A niggle that will be familiar to any former or current iPhone 4 and iPhone
4S handset owners, due to the rather plasticy feeling glass backing of the Google Nexus 4, the Android 4.2 device seems intent on making an unwanted sliding exit when placed down on anything other than a perfectly flat, hard surface such as a desktop.
Not exact matches
The problem, though, is that
owners of the
handsets must share the same software to communicate: Both users need to have Skype client software, say, or an iPhone
4 with FaceTime.
To boil things down, Pixel and Pixel XL
owners may no longer experience LTE Band
4 connectivity problems after they update their
handsets to Android 7.1.1 Nougat, but the case might not be the same for everyone.
Future Honor 5X
owners from the U.S. should know that the
handset will soon feature Android 6.0 Marshmallow and EM UI
4, Honor confirmed to GSM Arena.
Meanwhile, Galaxy Note
4 owners that aren't yet able to install Android 5.0 on their
handsets can check out the following video, in which the publication highlights the main features of Lollipop on Samsung's 201
4 phablet.
Now, some iPhone
4 owners are finding they naturally hold the
handset in a way that doesn't cause problems, or that their specific phone isn't as prone to it anyway, but many are discovering they also need to budget for a case.
The irony I considered every time I held the Note
4 to the side of my head for a call is that the audience for the phablet probably uses their
handset for voice more often than most other smartphone
owners do.