Designed collaboratively by LG and Google, Nexus 4, the newest smartphone in the Nexus line-up from Google, was announced for availability in India. With a sophisticated hardware design from LG, your favourite Google Apps, and the latest version of Android™, Nexus 4 puts the best of Google in the palm of your hand.
“LG Electronics is pleased to partner Google on the release of the Nexus 4 in India,” shared Mr. Soon Kwon, Managing Director, LG Electronics India. “We added the best of our talent to our strength, and the result is a feature- packed smartphone that packs superb hardware under a slim hood. With LG Nexus 4, consumers would be delighted by the perfectly balanced combination of style, function and power. The smartphone encourages consumers to explore a world of possibilities and also helps them balance between business and entertainment”
Built for speed
Nexus 4 comes with a cutting edge Qualcomm Snapdragon™ S4 Pro processor, so you’ve got speed and power to spare. Zip around the web, experience rich 3D graphics and gameplay, and effortlessly switch between multiple apps without ever missing a beat. With 2GB of RAM and the fastest version of Android ever, Nexus 4 is the snappiest Nexus smartphone yet.
Capture and share your world
Nexus 4 comes with a high performance 8MP camera and takes stunning Photo Sphere images, letting you capture every detail of the world around you. Up, down and all around you, it’s like no camera you’ve ever seen; with Nexus 4, you can snap pictures in every direction that come together into incredible, immersive Photo Spheres that put you right inside the scene. Plus, photos upload themselves with Instant Upload so you’ll never lose a shot.
All of this comes to life with stunning clarity and crisp, natural color on the vibrant 1280by768 4.7inch True HD IPS Plus display supported by Zerogap Touch technology. Gently curved glass edges allow your finger to slide smoothly on and off the 320ppi screen, while cutting edge display technology means you feel like you’re touching every pixel, protected by scratch resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2.
Information at your fingertips
Nexus 4 comes with the latest Google apps, putting the best of Google in the palm of your hand. The latest version of Google Now is built in, which keeps you even more organized – get reminders about upcoming flights, restaurant reservations, hotel confirmations and even nearby photo opportunities – when and where you need them. Get to the places you care about quickly and easily with Google Maps™ for Android. With turn by turn GPS navigation, live traffic info, and integrated driving, walking and public transit directions, getting from A to B has never been easier. 3D Maps and rich satellite imagery give you a more realistic sense of what’s around you while features like Street View and Indoor Maps make sure you always know what’s in front of you.
With this and a host of other new features, LG Nexus 4 is bound to transform and elevate a consumer’s smartphone experience. LG’s Nexus 4 is priced at Rs 25,999 and will be available at selected LG exclusive brand shops, Multi brand outlets and speciality stores across India.
Before we visit the specs of this beast, let us tell you why you would love the LG Nexus 4:
- Finally an android phone that is as fast as I am. Switching, Responsive. Beautiful
- Battery life—I was worried about this coming in, having had a number of devices that give you 6 or 8 hours. Now, I routinely get 13, 14, even 17 hours on one charge. Yep, insane. Sure, I’ll turn off GPS, Bluetooth, etc., and I do switch to wi-fi when I’m in the house instead of cellular data, but whatever…that’s a ton of time
- Google Goodies—I actually use most of the Google service, though people claim they are better on iOS device, having an iPhone5 myself, I feel the root deep integration on Android devices knocks of iOS
- The camera—you can do all the usual stuff. Panoramas, take snapshots while doing a video, but now they have this 360 degree view (they call it Photo Sphere) and you can take huge vista shots
- Voice recognition/search—it just works really well though Siri still the big momma
- Google integration—obvious, but critical for Google Docs, Google Voice for me
- Facial recognition security. You just look at the camera and it recognizes your face to unlock the phone (ok, so this doesn’t work all the time, but it’s still neat, specially the new wink)
- Data speed—people were complaining about no 4G LTE support. Frankly, I think it’s all marketing hooey. In India you ought to thank the lord for a 3G connection.
- Oh, and it’s unlocked, so I can make the phone a hot spot for my other devices.
- Ease of use and intuitive. Just across the board
- Top of the line OS—straight from Google with no extra stuff layered on by a cell phone provider or service company
- Wireless charging…Finally Nokia can stop putting Lumia 920 outta your head for having wireless charging
- Integration with, well, everything…including Exchange. Finally, Android is mega-ready for primetime
And yes I am an Apple Addict! I have all the generation of iPhone’s, an iPad 2, (MacBook Air, out of context here) but the flexibility and horsepower of this device…I’ll take it head to head on an iPhone 5 any day.
Finally, have a look at the specs:
CPU Qualcomm SnapdragonTM S4 Pro CPU 1.5 GHz Krait
Network Unlocked GSM/UMTS/HSPA+
GSM/EDGE/GPRS (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
3G (850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz)
HSPA+ 42
Dimension 133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
Operating System Android 4.2 .2
Weight 139g
Display
Type LCD/True HD IPS+
Size 4.7” diagonal
Resolution WXGA (1280 x 768) pixel resolution (320ppi)
Etc Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2
Touch
Type/Handwriting Zerogap/Yes
Camera
Main Camera 8MP
Flash LED 1EA
Front Camera 1.3MP HD
Battery
Capacity/Type 2,100mAh/Lipolymer
(Embedded)
Talk Time 11.9 hours (Tx power 10dm)
Standby Time 564.5 hours (DRX 8)
Audio/Video
Audio Codec MP3/AAC/AA+/eAAC+/AMR NB/ WAV/WMA/MIDI
Video Codec MPEG4/H.263/H.264
Audio Jack 3.5mm
2nd Microphone Yes
Data Connectivity
Bluetooth/USB/WiFI
3.0/2.0HS/802.11 a/b/g/n (Dual Band)
GPS/HDMI/NFC Yes with GLONASS Support / Yes (Slimport)/ Yes (Android Beam)
Memory
Internal RAM/ROM 2GB/16GB
Processor
Quad Core 1.5GHz
Advance Features
Wireless Charging Yes
Wireless Display Yes
Lastly here are all the generation of Nexus devices by Google starting from the Nexus One by HTC, followed by 2 generations by Samsung and finally the beautiful LG Nexus 4(Don’t you just love the back?):
Lastly here are all the generation of Nexus devices by Google starting from the Nexus One by HTC, followed by 2 generations by Samsung and finally the beautiful LG Nexus 4(Don’t you just love the back?):
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