Nexus 4 - Google

The new smartphone from Google

With your favourite Google Apps, an amazing Photo Sphere camera, cutting-edge hardware and access to your favourite entertainment on Google Play, Nexus 4 puts the best of Google in the palm of your hand.

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Information at your fingertips

Nexus 4 comes with the latest Google apps, putting the best of Google in the palm of your hand.

Search gets smarter with Google Now

Nexus 4 comes with the latest version of Google Now to bring you just the right information at just the right time. It shows you how much traffic to expect before you leave for work or when the next train will arrive as you’re standing on the platform.

With the latest version, Google Now keeps you even more organised – get reminders about upcoming flights, restaurant reservations, hotel confirmations and even nearby photo opportunities – when and where you need them.

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You ask. Google answers.

Voice Search allows you to speak your query and get a response immediately. Google can speak back to you, delivering a precise answer powered by the Knowledge Graph.

Navigate your world with Google Maps

Get to the places you care about quickly and easily with Google Maps. With turn-by-turn GPS navigation, live traffic info and integrated driving, walking and public transport directions, getting from A to B has never been easier.

Search for restaurants, businesses and more near you. Get recommendations from people in your circles and from experts and access full place reviews and summaries from Zagat editors.

3D Maps and rich satellite imagery give you a more realistic sense of what’s around you while features like Street View and Indoor Maps make sure you always know what’s in front of you.

Communicate with world-class tools

A smarter keyboard, now with Gesture Typing.

Writing messages is easier than ever with Gesture Typing – glide your finger over the letters to compose emails or texts in a flash. The keyboard can also anticipate and predict the next word that you’re looking for. Type with one hand and you can finish entire sentences in a flash just by selecting suggested words.

Gesture typing works best for English. Quality varies for other languages and some don't support it yet.

Connect quickly

Get quick access to different ways to connect with your contacts.

Gesture typing

Try the new Gesture Typing keyboard to quickly and easily type when on the go.

Browse the web, Chrome fast.

Nexus 4 comes with the speed and simplicity of Google Chrome, built in. Sign in to sync your bookmarks, view tabs you have open on your computer, send web pages from your computer to your phone and more.

And browsing the web from your phone has never been faster – a cutting-edge quad-core processor means that pages load in a flash – letting you experience the web, Chrome fast.

Super fast

With Chrome on Android, browse the web at Chrome speed

Access tabs from other devices

Take your personalised Chrome experience with you on the go.

Gmail. To go.

Gmail gets even better on Nexus 4. Intuitively swipe emails out of your inbox to archive, easily switch between multiple Gmail accounts - and all your email syncs automatically from your Nexus 4 to your computer and tablet.

Anytime access

You can get all your emails and even read them when you're offline.

World-class search

Find the email you're searching quickly and easily

Sign in. Stay synced.

Never lose a contact or photo again. Sign in once with your free Google Account and your Gmail, Calendar, contacts, photos and more are always backed up to the cloud. Google works around the clock to keep your data secure and ensure that you can get it when you need it, wherever you need it.

Multiple accounts

You can sign in to multiple accounts on your phone.

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Chrome
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Camera

Capture and share your world

8 MP

Nexus 4 comes with a high-performance 8 MP camera and takes stunning Photo Sphere images, letting you capture every detail of the world around you. The all new camera lets you quickly view and edit your photos with powerful new tools and share your favourite shots in a flash.

Record HD video

Shoot video in full 1080p and snap still shots while you're at it. Continuous focus, real-time zoom and time lapse mode give you the power to shoot stunning videos. When your footage is ready, create your own film with Movie Studio and upload it to YouTube.

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A camera for every occasion

Quickly switch between taking photos, videos and panoramas. To help pictures look their best, the Gallery includes a powerful photo editor. You can crop and rotate pictures, set levels, remove red eyes, add effects and much more.

Save photos with Instant Upload

Photos upload themselves with Instant Upload so you’ll never lose a shot. If you've signed up for Google+, you can enable Instant Upload and photos taken with your phone are automatically uploaded to a private album on the web. Easily organise, edit and share photos with anyone you choose from your phone or on the web.

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Amazing Photo Sphere camera

Up, down and all around you, it’s like no camera you've ever seen. With Nexus 4, snap pictures in every direction that come together into incredible, immersive photo spheres that put you right inside the scene. View your photo spheres directly on your phone, share them with friends and family on Google+, or even add them to Google Maps for the world to see.

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Crisp 4.7” display

Photos and videos come to life with stunning clarity and crisp, natural colour on the vibrant 1280x768 4.7-inch display. Gently curved glass edges allow your finger to slide smoothly on and off the 320 ppi screen, while cutting-edge G2 Touch Hybrid display technology means you feel like you’re touching every pixel. And all of this is protected by scratch resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2.

Cutting Edge Hardware

Built for speed

Made in partnership with LG, Nexus 4 is sold unlocked and is GSM/HSPA+ compatible so it will operate on more than 200 network providers worldwide. Just pop in a supported SIM card and be up and running in no time.

Quad-core performance

Nexus 4 comes with a cutting-edge Qualcomm Snapdragon™ S4 Pro processor, so you’ve got speed and power to spare. Zip around the web, experience rich 3D graphics and gameplay and effortlessly switch between multiple apps without ever missing a beat. With 2 GB of RAM and the fastest ever version of Android, Nexus 4 is our snappiest smartphone yet.

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Share with Android Beam

Nexus 4 comes with Android Beam so that you can quickly share photos, videos, contacts, apps and more with a tap. Just touch two NFC-enabled Android devices back toback, then beam whatever's on the screen to your friend.

Always up to date

Nexus 4 comes with the latest version of Android and gets updates directly from Google, so that you’ll always have the fastest, most up-to-date software on your phone.

Google Play

700,000 apps and games

Get all the apps and games you love on Nexus 4 – with over 700,000 titles to choose from on Google Play, there’s something for everyone. Find the most popular free and paid apps, explore hand-picked collections, browse by category or simply search for your favourites.

Samurai
Magic Piano
RunKeeper
Pinterest

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Your music on Google Play

Take your music anywhere with Nexus 4. Browse through the millions of songs available for purchase, or upload your existing music library to Google Play - up to 20,000 songs for free - and stream all your tracks and playlists from the cloud so that you’ll never miss a beat.

Easy import from iTunes

With the Music Manager, you can easily import your entire iTunes music library* into Google Play. Once your music has been imported, it automatically becomes available on Nexus 4. You'll also be able to enjoy your music on the web at play.google.com/music as well as on any other Android compatible phone or tablet.

* up to 20,000 songs. Cannot include DRM protected songs.

Explore Google Play

Google Play puts all your favourite entertainment right in your hand. Explore the world's largest collection of e-books, the latest magazines and thousands of movies and TV shows in full HD.