Google Nexus 4 review

For the Android purist, only an unlocked Nexus phone will do – since network-subsidised Android phones are somewhat compromised, thanks to their skins, carrier modifications, and infrequent OS updates. Enter the Google Nexus 4 (£239 sim-free for the 8GB model), a totally streamlined smartphone running the new Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS in its stock form.
The phone is manufactured by LG now, rather than Samsung which made last year’s Galaxy Nexus, and the price is very tempting. Indeed, the Nexus 4 represents a great deal for what amounts to the cleanest – and in our opinion, best – Android experience you can get, despite a few significant flaws.

Design and display

From a short distance, the Nexus 4 looks almost identical to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. But that’s an illusion; instead of the hard plastic sides and back of the Samsung version, the LG model is nicely finished in clear glass on the back, with a lovely sparkling pattern that seems to move as you tilt the handset.

The sides are finished with a grippy soft touch rubber, and there’s a smoked chrome accent ring around the front. The phone measures 69 x 9 x 134mm (WxDxH), and weighs 139 grams. It's a beautiful design that befits a Nexus: Understated, classy, and without frills.

There's not much in the way of hardware controls. The right side features a lone power button, while the left panel houses a chrome volume rocker and a micro-SIM card slot; if you want to switch SIM cards, you open it using a tiny metal key LG provides in the package. A standard-size 3.5mm headphone jack is found up top, while the microUSB port for charging and syncing the phone is on the bottom of the phone.

The 4.7in IPS LCD packs a 1,280 x 768 resolution, and is covered in Corning Gorilla Glass 2. There's less of a gap between the glass and display than before, which is noticeable when you tilt it on its side. The screen is responsive and feels great to the touch. Whites are significantly brighter than the dim, yellowish ones on the Galaxy Nexus. Web pages on the iPhone 5 still look better, thanks to better viewing angles and a still brighter screen, and the iPhone 5's fonts are also kerned more closely and easier to read. But the Nexus 4 display is a tremendous improvement, and it's considerably larger than the iPhone 5's 4in screen. In my tests, typing on the on-screen keyboard was comfortable and responsive in both portrait and landscape modes.

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