadays, great channel!
When google made cheap phones
they made the pixel 3a tho, its like the modern 5x
A 5X that works*
Yeah, they were indeed cheap.
And you did notice that on the build quality. I had two Nexus 4, they were poor built.
More like back when Google made phones that have features toe-to-toe with even iPhones from 5-6 Year later. Not just following the "WTF" Trend Train started by the iPhones
Pixel 3a hello you there?????????
Keep up! I really love your budget build phone videos. It's very interesting and entertaining. Hope you make more videos like these :)
Please fix the nexus tablet I would love to see that!
When I was much younger, I used to use a Nexus 7 tablet. I loved it until an Android update wiped thousands of hours of game data.
When the Nexus 4 came out, it had a very powerful processor for the time, and it had 2gb of ram when only a really few phones had, like the Samsung Galaxy S3. It was a little ahead of time.
I remember really wanting this phone when I had my Nexus A simply because of the cool back it had. Even after the Nexus 5 was out I was split because of it haha. Good times
such a good channel keep it up!
I still have this phone as a secondary device, in case my current phone breaks. It actually is still pretty competent for day-to-day tasks, which is mind blowing. And I still use my Nexus 10 as my only tablet. I mainly watch videos, read pdf's and edit word documents and its more than fine for these tasks. The battery on it is still in a very good shape, I get around 5 hours of video playback. To sum up, Nexus devices of 2012 were among the best tech deals of the decade.
You have big big like for Columbia and Omega! Great video! :D
Great video mate, cheers from Canada❤🇨🇦
Glad to see you are making content again, I've been using Nokia's running Android One for the last 2 years and I can't complain, my parents are too, and they like them too. I've had the 6.1/7.1/6.2
I had a Nokia 5 and it was the worst phone I have ever used in my entire life. I had to go back to my Lumia 950 and I'm still using it because I'm scared of Android now.
@@KofolaDealer Not been my experience
Getting this phone was one of my fondest memories of being geeky. I had the previous nexus (galaxy) and upgrading to this phone was such a good feeling ☺️
seeing that superuser screen really took me back- my first android i had was running 2.2.1(FroYo) after i rooted it i use to wifi tether to my laptop
i miss the time when there were sub 5" phones
I'm honestly happy they are not a thing anymore
There are still those bezels that went away. With that in my mind i think sub 6" phones would be perfect or phones that aren't that high in size, because that's the main part that grew over the years
@@monti64 a 140mm tall phone still very big, fragile, hard to handle and it still consumes a lot more power than a smaler display, having options is aways nice
@Black Hole 5 inch phone still too big to hold single handed
iPhone SE says hi....
I loved this video, the best part was the bird crap on the statue while getting the money shots. That really made it feel like a money shot.
Now that is something i quite enjoy watching! ♥
my 1st flagship bro u made my day
Woooowwww thanks for showing this 😎 would not have tought the nexus 4 would be doing so good after all this time 😃
Good review. Reminds me of my first phone, the Motorola S I think it was. Although my phone was a little under the curve.
Maybe you could do a review on it? It would fit great into your style, namely of reviewing the worst phones. And maybe also the Galacy S5. That was a good phone.
I remember dreaming the Nexus 4 while using an Xperia u, thank you very much for this video man
Awesome vid, I’d love to see you do a vid on the nexus 5
Love your channel bro
Nice content! I have an idea for a video,you should take the same graphics card and compare diffrent versions if it (msi,asus,gigabyte etc.) Keep it up,wish you a great year! :)
very interesting as have a Nexus 5x. Would be good to see you do video on the Nexus tablet you have :)
I used it until a couple of months ago (it was now practically destroyed, dead battery, smashed rear and frontal glass) was working great, last year I installed pubg mobile and it was able to turn decently
Been using various Nexus 6 for the past couple of years, and it still runs great! With LineageOS & Magisk. I had a Nexus 4 back in the days, but battery life sucked even then :)
Love ur vids ♥️
I've owned the Nexus 4, Nexus 6, and Nexus 7! I currently own the Pixel 4XL. I miss the nexus phones! It was pretty cool to see how the different manufacturers showcased their hardware on top of stock android!
Guess I've been lucky with my 6p so far... Great video !
Kind of amazing honestly...I recall wanting one at the time but simply could not afford it. In fact, I was only able to buy my current phone, the Xperia XZ1 Compact, 18 months after release on a clearance. However, given how well the Nexus 4 performed, it think I can keep mine for a few more years without issue LOL
Never had a 4, but got a refurb Nexus 5 for an absolute steal a few years ago. Probably my favorite phone of all time, despite the plastic edge cracking & crumbling after a couple years of ownership. Moved onto a Nexus 6, which I also love.
I loved my Nexus 4 it rocked! Í still have it somewhere with a cracked screen from the battery failing. I still use my Nexus 7 now and then.
Excellent stuff man. Would be cool to see you do the same thing like this, but with an iPhone 5 or 5s haha
At least around where I live still see 5, 5c and 5s users all the time. Somehow they have seemingly only gotten more and more popular over time. Plus in all honesty with a simple battery replacement any of them could very easily be used by a majority of people if they wanted to, still have my old 5s on 9.3.3 for running some 32-bit ios applications and it works good enough I wouldn’t mind switching to it at any time if I needed to.
I still have one of these. Never disappointed 🙌
Ive still got an iPhone 5s it runs really fast for a 7 year old phone but that 4 inch screen is way too small and crappy for use in 2020 5 inch or more is a minimum nowadays
I'm a bit surprised you didn't hop on the pixel 3A train, it turned out to be more of the success than the flagship Pixel 3 XL and Pixel 3. The camera is just so smart!
I'm watching this on my Nexus 5. I just started using it yesterday as a secondary phone and coincidentally, I got your video recommendation!
Running Lineage OS 15.1 Android 8.1
When i was around 10 i played on a old nexus tablet, this brought back so many memories!
I would like a review on windows tablets that came with stylus. Some could be a cheaper alternative to a Wacom with screen, so drawing capabilities are an important feature.
Nice to see the 'ol Omega getting some screen time,! I had a 2003 Omega Elite 3.2V6, have you ever owned one or was it the inner car nerd in all of us slipping out lol? :()
Please upload more frequently your videos are the best!
I upload every week
Great video! Just one suggestion, try to emulate psp games with ppsspp. It should run better than dolphin emulator but still push a phone to its limits.
i actually had one of these for awhile and i enjoyed using it
Still got mine. It wont charge from the usb port. But wireless (super slow) still works. I booted it up yesterday and was supprised how fast it still is. I have flashed a custom 5.x rom on to it.
Have you thought about doing a video on the PSP ? They have aged perfectly, they can easily emulate older PS games and i think it would be great for a Budget-Builds video ! ;)
I recently rebuilt my broken Nexus 7 (2013) tablets and wow they still pack a punch!
What ROM are you using? I'm on LineageOS 14 but there are newer versions I want to try.
Wish the same could be said for the 2013 N7. Even fresh factory resets produce a insanely laggy device just moving around system menus. Completely impossible to use
keep it up man i wish you wloud do daily upload's
I dont think I could make a video this indepth in a day. I have other work to attend to aswell
@@BudgetBuildsOfficial i know i am fellow youtuber i don't do daily upload's ass well
I bought one of these in high school. It was an awesome phone. The led indicator was interesting.
HOORAY YOU'RE BACK ❤️❤️
wow! unbelievable how this has aged so well. i still have my galaxy s3 which was released in the same year and the battery has not aged well on it at all. it'll last for probably 40-50 minutes of use at most. i ended up flashing android 10 onto it which made it extremely slow in certain tasks and gave it a really dodgy wifi connection but it still works, and can actually download more recent apps too which it wouldn't let me do before the flash.
I swear you used to have a nexus 6 video on your channel, am I just going crazy
One thing though, where phones really improved (though they recess in that right now) is fingerprint readers.
Man, I still keep my Nexus 4. It used to be my backup phone back in 2017 when I had to sell my primary phone. It's still alive today, but the lower part of the touchscreen no longer responds.
Had a nexus 4, one of my fav smartphones.
Watching from my Nexus 4 :)
I only replaced my Nexus 4 less than two months ago, so... yes, it was a damn good phone that held up quite well.
That title makes me feel old, I remember the Nexus 5 being a well received phone back when that was relevant and have only just noticed that phone is probably not too good today,
Maybe do an episode on the OnePlus One too, I wonder how well that still works
I upgraded from my Nexus 4 about a year ago now after 6 years of usage. It was still running strong, only the battery life was becoming an issue as I had to moderate my usage to make it through the day and well the camera quality was getting overshadowed by what newer phones could do. But really, the most basic day to day tasks like making calls, browsing the web, watching youtube, it really didn't do any of that notably worse than the Mate 20 Pro I am running now.
I had one of these back in 2012.....long gone now. It was good for the money. Kept it until I went to the Nexus 6. Cant imagine using it now tho. Running a Samsung S10 now. Never went back to Google once the Pixel showed up.
I've been recently thinking about getting BB Z30 just to goof around with it. I loved BB 10 OS when I had Leap
I had a Nexus 5 for about 4 years. The fact that the 16GB of storage, of which about 12 was actually usable for apps and media, wasn't expandable was why it was replaced. Apart from that I had a jolly good time with it. Still have it as a backup for if my current Nokia 8 gets any trouble or thing like that.
I love Nexus 4, it's my FIRST Android phone! I used it for about four years. The back cover is beautiful. 😘
Good video :)
I'm watching this on my old sidephone, the Huawei Honor 6. Bought it near the end of 2014, the hardware is still strong enough for modern mobile games and emulation. Too bad that there are like zero custom roms for it.
I've owned several Nexus 4's the past few years. my favorite phone of all time without a doubt. love it so damn much
Have two left with me, and have still been using one until yesterday. Not broken, just upgraded to a newer phone. Finding it hard to part, I still like the design even after all these years. Now thinking of installing custom ROM. The only thing holding me back is most banking apps do not like rooted device. Well, maybe I'll do those on my newer phone. Wish me luck...
Great video btw you should have used magisk
Oh your alive
I use it for my office/work phone with a tough case applied to it + ANDROID 11 rom on it.
Good solid phone this
I have mine rooted with Kali Nethunter and it's beautiful!
I had this phone in 2013-2016. I was very impressed by the performance, but the battery was not very good. The system has many issues in the last time I used this as my daily driver. Good old days. Was my first phone i haven't flashed some ROMs. :D
Omega, such a nice car.
You should do a video on a htc one m7. I realy would like to see what you think about it
you should do a rom installation kindof walkthrough! I'd love to do this to my GalaxyS Vibrant, but i got stuck trying to install roms onto it.
Always loved this era of Nexus phones before they went on to compete with the flagships. I would have expected the 4 to have gotten better OS support though; only one new version is quite meager. Nevertheless considering the age of the OS I would have expected worse...but this looked very fine; I'm impressed!
found this super interesting. On your next one could you do some social media apps maybe like instagram, snapchat, tik tok etc as i reckon thats what would be a deal breaker for most avg consumers
Hi there JamesFT, thank you for your comment. Great suggestion. I will be sure to pass this on to Mr Offical himself. Have yourself a great day now!
back then
I used to go to cafe to see Reviews of these phones!! Though i knew that i wouldnt be able to afford.
I had a Nexus 6, what a great device :)
having finally succumbed to a mobile phone late last year I can see the similarity with this phone and mine a Cubot J5 with a small micro sd card added (128 gig) which for both cost me under £50.
Does what I want it to do mainly play music and audio books, battery life is good almost 2 days for me as I'm not on it constantly.
Nice one
I had LG E975, which is basically the same phone, it was amazing and underrated for it's time
Always when i see this kind of videos i end with a pain in my heart, because all the old hardware that we left cause it "doesn't has more use or its obsolete", maybe they dont have power but they still working, what a pain xd
Really the only thing holding back are these aged phones are the battery. The battery just doesnt have enough to power through tasks. My Nexus 5 runs smooth...when it wants to but usually get very hot and starts lagging all the because the damn battery is just about failed and could blast anytime lol
Would love to see you do old windows phones before smart phones were a thing. Those seem to be rather forgotten.
Normal person: Router
Budget builds: *~RoOoTeR~*
Whose Line is it Anyway: "You're Not On My Root Route."
Yes please Nexus 10 video! My battery's gone too.
Great video
But one huge issue......
You updated the google applications
I loved this phone so much I bought 3 of them. Good times.