Comparison: nokia lumia 1020 vs lg nexus 4

Let's welcome the world of comparisons to the Nokia Lumia 1020. From now on and for a few publications, the model of the Finnish company will duel with various smartphones from the competition. This first time, it is measured against the well-known Google Nexus 4, a medium-high-end device. As we seek to achieve with these articles, we will expose the characteristics of both terminals on the mat to check which one of them fits our expectations the most and also analyze whether their value for money is justified. We help you in case you still have doubts about any of these phones. Let's get started !:

Screens: that of the Lumia 1020 is characterized by being super-sensitive and having a size of 4.5 inches AMOLED with ClearBlack, making it brighter and less energy consuming. The Nexus 4 for its part presents a slightly larger screen, 4.7-inch True HD. Both terminals share a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels, which gives them a density of 334 pixels per inch in the case of the Nokia and 320 dpi if we talk about the Nexus. To all this we can add that they have protection thanks to the glass manufactured by Corning, Gorilla Glass 3 in the case of the Lumia and Gorilla Glass 2 if we refer to the Nexus 4.

Cameras: the difference between its sensors is abysmal, since the Finnish model has 41 megapixels in its main objective, while the Nexus 4 stays in the not inconsiderable 8 megapixels. They share some other functions, such as autofocus, and although both smartphones are equipped with a flash, the one presented by the Lumia is by Xenon and the one by the Nexus, LED. Its front cameras are rather the same, since the Nokia and the LG have 1.2 and 1.3 megapixels respectively. As for video recordings, the two terminals can make recordings with their main objective at 1080p and 30 fps, which in the case of the Nokia, you can enlarge the image up to six times without losing any quality. In addition, its Nokia Rich Recording application allows us to capture very clear and distortion-free audio.

Processors: both terminals have a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon ^TM S4 CPU, differing in terms of their cores, since the Lumia has a dual core and the Nexus is accompanied by four. Its graphics chips are the same type but different model: Adreno 225 in the case of the Nokia and Adreno 320 if we talk about the Nexus 4. Both phones have a 2 GB RAM memory. The Lumia 1020 and Nexus 4 operating systems are Windows Phone 8 and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean respectively.

Designs: the nokia Lumia 1020 has dimensions of 130.4 mm high × 71.4 × 10.4 millimeters thick and weighs 158 grams. The casing is made of a single piece of polycarbonate, presenting a perfect union, which gives it great robustness. We can find it available in white, black and yellow . The Nexus is somewhat larger in size, although it is narrower and thinner: 133.9mm high × 68.7mm wide × 9.1mm thick. Its back is made of glass, although it does not seem so to the touch, where a holographic texture has been placed that gives it a feeling of relief, although it is smooth. It is resistant to being devoid of protection, for example, if we leave it on a table or carry it in our pocket along with coins or keys, but better not check its real resistance to falls.

Connectivity : in addition to the most basic connections we are used to, such as 3G , WiFi , Bluetooth 4.0 or NFC , the Lumia 1020 offers LTE / 4G support, something that does not happen with the Nexus 4 .

Internal memories : the Finnish model has two terminals of different capacity, one of 32 GB and the other of 64 GB , while LG's smartphone has two other different ones, 8 and 16 GB . Both terminals lack the possibility of expansion via microSD, however in the case of the Nokia we can count on free 7 GB cloud storage .

Batteries : the Lumia and the Nexus have 2000 and 2100 mAh respectively, so they do not stand out especially, although it cannot be said that they are the smartphones with the least capacity on the market. Their autonomies will not be in principle to fire rockets, although it will also depend on the handling that we give to the terminals.

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Prices: the Nexus 4 is currently around 300 euros (seen by 319 euros of 16 GB in black and 329 euros free in white, also 16 GB on the pccomponents website), a smartphone that has some very remarkable characteristics but that unfortunately it is not within the reach of the public. The nokia Lumia 1020 is even more expensive: we are talking about a high-end terminal with excellent features, especially if we talk about its camera, which makes its cost skyrocket, making it less accessible for most people. Whoever can get hold of it will find it in black and free for 562 euros on the pccomponentes website.

	Nokia Lumia 1020	LG Nexus 4
screen	4.5 inch AMOLED	4.7 inch True HD IPS Plus
Resolution	1280 × 768 pixels	1280 × 768 pixels
Screen type	Gorilla Glass 3	Gorilla Glass 2
Internal memory	32GB and 64GB models	Model 8 GB and 16 GB (Not expandable)
OS	Windows Phone 8	Android Jelly Bean 4.2
Battery	2, 000 mAh	2100 mAh
Connectivity	- WiFi 802.11b / g / n - Bluetooth - 3G - LTE	- WiFi 802.11a / b / g / n - Bluetooth 4.0 - 3G - GPS
Rear camera	- 40.1 MP sensor - Autofocus - LED flash and Xenon - Full HD 1080p video recording at 30 fps	- 8 MP sensor - Autofocus - LED flash - Full HD 1080p video recording at 30 fps
Frontal camera	1.2 MP	1.3 MP
Processor and graphics	- Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual core at 1.5 ghz. - Adreno 225	- Quad-core Qualcomm Pro S4 1.5 GHz - Adreno 320
RAM	2 GB	2 GB
Dimensions	130.4 mm high × 71.4 × 10.4 millimeters thick	133.9 mm height × 68.7 mm width × 9.1 mm thickness