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this is the nexus 4 now if you're not familiar with Google's Nexus phones this is the only way to get the pure Android experience you get all the updates as soon as they come out and nobody's allowed to put their own stamp on it the other thing that's new about this phone is it's the first time that LG has manufactured a nexus phone previously they've all been Samsung so this is kind of a big change and I personally am super excited to get in here this is our review unit and it's a developer unit so there might be a couple things in the box that you don't get but I think you'll get the idea let's bust it up Nexus it's already been untaped I'm sorry everyone okay it's not as law it's a little more squared-off than some of the Samsung one's not as long look at the back it's got this kind of like matrix thing going on glittery I like it turn it on you have your LG branding now these are considered the flagship Android phones I have been carrying an iphone 5 and a samsung galaxy s3 but i think i'm about to switch over to this guy because this is the way to go all right now this phone is asking me for a sim card so it's a good time to check out what else is in the box nothing on top here this guy out we have our Nexus quick start guide now if you have any experience buying a nexus phone through google trust me this is about the only tech support you're going to get so read it carefully here's our power brick again not the standard Samsung / Apple square nice to see our little charging cable which I think we're going to want because our batteries going quickly and then of course a little sim card poker I don't know I bet that has a name but i'm going to call it the sim card poker and that is pretty much it let's check out the specs obviously the nexus 4 is running android 4.2 jelly bean it has a 1.5 gigahertz quad-core Snapdragon s4 pro processor plus 2 gigs of RAM on board google says should make it the fastest phone on the market and I wouldn't be surprised it has an eight megapixel camera on the back and a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera it also has a 2100 milliamp battery that's not the biggest battery on the market but it's a good size and google says it should last 10 hours with talking Android phones do just keep getting bigger this one is no different it has a 4.7 inch screen but the screen is beautiful Full HD resolution at 1280 by 768 obviously the Nexus store has Wi-Fi Bluetooth and NFC it also supports wireless charging and Google is making a new accessory called the charging orb so that you can dock in charge that way there's not much storage on this phone it starts at eight gigs and you can only go as high as 16 with no expandable memory if you buy this phone unlocked from google play assuming you can get one the price is great two hundred ninety nine dollars for the eight gig model and 349 for 16 gigs it starts at 199 with a new contract at t-mobile now the Nexus 4 is great hardware the screen is beautiful I'm very impressed with the look and feel of this phone but there are some big trade-offs that have me a little bit let down namely the lack of LTE Google's not working with the carrier's other than t-mobile so you're kind of stuck on a slower network and that's a huge bummer since you have to live in the cloud because the phone only goes up to 16 gigs the price is good and like I said I love the hardware but I think there are a few too many trade-offs unless you are really committed to the true Android experience