Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs Nokia Lumia 900 vs LG Nexus 4 E960

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Nokia LG
Announced October 2011 January 2012 October 2012
Status Available - November 2011 Available - May 2012 Available - November 2012
Colors Black Black, cyan Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
127.8 x 68.5 x 11.5 mm, 90 cc
(5.03 x 2.7 x 0.45 in, 3.54 cc)
133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
(5.27 x 2.7 x 0.36 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 160 g (5.64 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 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 (region specific) LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Android OS, v4.2
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset 1.4 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm APQ8055 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon
GPU No Adreno 205 Adreno 320, 400 MHz
RAM 1 GB 512 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 16 GB storage 8/16 GB storage
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.65 inches 4.3 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (318 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.72% 60.10% 68.18%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Geo-tagging Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, VGA@30fps [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 33 Yes
Edge Yes Class 33 Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps DL, 25 Mbps UL HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8/16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No 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 supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po
Capacity 1750 mAh 1830 mAh (BP-6EW) 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 270 h (3G)
Up to 300 h Up to 390 hours (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 7 h Up to 12 hours (3G)