Phone Comparison - LG Optimus G LS970 vs LG Nexus 4 E960 vs Samsung Google Nexus S

general General Info

Manufacturer LG LG Samsung
Announced October 2012 October 2012 December 2010
Status Available - Q4 2012 Available - November 2012 Available - December 2010
Colors Black Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131.9 x 68.9 x 8.5 mm
(5.19 x 2.71 x 0.33 in)
133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
(5.27 x 2.7 x 0.36 in)
123.9 x 63 x 10.9 mm
(4.88 x 2.48 x 0.43 in)
Weight 144.9 g (5.08.0.32 oz) 139.5 g (4.9.0.18 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 1900
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
4G Network LTE 1900 - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.x Ice Cream Sandwich Android OS, v4.2 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), not upgradable to v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Qualcomm APQ8064, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird
GPU Adreno 320 Adreno 320, 400 MHz PowerVR SGX540
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 8/16 GB storage 16 GB storage
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type True HD-IPS + LCD capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 4.7 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 768 x 1280 pixels (318 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (318 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.01% 68.18% 58.46%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4320x3240 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, WVGA@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE, HSPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, 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, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0, USB Host support Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 8/16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No No No
USB OTG Supported - -

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-Po Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 2100 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by - Up to 390 hours (3G) Up to 713 h (2G)
Up to 428 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 13 h Up to 12 hours (3G) Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)