The Nexus 4, LG’s well-rumored first participation in Google’s Nexus program, has unwittingly been revealed by UK phone retailer Carphone Warehouse. An entirely official-looking pre-order page has been put up for the handset, whose display is said to measure 4.7 inches diagonally with a 1280 x 768 resolution. Other salient features include Android 4.2, still called Jelly Bean, a quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor, NFC, and an 8-megapixel camera. Looking into the more detailed spec sheet, the Nexus 4 is listed as being 9.1mm thick and is offered with 8GB of onboard storage.
Nexus 4 pre-order reveals specs, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, October 30th release date
Shipping just a day after Google’s big October 29th event
Shipping just a day after Google’s big October 29th event
One potential new feature to this version 4.2 of Android is something called Gesture Typing. The retailer listing describes it as a Swype-like form of text input that allows you to type by “dragging your finger across the screen from letter to letter.”
The Carphone Warehouse is offering a choice of monthly contracts in the UK, with either Vodafone or O2, with the new Nexus costing nothing at all on deals of £31 per month and above. Should you be successful in getting a pre-order in today, the promised delivery date is October 30th, just a day after Google’s big Android event on the 29th.
Update: We’ve received the image below, ostensibly of the Carphone Warehouse inventory systems, showing a price of £389.95 for the SIM-free version of the Nexus 4, which should be available in both black and white colors.
Update 2: Predictably enough, the Carphone Warehouse has now taken the premature pre-order page offline.
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