Phone Comparison - LG Optimus 4X HD vs Motorola RAZR i XT890 vs LG Nexus 4 E960

general General Info

Manufacturer LG Motorola LG
Announced February 2012 September 2012 October 2012
Status Available - June 2012 Available - October 2012 Available - November 2012
Colors Black Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 132.4 x 68.1 x 8.9mm
(5.21 x 2.68 x 0.35in)
122.5 x 60.9 x 8.3 mm
(4.82 x 2.4 x 0.33 in)
133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
(5.27 x 2.7 x 0.36 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 126 g (4.44 oz) 139.5 g (4.9.0.18 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1 Android OS, v4.2
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 1.3GHz, Intel Atom Z2460, Boost to 2GHz Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon
GPU ULP GeForce PowerVR SGX 540 @400MHz Adreno 320, 400 MHz
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 8 GB (5 GB user available) 8/16 GB storage
External Memory Upto 16 GB microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Advanced, Edge-To-Edge Screen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 4.3 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (318 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.74% 68.41% 68.18%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Touch-focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps Yes HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot 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
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB (5 GB user available), 1 GB RAM 8/16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage Yes microSD, up to 32 GB 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 not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po
Capacity 2150 mAh 2000 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 730 h (2G)
Up to 686 h (3G)
- Up to 390 hours (3G)
Talk Time Up to 9 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 10 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 20 h Up to 12 hours (3G)