Google Nexus 4 User Reviews

Sujay posted on 13 May 2013, 04:16

10

Very good phone

Sujay has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

The UI of the phone is excellent.I can play all the games without any lag.Browsing is smooth and easy.Camera is not too good.Display of the phone is awesome with natural colours.It also has very good build quality.This phone is worth buying for its price and performance.

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 9/10 Cannot play all types of video format with stock video player.

Camera 9/10 Indoor mode is not good.

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10 Swype is excellent.

Display 10/10 Displays true colour of the object.

Battery 9/10 Gets heated up while playing some games.

Pros

• Very good performance for the price.

Cons

• Phone gets heated up while playing some visually stunning games like gta vice city,mc 4 etc.

aniisxg posted on 10 May 2013, 00:21

10

Best phone I ever used !

aniisxg has owned it for less than year before publishing this review

Excellent phone, very reliable. No bug at all. Very good to use on a daily basis. User friendly, gaming is excellent. But the back screen started scratching even if it is gorilia glass 2. Nice android experience.

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 9/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 10/10

Battery 9/10

Pros

• All other features

Cons

• Back screen scratchable

Trex95 posted on 07 May 2013, 02:08

10

Best Android Phone

Trex95 has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

One of the best Android device not even phone iv'e ever used with no Lag or glitch issue like other Android devices. Really smooth and fast the games performance even better than my previous note 2 and S3, I used the before the galaxy nexus and it's pure crap specially in terms of performance.

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 8/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 9/10

Battery 9/10

Pros

• Fast performance

Cons

• WXGA not 16:9

brandencarroll posted on 07 Apr 2013, 22:18

9

Best Android I've used so far, but not as good as the 920

brandencarroll has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

Let me first say, I buy and sell phones for a living and I have played with every flagship phone out there that is available to the public. So I do have a good background to compare these phones. That being said the Nexus 4 is the best droid (in my opinion) I've ever used. It fits in the hand much better than the S3 and I feel it's much more agile than the S3, which may be due to its quad core processor. It feels nice in the hand and it's buttery smooth compared to other droids I've handled. Google Now is a major sale point to me, if you haven't used it, it basically tells you what's going on around you that you probably didn't know was going on (i.e I'm going to attend a free jazz concert this wednesday thanks to google now) and also updates your gps with live traffic updates. I am GROSSLY upset with the quality of the rear 8MP camera. It's garbage. I upload many pictures of other phones with my phone camera and all of the pictures I have taken usually end up fuzzy and the camera has a very hard time auto focusing. Coming from my lumia 920 it's like scratching a chalkboard with your nails, it's almost unbearable. I swear I have taken better pictures on a 5MP camera. In general I grow more and more disappointed with Android because it has so many little issues that everyone has come to accept. I do NO web surfing with my phone to prevent anything harmful that may come from websites, yet my phone will just freeze up (only 3-4 times so far in a 3 month time span) and...  

Let me first say, I buy and sell phones for a living and I have played with every flagship phone out there that is available to the public. So I do have a good background to compare these phones. That being said the Nexus 4 is the best droid (in my opinion) I've ever used. It fits in the hand much better than the S3 and I feel it's much more agile than the S3, which may be due to its quad core processor. It feels nice in the hand and it's buttery smooth compared to other droids I've handled. Google Now is a major sale point to me, if you haven't used it, it basically tells you what's going on around you that you probably didn't know was going on (i.e I'm going to attend a free jazz concert this wednesday thanks to google now) and also updates your gps with live traffic updates. I am GROSSLY upset with the quality of the rear 8MP camera. It's garbage. I upload many pictures of other phones with my phone camera and all of the pictures I have taken usually end up fuzzy and the camera has a very hard time auto focusing. Coming from my lumia 920 it's like scratching a chalkboard with your nails, it's almost unbearable. I swear I have taken better pictures on a 5MP camera. In general I grow more and more disappointed with Android because it has so many little issues that everyone has come to accept. I do NO web surfing with my phone to prevent anything harmful that may come from websites, yet my phone will just freeze up (only 3-4 times so far in a 3 month time span) and reboot. I have seen this with every droid I have used and have never experienced such a thing with iphones or windows phones. Even though this phone packs a quad core processor and 2 GB or RAM, it's no where near as smooth as the Lumia 920, but by far smokes any other droid in terms of speed (except for the Note II). All in all I would recommend this phone if you are going droid, but unfortunately I will be trading this phone tomorrow for a 920.

Build quality 9/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 3/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 8/10

Text input 8/10

Display 9/10

Battery 9/10

Pros

• Google Phone with instant software updates
• Very quick and with 0 lag
• Price
• Value
• Jellybean > ICS
• Attractive design
• Google Now is amazing

Cons

• Camera is the WORST 8MP I've ever used
• Android seems very messy compared to the windows platform
• External speaker is quite silent
• Did I mention the camera is VERY BAD?

R-vjn posted on 24 Mar 2013, 02:11

10

The daddy of androids..!

R-vjn has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

I would like to start writing this review by saying that this phone is

just epic..! Its the smoothest, fastest and sexiest phone I've ever

used, felt or seen in my life..!

Built quality, design and display - Amazingly built, and never feels

like its built to a price. Feels super premium in your hand and also to

look at, and the mysterious all black front is just epic and not to

forget the sparkling back which will catchs a lot of attention.
The display is just beautiful. Being a photographer myself, I always

loved natural looking displays and have always been fan of LG's IPS

panels and the IPS panel in this Nexus edition by LG doesn't disappoint

me one bit. The colors are natural looking, but a bit more saturation

could have made it a bit better but its nothing to complain about.

Call quality & reception - Never had any drop calls or distortions

while calling. This is as good as it can get, and no complains here.

Performance - Ohhh myyy goddd, this phone is the smoothest, fastest

mobile device I've used in my entire life. The best thing is that the

framerates while scrolling and every single transition in the phone is

just beautiful and simple. I'm totally in love and I being a purist,

sort of, I don't think I'm gonna use a custom UI.
This phone can handle anything you throw at it, be it full HD videos

(mind the supported formats), or any games in the android app market

and this wont ever disappoint you, guarenteed.
Being a Nexus, pure android...  

I would like to start writing this review by saying that this phone is

just epic..! Its the smoothest, fastest and sexiest phone I've ever

used, felt or seen in my life..!

Built quality, design and display - Amazingly built, and never feels

like its built to a price. Feels super premium in your hand and also to

look at, and the mysterious all black front is just epic and not to

forget the sparkling back which will catchs a lot of attention.
The display is just beautiful. Being a photographer myself, I always

loved natural looking displays and have always been fan of LG's IPS

panels and the IPS panel in this Nexus edition by LG doesn't disappoint

me one bit. The colors are natural looking, but a bit more saturation

could have made it a bit better but its nothing to complain about.

Call quality & reception - Never had any drop calls or distortions

while calling. This is as good as it can get, and no complains here.

Performance - Ohhh myyy goddd, this phone is the smoothest, fastest

mobile device I've used in my entire life. The best thing is that the

framerates while scrolling and every single transition in the phone is

just beautiful and simple. I'm totally in love and I being a purist,

sort of, I don't think I'm gonna use a custom UI.
This phone can handle anything you throw at it, be it full HD videos

(mind the supported formats), or any games in the android app market

and this wont ever disappoint you, guarenteed.
Being a Nexus, pure android device, I never expected and crappy gimicky

software features from this device and I'm happy with what this phone

can deliver.

Camera - Well, in normal mode the camera is just good but switch on the

HDR mode and you will be blown away. The difference between the non-HDR

and HDR is huge and I've not seen a mobile camera HDR performing this

beautifully without any flaws.
The videos, well, does the job and thats about it. Under fine

conditions its good but be it a bit tricky and the artifacting is huge.

Never a deal breaker though.

Battery - Gives me a day under moderate usage. 30 mins gaming and some

HD video play back and about 3 hours calling, this can easily go

through a day. I never expected this battery to go long as its obvious

that with a processor, dsplay & gpu like this, the more we use the

faster the battery drains. But the best thing is the stand-by time.

Only 2% down when I didn't use the phone for about 6 and a half hours,

which I believe is just amazing.

Everyday usage - I wanted a fast & smooth device and this phone is as

good as it can get. Its smooth, fast and its just beautiful. Never lets

you down, and you can trust me in this.

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 10/10

UI speed 10/10 this have not only the fastest UI but also the smoothest. It gives you that buttery feel all the time..the frame rates never drops..!

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 10/10

Battery 10/10

highwaysnobbery posted on 19 Mar 2013, 11:48

10

I love this phone.

highwaysnobbery has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

There are a few things that aren't tens, but it's a 9.5 phone overall. The screen has a weird gradient that took me aback at first but I got used to it. After that the battery can always be better. I love this phone.

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 9/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 9/10

Display 9/10

Battery 8/10

Pros

• Speed
• Call Quality
• Build Quality

Cons

• Screen Gradient
• No SD Card

bukich posted on 27 Feb 2013, 10:37

10

Great phone made by Google :)

bukich has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

One of the best phones I've ever had.
Coming from iphone 4S I love android apps, they are great and so many.
I like the freedom you have and alternative application for every aspect in this smartphone.

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 9/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 9/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 10/10

Battery 8/10

dbareis posted on 28 Feb 2013, 01:18

9

My Best Phone Yet

dbareis has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

I have had all or parts of the screen flash a few times (killing the app and restarting it seems to fix). I believe this to be software, whether Android or app incompatibility I don't know. Not happy that Google did such a shoddy job of selling them and that their store said "coming soon" for 2+ months).

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10 GPS gets lots of satellites and gets a fix every quickly. WI-FI reception is better than my previous GNEX.

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 8/10 Bit slow in low light

UI speed 10/10 Very quick, I suspect mainly as its got 2GB RAM, my minimum must have spec for any new phone (I do have a lot of apps installed).

Everyday usage 10/10 Love the phone, best yet.

Text input 9/10 I replace the keyboard with either Swype or am currently trying Flow.

Display 9/10 Can seem a bit washed out on some screens, I suspect the colors were chosen for AMOLED screens.

Battery 8/10 Its better than my GNEX, give me a fatter phone with a bigger battery anytime.

Pros

• Its a NEXUS (easy to root, quick OTA updates).
• Very fast.
• Stock Android, easy to add anything missing with apps from Play store.

Cons

• Don't like the idea of a glass back.
• Only 16GB and no SDCARD.
• I'd like it bigger (Galaxy Note size).
• The notification light a bit small and dim, harder to see than the one on the Galaxy Nexus

anthonyorman35 posted on 16 Feb 2013, 00:26

10

Nexus 4 is a beast

anthonyorman35 has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

Love this phone wanted it the second I found out it was coming. Sold my galaxy s 3 to get it. So happy I did love the pure Google experience!!! This is bye far the best phone I have ever owned. I will never get anything but a nexus device again.

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 10/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 10/10

Battery 10/10

Pros

• everything from the lcd display to the 1.5 quad core s4 in it.

Cons

• Needs true 4G

mega98 posted on 04 Feb 2013, 10:37

10

A MIRACLE!!!

mega98 has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

When i Heard about quad core super hardware configurated flagman of google it was november and the price was 300$. I said google wants to be bankrupt). Then i saw it. Very fast, smooth, good camera, big screen,Android 4.2 it all was like Miracle in this price

Build quality 10/10 VERY Comfortable STYLISH and Lightweight

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10 Very Clear and loud voice works everywhere!!

Internet 10/10 Chrome is best!!

Multimedia 10/10 Quad core ADRENO 320 can handle 4k video I think!!

Camera 9/10 It can freeze sometimes

UI speed 10/10 Very fast

Everyday usage 10/10 I Recommend it to everyone!!

Text input 9/10 Big Screen makes it difficult!

Display 10/10 720p

Battery 10/10 Lasts 2 DAYS

Pros

• BEST PHONE IN MARKET
• VERY LOW PRICE
• GOOD QUALITY BUILD
• BEST GPU IN THE WORLD(in Smartphone)
• BEST CPU IN THE WORLD(in Smartphone)
• BIG QUALITY SCREEN
• ANDROID 4.21 gets fast upgrades!!
• Quick camera
• BIG BATTERY

Cons

• NO MICRO CARD SLOT 8-16 GB only

psykirkland posted on 25 Jan 2013, 15:50

10

Nexus 4! Beginning of a new era!!

psykirkland has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

Looking for that one phone that satisfies all of your needs! This is it! The Nexus 4 is insanely fast! Gorgeous might I add, get the latest updates through Google, also unlocked for any GSM carrier! This is a must have if you are looking for a phone to do exactly what you want it to do!

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 10/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 10/10

Battery 10/10

Pros

• Camera
• Crystal clear screen
• Quad core 1.5Ghz processors
• Amazing camera with photosphere
• Android 4.2.1
• Snappy and can handle anything you throw at it
• Battery Life

Cons

• No micro sd slot
• Camera can be a little sluggish in low light

Mauricio posted on 23 Jan 2013, 17:41

10

Nexus 4

Mauricio has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

The phone is awesome when it comes to size, performance, design, and other aspects that are expected to compete with the Samsung S III or the HTC One X. My only complaint is the camera is a little underpar in some ocassions (i.e. when light is poor, when background is too bright, etc)

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 9/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 9/10

Display 10/10

Battery 9/10

Pros

• Overall a great phone.
• Very crisp reception.

Cons

• Camera is a little short of what is expected of a phone like this.
• Keyboard sucks. Had to download Swype keyboard to replace it.

MOH-INT-75 posted on 20 Jan 2013, 17:40

10

awesome

MOH-INT-75 has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

The phone is so fast and smooth I just love it and with jellybean which loss of new features I just love the glass back. Sometimes I feel that the camera is not that good but it still awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 9/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 10/10

Battery 10/10

Pros

• display
• speed

Cons

AJ2012 posted on 31 Dec 2012, 15:59

10

Is Neuxs 4 phone of the year 2013?

AJ2012 has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

Majority of the people have been taken by surprise by LG Nexus 4, as no one was expecting this exceptional build qualities from a Google/LG phone! Google made it sure that no official site is selling this phone for more that £399.00, except for Ebay, where it's price has been stabalised to £360.00 max, otherwise it could have been well over £500.00!
Feeling wise I've not come across a phone as good as Nexus 4, except for Nokia Arte 8800! which was very pricy.
I'm using Galaxy S3 LTE, Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 at this moment, find myself in very fortunate.
It will be extremely hard for Google to come with a phone better that Nexus 4 next up!!!

Build quality 8/10 I'm giving it an 8 only because the fear that comes with it, of dropping and breaking it! therefoe I have to use acase, which spoils half the feeling of it, otherwise it's a 10!

Reception 10/10 No complains as it's very stable as expected!

Call quality 10/10 It's call quality is very loud and clear!

Internet 10/10 Very fast web browsing and easu to read!

Multimedia 10/10 As good as Nexus Galaxy!

Camera 10/10 This is where this phone is way better than Galaxy Nexus!

UI speed 10/10 Simply it's extremely fluid, as good as Galaxy S3 LTE!

Everyday usage 10/10 It's really a pleasure to pick it up every time and use it!

Text input 10/10

Display 10/10 Wonderful!

Battery 10/10 I had to do some tweaks and now it a full day easily

Pros

• Price, Design, Speed, UI, Timely Google updates

Cons

• it's pro could be it's con: Glass body

rdeleonp posted on 29 Dec 2012, 19:53

10

The Future of Android

rdeleonp has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

It amuses me to see both the HTC One X+ and the HTC DNA presented as "alternatives" to the Google Nexus 4. Make no mistake, there is *no other phone* that presents Android's True Colors as the Google Nexus 4. It provides instant protection against quick obsolescence thanks to it's combination of cutting-edge hardware and software. Amazing developer community support is the cherry on top of this delicious cake. Do yourself a favor and buy only Nexus devices from now on. You'll be a happier person. As to why I call it Google's phone instead of LG's, well, it's because LG is to Google as Foxconn is to Apple. This *is* Google's phone because it *is* Google's vision of what an Android phone *should* be. Bless their geeky brains...

Build quality 10/10 The phone feels premium. Anyone who's been using Android devices for a while will immediately notice this device was designed with love.

Reception 10/10 Really good. No droped calls.

Call quality 10/10 Crystal clear voice quality.

Internet 10/10 Local provider only supports crappy 3 mbps "HSDPA+"' so not much to says here...

Multimedia 10/10 Chews on audio, movies and games like there's no tomorrow.

Camera 8/10 I've seen better, but it gets the job done.

UI speed 10/10 The very definition of smoothness.

Everyday usage 10/10 Fast, Fluid, Fun! Loving every day I use this phone.

Text input 10/10 Just perfect.

Display 10/10 High resolution, high PPI, vivid colors, excellent viewing angles.

Battery 9/10 I was surprised to see it was really good

Pros

• Fast CPU + GPU combo
• Lots of RAM
• Great Screen
• Super Smooth Everything
• Pure Android Experience
• Price

Cons

• Size of internal storage

yyuu1000 posted on 29 Dec 2012, 15:38

10

great phone

yyuu1000 has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

i love this phone i got it 2 months ago and it is great i got this as a present i am very happy it is very fast and if *#*#4636#*#* and change the antenna to lte you can get lte on att in cities like Los Angeles it uses 900mgh

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 10/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 10/10

Battery 10/10

Pros

• speed
• lte
• camera
• display
• google now
• nfc
• price

Cons

• non maybe battery

yyuu1000 alternatives:

HTC One X+

HTC DROID DNA

cellophone posted on 28 Dec 2012, 12:48

10

AMAZING PHONE!!!

cellophone has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

I've had this phone for just over a month and every time i use it, it never ceases to amaze me! I bought it through the Google Play Store but am still using T-Mobile and it was a great decision! Android 4.2 Jellybean is great with lots of new improvement (coming from Android 2.3 Gingerbread). The build quality is stunning and the design on the back is stunning! Great phone would recommend it to anyone!

Build quality 9/10 Great build quality, the only minor complaint is the lock and volume keys feel a bit plasticy-er than I would like. Also what ever happened to micro-SD slots? They are still "in" dont take them out!

Reception 10/10 Awesome on T-Mobile as I would assume on any carrier.

Call quality 10/10 Awesome!

Internet 10/10 Data speeds are great! I cant even tell the difference between HSPA+ and LTE, both are plenty fast in my book! The huge 4.7 inch screen makes web browsing a pleasure!

Multimedia 10/10 Music player is great, sounds great, looks great.

Camera 9/10 Great camera especially with new Photosphere feature. Small complaint is there is no burst shot.

UI speed 10/10 Quad-coure processor... need I say more?

Everyday usage 10/10 Worth every penny (I payed $400).

Text input 10/10 May be an onscreen keyboard but due to its large size, text input is a breeze! Also the added gesture feature is just an added bonus.

Display 10/10 Great screen! Many of my close friends have iPhones with Retina screens and honestly I think the screens are equal if not better on the Nexus 4 because colors appear more realistic.

Battery 9/10 Great for a phone, could be better.

Pros

• Google - fast Android updates
• Quad-core Processor
• Gorgeous 4.7 inch display
• Vanilla Android - I am a big fan of TouchWiz and Sense 4.0 but ain't nothing like pure Vanilla

Cons

• Little things like those stated above but easily able to look over.

kdog192 posted on 09 Dec 2012, 07:22

9

Great..but wait

kdog192 has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

I love this phone, its super fast and there's so much new and cool things with jelly bean....but of recently I've seen some bugs. While charging in the wall outlet it says charging USB, that's not too bad of a problem though, the real issue comes with the camera app, it used to work fine until recently now it won't open at all, it keeps saying cannot connect to camera idk if this is a phone related issue or a jelly bean one, but it is really frustrating.

Build quality 10/10

Reception 8/10

Call quality 9/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 4/10 The camera won't work for me at all

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 9/10

Display 9/10

Battery 10/10

Pros

Cons

• the damn camera just wont work