Google Nexus 4 coming to Smart at Data Plan 1500

The Google Nexus 4 is coming to Smart Communications, at free Data Plan 1500 for with a 30 month contract. This plan comes with unlimited data, 60 minutes of calls and 120 SMS to all networks. The phone is also available free at Data Plan 2000 with a 24 month lock-in. This plan comes with unlimited data, 150 minutes of calls and 200 SMS to all networks.

As for the phone itself, the Nexus comes into the Philippines at a mid-level offering but it is the most powerful smartphone in the country right now.

Sitting behind the 4.7-inch (720 x 1280) display is a 1.5 GHz quad-core Krait backed by Adreno 320 graphics and 2 GB of RAM. So if power is what you want, this is the phone to get.

Unfortunately, the Google Nexus 4 is a mid-level offering, and to cut the cost, LTE is disabled on this phone. It does have an LTE modem. The Qualcomm S4 chipset on the Nexus 4 has a Qualcomm WTR1605L seven-band 4G LTE modem, inside. But LG did not include a signal amplifier and filter which are need in order for the LTE modem to work well. The LTE version of the Google Nexus 4 is the LG Optimus G. 

Love the phone, but without LTE, it is a no go for me. Smart does have a very interesting phone at Plan 1500 on promo right now, the Sony Xperia V. Still this is basically half as powerful as the Google Nexus 4. 

I am not sure if the model being offered at Data Plan 1500 is the 8 GB or 16 GB model. No work on pre-paid pricing either. I will try to find out tomorrow night at the SMART Midnight Christmas Rush.

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You can pre-order your Nexus 4 at the SMART Midnight Christmas Rush, and the phone will be released starting December 18, 2012.