Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs LG Nexus 4 E960 vs Asus Google Nexus 7 Cellular

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung LG Asus
Announced October 2011 October 2012 October 2012
Status Available - November 2011 Available - November 2012 Available - November 2012
Colors Black Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
(5.27 x 2.7 x 0.36 in)
198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 139.5 g (4.9.0.18 oz) 340 g (11.99 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 (region specific) - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.2 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3
GPU No Adreno 320, 400 MHz ULP GeForce
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 8/16 GB storage 32 GB storage
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.65 inches 4.7 inches 7.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (318 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.72% 68.18% 59.45%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 1.2 MP front facing
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Video-calling
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps Yes, 384 kbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8/16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1750 mAh 2100 mAh 4325 mAh
Stand by Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 270 h (3G)
Up to 390 hours (3G) Up to 300 h
Talk Time Up to 17 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 12 hours (3G) Up to 8 h