Nexus 4 vs Samsung Galaxy Nexus Edition S4: pros and cons of ... - OptiMagazine

Sunday, 19 May 2013 11:26 of Nadia Napolitano

Nexus 4

Into The Nexus 4 has finally arrived in Italy, although prices increased significantly compared to the European version sold through the Google Play Store device (€ 349 for the 16 GB variant). Here with us is a different matter, although the prices are slowly coming down from a few days in this part (about 400 Euros). While waiting to attend the launch of its enhanced version, now it will compare to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus S4 Edition, device equipped with Android Stock and presented during the Google I / O 2013.

Into As for the display, the Nexus 4 fits an IPS screen + LCD more than adequate, by 4.7 “with a resolution of 1280 <768 pixels at 318 ppi. The other includes a SuperAMOLED 5 "Full HD with a resolution of 440 ppi pixel 1920z1080, ideal for watching movies and surfing the net.

Into Referring to the technical power, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Edition S4 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor clocked at 1.9 GHz, compared with Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 quad-core 1.5 GHz Both phones have 2 GB of RAM, graphics Adreno 320 units, and carry the latest version of Android 4.2.2, upgradable to Android 4.3 soon after the summer. Nevertheless, the Nexus 4 may soon give way to the antagonist, by virtue of a much more powerful hardware, which will hold up better future versions of software (you only have to understand that the Android Stock Samsung will include more features included in TouchWiz Nature owner).

Into On the battery, the South Korean delivers the Taiwanese Capacity: 2600 mAh are more efficient and durable of the 2,100 proposed in Nexus 4, not to mention that in the first case we speak of a removable battery, and then substitute. The Google is sold in denominations of 8 and 16 GB memory, with no possibility of expansion via microSD. The other, however, is offered in denominations of 16, 32 and 64 GB, with expansion up to 64 GB additional. Another claimed advantage of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Edition S4 is its enabling of 4G networks. The other does not go beyond HSPA +.

Into There is also playing on the front camera, given the 13 MP backlit proposed on board the South Korean (with LED flash, HDR, image stabilization and 1080p video recording), which outperforms the sensor of the Nexus 4, already precious little of his real weakness of the Google mobile (8 MP).

Into The last discriminant but not least, is the price. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus S4 Edition will be available in the U.S. on Google Play Store from June 26, priced at $ 649. The Nexus 4, as I said, in Italy is affected by a price still too high compared to the international average, and which many have little considered. With the immediate release of the second release, it is difficult to believe that anyone could staking with eyes closed.