Google Nexus 4 makes its official debut in Italy to 499 € - Tom's Hardware Guide

Into The Google Nexus 4 , made by LG, landed in Italy May 9 at a price of 499 Euros in the version with 16 GB of storage space . “Users can then buy the best Italian Nexus available today, benefiting from the Italian warranty of 24 months,” said the South Korean company.

Into The smartphone comes in our country in version without LTE connectivity , at a price higher than that applied by Google in Play Store in other countries, but we expect will come down very quickly. Who has not wanted to buy it, however, had a lot of problems in these months of waiting, both abroad and in Italy: some shop has sold imported Nexus 4.

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The Nexus 4 comes with Android 4.2 and is equipped with a screen True HD IPS Plus 4.7-inch WXGA (1280 x 768 pixels), with a density of 320 PPI and coverage Gorilla Glass 2. Inside a chip Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core 1.5 GHz processor and 2 GB of RAM. On the back of an 8-megapixel camera, while the front there is a 1.3 megapixel sensor that records in HD. There is support NFC, but there is a space MicroSD. The battery is lithium polymer, non-removable 2100 mAh.

Into The specifications are certainly not bad, but if at the time of the debut in other countries were the top, in some respects today leave much to be desired. The dividing line was the price, and 499 euro is not as competitive, especially if a short were to get a new Nexus – as many expect and hope. Some people, however, with European warranty, sell it for 100 euro less.

Into It also remains the fact that the rest of Europe continues to cost € 299 for the 8GB version and 349 € fo r the 16 GB, but the Google Play Store. Since we store the digital home of Mountain View does not sell more smartphones, so the distribution is carried out by LG, which of course must place the product in their own list, not to compete with other terminals in its range.

Into To all this must be added that the initial choice of Google to apply those prices was really aggressive, and not replicable by LG for many reasons. For this reason the great controversy of the past months, which could re-ignite with this announcement, they will always remain empty words, at least until Google decides not to grant Italian consumers the same choice that other European colleagues.