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First images of Nexus 4 (pictures)

The Nexus 4 phone, made by LG, makes its official debut into the smartphone market.

Charles Cooper
Charles Cooper was an executive editor at CNET News. He has covered technology and business for more than 25 years, working at CBSNews.com, the Associated Press, Computer & Software News, Computer Shopper, PC Week, and ZDNet.
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Clock

The Nexus 4 comes with the latest version of Google's Android software -- 4.2 (Jelly Bean) -- as well as a 4.7-inch screen and a 1,280 x 768 display. It's a modified version of LG's flagship Optimus G smartphone.
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Gesture Typing

The OS includes what Google calls the Photo Sphere plus Gesture Typing. Photo Sphere lets you stitch multiple images from various directions into a 360-degree super panorama. Gesture Typing is a text input method allowing users to string letters together by dragging fingers through them on the keyboard similar to Swype.
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E-mail

$299 will buy a base version with 8GB of storage. A $349 version will come with 16GB.
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Google on Nexus 4

Nexus 4 marks the first time that Google collaborated with LG to build a Nexus device.
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Maps

The phone is one of the first with Qualcomm's quad-core Snapdragon processor, and features a 3G connection using GSM and HSPA+ technology.
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Design on screen

In the U.S., T-Mobile will sell the 16GB version of the Nexus 4 for $199 with a two-year contract beginning on November 14.

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