Google Nexus Sim Card Size

I own a Nexus 4 phone and have come across a great phone deal and have decided to change, but when ordering needed to know which type of SIM card I needed. A brief search on net answered my question, the Nexus 4 takes a micro SIM card.

It seems the difference between a normal SIM card, micro SIM card and nano SIM card is just the size, there is no functional difference, so I ask the question why did they just not manufacture nano SIM cards from the start?

Nexus 4 battery problem

The other day my Google Nexus 4 phone had a battery charging problem. I put the phone on charge with 43% remaining and after a few hours maybe up to 5 the charge was only up to 45%. Taking it off charge and looking at the usage it dropped back down to 44% within a minute. I thought I was in trouble and there was a physical problem with the battery. The solution was to completely turn off the phone and switch it back on, then it started charging fine and I've had no problems since. The only thing I can think of that could have caused a problem is either the number of apps running or a specific app that causes a problem, will keep an eye on it.

The Nexus is not great when it comes to keeping its battery power and I have to charge mine on a daily basis. Here are some tips on improving the charge of the battery.

• Switch the NFC and Bluetooth off when you don't need it.
• Turn off App syncing when you don't need the App to be synced.
• I've chosen a dark background to try to reduce brightness.
• Apps that have the option to change the background colour I've set to black.
• Check the battery usage and see what areas could be improved.

Google Nexus 4 pros and cons

I recently purchased a new Google Nexus 4 phone, I had previously owned iPhones and even though I am a great fan of the iPhone, I decided to try something different and the price of the Nexus is £300 ($465) cheaper than the iPhone 5 costing just £250 compared with £550 for an iPhone. My first impression of the device was it was well built with curved glass edges, the speaker at the back is positioned in a funny place, the camera lens and flash are where you would expect them. There is no physical home button like the iPhone, but the home button is part of the display, which is actually better and I expect Apple will do something similar with the next iPhone..

The power supply for charging is via a micro USB, which is not as nice as the iPhone 5, but is more standard. I have found that the charge like the iPhone does not last that long and need to charge the phone almost everyday.

The Nexus 4 uses the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system, which runs very fast thanks to the quad core snapdragon CPU, and the 2GB of RAM, twice that of the iPhone 5.

The dimensions of the phone are 68.7 x 133.9 x 9.1mm making it larger and thicker than the iPhone and it feels slightly heavier, it has a 4.7 inch screen which fits very close to the edge of the device.

The main camera is 8 mega pixel which works OK, but some of the photos I have taken the result is a bit saturated and the contrast is not that good, it does however have HDR and panoramic options which do work well. There is also a 1.3 mega pixel front facing camera, which currently I have only used to unlock the phone with the great option of face recognition for unlocking.

Here are what I consider the Pros and Cons of the Nexus 4:

Pros

• Price is amazing and what you get for the money cannot be beaten.
• Well made phone which feels nice to use, I have already dropped it from about 5 ft and it survived fine.
• Elegant design with the glass edges curving and the edges having more grip.
• Very fast.
• Latest version of Android.

Cons

• Using headphones the max volume is still a bit to low, solution was to download so free software to boost the output.
• Battery life is short like other smart phones.
• No expandable memory.
• Copy and paste does not work as well as the iPhone.
• Not as intuitive to use as the iPhone.  

In conclusion I am very happy with the phone and at the price is an excellent product.