Google’s next smartphone, the Nexus 4, will have a 4.7" screen and start shipping on 30 October, according to UK retailer Carphone Warehouse.
The follow-up to the Galaxy Nexus, which was announced in October last year, is widely expected to be unveiled at an event in New York on 29 October.
While the Galaxy Nexus was manufactured by Samsung Electronics, Google has this time chosen to work with LG Electronics.
The black Nexus 4 has a Gorilla Glass 2-protected 4.7" display with 1280×768 pixel resolution, and a 1.5GHz quad-core processor from Qualcomm.
That compares to the Galaxy Nexus which has a 1.2GHz dual core processor and a 4.65" display with 1280×720 pixel resolution. The two phones are almost identical in design.
The Nexus 4 will run either version 4.1.2 or 4.2 (both are listed) of the Android operating system and it will be 9.1mm thick, according to Carphone Warehouse’s specification.
The posted specification also includes NFC, an 8MP camera and 8Gb of integrated storage. The latter is much less than what competing products have. For example, HTC recently announced the One X+, which has up to 64Gb of onboard storage.
Besides a new smartphone, Google is also rumored to be upgrading and expanding its line of Nexus tablets, including a new model with a 10" screen, on 29 October.
The timing of the official announcement is hardly a coincidence. Microsoft will also debut Windows Phone 8 on the same day, and smartphones based on the operating system will start shipping in November.
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