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hey what's up guys I'm Kay PhD here and this is the Google Nexus 4 and it's finally here shipping out in waves from the Google Play Store as the successor to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus so Google partnered with LG to make this device and on the outside it's pretty easy to see how the LG Nexus 4 came to be the next Nexus it looks pretty similar on the front to the last one both have similar curvature similar sensor placement up top and no ugly branding or any logos elsewhere on the phone both have little chins and they both seem to embody the Nexus feel in fact the Nexus 4 is an almost perfect hybrid falling right in between the lg optimus G and the Galaxy Nexus and a lot of ways first of all the Optimus G on the left is that square shape the Galaxy Nexus on the right is very curvy so the Nexus 4 here in the middle is a nice hybrid between those two looks the Nexus 4 also takes a glass of the front and back of the optimus G along with the sealed in battery the slot speaker and the 8 megapixel camera it also takes its LTE chip but we'll get to that in a second from the Galaxy Nexus it takes that pure Android 4.2 experience the beautiful pulsating notification light we love so much and that very clean Nexus look on the front something it doesn't take from either phone though is that backing behind the glass is this textured almost glittery pattern that no other phone has and when it catches the light right it looks awesome it's very bright very vivid very very different from other phones you can't actually feel the texture when holding the phone but underneath that glass there's some LG handiwork that makes it twinkle and catch a few eyes so overall on the hardware front the Nexus 4 is definitely a good premium feeling phone its Gorilla Glass 2 on the front and on the back but it has this nice soft touch material on the beveled sides which makes it really nice to hold I think Google spent a lot of time making this phone a pleasing one-handed experience and I think they did a good job and it's a little tiny bit heavier than the Galaxy s3 but it's definitely a light phone very much lighter than most other phones out there oh and don't drop this phone it does have Gorilla Glass 2 on the back and everything but if it hits the right angle it we'll crack anyway and Google does sell a bumper and the Google Play Store for those of you who may drop your phones a lot but phones aren't meant to be dropped so don't drop this guy now the Nexus 4 is an awesome upgrade from the unlocked Galaxy Nexus the price is super low and you can just pop your SIM card out of one and into the other literally everything about the phone is an upgrade so from the Snapdragon s4 pro quad-core processor which is a boss to the two gigabytes of ram to the new 8 megapixel camera everything is an upgrade around the Verizon Galaxy Nexus though it's a tough choice to end your contract and move to a new plan but I can still recommend it for the true nexus experience you can see comparing the displays that there is also a huge improvement here the Nexus 4 has a 1280 by 768 IPS display and it gets way brighter and it's super easy to read in broad daylight unlike the dimmer AMOLED displays on things like the Galaxy Nexus and this display makes watching movies and even HD YouTube videos a great experience but the speaker kind of hinders that a bit it's loud but it's super tinny and you can accidentally cover the whole thing with your finger and then you just can't hear it at all but the screen makes a video watching experience a definite plus it's not like a terrible speaker or anything but it's something you should note and the new 8 megapixel camera on the Nexus 4 is quite good it actually surprised me I'd say it's about on par with the galaxy s3 and the Galaxy Note 2 and the shots you can get out of it especially with HDR mode on it can look like they came out of something other than a cell phone camera so that's great and 1080p video out of this guy looks nice too and you can take pictures while you are recording video just by tapping the screen while the video is recording now to focus on the Snapdragon s4 pro for a second this is a 1.5 gigahertz quad-core processor running Android 4.2 jelly bean with project butter so by that logic everything should be buttery smooth and snappy and almost everything is but there are still a few problems with Chrome sometimes and the occasional dropped frame in certain pinch-to-zoom animations but real world performance is still noticeably snappier than any other Android phone I've ever used this is a ridiculously device and what's interesting is that there are still some apps that are clearly not optimized for Android 4.2 and you'll be able to tell when you're looking at them so that'll be up to developers to fix and that's what leads me to believe that benchmark scores were unusually low I mean I got fifty three hundred or so on quadrant while the Optimus G with the same processor in RAM broke seven thousand so yeah optimization is an ongoing process but definitely real-world performance opening apps flying through multitasking all the typical things that you do every day on your phone when you're you're navigating places and you have multiple applications open at once that's all going to be very very fast Gaming is also excellent I can promise that Nexus 4 handles games like a boss I'm not a huge gamer but I've played Need for Speed on so many other platforms that I had to get it here and it is super fun frame rates are high everything looks great on this display and it's all just super responsive I haven't found any games that look bad yet on the Nexus 4 it does however heat up a little bit on the back sometimes and you can replicate this by playing a game or two for yourself and in just a few minutes it'll be warm not a big deal to most people but it's weird to actually feel the processor working hard anyway of course the biggest reason people buy this phone is for pure Android 4.2 jelly bean and all its awesome features and fast updates straight from Google as the stock Android experience is a buying point by itself so lucky for you I have an entire separate video link in the description down below the like button on this video detailing the new features in Android 4.2 and they are all present on this phone now you would think that with no LTE and a sealed in 2100 milliamp hour battery that the Nexus 4 would last forever on a battery but to be honest it has just average battery life nothing spectacular it gets you through the day don't get me wrong but this is not a phone that's going to get you crazy you know four hours of screen on time or anything also there was an issue reported with some Nexus fours having staticky earpieces during calls but I never had that problem with mine so that's a good sign and also LTE yeah it's it's based on the LTE Optimus G I'll give you that so it still has the LTE chip inside but there's no amplifier and it surely supports one band and you have to do some interesting little hackery to get it unlocked so it's not exactly true LTE support natively but it's a great coincidence for some lucky Canadians though because their carriers do work with this one band and there are a few simple steps to unlock this LTE also apparently t-mobile's LTE will use this band so we'll see how far the hackers and modders will take that so overall what would make someone want to buy this Nexus 4 well number one if you want stock Android right out the box and the fastest updates straight from Google and support for Android 4.2 jelly bean right out the box then this is your phone right here no question if you want a very inexpensive high bang for your buck unlocked phone then this is also a great choice if you won't settle for anything less than that Snapdragon s4 pro chip and this is definitely a great choice too I wouldn't buy this phone specifically for the camera or for the battery life but they're certainly acceptable as far as high-end smartphones go I would even go to say this is one of the best value smartphones out there right now and it's certainly the best Nexus to date it seems to almost completely naturally separate itself from the rest literally so there you go guys that's the LG Nexus 4 like I've said it's definitely one of the higher-end smartphones out there and it competes with the highest end on the market right now even at its lower price point in the Google Play Store and at the link down below the like button on this video now there are a couple of things you do need to know before buying something like the Nexus 4 while it is definitely a worthy upgrade from the GSM Galaxy Nexus you are going to lose a few things because of the lower budget specifically like we addressed the lack of LTE so you won't be able to get this on Verizon and yes you can technically get LTE on it on one band on a couple of Canadian carriers and potentially t-mobile in the future but that's not a buying point for this phone right now even if you do get it on t-mobile it's just a bonus if it happens to work later but honestly this is a really great phone and I would have no problem recommending it to anyone on AT&T or t-mobile who has a SIM card that's ready to throw this an unlock phone and get it working other than that thank you for watching this video if you have any questions at all the phone anything I miss anything you would like to know more about feel free to leave a comment down below and you can see I'm answering them as many as I can and definitely give a thumbs up if you enjoy the video and subscribe for the upcoming Nexus 10 review and much much more content to come so again thank you for watching and I'll talk to you guys later