Friday 23 November 2012

LG reveal why they dropped from 4G from the Nexus 4

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Some may have noticed that the Nexus 4 doesn’t come with 4G technology. LG told TechRadar why:

"In order to provide the best possible specification for Nexus 4, LG utilised the same powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset as can be found in its 4G LTE product, namely LG Optimus G," a spokesperson said.

This powerful chipset is only available with a combined processor and modem and cannot be implemented separately.

The modem contains 4G LTE capabilities but is only effective when combined with other essential hardware parts such as a signal amplifier and filter in order for it to work. It therefore cannot be upgraded to 4G LTE capability through software.

Its cheaper though!

With the exclusion of 4G this does mean that phone can be bought to market at a cheaper retail price though.

The LG spokesperson went onto say:

"With the inclusion of the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, Nexus 4 therefore offers the same amazing processing performance as LG Optimus G but for the 3G market,"

Do LG know what they are doing or are they going to regret this in sales? Let us know in ‘Comments’.


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