It's not Area 51 mystery.
All Nexus devices' battery are crappier compared to regular high end devices.

LG is just a manufacturing partner & hardware blob supplier for Nexus 5. On OS side they don't do sh*t.Google take care of it. Don't be too afraid of Nexus devices software things.

My experience after using Nexus 4 for almost 10 months is I feel like LG's support for hardware is quite good. The repair parts for Nexus 4 is much cheaper than other devices and the repairs are done quite fast if the parts were available.
On software side, it's a Nexus device.No need to say more. It does get updated promptly.

The only bad thing about Nexus 4 in Malaysia when it was launched in Malaysia was the carrier exclusive by DiGi. They bought the right to distribute Nexus 4 in Malaysia & at same time had right to set the RRP themselves. When N4 LGE Malaysian set was first sold in Malaysia, it was sold for RM1549. Roughly RM400 more expensive than US price. The price went down fast in a month. Initial buyers felt like suckers I feel like the appropriate for N4 should be around RM1.3K plus.

Back to Nexus 5, I'm still considering about upgrading to Nexus 5. If the RRP for 32GB was set around RM1.6K I might seriously have to consider upgrading.

Seriously, you don't need Anadtech's review o know that Nexus 5's battery life will be average.Or crap like some people would say.

Flashing custom kernel won't magically G2 like battery life. There might be improvement but it'll around 10-20% (rough estimation). The 2300mA battery won't be enough to power up the 1080p screen for too long. You probably need to learn to use the phone conservatively & monitor the apps in device to prevent wakelocks & whatnot to prolong the battery life as much as possible.

This is how I learned to live with my Nexus 4. Love the software & hardware except for the less than stellar battery life & *cough* "average" *cough" camera.

You won't have problem connecting to any of Malaysian telco's 3G service.

Depends on place. For me I'm ok with DiGi 3G. The 3 places I go frequently Kluang(Johor),Melaka & KL have decent DiGi 3.5G service.
UMobile service is a jekyll and hyde story. Sometimes it's good & at another time it's plain crap.Too many downtime in many places (admittedly it's for maintenance purpose but there shouldn't be that many downtime).
If you want the widest coverage, go for Celcom. If you want the fastest service go for Maxis instead.

1 thing that till bugging me is why DiGi haven't improved on their LTE coverage. They made a big deal out of the Tomorrow's Network dung & they are the 1st telco in Malaysia to publicly acknowledge that they are building LTE network. But now their LTE coverage is suuuupeeer pathetic.

It's reasonable to expect Nexus 5 to have slight better battery usage than SGS IV. But it's unreasonable to expect Nexus 5 to last like G2 or Note3 due to lower battery rate.

I do agree that Anandtech's review is much more comprehensive that other websites. But regular people don't want to know about every single nuts and bolts in a device

Another battery bug with Nexus at launch? This seems like annual thing for Qualcomm. Same thing happened during Nexus 4's launch last year.

No.It's decent. But it's not as good as the flagships from other OEMs.

Talking about the battery life really make me wonder how the heck LG managed to make Optimus G & G2's last longer than other devices which used similar hardwares. Their UI department suck balls but their battery optimization tricks are excellent.

The word "efficiently" doesn't translate well to Malaysian politicians.Especially for the blue side.

jaymovie
I believe kelvinlym already keluar from Malaysia long time ago.

I would seriously consider G2 if LG put the power at the side instead of at the back.

Maybe you can look up iFix site to see how the lcd part assembled.

If there's any decent AP warranty provider even I don't mind buying AP set.
But there are way too many horror stories regarding claiming warranty from AP warranty provider.

Based on previous leaks from LG Malaysia Service Center I think LG Malaysia do have Nexus 5 in stock. But the testing, pricing & negotiation with telcos will probably delay it.

Oh, so know about the bullsh*t ride with DiGi early this year?
They really messed up the Nexus 4 launch. First the delay because of exclusivity deal with LG.Then fixed price which kept changing. After releasing the device they dropped the price around RM150 in few weeks. Initial buyers like me felt like suckers.

I'm not much fan of carriers selling devices under contract but I hope this time all Malaysian carriers are given equal stock of Nexus 5.

Speaking of selling device under contract, what's up with DiGi lately? Feel like they only sell Samsung & Apple devices under contract. Other devices are only available under zero contract.

Oh...Here we go again

32GB cost around RM1500.Let's say courier take around RM150. And the Electronic Ah Long (SIRIM) take another RM100. Total up to around RM1750.
I think even if LG Malaysia went full retard they won't set the price of Nexus 5 for more than RM1900. I think it's reasonable to wait & buy the local set with proper warranty. Unless you really2 want to get your hand on Nexus 5 asap.

Well, some users do care about warranty.Especially if they more than 1K for a electronic device.

Nexus 4 for example have common issue which is power button issue. Affect quite a number of units. I know it doesn't cost much to fix these kind of problems but it'll good there's decent warranty coverage to protect the device. Not everyone likes to play Russian Roulette.

Who are making up this stories?
No.You can root & unlock the Nexus devices without voiding warranty. Unlike other OEM's you don't need any security keys to unlock the bootloader. Nexus devices manufacturers will not be able to track whether you have unlocked your devices unless you show it to a technicians. So far none of LYN users modified Nexus 4 warranty claim was rejected because of unlocked bootloader or having custom ROM.

If you really want to avoid the warranty claim rejection, you can always download the device image from Nexus devices site, flash it & lock the bootloader back.

This post has been edited by super_evil_alien: Nov 19 2013, 11:54 PM

Supply and demand.

Nexus 5 -> Hardware assembled by LG but software adaptation by Google.
G2 -> Excellent hardware by G2 but everyone know LG's software adaptation suck & the software update will be snail pace.

That's why users, at least power users will go for Nexus 5. Plus with the limited available Nexus 5 sellers can jack up the price because they know those who are desperate for this device will pay the money for it while on the other hand there will be people who will get G2 only if the price it right.

This post has been edited by super_evil_alien: Nov 20 2013, 12:07 AM

I hope someone will dump the krt16s ota online.
I'm lazy to flash the entire system image again.

Silap thread bro

Ermm.... Well, consistent experience should make it easier to use devices right? That's some people prefers to buy Samsung tablets while having Samsung phone.

If you really like the experience stock Android provide you, go ahead & buy Nexus 5.

For RM400 LG better give one hell of earphone