[Nexus 4 General] bhu1:
I just read the whole thread.

My points. If u get a nexus 4 from USA.

350$ -18,800 Bucks + around 8% tax + duty = 22-23 k

If u get it through some site who is getting it imported -

22-23k + their profit, around 1-5k for many site though I think buying the 16gb version for more than 25-26k will be stupidity. I know its a great device and price is great compared to other flagship phones but u can't ignore the fact that this same phone is being sold for just 350 bucks in US.

Availability from lg in India - November end December starting.

I expect around 25-28k price.

Q - Why?

A- Because firstly, they will want to earn profit as its not being sold by Google here.

Second, they will provide u warranty service that u won't get if u buy it from US (Unlike nexus 7's international warranty service by Asus)

Third, it will be for Indian subcontinent and hence will be a bit different . Like EURO charging plug instead of US plug, additional cable for data transfer (Unlike US version with a US wall plug and a cable, in India wall plugs are not sold, mostly travel chargers are packed in the box).

About the product, its a great product.

Screen is not as deeply saturated as SAMOLEDs, but is very close according to many review sites. The blacks are also great. Where it wins above the SAMOLEDs is natural colours, no screen decay, and brighter screen for outside use in sun and other such cases. Also LCDs have this great experience as images seems to float on top of the screen. I have a nexus 7 and the original sgs and it really feels great on nexus 7 to see natural colours and that floating thing I am talking about.

Touch - nexus 4 has G2 touch technology which afaik is better than 'in cell touch' technology used in iPhone 5 which is said to be made by apple but I think LG made that technology.

Pixels - the screen has a PPI of 320 and u won't be able to see any pixels until u don't put ur eye directly on the screen.

Build quality - I apparently like the glass back, it may not be as strong as plastic or aluminium but it is quite strong and wont break from small 3-4 foot drops and especially if it lands on its sides which have strong rubber like band around it. Where the glass makes me like this device is that its gorilla glass 2(GG2) and having been used the GG1 for a long time now I for sure know that it will get way way low scratches than plastic or aluminium, scratches just makes things pathetic. My sgs looks crap from behind.

Camera - both camera seem to have good quality in the photos I saw on Engadget.

Battery - its not easily replaceable but ask urself if u really need to. Its a 2100 mah battery and with that quad core s4 pro chipset u will get great battery life. Most reviews mentioned that it has good great battery. Ignore what Engadget said cause I think that's the result of per release firmware. Also this particular battery has a lifetime of 800 charging cycles, if u get one from somewhere else it will most probably be under 500 cycles. So I don't think u should replace the battery.

Call quality and all seems to be great in all reviews. Also the speaker at back seems to be good according to all.

It has 2gb of ram and s4 pro chip set clocks at 1.5 GHz which will work great.

Software - its just too much to talk about. I'll just sum it up by saying that u get smooth and fast experience on a beautiful and eye pleasing OS With professional UI. Ecosystem so great with more than 700,000 apps to choose from. If anyone wants me to talk more about software the quote this and ask me. Maybe if I am free then I'll go detailed in software.

My verdict. Don't buy it right now, wait for official pricing and details about it from LG then buy it. I think everything will be clear till first week of December.