Final thoughts
quote "You can go back and read what I've written about the Nexus 4 hardware
— in a word it's superb. In-hand feel is awesome thanks to the rubber ring
running around the perimeter of the Nexus 4, and build quality is also very
good. I've fully disassembled my Nexus 4 three times and put it together
without issue, and the Nexus 4 has taken a few trips to the floor (my fault)
without any adverse effects.
Finally, there's also the matter of price. For $299 you can get the latest
and greatest hardware and 8 GB of storage, and for $349 you can get double
that storage with 16 GB (12.92 GB usable). Both are fully unlocked and
carrier-agnostic, and at those prices the Nexus 4 pretty much blows the
doors off of any other unlocked or out of contract smartphones, which
usually end up being priced at around $600 or more.
If you're an Android enthusiast, the Nexus 4 is obviously the phone to have
right now. The combination of APQ8064 and MDM9x15 is excellent in spite of
some unfortunate thermal throttling, and we'll be seeing many more Fusion 3
based devices in time at prices well above the Nexus 4 out of contract. At a
fundamental level there is quite literally no better vehicle out there for
Google to communicate its smartphone platform via than the yearly Nexus
refresh. On its own, the Nexus 4 would otherwise be phenomenally great
hardware. As a Nexus, it's a level even beyond that.
Google has come an exceptionally long way since that first Nexus One."
