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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Whats all the talk around the Android Nexus 4

By Ryan Wuerch


Yes, the N4 has a peculiar look but the feel? It's fantastic. The phone is a joy to hold in my hand. The screen is curved around the phone from edge to edge, and it nearly feels like the Gorilla Glass is melted over the sides. Google claims the curved sides makes it easier to swipe right or left on the phone, and it doesn't appear to marketing speak, it did seem to make stuff easier to swipe around at the edges.

When you turn it on, it is got a crisp four.7-inch, 1280 x 768 LCD show, giving images which can be clean and bright in most light situations. The four.7 inch screen can be also big for some individuals but I find the larger the much better with my massive, manly hands. The screen has one thing referred to as "Zerogap" technology which indicates the photos appear as if they've been painted onto the display, not behind it.

Inside, the Nexus 4 boasts some ostensibly outstanding specs if you judge by Megahertz and numbers. The CPU is really a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro clocked to 1.5GHz, which Google claims tends to make the N4 the quickest phone in the marketplace. The device was extremely snappy but I identified the iPhone 5 slightly snappier in particular scenarios. The N4 includes a strong 2GB of RAM and comes in storage versions of 8GB or 16GB.

Needless to say, we do not judge smartphones by their CPU and level of RAM, it's all about the software and this can be exactly where the Nexus four really wins. It is a Google Nexus device so it runs the untouched, stock version of Android Jelly Bean four.2 unencumbered with bloat from other hardware producers. You're also acquiring future Android improvements direct from Google so you can anticipate them quite a lot day of release. And just how will the new Android version hold up? Effectively it is definitely closed the gap on iOS and probably surpassed it.

It is a rapid and snappy OS which has truly shaken the previous reputation of Android lag and lack of responsiveness. Google calls this Project Butter and you really see the improvements whenever you examine it earlier Android version.

Then you have Google Now, the search engine's worthy competitor to Apple's Siri which proactively shows you the information it thinks you need like flight details, travel directions and sports scores without you asking. The voice recognition is very good but you don't have to use your voice which is much more useful in the real world in my opinion.

Google retains the mobile maps crown by a wide margin over Nokia and the infamous Apple maps. Gmail is slightly improved in this Android version with more swipe gestures and other small improvements. And the Nexus 4 has an innovative new 'Photo Sphere' feature in the camera which is best described as creating your own Street View maps. It doesn't always work perfectly but it's cool to play around with.

Like all Android phones, the Nexus four does endure from a perceived lack of blockbuster apps, something we're wanting to fix at android-app-development.ie. But I personally feel the gap is closing as excellent phones like this hit the market and propel more programmers into Android. The result is that the Nexus 4 itself is definitely an incredibly beguiling device.

All round the telephone is best notch in nearly each way and will be a strong choice at typical high-end smartphone prices. But at this low cost of $299 unlocked and with out a crippling network contract? It's the deal in the year and you should purchase.




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