I've used this phone for 1.5 years now. I've been pleasantly surprised at how many apps and websites work just fine with it. ... Actually, HN used to work fine and broke just a couple days ago (started making the text tiny and way too wide to view), and I'm not sure what happened.
I have pretty small hands, and I find the on screen keyboard okay. I do make a lot more typos than I used to with a bigger phone, and type slower, but it's not a big deal for me.
The biggest downside is the camera sucks. I'm hoping the next version (Jelly Star) will be better.
Made an HN account to respond to this. I was in the Eng Res program, and that's not how it worked.
When you converted to being a regular SWE, they gave you a BIG pay bump -- comparable to a new-grad starting salary, but rather higher than average. My comp the year after Eng Res was higher by 20-40% than my friends who started at Google right out of school.
I have pretty small hands, and I find the on screen keyboard okay. I do make a lot more typos than I used to with a bigger phone, and type slower, but it's not a big deal for me.
The biggest downside is the camera sucks. I'm hoping the next version (Jelly Star) will be better.