Nexus 4 - Yet another phone thread
01 November 2012, 08:28 AM
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Nexus 4 - Yet another phone thread
Google really seem to be on the offensive with the Nexus range recently. With the excellent 7 and then the upcoming 4 and 10. High specs, low price. Sure to be a winner.
The Nexus 4 is looking to be a great phone and will sell for £239 sim free for the 8GB version. Only downside I can see is that there is no SD slot and maximum storage is 16GB. Still, for the money.
Quad core Krait Snapdragon S4 Pro SoC with Adreno 320 GPU
Excellent Screen (4.7" so not overly massive, but still big)
Good battery size
Android 4.2
Front and rear cameras
NFC
Basically, similar specs to other flagship Android phones, but half the price.
Whether or not you like Android is down to personal preference, but this is bound to sell shed loads and probably upset other Android phone manufacturers sales.
The Nexus 4 is looking to be a great phone and will sell for £239 sim free for the 8GB version. Only downside I can see is that there is no SD slot and maximum storage is 16GB. Still, for the money.
Quad core Krait Snapdragon S4 Pro SoC with Adreno 320 GPU
Excellent Screen (4.7" so not overly massive, but still big)
Good battery size
Android 4.2
Front and rear cameras
NFC
Basically, similar specs to other flagship Android phones, but half the price.
Whether or not you like Android is down to personal preference, but this is bound to sell shed loads and probably upset other Android phone manufacturers sales.
01 November 2012, 10:03 AM
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Ah - seems the US version of the One X used a dual-core Snapdragon, whereas the international one is quad-core Tegra 3.
I also misunderstood that you were asking if the Nexus 4 was basically a One X in disguse in a similar manner to the Nexus One and the HTC Desire.
Performance wise it's too soon to tell; from my own experience not running any manufacturer overlay (Sense, Touchwiz, etc) seems to help performance - my dual-core Galaxy Nexus still holds it own in terms of smoothness and responsiveness against the shiny new One X Plus of the guy who sits behind me - so a quad-core Nexus 4 could potentially be a scorcher in performance. All conjecture at this point.
But yes, otherwise the headline specs are very similar to the One X/S3. The biggest difference is storage space which will bother some and not others (I'm in the latter camp), but then again that's why different devices exist.
I also misunderstood that you were asking if the Nexus 4 was basically a One X in disguse in a similar manner to the Nexus One and the HTC Desire.
Performance wise it's too soon to tell; from my own experience not running any manufacturer overlay (Sense, Touchwiz, etc) seems to help performance - my dual-core Galaxy Nexus still holds it own in terms of smoothness and responsiveness against the shiny new One X Plus of the guy who sits behind me - so a quad-core Nexus 4 could potentially be a scorcher in performance. All conjecture at this point.
But yes, otherwise the headline specs are very similar to the One X/S3. The biggest difference is storage space which will bother some and not others (I'm in the latter camp), but then again that's why different devices exist.
13 November 2012, 10:39 AM
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Some cool pics taken with the new photosphere feature taken on a Nexus 4:
https://plus.google.com/photos/11002...06988734372865
https://plus.google.com/photos/11002...06988734372865
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