The LG Nexus 4 is a budget phone with an incredible performance. You’ll like its large display and fast processor, but also the features that the phone comes with. On the other hand, the iPhone 4s is quite heavy for its dimensions, but it’s an intelligent device. We’ll compare both smartphones to see which one has more advantages.
Displays and designs
Having a resolution of 768×1280 pixels, the LG Nexus 4 will blow your mind with its 4.7 inch True HD IPS Plus capacitive touch screen. The iPhone 4s has a lot smaller display, which is a 3.5 inch LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touch screen which renders a resolution of only 640×960 pixels.
The LG Nexus 4 is weighting 139 grams and measures 133.9×68.7×9.1 mm, while the iPhone 4S is weighting 1 gram more, although it has a much smaller size, measuring 115.2×58.6×9.3 mm.
Hardware and operating systems
The LG Nexus 4 has a powerful 1.5 GHz quad core krait processor + Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon chipset, and you can choose one from the two variants of internal memories: 8 GB and 16 GB, which aren’t expandable.
On the other hand, the iPhone 4s has a 1 GHz dual core cortex A9 processor + Apple A5 chipset, but there are four variants you can choose from: 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB, but neither of them can be expanded.
The LG Nexus 4 is an Android running on the Jelly Bean o.s. (upgradeable to the KitKat version) with 2 GB of RAM. The Apple iPhone 4s is running on the iOS 5 o.s. (upgradeable to the iOS 6 and the iOS 7 version) with 512 MB of RAM
Cameras
Both phones have an 8 MP primary camera (autofocus + LED flash), but the LG Nexus 4 has a 1.3 MP secondary camera, while the iPhone 4s’ secondary camera is a VGA.
Batteries
You can talk 15 hours on 3G on the LG Nexus 4, which has a non-removable Li-Po 2100 mAh battery. The iPhone 4s’ battery (a non-removable Li-Po 1432 mAh battery) allows you to talk on the phone only 8 hours on 3G.
Prices
On amazon.com, the LG Nexus 4 8GB variant costs 343 dollars, while the iPhone 4s 16GB variant costs 400 dollars, the 32GB variant costs 449 dollars and the 64GB variant can be purchased at the price of 495 dollars.
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