It is Samsung up against LG Electronics in the hot smartphone battle.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 was crowned as one of the most admired smartphones for the year 2012. The Nexus 4 is a result of a joint venture of Google and LG Electronics. Let us compare the two for their features, specification and price. Both the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the Nexus 4 are considered the best among the currently available Android smartphones.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 was considered a major advancement in the arena of Android phones. The smartphone gave Apple Inc. a run for their money. The device was released a year ago and it captured the market effortlessly. People who have bought the Galaxy S3 are very unlikely to be seen in the market to purchase another smartphone.
The Nexus 4 is the latest smartphone designed by Google. The smartphone has what it takes to compete in the very competitive smartphone market. The Nexus 4, codenamed âMako’, met with generous and optimistic reviews from the critics and the masses.
Design, Dimensions, Display
The Galaxy S3 is similar in design to its predecessor. However, there are a couple of changes made to the smartphone. The device has more rounded edges and corners. It is very thin and light in comparison to its predecessor. The dimensions measure 136.6mm in height, 70.6mm in width and 8.6mm in thickness. The Galaxy S3 encompasses a 4.8 inches HD Super AMOLED touchscreen with 720×1280 pixels resolution. It weighs just 133gms.
The design of the Google Nexus 4 is also similar to its predecessor. The device is thin and light in weight. The new additions are the front facing camera and the glossy black finish at the back. The dimensions measure 133.9mm in height, 68.7mm in width and 9.1mm in thickness. The smartphone comes with a 4.7 inches TrueHD touchscreen with a resolution of 1280×768 pixels. The device weighs 139gms.
Hardware and Software
The Samsung Galaxy S3 is powered with the company’s Exynos 4 1.4GHz Cortex-A9 quad processor. The device has internal storage of 16, 32, or 64GB with 1GB RAM. The smartphone runs on Android v4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.
The Google Nexus 4 is powered with Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro 1.5GHz quad core processor. It has an internal memory of 8 or 16GB with 2GB of RAM. The device runs on Android v4.2 Jelly Bean operating system, upgradable to Android v4.4.4 KitKat.
Price
Price marks the biggest difference between Samsung Galaxy S3 and Google Nexus 4. The Galaxy S3 is priced at $199.99, whereas; the Google Nexus is priced at $374.99.
The Galaxy S3 is until date a superb smartphone. Its design and build quality is excellent. The company has incorporated an impressive range of hardware and software features in the smartphone. On the other hand, the Google Nexus 4 is a good bargain, keeping in mind its storage capacity. The device has almost all the features that a high-end smartphone would encompass. The Google Nexus 4 comes at half the price that people expect to pay for other smartphones with similar features.
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