Flashback: the Nexus 4 cost less than half what the Pixel 5 costs, but it had a flagship chipset

04 October 2020
Something that the Pixel 5 can't say. The Nexus 4 was one of the first flagship killers and a feat that Google seems unable to repeat.

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  • gabadook
  • L@R
  • 04 Oct 2020

omg are you serious??

    AnonD-940827, 04 Oct 2020It was not a Google phone. But yes, best alternative with s... moreYeah I guess that was the point of the article.

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      • RodrigoH
      • LPm
      • 04 Oct 2020

      My Nexus 4 is running Android 10 very smoothly, I installed it via Carbon Rom.

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        • Anonymous
        • 043
        • 04 Oct 2020

        Viva Nexus 5, 04 Oct 2020Still using my Nexus 5 until today, Nexus 5 still the best ... moreI bought one for like $17 online but I hate how cheap and greasy the body feels. Maybe I will also buy the Nexus 4 some time in the future, when I find one for cheap.

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          • Anonymous
          • xDx
          • 04 Oct 2020

          Compared to other flagships today the Pixel 5 is priced appropriately. Nexus 4 was priced low in that time.

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            • aRn0
            • n3g
            • 04 Oct 2020

            Idk why people ignore the fact that processing has come a long way and today's midrange chips can go head to head with any flagship chips(except the apple bionic chips ofcourse) from 2yrs ago

              such a hypocrite...you don't make noise when Apple & Samsung over priced their phones..pfttt

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                • Anonymous
                • 4DI
                • 04 Oct 2020

                A few of the Nexus phones had some serious janky and with the final two by Huawei and LG, Google decided they should procure a successor which only ever perpetuate the hardware and software issues every Nexus had a variation of. To this day, Google continues to sell overpriced prototypes with little actual improvements between each generation. As someone who despises Apple, Google really did cash in on the obsolescence factor of the iPhone 4S and iPhone 6 but stretched it out with added "goodies" such as each update hindering the camera performance.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • vIe
                  • 04 Oct 2020

                  Anonymous, 04 Oct 2020Do I like crappy chinese phones? Sorry, not into fake ant... moreSays the guy using Google Pentagon spyware

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 3Wj
                    • 04 Oct 2020

                    People are so easy to forget the details, yes it was cheap and powerful but the battery was bad, the screen wasnt that great (poor quality panel, shitty viewing angles and washed out compared to other flagships of the same year), the camera was barely passable, washed out noisy pictures and forget about low light. These were the compromises that Google didn't do with the pixel 5, you'll notice the chipset less than you would have noticed these things back in the day with the nexus 4, the pixel is a better compromise.

                    These observations were from living with the nexus, the galaxy S3 and htc one X at that time.

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                      • Dometalican
                      • 7BB
                      • 04 Oct 2020

                      Dometalican, 04 Oct 2020Install Blockades, activate it, enjoy.Sorry...Blockada

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                        • Dometalican
                        • 7BB
                        • 04 Oct 2020

                        YUKI93, 04 Oct 2020Ada can be disabled? I own a Xiaomi phone and I did try to ... moreInstall Blockades, activate it, enjoy.

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                          • Ken
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                          • 04 Oct 2020

                          YUKI93, 04 Oct 2020Ada can be disabled? I own a Xiaomi phone and I did try to ... moresame thing with me. i followed instructions from YouTubers on disabling them but ads just came back. it really ruins the experience

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                            • ItsAmitXd
                            • uvB
                            • 04 Oct 2020

                            I had nexus 5 it was great phone loved it then but pixel is way out of league for me now. I own a Mi phone😂

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                              • nC2
                              • 04 Oct 2020

                              Wao i remember when it launches and i was too much worried to see Nexus 4 and Galaxy S3❤️

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                                • Costa
                                • Jsp
                                • 04 Oct 2020

                                I still have one completely funcional for my kid's use and with Android 10 by Carbon.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 4UD
                                  • 04 Oct 2020

                                  Well, iphone and most of the phones used to cost half with flagship chipset. It's a major corporate game played by these companies into making consumers pay more.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • Y6P
                                    • 04 Oct 2020

                                    It's called inflation

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Fht
                                      • 04 Oct 2020

                                      Hanif Fikri, 04 Oct 2020Lol nice try! ads can be disabled in Xiaomi phoneGot rid of mine after a few days with MUI , what a mess.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • Fht
                                        • 04 Oct 2020

                                        Hanif Fikri, 04 Oct 2020Lol nice try! ads can be disabled in Xiaomi phonebloatware collecting your data in the background then. Xiaomi said it would use ads to keep the prices low so good luck with that.