[Galaxy S III General] XDA mark:
After reading 16 pages, I can finally post :D

First of all, most important:

"It's an LG"

People that say this don't understand what Nexus is all about. Actually 2 of my close friends said the same. "Dude, it's an LG". NO, it's a NEXUS. Google is behind this device, Google made all the choices. Google is behind everything this phone is and has or hasn't. Google decided. So it's just LG doing what Google tells them. This is the Google Nexus 4, made by LG.

The Nexus 4 has nothing to do with other LG devices in terms of software. This runs pure Android. This phone gets updates super fast, at least for the next year it will be the phone that gets every update FIRST.

The only LG phone that can be compared with the Nexus 4 is the LG Optimus G, which is a great phone. Every website I have read gave great, positive reviews about the Optimus G. Some said they "got faith" again in LG. It's fast, the screen is one of the best if not the best, the build quality is good.

"It's so cheap, there has to be something wrong with it".

This does not have to be true. No LTE, no MicroSD card support, no FM radio. A few things that make the phone cheaper. Secondly, Google wants to raise the bar every year with their Nexus devices. They say "Ok, these specs are now the bar". Why would you pay 500-600 euro for another phone with worse specs then the Nexus 4? From now on everybody can get an Android phone with: a 4.7" IPS HD 720p display, S4 Pro 1.5GHz, 8 megapixel camera (SONY BSI), 16GB storage and Android 4.2 for 350 euro. So who is going to pay much more for something that's not much better? Not many, so Google forces Samsung, HTC, LG, etc to keep improving.

Google is willing to earn little (or no) money on the Nexus line, because they stimulate the Android world. In the end, they win. Now the question is LG: what is in it for LG. First of all, this phone probably costs 175-200 euro to make. The iPhone's cost somewhere around 175-230 as far as I know. They sell iPhone's for 600-800 euro. It's not just 50% that they earn. It's much more. So even at 350 euro, LG must earn enough to be happy with the situation. Besides the money, LG can get a better reputation in the smartphone world.

I am in the process of becoming a Industrial Product Designer. We now have a project of creating a "trolley" for a big supermarket chain in the Netherlands. That trolley is supposed to help people that walk to the supermarket carry their bags back home. The trolley can cost 6 euro max. It will be sold for 7.50. The big supermarket chain gets only 1.5, why? Because they are stimulating more clients to shop, they win on the long term. I see something similar with Google/Nexus.

Now what I read most is people saying the camera/sound quality will be low quality. I can't say it's true or not, I have no idea. But what I am saying is, that low price doesn't NECESSARILY mean these things will be low quality. I wouldn't be suprised if nothing is low quality about the Nexus 4. I think there is a big chance the Nexus 4's low price has another reason then low quality parts.

"16GB storage is not enough"

Yes, 16GB is not a lot. If I didn't have a MicroSD card my internal storage (16GB S3) would have been full. I have a lot of crap on it which I could remove (or move to my laptop because I don't really need it with me all the time). I recently bought a 32GB SDcard just to know I have tons of storage avaidable and I don't have to worry.

I would have wished for a 32GB model. People may call me crazy (I sometimes don't even understand how I suddenly switch my mind about this): I don't want MicroSD support. Or to be more precise, I don't want a removable back cover. I have seen the One X, Lumia 900, iPhone 5. Design/build quality wise a phone can look much better if there is no removable backcover. I don't need to take out the battery anymore. The only reason I would do that is to put in a larger battery or after a year replace the battery with a new one because it loses capacity. I get trough each day fine and I charge my phone when I sleep.

Conclusion: I'm fine with no MicroSDcard support and no removable battery. The 16GB of storage will make me think about what I put on my phone, which is why I would have prefered a 32GB model. Though if I only put the music I actually listen to on my phone, move 50% of my photo's to my laptop which I don't need to see everyday, remove crap that I don't need anymore, 16GB will be ok.

Selling the S3 for a N4

While I might love the Nexus 4, selling my S3 to buy it, I don't know. In the end, they are both Quad Core, 4.7-4.8inch screens, running "Jelly Bean" (4.1/4.2, but still both Jelly Bean :p), both have 8mp camera's. I'm running CM10 on my S3. So I think: how much different would it be using a Nexus 4 everyday? Not THAT much. Using whatsapp will be the same. Using facebook will be the same. Watching youtube will be the same. Calling somebody will be the same. Browsing the internet will be the same.

Though for me and many people here, the idea of running Stock Android/CM10 like it's really meant to be, is nice. No more "this isn't working, that isn't working" because Samsung doesn't release Exynos stuff. No more "waiting months for the next version, begging for Samsung Jelly Bean leaks".

Using a Nexus 4 as my daily driver wouldn't be much different then using my S3 (in terms of speed, screen size/resolution). But still, many of us want that N4. I guess that's why we are all here on XDA.