Nexus 4 Returns to Google Play This Afternoon

The Nexus 4 smartphone made its debut on Google Play earlier this month, and quickly sold out. But the search giant has replenished its stock and will start selling the new gadget again today, starting at 3 p.m. Eastern.

"Nexus 4 will be available for purchase later today!" Google said in a brief email to customers who asked to be notified about the phone's availability. "Order yours from Google Play starting today, November 27 at 12:00 noon PST (U.S. only)."

There is no word, however, on how many devices Google will have for sale this afternoon.

The Nexus 4 is sold via the Google Play store, which still listed both versions of the phone as sold out as of press time.

The unlocked versions of the Nexus 4 are sold directly by Google for $299 (8GB) and $349 (16GB). The 16GB version is also sold via T-Mobile for $199.99 with a two-year contract.

The Nexus 4 sports a 4.7-inch, 1,280-by-768 display, with 320 pixels per inch. With Photo Sphere, a "reinvested" photo experience, users can create 360-degree images with the 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, to be shared on Google+ and Google Maps. A 1.2-megapixel camera adorns the front, as well.

Running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, the new phone, unveiled in late October alongside the Nexus 10 and revamped Nexus 7 tablets, runs a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor and comes with 2GB of RAM.

The Nexus 4 also boasts Google Now, a program to keep up with real-time traffic, flight information, and sports scores. It also comes with built-in wireless charging and works with NFC Android Beam to share photos, videos, contacts, apps, and more.

During a recent iFixit teardown of the Nexus 4, the team discovered that the 3.8 V LG-manufactured battery is a 2100 mAh unit, unlike most other 1440 mAh batteries, and comes glued to the case, making it the only component that is difficult to replace.

For more, see PCMag's review of the Google Nexus 4 and the slideshow above.

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Source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412526,00.asp?kc=PCRSS05039TX1K0000762

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